I feel bad. I've been off, although I haven't been task-less, but I didn't blog as much as I would have liked to over the Holiday Season. So my apologies for that lads, I'll try to be better in future!
I did actually make another piece over Christmas, but I hate writing when I don't have much to show ye. It's your fault really! SHAME ON YOU! JK, LOL, ROFL. No shame flying around anywhere, we're all good. Now, back to business. Jewellery.
I made a necklace during the first week of January, and I must say, I was pretty pleased with the result. Again, I threw some chain in, cos I flipping love chains, but it was a different spin on the theme.
I used this cute wee ball pendant thingy that I salvaged from a necklace I dismantled over the summer. Cute, right?
I'm still contemplating whether I should shorten the necklace a little, I wore it this week, and I was a bit unsure how happy I was with it, but I adore the colour and how delicate it looks when worn. A triumph really.
See? Super long. Ah well. I still heart it loike.
My New Years Eve was a different affair to other years. Instead of going out, and having one of those nights where everyone scatters and you only have a mediocre night, I went and stayed with the wonderful, the fantastic, the incredible Jess! We had a wild night. We had a Harry Potter marathon, we ate chocolate and crisps and SAUSAGES and just had an absolute ball. It was brilliant, had such craic with her, but I think it's fair to say that the craic is always mighty when Jess is involved!
After my last work of art, there was a serious drought. I wasn't well for a few weeks, so I was holed up in bed watching episodes of The Office. Some of that stuff just doesn't get old! I'm not going to lie though, I miss Michael Scott from the new episodes an enormous amount. Feels like the series is in limbo somehow.
I came back to Dublin two weeks ago, and I went straight from one train to another, as I went to visit my lovely ladies, Lisa and Anneka, in Louth. And they did the most wonderful thing ever. They brought me to Newgrange! I was like a small child who'd eaten too much sugar, I was so giddy about the whole thing! It was terrific. I'd wanted to visit Newgrange for years and years, so it really was a dream come true. And no, I never got to go there on a school tour... Contrary to popular belief, being from Kerry has it's drawbacks! They're rare, but they do exist. Anyway, take a look!
The place really did take my breath away. The sheer scale of the thing is incredible, and when you realise how short the passage is relative to the size of the entire structure. Plus, the corbelled roof was so fricking deadly!
I didn't get a decent shot of the entrance stone (some idiot tourist kept trying to get in the picture!) so this is of the stone at the opposite side. The carvings are just amazing, and it's cool how the rock's imperfections are worked into the pattern...
Needless to say, that weekend kicked the ass of all other weekends that have been had. Well, not really, but it was deadly, alright?
I'm a week back into the new term of college now. My last term in fact! So strange to think that it's finally here... College has been a bit of an uphill struggle, but I really am looking forward to kicking ass over these next few months. Several sources have informed me that it is actually worth it, so I may as well go for it!
I was up and bright as a button this morn, and I went for a really good gym session with the awesome Kate. We pumped some iron, and then we met the bewitching Caoimhe (I used a thesaurus to come up with that one... I needed an extraordinary word for that girl cos she's just the bees knees!) for a little lunch! It was well needed and they gave some great advice for the next few months.
Tonight I felt like I should make something. I felt the urge that I hadn't felt in a few weeks. I turned on my YouTube playlist (which now features Walk Off The Earth, they're awesome, look them up!) and got to work.
Instead of making a random bracelet like I usually do, I decided I wanted to make some earrings. I had an idea, but for it to work I decided to sketch a little, and sure I might as well show you guys how some of my pieces come about... Sketches!
I know. I'm the next great artist of our time. But please don't go giving me a big head. I know I'm awesome. It's cool. We should just leave it at that for now...
I knew these were going to be a bit fiddly around the ends so I wanted to make sure I had a plan in place to prevent the littering of my room in beads. I've only made one of them so far, but I think it's quite cute... Might even take them on a test drive some day next week... Purely for the lolz.
This shows the completed earring, and the start of the other one.
I don't think a whole bunch else is going on with me these days lads. I haven't had the time to read any books, which is bumming me out a little, but such is life. Special mention should be made to who this particular post is dedicated to... Dee is moving to Switzerland tomorrow, and I couldn't be happier for her, but Holy Underwritten Metropolis (yes, this was once said by Robin, I looked it up), am I going to miss that gal! I'm hoping that a trip to auld Lake Geneva will be my first of the summer... I'm tempted to start counting down the days already!
Well I guess that's it for tonight guys and gals (mostly gals I'm guessing...).
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