Caribbean Net

Ok I know I am probably boring you with all this talk about the wedding, i think it has appeared on everyone of my blogs for this month but it is now finally over! I completed the last design on Tuesday evening and delivered it yesterday. The necklace is for one of the bride's sisters (not a bridesmaid) and she had a good idea in mind of what she wanted.

She wanted a beaded netting collar something like the picture above (sorry I dont know where she sourced this image). She picked out of my stash a gorgeous blue colour seed bead to match her dress and I started from there.
After a bit of playing around with designs I finally settled on the blue beads which were a 15 with silver contrast beads. I also used a similar pattern to this one, where two beads are used in the contrast, it really make the rows pop.
Of course you already know about the difficulties I had in making this necklace but I think the final design well worth all the effort, what do you think?



 I called it Caribbean Net. Cos the colour makes me think of the ocean.





Blue 15 and silver delicas with Preciosa crystals


There is no greater feeling after pouring blood, sweat and tears into a design to see the excitement on the client's face when they get their jewellery.

PS I have found another market for Saturday a week in South of Joburg - The Walkerville Farmers Market. more info on that next week.