Here are my latest attempts at jewellery making from yesterday. I had gone up to a colleague's house (the colleague who I do felting with occasionally) and as she has recently started jewellery making, we thought it would be nice to sit and chat while we made jewellery. She got on really well, dismantling a pearl necklace to create two more and then creating an amethyst nuggets and pearls necklace. My afternoon was less productive! Initially I started by taking a blue lace agate necklace apart to create a simpler design, but my wrap loops went wrong and somehow, whatever I did wasn't quite right. So, I tried a Botswana Agate bracelet instead. The design was fine but I kept making it far too big. In the end, I brought it home and tried again. (I realised when trying to make it that I didn't have my glasses - this could have been the reason things wouldn't go right for me!) Eventually, I was happy with it and I made some earrings to go with it (see above). I think that the markings on the stones are absolutely beautiful and I shall enjoy wearing them.
Deciding that I had better continue while things seemed to be going better (and I did have my glasses!), I made this amazonite bracelet which has rounds and one large chunky piece at the front. It also has two smaller fluorite beads near the clasp. This is a calming colour I find and it is rapidly becoming one of my favourite stones. I just need some clothes to go with it...
I decided that I wasn't in the right mood to be creative yesterday afternoon, and that is why things didn't go right for me (the fact that I couldn't see that well probably didn't help either). Note to self: go with the creative urge when it hits you and give up and do something else when the muse isn't there!
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