Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Daisy Pendant Necklace







Beads of Clay is currently doing a pendant exchange. Participants' names were put into a hat and 2 names at a time were drawn. The partners exchanged pendants and made a commitment to create something with the pendant.



I have had this pendant with my bead making things for a couple of years. It was sent to me when I made a group necklace with contributions from BOC members. I wasn't able to use it in the group piece. Since this current necklace exhange is going on, I decided to make a necklace from this. I started out with the idea of making it chunky with stick pearls, but it ended up very delicate, with pearls of all different shapes, sizes and colors. It changed a few times before I came up with a balance I liked.

2 comments:

Mary Harding said...

I must say that I like this necklace very much. Maybe it is because I made the pendant. But really it is the way that you used the pearls and bail to enhance the daisy pendant. Thanks so much for posting it.

Shaterra Clay said...

Thanks Mary, I really like it too. It is not as easy as it seems doing stringing. I took it apart several times before I got something that I liked. Symmetrical design is easier but not as interesting, so I challenge myself to do asyemmetrical now. I'm glad the pendant swap got me motivated to do something with your pretty pendant.