New jewelry design: Sweet pearl o' mine

Every piece of jewelry I make has a story. This one is a bit convoluted - but isn't that usually the way inspiration works?

About a year ago, I was making headpins and decided to put little swirls on the ends, to hold the beads in place. The swirls kept getting more and more complex until they were bigger than the beads! But they were so cool.


So I searched through my bead box to find a bead that would complement the swirl. I found some coin pearls and tried one on the swirl.

Eh, not bad. Should I create another and make earrings? No. I decided I wouldn't and put the combo away in my "projects in progress" box.

Just last week I was looking for something and found my neglected pearl/swirl. All of a sudden - and I mean the idea came to me in a flash! - I knew that it would make a great pendant.

It was already made and all I had to do was add it onto a chain. So here's my Sweet Pearl O' Mine necklace.Simple and sweet.

And where did I get the inspiration for the name? I had the radio on, and Guns 'N Roses was playing "Sweet Child 'O Mine".

Hey, you get inspiration where you can.



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