I vowed that I would finish up all of the half started projects sitting on my work table, in anticipation of getting started on a larger project. Some of the final results, I loved, and some were just okay ... I very rarely sketch designs out so am working from a picture in my head most of the time. In a couple of cases, I was able to use up some small amounts of beads that would have otherwise gone to the bottom of my bead drawers so even better! Here's Part 1 of how I spent my week ... (clicking on any picture will bring up an enlarged view).
The inspiration for this bracelet came while driving home from the eastern shore of Maryland and Philadelphia the first week of October. Both the drive to the east coast and the drive back home were highlighted by the autumn colors of the trees up and down the hills/mountains of Pennsylvania. Driving home, I was especially struck by a couple of areas that were just absolutely brilliant with red and yellow intermingled with a touch of green and was sad when darkness fell as I was driving because it meant that I couldn't see the trees anymore!
I couldn't wait to get back home so I could create my own personal autumn!
The green high fire ceramic cabochon pictured on the right has been sitting on my work table, glued to Stiff Stuff, for longer than I want to admit. I knew I wanted to make something with it, but just couldn't figure out what.
As I was going through my bead stash looking for beads for a completely different project, I came across these lovely green Czech glass leaves and pulled them out to audition with the cab. I liked how the shape of the leaves mimicked the imprinted teardrop shapes at the top (or what I made the top) of the cab! The green ceramic cabochon is made by my friend, Helen O'Donnell,
Embroidered Soul. Helen's cabochons are some of my favorite pieces to use in my beadwork.
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