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bloodyrosemccoy) wrote2010-08-26 06:22 pm
bloodyrosemccoy) wrote2010-08-26 06:22 pm
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Latest Project: Magpie Necklaces
Hey, guys! I have a question for you!
Would you buy something like this?
I know I would, but that’s a moot point. I’ve already got one. I’m wondering if anyone else would.
See, I’ve got all these pendanty bits, and wires, and ribbons, and beads, and yarns, and it occurred to me that they’d all look great together. So I’ve been putting them together in these chokers, which I’ve been calling Magpie Necklaces because, well. Shiny.
And it struck me that if I like them, other people might, too. I could open up a shop on Etsy, if there’s enough interest.
So! I ask again: Would you buy something like this?
The idea was to make it a sort of “found objects” necklace, like somebody had the cord already and just started picking up things they thought were shiny and hanging them on the necklace. This one’s obviously meant to look space-operatic, with star beads woven through the cord, a galactic whorl in its off-center glass pendant, and a coiled wire—perhaps from a repurposed piece of SPACE TECHNOLOGY.
I’m still experimenting with the best ways to attach the pendants to make them look scavenged without making them liable to fall off. I rather like the coiled wire I used here.
How about this one?
This one is inspired by a page from a gardening book on color schemes. I didn’t quite recreate the wonderfully unusual scheme he had going, but I am still quite satisfied with the way it turned out.
A word of warning, the bell really jingles.
Or this one?
This one was a blast to make. There’s a strand of beads in the cord along with a gold chain, because what’s a pirate without some pirate’s booty? The colors are for your own brand of Jolly Roger, and a few coins and piratical treasures decorate it.
Now that I look, I think I may have to do a few more close-ups of the cords themselves so you can see the beads and maybe of the clasps. But you get the idea.
Or maybe this one?
The first one I made. I wanted it to look like some wild woodfairy was picking up things that struck her fancy. Not far from the truth, really.
If I were to continue to make and sell these, they’d probably be in the $40-$50 range due to the cost of the materials. I could probably make cheaper bracelets and anklets, too. But I wanted to start with a few before I made a huge investment.
I know I’d buy them. Would you?
Would you buy something like this?
I know I would, but that’s a moot point. I’ve already got one. I’m wondering if anyone else would.
See, I’ve got all these pendanty bits, and wires, and ribbons, and beads, and yarns, and it occurred to me that they’d all look great together. So I’ve been putting them together in these chokers, which I’ve been calling Magpie Necklaces because, well. Shiny.
And it struck me that if I like them, other people might, too. I could open up a shop on Etsy, if there’s enough interest.
So! I ask again: Would you buy something like this?
The idea was to make it a sort of “found objects” necklace, like somebody had the cord already and just started picking up things they thought were shiny and hanging them on the necklace. This one’s obviously meant to look space-operatic, with star beads woven through the cord, a galactic whorl in its off-center glass pendant, and a coiled wire—perhaps from a repurposed piece of SPACE TECHNOLOGY.
I’m still experimenting with the best ways to attach the pendants to make them look scavenged without making them liable to fall off. I rather like the coiled wire I used here.
How about this one?
This one is inspired by a page from a gardening book on color schemes. I didn’t quite recreate the wonderfully unusual scheme he had going, but I am still quite satisfied with the way it turned out.
A word of warning, the bell really jingles.
Or this one?
This one was a blast to make. There’s a strand of beads in the cord along with a gold chain, because what’s a pirate without some pirate’s booty? The colors are for your own brand of Jolly Roger, and a few coins and piratical treasures decorate it.
Now that I look, I think I may have to do a few more close-ups of the cords themselves so you can see the beads and maybe of the clasps. But you get the idea.
Or maybe this one?
The first one I made. I wanted it to look like some wild woodfairy was picking up things that struck her fancy. Not far from the truth, really.
If I were to continue to make and sell these, they’d probably be in the $40-$50 range due to the cost of the materials. I could probably make cheaper bracelets and anklets, too. But I wanted to start with a few before I made a huge investment.
I know I’d buy them. Would you?