Two Gorgeous Special Order Necklaces! Sneak Peak

On the top is a picture of a piece of toile cloth my friend fell in love with.

"Could you please make me a chunky, long, 3-strand necklace of this beautiful cloth?"

Voila, the finished product is below the cloth! (I hope you pronounced all that with a French accent to make it more authentic!)

I used antique copper caps and spacers with ernite green and some copper Swarovski crystals in between the spacers on the middle ten beads of each strand - just for a hint of glamour.

My friend is a statuesque, coppery brown haired, green eyed beauty who can easily pull off wearing this 36 inches-in-overall-length attention grabber!

I'm glad she asked me to do it.

I had the best time.

The cloth beads are, of course, soaked in a poly-acrylic sealer so that don't pick up dirt or body oils and can be cleaned with a damp cloth!

Now this set of pictures is pretty fun also.

Without giving too much away, (in case the recipient of this gift reads my blog... hey, it could happen!) a women who I see often at the People's Market asked me to make a necklace for her boss.

She wanted me to use papers with the logo of their place of business and with some of the wording from their directory information.

I used blue iris spacer beads with a "volcano" Swarovski crystal between each paper bead.

The volcano swarovski is mostly blue/gray but when in the sun it shoots out orange sparks which match perfectly with a small orange glint of color on the business logo,

which is otherwise blue.

The necklace is 3-strand and about 28" in overall length.

Well, this is all I have done since being off sick.

I'm feeling way better today.

Almost like my old self again, except my husband says I sound French when I talk (all nasal I guess), Maybe I just sound French from touching so much French Toile cloth!

P.S. Who is sneaking off to Disneyland next week????

You better take a TON of pictures!