I was cleaning up some “working folders” in my hard drive when I came across a bunch of pictures which, if I recall, I had edited precisely to put on this blog, but which for some reason, never got published. (I could be wrong..) So as I do when I want to post a picture or pictures here, I uploaded to my flickr account and picked it up from there. Gorgeous, don’t you agree?
This was sometime in the winter late 2010, when the skies take on a different hue depending on whether snow was coming. I don’t know if it is just me or if the skies indeed become luminous when they are heavy with snow. And this is that part of the year when the days are shorter. Sunset before 5pm, and complete darkness by then.
It’s almost July and I’m already thinking about Christmas. Yes, December. I’m thinking about holiday cards, gift tags, and maybe gifts.. handmade.. or at least partially. Now is the best time to work with my paper baskets and woven paper frames. I’d love to get into papermaking but I am in no position to purchase more materials to experiment with, so any projects requiring “capital investment” in any shape or form, no matter how small, will just have to wait. Besides, there are enough new projects to get started with.
Last night I sat down way past midnight (again) and started to create these fabulous garland earrings which I ultimately finished this morning — something I’ve been meaning to do but which technique I was having a tough time with. The bunch of beads would look too bulky, seemingly out of synch, and the long and short of it was I just wasn’t happy with the way it came out. This time around, though, I think I nailed it. One single strand of chain forms the base, but the depth of the beads attached to every other chain link was what made the difference.
I’m going to create a couple more pairs in different shades/combinations using the same technique so watch out for additional new pieces. Coming soon!
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