Friday, February 8, 2008

Design A Day, Day 9

I spent most of Thursday in transit. I got up at 4:30 AM to catch a cab to Denver airport. I was supposed to have a 3 hour layover in Detroit (again!) but when I got there, I found that there was a flight leaving for Indianapolis in 30 minutes. They had seats, so I was able to get on it - this meant I could be home more than 2 hours early! It wasn't until I had entered the plane that I realized that my luggage wouldn't get to Indy as quickly as I would.

Sigh. No luggage for me. At least I got home early. But I won't be able to pick it up till Saturday. Hey, who needs make up and a curling iron anyway!

So, this preamble has been an excuse for why I didn't post my Day 9 design yesterday. (Cue the violins.) I was just too tired to do much of anythign last night. I vegitated and spent some time cuddling with my daughter and watching TV.

But I'm really really pleased with this design for Day 9. It's deceptively simple: a single piece of silver and a round gemstone. BUT, I think that simple is hard to get right.


Yes, it's just a single piece of wire, but it flows well with the stones and has a graceful curving design. And hammering the wire in different areas of the wire gives the earrings depth.
(Only problem: I can't remember what the heck these stones are! Does anyone know?)
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6 comments:

  1. AnonymousFebruary 9, 2008 at 4:48 PM

    I can't help with your stone dilemma, but I love those curves !

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  2. ~StellaFebruary 9, 2008 at 9:16 PM

    not sure about the stones, either, but the earrings are lovely!

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  3. AnonymousFebruary 10, 2008 at 5:14 AM

    Those are really cool! The stones kind of look like new jade or prehinite to me???

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  4. AnonymousFebruary 11, 2008 at 1:15 PM

    Gorgeous earrings! I think the stones look like New Jade.

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  5. AnonymousFebruary 24, 2008 at 10:49 PM

    I'm not sure what the stones are, but those earrings are so gorgeous!

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  6. industrialpoppyFebruary 27, 2008 at 6:41 PM

    I think the stones are aventurine- It is sort of like a pale jade, I use it quite alot with copper.

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