I had seen similar ornaments in ceramic (which I had coveted) in a local craft shop and also on Moonlight and Hares (Karen Davies makes the most beautiful hares which sell out in seconds, but I do have a hare card and print from her which I love) so decided to zhuzh (or zhoosh or zhush, depending where you look) my hare up. As she (I think she is a she) had the night sky decoration, this dictated the gemstones I used. Chris very kindly drilled three small holes along her tummy and I set to work creating the dangles.
I chose to use silver plated wire as it echoed the silver moonlight. I had a lot of fun deciding which of my rather large stash of gemstones to use, but chose those which said 'night', 'moon' , 'ethereal' or 'magical' to me (and are also some of my favourites). I used amethyst, rainbow moonstone, coated haematite and blue goldstone on the first dangle (to the left). The middle one has a pearl, a haematite star and the original moon charm. The third one (on the right) has a blue pearl, crystal quartz and a labradorite on it. I created a wire spiral to hang her from and dropped a little silver pearl from the centre. I am really pleased with the end result and she looks just how I imagined she would (which is often not the case, in my experience).
Edited to add: thanks to Briony for the idea - here are some photos with a ruler to give you an idea of her size -
She's about 16.5 cm in length...
...or about 6.5 inches...and about 6.5 cm or 2.5 inches from the top of her ear to her tummy.
You don't say how big it is but what you've done really makes a difference, beautiful.
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Thanks, Briony. I have added a couple more photos to show the size. I am really pleased with how she looks now.
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Ellie
Very cleaver. When I saw the first picture thought it was an ornament to put on a Christmas Tree and was envisioning your collection all on a Christmas Tree, which would be cool.....but, then you only get to enjoy it a short period of time. I like your solution!
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Thanks, Sandy. She would look lovely on a Christmas tree, but, as you say, I can see her all the time where she is. Nearby, on a little table, there are two little hare figures and a hare picture, so she does have some company.
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Ellie
What a lovely idea, you've completely transformed her and made her yours, beautiful hare xx
ReplyDeleteThanks, Cheryl. It was a lovely project to do and I do feel she is really mine now.
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Ellie
It looks wonderful. I have a hare necklace and people often comment on it. Jo x
ReplyDeleteThanks, Jo. I have a hare necklace too but I don't often wear it. I think I need to rectify that!
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Ellie
Love what you have done to your night sky hare. Co-incidentally I am just about to start a book about hares - tracing thier life and their legend (The Leaping Hare by George Ewart Evans and David Thomson).
ReplyDeleteThanks, EC. I think I may need to add that book to my collection...
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Very pretty, lovely way to personalise your hare, enjoy xcx
ReplyDeleteThanks, Chrissie. I am really pleased with how she turned out and she does look very nice in her new home.
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