Gone to a good home.

Today I wanted to share some pics of a necklace that has recently gone to a new home. Quite some time ago, the lovely Elizabeth broke her lurker status to leave a comment on my blog and won this piece - it has taken me a few extra minutes to get it made and posted but I am happy to tell you that it has reached its destination and its new owner sounds dead pleased with it! That in turn makes me feel great and I like to imagine Elizabeth wearing and enjoying her new piece of jewellery. Meantime, the sun is shining, my house is full of family for a few days, my son passed his drivers test, I have been able to spend a whole day with my dearest pals and pretty much all is right with the world this week!

I decided on something with a vintage feel and wanted to include at least one handmade feature.

In order to achieve a vintage look I decided on pastel colours and bronzy wire to create a beaded chain. I used some cream ceramic beads, a couple of pretty pale blue lampwork beads, some crystals and a couple of minty blue/green vintage beads that were resurrected from an op-shop necklace.

I made a hanger for the tassel using copper wire that I flattened and bent (a few times!) and then wire wrapped.

To the hanger I added a chandelier crystal,ceramic beads, an aged rhinestone rondell and one richly coloured Swarovski crystal. Capped of with a sweet little bird charm. All of these were strung onto copper headpins that I made too.

I received a lovely email from Elizabeth - "Thank you so very much for making my necklace, it was as if you knew exactly what I like and what colours I wear, blue being my favourite." - how cool is that?