Finding Nemo

I'm not sure whether I love August or hate it!.. As with most of us, it's when we go on holiday, and I don't know about you but I hate the packing and preparation before and after! This means I have less time to do the enjoyable things like beads and jewellery! Actually thinking about it, I DO like August! I've had a glorious week in Crete, soaking up the sun and looking at the history and then a lovely long weekend in Jersey. Oh, just for your information, If you ever go to Crete, make sure to visit Spinalonga Island. It's a former leper colony, before the cure for leprosy was found.Fascinating place. Also a good read is Victoria Hislop's book called The Island which is about Spinalonga. It makes a change to see some of the modern history of Crete rather than just the Greek Mythology, (Although I would happily have seen that as well!!).

Anyway, back to beads.....

I've had some orange beads for a while and have always found it difficult to make a necklace that I like using them. Then when I started with this theme, I suddenly had inspiration. The colours of Nemo in the Disney fim; bright orange, white and black. I think the contrast with the black makes the necklace quite striking. Don't you think?. I love this necklace and feel it would go nicely with a plain black dress. I decided to make the drop earrings to match to complete the whole set. The necklace is finished with silver findings and most of the beads are glass.

Has it really been that long?!!!

Oh my god! Doesn't time fly! I realised that I hadn't blogged for a while, but three months? Now I'm going to make good on that one..

I had a bit of a blip in inspiration for jewellery making recently and got sidetracked making a few other things instead... (They'll be going on here later...) So I bought myself a beading magazine. Just what I needed to spring me back in to creativity. A very sympathetic partner then helped by buying me a repalcement gas bottle so that I could go back to 'experimenting' with making my own beads.. (for those of you who don't know, I was made redundant about three months ago and even though I now have a new job, money has been a bit tight.). So, I sat down over the weekend and thought of a theme, not an original one on this occasion, but my friend gave me the idea without even realising it! just by telling me of her next years holiday plans..The result? Disney inspired colours... They use such vibrant colours in their animation, that I decided to base a collection of jewellery each with a specific film in mind....Oh and for those keen eyes out there, this one is not using handmade beads, they'll be appearing in another creation.

So this first one is from the colours in Fantasia. Why not start at the very beginning and use this magical film to make a magical shiny necklace? The beads are big and chunky but are made from acrylic, which means that it is not too heavy to wear comfortably. By using the purple and siver coloured tigertail it also sits almost 'magically' (see what I did there?!!) and appears to 'float' on your neckline. I love this necklace, purple has got to be one of my most favourite colours.

The picture doesn't do it justice really; theres are two different silver colours, shiny and matt whch gives a good contrast to the purple without being too 'samey'.

Enjoy!

Any comments or suggestions for other films, leave a comment..