Today I want to show you a very special
creation, the first one I ever made in order to participate in a contest!
It was a nice day in 2009 and (surprise,
surprise!) I was browsing through beading websites and blogs, when I stumbled
upon the announcement for a challenge by Stringing Magazine, called Magical
Forest. I never considered participating in a competition before, but a theme
based on nature just charmed me. I couldn’t stop my head from thinking about
the hundreds of things I could do and I immediately found myself with needle
and threads in my hands.
I began stringing green glass seed beads,
inserting some flowers, ladybugs and butterflies every now and then. But that
wasn’t enough, so I knotted clusters of 8mm glass beads on a brown cord, to
give the illusion of branches with leaves. Lastly, I created the central piece,
by attaching glass blooms and foliage. I tried to use colors which would give a
mysterious allure to the piece, making it look truly magical.
And here it is…my little enchanted necklace!
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