Today’s
creation has a long story. Once upon a time, a magic newsletter from
Beadaholique contained a link to an extremely inspirational video (which you can see here).
Watching it, I was immediately captured by the beauty and sparkle of that peach color Swarovski rivoli, so I decided to
buy one (and, thanks to my impressive self-control, I ended up buying 4, just
in case).
Once I
received them, however, I realized that their edges were very thin and if I
used them to create rings as the one shown in the tutorial, I would probably
chip them after 2 minutes of wearing (definitely, the stereotypical Italian tendency to not
keep hands still while talking wouldn’t help me to preserve them).
The
beautiful rivolis were therefore hidden in a drawer for a long time, until, one
day, I was charmed by a gorgeous, perfectly matching filigree component.I decided
to dust one of my little sparkling gems, cage it with a bronze-tone bead cap
and join it with craft wire to the center piece. To add some interest, I
attached freshwater pearls, 8mmm red aventurine beads and Swarovski
crystals.
Of course,
no pendant can be happy all by himself, so I made a matching pair of earrings
with the same types of beads, which I then attached to a pair of beautiful
flower findings I bought on Etsy.
Once they
saw each other, the pendant and the pair of earrings fell in love and they
lived happily ever after!
What do you
think? Don’t they make a lovely couple?
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