Copper Metallic Necklace

I love these beads - they are just perfect. They have pretty colors but never bright, slightly textured but not too much, copper without being too coppery, and matte without being dull. What could be better?

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So I created this lovely and unpretentious necklace with them. I'm very happy with it because it has a nice "drape" to it, it's mellow but has a little bit of bling. I added some shiny copper beads in the front to offset the larger beads. I will say that I was very happy when I tried this necklace on, because it looks GOOD!

I'm going to list it on my Etsy, and because I got a very nice price on the beads from a friend, I'll list it for a very nice price on Etsy, as well. Why not pass the savings along?

A November Necklace

The time change has me off balance... it's 5:30PM and dark already. Hmmmmm. The long winter looms.

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To take my mind off the fact that it's suddenly November, I've been making even more jewelry. I really love this slighly asymmetrical new necklace I made. It has a front toggle clasp that doubles as a pendant, and the square pendant is reversible. How cool is that? It has a grid design on the other side. The shell circles look really good as part of the "chain" look, and the 3/4 round bead near the pendant adds to the asymmetrical look. It has a seed bead section for around the back of the neck.

As a birthday gift to myself, I opened up my new Etsy store, The Pleasant Pheasant! It's my dream come true and I'm having fun filling up the shelves with both polymer clay things and new jewelry. There is a link to my store to the right side of this page, I really hope you will go take a look at what I've put up so far. I have a lot more to come, so please keep checking to see what new things I'll be offering.

My next project is going to be polymer clay. I'm going to move the beads aside for a few days and see what kind of polymer claying I can do. I have some good ideas to work on.