One That's Finished

Remember these? My polymer clay attempts. Well I made a necklace using one of the half moon pieces.

The impression I made with the stamp came out fairly faint after baking.
But with the addition of some black rub n buff to highlight the embossing it looks pretty good really. I'm pretty chuffed with the way it turned out.
And with the addition of some grey quartz, chandelier crystals, striped shell beads, dark grey natural cat's eye, some glass pearls and web jasper, all joined together with gunmetal grey wire and clasp it looks respectable I think.
So now with a gazillion ideas tumbling around in my head you know you'll see more, the good and the bad, the successes and failures......you're welcome.

Chandelier Crystals

I'm so lucky to have a BFF like Carmen. Look at the gorgeous chandelier crystals she gave me. I've got enough to make several necklaces and I know if I beg and put the 'hang-dog' look on my face and make her feel sorry for me she'll quite possibly give me some more.

I've used a very dark gunmetal grey chain and some small leaf connectors to join it all together and the combination of dark chain and twinkly clear crystals looks so good together.

But alas, it was very hard to photograph.

A large teardrop crystal that I wire wrapped and threaded onto a small piece of chain and then attached it to the main necklace so it has a bit of movement.

I've listed it in my Artfire store along with a couple of other pieces.
A busy weekend coming up, 2 engagements parties, my weekly visit to mum, and hopefully a little bit of time spent at my desk with some new beads to play with.