Today I moved onto something that has languished in my project graveyard for at least a year. I've put off starting it because I want it to be a statement piece and up until now it seemed like it was going to be a "big project". That is, until I made my Battle piece, which is a heck of a lot bigger than anything I'd envision before!
I dug out the box of supplies I'd set aside and got to work. So far, it is a symphony of subtle colors in bronze, gold, teal blue, and olive green. The focal bead is a glorious Labradorite teardrop cabochon which shimmers with all of those colors I mentioned. I foiled the cab before glueing it down and those colors shoot right out of the stone now. Wow.
My current plan is to flank the center stone with gray mother-of-pearl beads and seed beads. I also would like to incorporate some lovely blue and green dyed pearls a friend gifted to me last Fall. When I laid the pearls down near the work this morning, I felt all sorts of warm sparkly feelings. It's going to be a gorgeous collar when it's done.
Stay tuned...
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