Pinky in the House

The teacher that I work with asked me to make a pink necklace for her.  I told her that I could have the necklace ready by that Friday.  She informed that she needed the necklace for that Thursday.  This was a Tuesday.   I said no problem.   I knew I had some pink beads and asked her if she wanted one continuous necklace that she could wrap around to her desired length.  No problem.  One more thing.  The necklace had to have different shades of pink.  No problem.   My only problem was I was in a time crunch.  I had several projects to get out and needed to finish by Friday.   What is a super woman to do?   Make the necklace for a good teacher and friend.

I got started as soon as I finished dinner.  Picking all the shades of pink I could find in my stash box.  Problem number 2.  Not enough pink beads to make the necklace the desired length.  On to plan B.   I cut up one of my old necklaces (I made the necklace, but never wore it).    Problem 3.  Still not enough beads.   Sometimes the beads will tell you the way to go.   I started rearranging, cutting, moving, and pin beads together.  By the time I finished, it was 1 hour and 1/2 later.   But I think it turned out pretty nice.  Ms. Burke liked the results and she got some compliments.    You be the judge.

Recycling for a friend

 A friend of mine ask me to redo a necklace for her.  I love the beads and wanted to make something very pretty for her.

 I took several pictures of the necklace so that you could get a good view of what I was working.  As I said before the beads were beautiful and I liked the color.   The necklace was two strands only at the bottom, so I had more than enough beads to remake a bracelet and earrings

 With only two attempts(the first design, I was not pleased with.  I placed the bigger beads together, which threw the weight of the bracelet off balanced).  I made the bracelet on memory wire(my favorite method to make bracelets these days).  Due the size of the beads, I only had three complete circle.

 I was comfortable with this decision.  My friend has a small wrist and could carry the look off.

 After counting my beads(which is something I rarely do), I made the earrings to accompany the bracelet.  If you can look closely, the tops do not match the bottom half of the earrings. 

 I think they came out rather good.  My friend was pleased with the results and so was I.  Sometimes, I have incorporate some of my own bead to complete a redo.  Not this time.  See how pretty the beads are?