Very Cherie Xpressions : A Windy Fall Day

Very Cherie-Beaded Jewels

'I've got the world on a string...'

Beads, beads and more beads... brilliant, bold, bright, beautiful beads! They glisten, they sparkle, they shimmer and shine. they come in all sorts of shapes, sizes and textures; round, square, hexagon, bicone, oval, paddle and dagger shaped. They also come in flower and leaf shapes and so many others. The patterns on them are bold, flowery and pretty, geometric, abstract or psychedelic or exotic and in all the colors of the rainbow. They are translucent, opaque, matte, textured, shimmery, irridiscent, bumpy. Beads can be made of clay, metal, blown glass, lampworked; handmade or machine made locally or in far away places like Europe, Asia and Africa. They can be strung on wire, silk, cord, leather, ribbon or embroidery floss or woven into beautiful, stunning jewelry. Beaded jewelry can be worn everyday to work or a fun day at the beach; an evening out or a gala event.

I am fascinated with beading. I find it so relaxing. Just stringing them or weaving, picking up a bead, another and then another - the action is so repetitive... it's almost meditative. As you add the beads and watch your design grow, the joy and satisfaction of seeing the end result - a beautiful piece of jewelry; that is so fulfilling!

Saturday, November 6, 2010

A Windy Fall Day

I made this necklace for the competition 'A Windy Fall day' in the Canadian Beading Magazine.Autumn is my favorite season as I love the gorgeous colors ( my birthday also happens to be in this season!)

For the necklace I chose seed beads in the warm autumn colors - browns, yellows, pinky copper, pinky/gold some shell leaf shaped beads/pendants which I combined with copper to get the fall hues. The multi strands of seed beads with the leaves scattered asymetrically give the effect of leaves being blown in the wind. The leaves were attached randomly to add to the effect. I found this beautiful copper leaf shaped toggle clasp and I made up the pendant with the leaf shaped shell and repeating the copper leaf layering it on the shell leaf pendant along with tendrils of copper wire to show falling leaves.
I'm happy with the way it turned out and it placed in the top ten finalists.