Saturday, January 07, 2012

Spark it up!

Säravat käesolevat aastat! :)

Uue aasta puhul alustasin minagi olulisemalt säravamalt kui tavaliselt kombeks. :) Eelmist käevõru tehes tekkis mõte, kuidas motiivi osast järjepidevat ketti teha. Katsetamine ei päädinud kahjuks triumfiga - tulemus oli liiga jäik. Seega kasutasin hoopis RAW tehnikat, Tšehhi FP helmeid ja säravaid hõbedasi Toho seemnehelmeid 15/0.

Käevõrule lisatud kaunist kinnist olen pikalt oma varudes soojendanud. Oleks ilmselt edasigi soojendanud, kui poleks lugenud Lori Andersoni blogi Pretty Things, kus ta nimelt toob esile, et milleks, MILLEKS soojendada neid imeilusaid asju - ega nad karbis kedagi ja midagi kaunimaks tee. :) Tuline õigus! Muuseas, täna peaks avanema ka 5th Blog Soup Party, millele plaanisin ennast üles anda; loodan fortuuna soosingu peale, et osaleda saaks. :)
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I wish everyone a sparkling year of 2012! :)

To celebrate new year, I myself started up a little more shiny than usual. :) While beading previous bracelet, I developed an idea in my mind how to make a part of the pattern into a continuing chain. Unfortunately it did not realize as I wanted - the result was too stiff. So I did a lovely RAW bracelet instead using lots of sparkling Czech fire-polished beads and lovely silver Toho seed beads in size 15/0.

Clasp used in the bracelet has been in my stock for a while. I suppose it could have stayed there for an even longer period of time, but I happened to read Lori Anderson's blog Pretty Things, where she points out that it is most unuseful to buy beautiful pieces and then keep them all to yourself. Bullseye! It really will not make anyone or anything prettier when kept in a box in a drawer. :)

By the way - registration for the 5th Blog Soup Party should open today. I really hope Fortune will be on my side and I can participate. So I am currently keeping my eye on the blog to sign up when I have a chance.

2 comments:

Katrin mdmB said...

Mmmmm... kui kaunis! Ilus värv ja see kinnis on tõeliselt luks! Edu supipeole :)

Maarit said...

Minul tuleb ka nõustuda L.Andersoni ütlemisega!
See kinnis on tõesti väga kaunis ja väärt seda, et ta sealt varude hulgast päevavalgele lasti! :) Käevõru ise ka muidugi ülimalt ilus ja lummavate värvidega!