Stupid Beading Tricks: Polygonal
28 Sep
After a long, LONG dry spell, I finally made a new necklace. I had these beads since SPRING and couldn’t think of a thing to do with them.
Until a few days ago.
It’s an iPhone photo, hence the crappiness.
It’s 15.5 inches, which is smaller than my usual creations. The only beads on it are the ones you see, the rest of it is a simple metal chain I got at Michael’s.
Which, by the way, if you’re at Michael’s and looking at cameos in the jewelry aisle and say, “Ugh, these things are just JUNK. If I want a cameo, I’ll buy a vintage one…” WHILE carrying a whole basket full of Michael’s junky beady stuff…you look silly. Your jewelry is as swanky as the least swanky piece on it. If you’re putting a pricey vintage cameo on a cheap China-made base metal jump ring then you should really rethink your strategy.
My jewelry isn’t swanky. But I’d posit that each day more costume jewelry is sold than fine jewelry.
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Dream: “First World Problem” – My Facebook account was hacked and the hacker changed my marital status AND changed my last name back to what it was when I was married to BvP. Then I got over 100 “GRATS!” messages on my wall and I was a complete wreck as to how to handle it.
With the economy in the mess it’s in we better learn how to make the things that make us feel pretty. Yeah for Michael’s always having the right combination of goodies to entice our creativity.