Sunday, October 17, 2010

Challenge Reveal


Here it is!  The challenge necklace that  took me eons to finally get the way I wanted!  I ended up not using any of the additional beads that I wanted to use.  The white chain was definitely a big challenge part.  I loved the white cinnabar with the jade so much that I went and bought more to use by themselves!  Anyway, I bounced back and forth between the focal I had gotten and the beads I had, first dangling the focal from the chain and then putting the chain at the ends for the clasp.  I couldn't quite figure out how I wanted to use the light and dark beads together and they looked so wrong separated.  I finally took it all apart earlier this week and came up with what you see here.  I used a clasp I had also gotten from Michael's along with extra crimp covers because I truly loathe crimp beads and had extra space to fill.  Hope you like it!

Okay, update:  I forgot to post the list on here, and for some reason it won't post the whole thing, so I'm just posting the blog that was right after mine.  Enjoy!

http://rosebud101-fortheloveofbeads.blogspot.com/

21 comments:

  1. Aww, pretty! Simple and refreshing to look at. This would be great to wear in a more formal environment, like at the office or something. It's just such a crisp and clean design, so pretty!

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  2. Yes !!! That chain drove me to distraction too - I am so impressed how everyone worked with it. Beautiful job : ) Happy Blog Hopping !!!

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  3. Great job! Thanks for sharing :)

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  4. So simple, but so pretty!! Great job!

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  5. For me the challenge was also the white chain! LOL It might have been called the white chain challenge. I just love how we all managed to work with it!

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  6. Very pretty! Those white cinnabar beads were just delish, weren't they? I'm going to be getting more too! And, yep, like you, I think alot of us were finding that white chain a bit of a challenge :)

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  7. Just Lovely!! Im peeking at everyones designs and yours is quite pretty!!!

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  8. Such a pretty classic design. I agree... that white chain sure stumped me. Someone had the great idea to age it with a patina. That is brilliant and I will be trying that with the rest of mine! Thanks for playing.
    Enjoy the day!
    Erin

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  9. Simple. Elegant. Very classy. You've made something very wearable and would be great layered with other pieces or on its own. Wonderful!

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  10. Very clean design! How lovely :)

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  11. intense with the black and white contrast. lovely.

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  12. What a lovely design - so elegant. Great job!

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  13. I struggled with the white chain also. Your necklace is wonderful. I also love that it is shorter. Really nice!

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  14. Very nice design! Looks very comfortable and classy

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  15. Thanks for all the compliments you guys! They're a great morale booster :)

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