For the past few months, I’ve been hearing (and reading) about the trends in fashion and jewelry. To be honest, I’ve never much cared for such things. And frankly, I still don’t, but I find it interesting information. One of the major trends of this Fall season is using wood beads in all manor of jewelry. Now, I never thought I would use wood in any of my pieces, but this past weekend I went to my local bead shop. Lo and behold, they had several different shapes of wood beads. As luck “wood” have it, they also happened to be carrying several different shapes of lovely Caribbean blue Apatite beads as well. Inspiration struck, and I decided to combine the round apatite beads with two fun shapes of wood beads. One was an oblong, tapered oval shape and the other was a simple round bead. They make a wonderful combination, if I do say so myself. I’ll be getting pics up of both the necklace and earrings I’ve made in my “What’s New” section soon enough.
Another necklace I plan on making from the wood beads, cause I must use everything, is a combination of the small wood beads and faceted rondelle mandarin garnet (one of my favorites) with a nice purple mother of pearl shell pendant. (Can’t wait for that one.) So many pieces to create, so much time spending on this blog.
Oh…. and of course I still have “Green Mile” to create and “Amber-Green Delights” (another one I am creating with amber chips and chrysophrase nuggets).
Okay…. I am done now. Back to beading.
So… I have had this strand of tsavorite chips for the longest time. I think I bought them in back in November of 2004. They’ve been sitting in my bead box just gathering stringdust. And, me not knowing what to do with them. Basically, I bought them on impulse, or rather instinct. If anything, I bought them for their magnificent color. To be truthful, most of the beads I buy are bought on instinct, without a set design. I’ll buy a strand and not really know what I plan on doing with it. Although, I’ve never avoided the whole design first method either. But yesterday, I realized what I wanted to do with it. I have finally a design that I want it to be in. The piece will be a mix of the tsavorite chips and faceted rondelle white moonstone with a beautiful rectangle green Chrysocolla pendant, another piece I bought on instinct. I think I’ll call it “The Green Mile”.
Designing jewelry is more than just a hobby or a business for me. It is a passion. As much as anything I’ve ever done in my life, making a piece of jewelry, from the design to the beads to the complete creation, is a joy. A joy I wish to impart on all who see and buy my pieces. This journal/blog is here to be a record of my process and journey. I may not write here everyday, but I will write when the mood strikes me.
