Anyway, moving away from the angry stressed out student side of myself, I'm going to show off a few presents I've "crafted" lately... I haven't even looked at what photos I'm going to attach to this yet, I have a horrible sinking fear that I've only made two things since my last blog post, and that this will be a very skimpy entry. I like a bit of meat on my posts!
Just a bit of background to what's been keeping me company while I bead... My flatmate has got me into the US Office in such a serious way. The episodes are great, super short so I may get to use them as wee study breaks come exam time, and they're perfectly cringy.
Right, back to jewellery.
So the middle section of this bracelet is actually a bit off a keyring. It was a big clunky one that I could never actually put keys onto or take them off of as it's quite heavy duty. I decided that it was strong enough to hold the string I used for the bracelet, and I decided that the ring should be slightly off centre as I've got a bit of a thing against symmetrical jewellery. Haven't a clue why!
Here's how it looks with the last bracelet from my previous post. I based them around similar colour schemes so I think they go together relatively well...
Yes, I sometimes keep my beads in a big Butlers Chocolates box... What of it?
I made that bracelet ages ago, but for myself. I think it's possibly too personal a piece to expect someone else to love it. All creative criticism is always welcome by the way! I've been thinking lately about my plans for the summer, and about focusing a little more on making and potentially selling some stuff once the sunny weather comes back. I'm kind of excited... Hopefully I'll come across some nice new stuff to work with, or at the very least a few ideas, when I go on my holliers to Sweden this summer.
Now, onto presents. As I've said to a few of my lady friends already, I have a little list above where I work with a few of my girls names, and the colours I immediately think of when I think of them. I find it much easier to come up with an idea when I have a colour to base it around. I bought beads to make something for myself recently. I found some lovely big, round animal print beads, and I found some smaller slightly sparkly neutral coloured beads to go with them. Watch out for that necklace cos I for one already know I'll be in love with it!
So, Jess turned 22 recently (BOOM!) so I sat about making a few bits for her. There's still at least one in the making, but I've already given this one to her, and she seemed happy enough with it!
I discovered magnetic clasps in time for this creation... YAY!
Let it just be known, I love birthday month. It's not only Jess's, but it's mine too, and a few of my most lovely ladies gave me bags of old unused or broken jewellery for my big day. Can I hear a whoop? Not only do I get beads that I fall in love with, and would have maybe never picked out, but I also get ideas from the different styles and designs of the stuff that's given to me. Bonus. Anyway, getting back to it, it wasn't just mine and Jess's birthday month. It was also Julie's birthday month, so I paid her a visit this weekend. And I could hardly go to visit herself (and the lovely Hazel) empty handed, so I threw together a little something.
I instantly thought of green when I thought of Julie, and although it's not very visible in this picture, those larger beads are such a lovely emerald that they were just perfect. I added a few of my sparkly neutral beads to lighten the whole thing up, and I added a hanging bead onto the clasp section, just for fun.
Now, it's way past my bedtime, and I've still got some internet pages to be refreshing... I just can't bear to pull myself away from all the gorgeous Oscars dresses that are popping up tonight... Gotta love Oscar night, plus, how great is it that Oscar night is always during my birthday month?! Bam.
A très bientôt...
