Thursday, October 09, 2008

autumn nuggets necklace

about a week and a half ago i made a set of autumn colored beads and displayed them at the bead bazaar - where they were admired but not purchased.
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so, i brought them back to my studio and began fooling around with them - working towards a luxurious fall necklace.
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i mixed the nine matching beads up with some citrines, amber chunks, freshwater pearls, smokey topaz and lots of sterling.
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it's a nice length, long enough to slip over your head with some room to spare. i really like the continuous loop thing in a necklace - who likes fumbling with a clasp?
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i hammered all the links for a more rustic look. the dogs and my husband were not too pleased with the late night ping, ping, ping of my little planishing hammer...
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to keep it, or not to keep it?
big sigh.
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is there no way to take a good picture of a long necklace?

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