This pretty scarf arrived in my mailbox last week, a birthday present from daughter Dani. The perfect Fall accessory, in all my favorite colors (just look at that muted teal!), I decided to think of it as a bold necklace, and design some simple earrings to go with it. Which cued me to open and fire up my birthday present to myself, a Lenk LPT-500 butane torch!
I recently won a spot in Deryn Mentock's
Boho Bliss eCourse, which requires the use of a torch, and I discovered last week that overcoming my fears and watching the wire magically bead up in the flame into that shiny silver ball can be a lot of fun!
For my first pair, I focused on that lovely teal and worked through Deryn's lessons on drawing a bead on wire and hammering the earwire's surface for shine and strength. These are pretty and simple - fantastic with Dani's scarf, but classic enough to go with my entire summer-to-fall wardrobe.
My second pair is all soft browns and creams with a touch of black gold to pick up on the metallic threads infused throughout the scarf. I worked up copper samples of Deryn's handformed ellipse earwire at least a half-dozen times before attempting them in silver. Another autumn-inspired color palette, and again, those magical tiny balls. I'm really having fun with Deryn's class…next week - hoops!
Boho Bliss is chockful of techniques and still open for registration - come and join in the fun!
Hello:-)
ReplyDeleteThe scarf is very pretty-it will be useful in Autumn and Winter.
The earrings I can see in Your photos tell me something...even a lot:-)
I started from such kind of jewelry long ago.Made lots of things from the natural materials in connection with silver,copper and other fine metals.I have got a bit of that jewelry from all those years at home,here in Sweden.I probably will show it someday,for I can see,that the fashion starts to come back and maybe I will also come back to those simple,rustic forms again.
All the Best to You-Halinka-
Happy Birthday (whenever is may be)! What a pretty scarf~those muted colors are lovely together. The earrings are gorgeous! I like the simplicity of the first pair~real quiet beauties. Enjoy the class! Looking forward to seeing more of what you learn.
ReplyDeleteWow! That is such a gorgeous scarf, Dani gets brownie points for that one. Love, love, love both pair of earrings. I would seriously be wearing those all the time. I tend to go classical, go-with-everything in the earring department. And Happy Birthday!
ReplyDeleteYour jewelry and photos are wonderful.
ReplyDeleteA lovely birthday gift! -and I really like your earrings ;)
ReplyDeleteI need a daughter to go shopping for me! I love that scarf! And both pairs of earrings fit my taste perfectly also! :-) You've got several special outfits ready to go now! Happy, happy b-day!
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday! That is a gorgeous scarf your daughter has wonderful taste. I love the earrings that you made they are both classic beauties. I know what you mean about the torch. When I took my PMC class I was scared to death when the instructor told us that we were going to be using a torch in the class, but once I used it, I found that it was not that bad and I enjoyed using it.
ReplyDeleteWow - you're doing great with your handmade earwires. I'm so lazy when it comes to that. Maybe when I run through my stash of pre-made I'll go back to making them? That second pair is my favorite - love the textural feel.
ReplyDeletebtw, I wanted to reply directly to your comment on my blog, but it said you were a "no reply blogger" - let me know if you want to know how to fix that. If you're not getting replies from many blogs you comment on - there's a reason you can fix. Yes - I did have dresses with the poofy sleeves! lol!
what luscious fall colors you have in these designs! really beautiful. I'll have to check out your boho class link! right up my alley :)
ReplyDeleteI am so happy to hear that you are learning to torch. I also learned to overcome my fear from Deryn. Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today with such an enthusiastic and supportive comment. It was indeed a wonderful Intensive experience. Loved every minute of it.
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