The Indifferent Cosmos Did Not Hear My Cry

[bloodyrosemccoy]

I have these really nifty pearl chips I got at the Gem Faire a year or so ago. They’re multicolored and uneven and, of course, shiny, and I got them with the same hope that fuels all my art supply buying: the hope that, eventually, I will have some idea what I want to do with them.

And believe it or not, last night I actually got that idea! It was a darn good one, too. The only worry was whether I’d have enough pearl chips to do it. So I took some seed beads and worked on a netted necklace—I have just learned netting and it’s my latest favorite thing—all the time fretting. I had to have enough pearl chips, right? I could get the whole necklace done, right?

Well, worry not! I did have enough pearl chips to finish the necklace, and it is indeed an inspired bit of art. I would love to show it to you.

There’s just one thing: It’s not finished yet. After a night’s worry about the showcase beads, I ran out of the seed beads instead.

So for now, just take my word for it: it will be a damn cool necklace. Just … as soon as I get another shipment of little brown beads.

Comments

[renshai.livejournal.com]

I'm somewhat reassured to know that I'm not the only person who buys craft supplies based on their shinyness. (I've got some really beautiful dichroic glass pendant beads...that I have no idea what to do with. I'm sure I'll figure it out someday.)

[padparadscha.livejournal.com]

Why else buy craft stuff?

Oh, and it turns out the demon that possesses me in the craft store has a twin living in the garden store. I'm doomed.

[cjtremlett.livejournal.com]

I have a stash of various craft supplies acquired just because of shininess! I finally used a bunch of the bag of assorted brightly colored glass beads making hair dangles to wear to the latest Pirates of the Caribbean movie. I think I'd had those beads for like five or six years before I used them!

And I want to see pics of the necklace when it's done!

[padparadscha.livejournal.com]

5-6 years sounds about right. And sometimes I wish I had long hair for danglies!

Pictures when I finish the darn thing!

[dandelion-diva.livejournal.com]

See? The deitys of creating can be mean jerks.

I can't wait to see the necklace though.