Beautiful Shells!

I was at a beach recently. . . 

As expected it was a fun filled day. I picked so many beautiful sea shells and some "stones". Unfortunately, I am not in a position to classify these stones. But I dare to say they are beautiful and will make beautiful pendants.

Back to the beautiful sea shells. Some had very odd shapes, that made them stand out from the others. I also picked some abalone shells.

With so many shells at my disposal, I had to commence some art creations. I started with these pendants.

The image on the left was wire wrapped to create the pendant on the right. My daughter tagged it her "lucky charm. 

For the image above, I added a little pearl bead to the empty shell and this beautiful shell pendant was created. It can be worn either with the pearl showing or without. Either way, it is beautiful!

Experiments!

Recently, a friend of mine asked me to make a necklace for her. The colour code was blue.

She wanted the necklace to be ready on time. Now that was a problem for me because, I am a weekend beader. Yes, I use most of my weekends to bead! Well, I was determined to deliver on time! So, I set out to work . . .

This was the first thing I made. The plan was to make enough to go round a neck. Somehow, I was not satisfied.

Then I made these pendants. I considered it "wrong" for the occasion.

Finally, I made this mini encapsuled necklace with the matching earrings!

Nested!

Hello!

This is the first of my "re-post". Yes, I had posted this picture on the previous blog.

During the last elections in Nigeria (April 2011) there was a very long break which coincided with the Easter holiday. I spent that weekend doing what I love doing - creating some crafts and jewelries. One of such was this set I made. I was so excited at the final result...

I called it "Nested". This is because each one is made like a nest with eggs in it!

Nested!

I am so excited!

I have been trying my hands on so many projects. It was a VERY long weekend thanks to the Easter break and the on-going elections here in Nigeria. As a result, I spent this weekend doing what I love doing - creating some crafts and jewelries.

I will display each project one after the other.

Here are some pictures of the Jewelry set I made. I titled it "Nested". This is because each one is made like a nest. The finished work looks beautiful! Yeah!

What do you think?