Yep, thanks to Niky from Silverniknaks ( http://silverniknats.blogspot.com/ ) I recieved the most gorgeous purple-y bead soup and with a fabulous array of beads.
The focal is a wonderful lampwork glass dichro bead made by the talented Barbara Metzger of Basha Beads http://www.etsy.com/shop/bashabeads
The cutest little daisy clasp by Daisy Chain Extra who makes lovely stuff http://www.etsy.com/shop/daisychainextra
Some lovely lampwork beads by Laura Sparling http://www.beadsbylaura.co.uk/BBLBeadsToOrder.htm and http://www.chameleondesigns.co.uk/FocalBeads.html
Niky also included some fabulous seed beads and lovely sparkly crystals along with some striped agate, gorgeous pearls and sweet little silver lined rocailles. The colours Niky chose were inspired by Peacock colouring..... rich green, blue and purple.
I simply strung the necklace together on some tiger tail first and then went back through with the needle and thread to add the extra seed beads to soften and give some movement. I created a drop beneath the focal as a bit of a feature in the front using the lovely rainbow basha bead.
I really hope I did Niky proud. I am not the best jewellery designer, and yet I really enjoyed making this necklace. I will use some of the rest of my bead soup for some other projects which I will show on my blog.
The focal is a wonderful lampwork glass dichro bead made by the talented Barbara Metzger of Basha Beads http://www.etsy.com/shop/bashabeads
The cutest little daisy clasp by Daisy Chain Extra who makes lovely stuff http://www.etsy.com/shop/daisychainextra
Some lovely lampwork beads by Laura Sparling http://www.beadsbylaura.co.uk/BBLBeadsToOrder.htm and http://www.chameleondesigns.co.uk/FocalBeads.html
Niky also included some fabulous seed beads and lovely sparkly crystals along with some striped agate, gorgeous pearls and sweet little silver lined rocailles. The colours Niky chose were inspired by Peacock colouring..... rich green, blue and purple.
I simply strung the necklace together on some tiger tail first and then went back through with the needle and thread to add the extra seed beads to soften and give some movement. I created a drop beneath the focal as a bit of a feature in the front using the lovely rainbow basha bead.
I really hope I did Niky proud. I am not the best jewellery designer, and yet I really enjoyed making this necklace. I will use some of the rest of my bead soup for some other projects which I will show on my blog.
