I bought a few outfits recently in orange and/or blue colours, and decided to make a pendant to go with them. Blue has always been my favorite colour, but I don't wear orange very often. With Tangerine being the Pantone colour of the year, however, I'm seeing orange everywhere this season, and am liking it more and more. Anyhow, I've kept the design simple for everyday wear, and didn't string a necklace as I plan to wear it with chains of different lengths to suit the clothes. The main orange cabochon is cat's eye. The small blue "cab" below it is a translucent button - I didn't have a small cab in suitable colour, so I painted the back of a translucent button with acrylic paint, sealed it with DG3, and stuck a blue crystal at the front. I've included a couple of photos of me wearing it. Hope you like and thanks for looking.
Making jewelry is my passion. I work in the health profession during the day, and spend most of my free time designing and making jewelry. I do beading, wirework, metal clay, polymer clay, enameling, and a little lampwork and traditional silversmithing. I'm also a member of a lapidary club where I learnt to cab stones and teach classes. I've written multiple projects for Australian beading magazines, and many of my pieces have been published in magazines in both Australia and overseas. I have won multiple awards and competitions, and I'm a member of the Australian Beading Forum. That's me in a nutshell!
First Place, Metal Clay Category, Inaugural Bead Showcase Juried Competition, Sydney Bead and Gem Show 2005
Second Place, Metal Clay Category, 2006 Beading Extravaganza Competition, Sydney Bead and Gem Show
First Place, Wire Work Artist of the Year, Beads etc... Australian Designer of the Year Award 2007 Competition
Fourth Place, Metal Clay Category, Beads etc... Australian Designer of the Year Award 2007 Competition
Second Place, Metal Clay Category, 2007 Beading Extravaganza Competition, Sydney Bead and Gem Show
Second Place, Metal Clay Artist of the Year, beads etc... Australian Jewellery Designer of the Year Awards 2008
First Place, Wire Work Category, 2008 Beading Extravaganza Competition, Sydney Bead & Gem Show
First Place, 2008 Create Your Style Creative Beading Awards, 2008, sponsored by Cryatsl Park, Creative Beading Magazine and Crystallized Swarovski Elements
Finalist, Bead Dreams 2010, Wirework Category, Bead & Button Show
First Place, Creative Challenge Division, Create Your Style Creative Beading Awards 2010, sponsored by Cryatsl Park, Creative Beading Magazine and Crystallized Swarovski Elements
I bought a few outfits recently in orange and/or blue colours, and decided to make a pendant to go with them. Blue has always been my favorite colour, but I don't wear orange very often. With Tangerine being the Pantone colour of the year, however, I'm seeing orange everywhere this season, and am liking it more and more. Anyhow, I've kept the design simple for everyday wear, and didn't string a necklace as I plan to wear it with chains of different lengths to suit the clothes. The main orange cabochon is cat's eye. The small blue "cab" below it is a translucent button - I didn't have a small cab in suitable colour, so I painted the back of a translucent button with acrylic paint, sealed it with DG3, and stuck a blue crystal at the front. I've included a couple of photos of me wearing it. Hope you like and thanks for looking.
This is a wonderful Pendant,the colors fits perfectly to your new clothes.I like the colors very much.
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Marion
Thanks and glad you like it, Marion. Have a great day! :)
ReplyDeleteSuperb pandantiv !!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteFelicitari !
Beautiful - even your simple designs are just stunning - the dark blue and orange is a great colour combo
ReplyDeleteSonya
Hi Felicitari and Sonya,
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Caroline,
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful pendant! Simple enough to wear with a variety of outfits, but fancy enough to stand out. It's gorgeous. :)
-- Sarah of Saturday Sequins
Thank you very much, Sarah. Glad you like it.
ReplyDeleteWonderful colorway :)
ReplyDeleteGreetings,
-Eva Maria
Thank you, Eva Maria, for your wonderful comment. Much appreciated. :)
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