Me-Made May: Days 12 and 13
I decided I needed to do something quick yesterday, and I had a broken necklace and some unloved beads that needed redoing, so I dug out my beading stuff. Of course, I immediately got distracted with two other projects. The necklacey thing is a string of beads to hang off my Norse brooches when doing Viking-age re-enactment. The Thor's hammer replaces a broken cross ( living at the time of mass conversions to Christianity, my persona believes in hedging her bets :) ). The earrings were originally two pearls from a luggage tag or keychain. I think I got it in China as a thank-you gift after one of my pearl shopping sprees. Above the pearls are two cute little metalcubes that came off some sort of prize token from an arts competition I entered a few years ago.
Once the beading stuff was out, I decided I really needed to get a grip! There was a bag of mixed lampwork glass beads I have probably owned for a decade, plus a few of my own beads, various little tokens that would be good as hangars on necklaces, and some hair clips I once bought with the idea of covering them in beads, and beads to cover the hair clips, and other beads for which I could no longer remember my original intent, not to mention broken necklaces I forgot I owned. So today's project became several more necklaces, plus a hair clip.
I may go back and redo one of them, as I found a whole bunch of cabochons that were cheaply mounted in with my collection of gemstones to be set later. I purchased them when I lived in Brazil, with the intent of continuing to do silversmithing. That was 20 years ago, and I have yet to set up my workshop, so it may be time to rethink it. The oval cabochons look reasonably similar to a famous Viking age necklace, so I may stick them into the one with the small beads and pewter Thor's hammer. None of these necklaces are remotely accurate, so it doesn't matter. OTOH, I have been known to wear these crazy necklaces to work, and the cabochons would be too over the top even for me.
In my enthusiasm, I even started to restring one of my pearl necklaces.
And those beads and necklace in my room that started all this? Still upstairs. Sigh.
In completely unrelated news, I am rather jealous of my horse. Because I can't shower due to the sore foot, I can't soak my feet easily and deal with calluses. I would dearly love a pedicure, but there is no point until my bandages are removed; that won't be for another three weeks, at least. My horse got her hooves trimmed today - her feet look lovely and all ready for summer.
Once the beading stuff was out, I decided I really needed to get a grip! There was a bag of mixed lampwork glass beads I have probably owned for a decade, plus a few of my own beads, various little tokens that would be good as hangars on necklaces, and some hair clips I once bought with the idea of covering them in beads, and beads to cover the hair clips, and other beads for which I could no longer remember my original intent, not to mention broken necklaces I forgot I owned. So today's project became several more necklaces, plus a hair clip.
I may go back and redo one of them, as I found a whole bunch of cabochons that were cheaply mounted in with my collection of gemstones to be set later. I purchased them when I lived in Brazil, with the intent of continuing to do silversmithing. That was 20 years ago, and I have yet to set up my workshop, so it may be time to rethink it. The oval cabochons look reasonably similar to a famous Viking age necklace, so I may stick them into the one with the small beads and pewter Thor's hammer. None of these necklaces are remotely accurate, so it doesn't matter. OTOH, I have been known to wear these crazy necklaces to work, and the cabochons would be too over the top even for me.
In my enthusiasm, I even started to restring one of my pearl necklaces.
And those beads and necklace in my room that started all this? Still upstairs. Sigh.
In completely unrelated news, I am rather jealous of my horse. Because I can't shower due to the sore foot, I can't soak my feet easily and deal with calluses. I would dearly love a pedicure, but there is no point until my bandages are removed; that won't be for another three weeks, at least. My horse got her hooves trimmed today - her feet look lovely and all ready for summer.