Mystery Cuff, in progress
So because this cuff has no mythical origin (and duh, all the other ones do! They're magical!) it has no name. It was just worked around the center piece of vintage costume jewelry, which belonged to my great-grandmother. I have a bag full of pieces I want to try to use! Not all of them are as pretty, like, say, the pieces from the 60s and 70s. I dig things from that era as much as the next vintage-digging-gal, but the costume jewelry can be a little... garish. And I'm having to decide how to attach things like clip-on earrings, brooches, and other things that have backs and pointy parts. This piece was one of a pair of clip-on earrings and I just sort of wiggled the clip with my tiny jewelry pliers until it broke off. Extra-precise work.
OH WAIT, I'M SORRY, DID YOU THINK YOU WERE JUST SEEING SOME SILLY WORK IN PROGRESS?!?
BLAM!:
Mystery cuff, totally stinking finished already
Mystery cuff, finished so fast I bet you are surprised
Mystery cuff, modeled beautifully, probably to remain forever unnamed
Anyway, I basically just made it for fun, for myself. I have an idea for a cuff that is meant to be ghostly, and I'd like to use similar, but lighter colors. So this was kind of a nice practice run to see how all of those might come together. I did find that I need more greys. That's the end!
The End!
WOW!!! I love each of your cuffs but this BEAUTIFUL!!! And to make such great use of cherished beads!! You go girl!
ReplyDeleteAwww, thank you Robbie! I appreciate that. I've been kind of flip-flopping on a few choices I made with it, but this is one of those where I really like the way it looks on better than flat.
ReplyDeleteHey Lindsay, You're back. I thought maybe you had quit blogging. Glad you didn't. Your new cuff is absolutely gorgeous. Why don't you name it after your Grandmother? It is too pretty to be nameless.
ReplyDeleteThank you Debbie, and that is an excellent idea! I think the bag may be a bit of a mix between my great-grandmother Opal's things and my great-grandmother Ozelle's things (aren't those names great?). But if I had to guess, its name is probably going to be Opal! I'll have to ask my mom if she knows whose it was.
ReplyDeleteAnd I haven't quit yet! I just get distracted with other projects!!!
I LOVE this! I might need someone to get me one... I'll have to tell my husband to get on that :)
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