My Creative Space - A New Necklace

It was time to put away my red and blue beads and give some other colours a bit of a go!

I have a great little stash of Rose Quartz beads and they have been out on my desk this week. They are a very light pink colour and look great on their own or combined with other coloured gemstones or pearls.

I'm not an expert on the spiritual qualities of gemstones but from what I have read Rose Quartz apparently gives inner peace and helps in all matters pertaining to love in all its forms. It is reportedly a stone of unconditional love that opens the heart to all forms of love: self-love, family love, platonic love, and romantic love and is a very soothing and happy stone that brings gentleness, forgiveness, compassion, kindness and tolerance..... quite a good wrap for an unassuming gemstone!

Here is what I came up with - named 'Pearl's Rose'. I've used freshwater pearls to compliment the Rose Quartz beads in a double strand necklace:

Some of the Rose Quartz beads are lovely and smooth and others are faceted to give them a little texture. I'm happy with how this necklace has turned out and have loved working in this colour scheme of soft pink, peacock grey and cream.

My Creative Space - New Earrings

In my last post I mentioned how I've grown to like using wire and I've been focussing on the use of wire in earrings this week.

I made these earrings using freshwater pearls and fine sterling silver wire:

I've named them 'Snowflakes' and hope to list them in my Etsy shop soon.
What is happening in your creative space this week?

My Creative Space - Working with Freshwater Pearls

The pearl necklace is now finished and ready to be worn out and about. It is a combination of pearls and chain ....knotted cream freshwater pearls in 3 strands at the front and silver chain at the back. It has the elegance of a multi strand necklace without the full weight and the chain also creates a more contemporary look.

As I was playing with pearls this week, I also created a pair of coin shaped freshwater pearl earrings.. they are a beautiful soft grey colour and have a lovely natural lustre... ....

I'll be adding the earrings to my Made It store this week.

My Creative Space - Knotting Pearls

I'm very fond of freshwater pearls. ... perhaps too fond. I have a stash of them in a range of colours and a number of projects on the go all waiting to be finished.
I spent about 2 hours yesterday hand knotting pearls to make a multi-strand necklace for myself to wear with a black dress. It is not quite finished but here is my necklace in the making .......