First of all I want to Thank Lori Anderson for hosting this HUGE event again !!
This is what she writes in her blog :
I'm always amazed at how popular this blog hop has become!
This time, we have 400 attendees -- a record for the Bead Soup Blog Party
how about that :)
And today is the first reveal day of three
And now to the jewelry I made from the beautiful parts sent from my talented and skilled partner Jennifer VanBenschoten (You can have a full look at the ingredients HERE) ...Do not forget to take a look at what she made with the soup she got from me.
I have to admit I got some new grey hair in the process of making this
necklace. It is actually the third one with this pendant. I should have
known better then to try and plan to much with drawing ideas and such
cause it did not work as it does not do much for me !!....So after one
days disaster ....with chains ..pearls ans stuff... I just started
playing and let the design make itself ....the way I work most of the
time....and voila ..
I present to You The Shaman´s Magic necklace
Read about the Acorn as a symbol:
Acorn:
During the Norman Conquest, the English carried dried acorns to protect
themselves from the brutalities of the day. Considered to be an emblem
of luck, prosperity, youthfulness and power....
So that is a good symbol for this Shamanic necklace :)
with a lovely piece of deep green sari ribbon with threads like hair...(from my friend Nancy at
goldenonetoo )
Added hemp cord in matching colors with dangling Czech glass beads in those gorgeous new styles (jumm)
As a closure one of my handmade buttons (a favo) made with a pattern from an antique button
Next project was a pair of matching earrings with faceted lucite beads and pearls from Jennifer + some more Czech glass beads silk hemp and ceramic discs
Next task was to make something with the clasp and I found it very beautiful but a bit delicat for my kind of bracelets so it ended up in a pair of sea inspired earrings together with the lovely shell beads and sea sediment jasper i got in the swap + some more of those jummy Czech glass beads and a ribbon that looks like a fisherman´s net. Wires I made from ox. sterling silver ...
Fisherman´s wife assemblage earrings
And finally one more pair of earrings as I was going on "high muse level" :)
Gorgeous stone lentils and spacers from the ingredients
added Czech glass, wooden flowers and those metal dangles that my friend Tiina in Finland added this lovely patina to
Focus healing earrings
And I have a giveaway this time of a gift certificat to one of my Etsy shops
of 30 dollars
To participate in this You have to write a comment here and
LIKE my Lejonklou Design page on FB (click on pic. below to go there)
If someone who does want to be in the lottery for the 30 dollars free shopping in one of my two Etsy stores does not have FB just let me know You can like this page instead or... all ready did like the FB page just let me know You are in!
winner will be revealed August 12 (Sunday)
A map to see where all the participants live
and Europe
To take a look at what all the other talented artists made click on pic. below
I wish You a fun and inspiring journey around the world !!!
Thank You so much for stopping by!
all comments are very appreciated and I will try to take a full tour myself!
some blogs are hard for me to enter as my internet is not working so I am using a plan B mobile internet..
(lucky to have that plan B or I would not be here at all now..:) )
Birgitta
