Stupid beading tricks: The pendant

Posted January 14th, 2010 by Kimberly Dowd

There was a Kay Jewelers store commercial on TV around the holidays – it was for a pendant called Love’s Embrace. I’ve never been a diamond girl although I’ve had some pieces in my lifetime. But this one just looked neat.

But you know what would be neater? If I could do something similar out of wire. A fantastically stupid idea.

I have set aside my Friday nights toward dinking around with this craft of mine. Last Friday I worked my poor fingers ’til they were sore trying to make the pendant.

But…BUT! I keep a creativity journal now (read: mid-life crisis) and on Monday I figured out how I could do it.

The wirework you see is not connected, but it shows the scale I'm looking for.

I can’t wait for tomorrow night to see if it works!

***
Dream: I was in a revival of Chicago. (I must have played “The Prison House”) and the play was SO well received that Chicago 2 was being written.

Weight: 177.2
Lost: 3.2

Filed under:I diet, I have hobbies, I make jewelry

3 Responses to “Stupid beading tricks: The pendant”

  • WiredStones Says:
    January 15th, 2010 at 11:45 am

    I’m SO GLAD!! I’m not the only one who looks at these things and things of how neat they would be in wire. I haven’t tried the love’s embrace one yet, but it’s on my to-do list. I can’t wait to see how yours turns out!

  • Kimberly Dowd Says:
    January 15th, 2010 at 10:15 pm

    I’m working on it tonight and I’ll post a pic when I’m done. I’m really new at wirework so I just mangle things until they look okay. :)

  • WiredStones Says:
    January 18th, 2010 at 7:40 pm

    That’s what craft wire is for. :) I’ve got copper practice wire that I bought when copper wasn’t $$$/pound.. it’s lasted for a good long time, and I don’t know what I’d do without it.