This very long (40″) necklace proved to dramatic for me today. I ended up doubling the chain, knotting it and looping it around my neck.
Super long is interesting, but not practical.
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Thursday, June 2nd
2 Jun
A memory-wire choker with matte czech glass beads and an etched glass cameo. This necklace was part of a collection I did years ago that was picked up by a catalog. They bought about 150 of them, which isn’t a lot but considering it wasn’t a jewelry or apparel catalog that sort of is a lot. The setting on the cameo is open backed so we glued an abalone disc to the back of the glass. You could actually wear this reversed if you wanted.
Wednesday, June 1st
1 Jun
Another vintage buckle choker.
This one is the original. I found all those buckles in an old button box I inherited and the beads are from a broken 1920’s Flapper-length necklace that I took apart.
Copper jump rings with a natural patina, copper chain and hook, too.
Tuesday, May 31st
31 May
Today I wore two necklaces (as promised) but honestly, I do this a lot.
The shorter choker is from the old days and I made it as part of a collection I did for Bedizen called Vegas Wedding. We had a lot of love- and wedding-themed charms and that desert palette. The necklace is strung on memory wire, a product I really like for making chokers. It can be worn with out actually choking the wearer.
Kinda important.
Those beads are a mix of Czech glass and some vintage 40’s carnelian glass rounds that I had a 10 lb. bag of at one time. I used them in so many collections I thought they’d never run out. Sadly, they did. Bone dice, stars, flowers are from China. The small red beads that are coming off the memory wire strand are real red coral from back before we realized we shouldn’t be making important animals like coral into beads.
Those painted ceramic bird beads? I had forgotten all about them and now that I remember them I dug out the name of the folks I purchased them from. I think I need more.
The orangey long necklace is made of many, many strands of silver-lined red glass beads. It’s really a hank; strung on cotton thread and knotted. It was a gift from a friend after I came to her wedding ceremony. It’s really pretty and I don’t know if she knew I would wear the hank just like that or she thought I would restring it. I like it as-is.
It’s a perfect summer necklace as it’s bright and really disco-looking but also doesn’t actually match a single thing I own.
Currently that ‘not quite matching’ element is very appealing to me.
Saturday, May 28th
28 May
Three strands of very small iris-colored pearls with a chunk of labradorite and a chunk of kyanite.
Gold-filled toggle clasp.
This necklace always tangles and rolls up, no matter what I do.
I used to wear this a lot, but I probably haven’t worn it in five years.
Wednesday,May 18th
18 May
Faceted glass beads, 10 mm, in smokey gray. The color is called Black Diamond, I think.
That’s copper wire and a copper jump ring.
I think I must have made about 500 of this exact necklace.
It was one of my biggest sellers.
Adjustable closure with a hook and extender chain, from 14-17 inches.
I used to wear it way up there, like a choker. Now I prefer it a bit longer.
I think I will write this project up for ornamentea.com.
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