Saturday Beadxtravaganza
In a moment of softness, I though that perhaps just a gift card to Hollister might not be enough for the confirmation girl tomorrow. I decided to add a personal touch and make a necklace as well.
I wanted something age appropriate, so I went looking on Google for a youthful style. I saw a cute necklace on a popular young teen starlet and decided to completely knock it off.
Presenting the “Smiley Virus:”
It’s double stranded with size 8 beads in dark topaz and light pink, and 6mm rose quartz accents. The toggle clasp is sterling silver because it’s not nice to give a gift that’ll rot.
Enough about her, what about me? A few weeks back I found a neat eBay store that sells genuine gemstone bead for even cheaper than the bead stores near me. So I bought a strand of 6mm x 4mm flat turquoise oval beads. Today I strung them with black seed beads and black “E” beads, a black pendant and a non-silver hook clasp (I don’t care if my own stuff rots).
So I give you…”Sorta Southwest”:
I made earrings to match with 24 gauge metal wire.
My jewelry photography leaves much to be desired. Most of the professional stuff I see isn’t photographed on top of a Netflix envelope or a plain white table. I really like the turquoise necklace, so it deserves something more special than a boring background. The photo needs some real southwestern flair. I don’t have a cactus and my dogs don’t resemble coyotes, so I had to make the best with what I had here.
Last night I made my first macramé hemp bracelet from a kit. It looks okay but is really scratchy and I don’t like the wood beads it came with. I’m going to do another one sometime soon with a few glass beads I have in my bead box.
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By the way…this is day 8 without Mountain Dew. My morning cup of coffee has helped a LOT with keeping the caffeine-withdrawal headaches at bay. And I think I’m on a diet. I’m eating very sensibly for breakfast and lunches, having vegetables and fruit for snacks, and having half of whatever I’d normally eat for dinner. And yesterday I did an 18-minute yoga routine before work. I didn’t weigh myself at the beginning so all I’m looking for is go from a snug (pant size that I am now) to a loose (2 pant sizes down). So we’ll see how this goes.
