The Wigglebutt Blog

I'm only a few days late in posting this. Still trying to get caught up☺ The theme for Week 18 was  "Pantone 2013" This necklace is a similar design to the one I made for Week 4, ( the one that found a new home ) This one has the addition of leather, which I really like. I was able to incorporate several of the Pantone Spring colors: Emerald, African Violet, Lemon Zest, Monaco Blue, Tender Shoots and Linen. 

I can't even tell you how happy I am with this one☺ With the exception of the 2 small pink beads (which are 'reconstructed turquoise') everything about this necklace is handmade☺ I made some "organic" links using steel wire and enameled them along with some iron beads. I added a couple of ceramic beads by an  "unknown to me" artist here in AK that I got at a bead show, and two JulsBeads. All of the wire wraps and links are made with annealed steel wire and I seriously believe my fingertips are actually swollen. This turned out even better than what I had in my head! It is totally different than what I am usually inclined to make and even with the dark wire work, I think it still looks bright and cheerful! Think maybe this Year of Jewelry Project might be doing me some good ~LOVE!~

I swear I have other things happening in my life than just this project.☺ Hopefully I will start posting about some of those things.... sometime....soon☺ But in the mean time I will just show you my week 3 project I don't know why, but this one was really hard to photograph (do you ever have one of those days when everything looks like it spelled wrong) Oh well..........moving on........ I must have taken about 60 shots Using different "props" Different backgrounds And different angles and I still am not really thrilled with how any of the photos came out, but I do like how the bracelet came out. It was fun to just play. I am waiting for this book , but thought I would do some experimenting on my own. I used 16g dark annealed steel wire that I got at the hardware store. I scrubbed it good with a sanding sponge, then I shaped the links, whacked at them with a hammer. Then I made some jump rings with some 20g steel wire and joined th...