A few weeks ago, I gave a little preview of my Artbeads Blogging Partner creation which was supposed to be in honor of Valentines Day. I had ordered these beautiful
ceramic hearts as well as several types of beads that I thought would look good with the ceramic hearts - some cute
mother of pearl hearts,
sterling silver roundels,
1.8mm square cut beads, and
4mm Druk cherry red beads. Artbeads has a great selection of Valentine's Day components which you can find
HERE. (Good to know for next year!!)
I had originally intended to make a bead embroidered cuff but when I started beading around the large heart I discovered some problems. The larger ceramic heart bead is about 5mm thick and I was having a hard time figuring out what size beads looked good next to it. I was also perplexed about what to do with the inner cutout part. After several attempts I decided my idea wasn't going to work and I had to come up with plan B which came together much easier.
First I created two different pendants with the ceramic hearts.
Both pendants can be hung from the same beaded necklace "chain."
I plan on listing this necklace in
my Etsy shop and will donate all proceeds to the relief efforts in Haiti.
I am delighted to be a part of Artbeads blogging group and I receive no compensation from them for blogging about their products.
Linda, I love what you did with these! I personally believe hearts should be around all year, even red ones! Very pretty!
ReplyDeleteOh wow, Linda! This is BEAUTIFUL!! Valentine's day or not, what a wonderful necklace. You do great work.
ReplyDeleteLinda, your heart pendants are so sweet. It's a wonderful thing that you're donating the proceeds to the Haiti appeal too. Lovely work!
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