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anne_dHere we go again, another shiny thing. I took the necklace apart and played with it, trying different combinations of beads until it felt right.
I bought the little bronze and peridot pendant at the So Cal Ren Faire many years ago. I’d strung it originally with the peridot beads, tiny gold beads, and freshwater rice pearls, and made the hook and eye clasp from gold-filled wire. I never really liked the rice pearls; they didn’t quite work with the round beads. But that was what I had at the time. I made the earrings a few years later. The tumbled peridots were a yard sale find, a short chain of tumbled chunks with little embedded wire loops, linked together with jumprings. I made the earwires. I used to do a lot of wirework. I should get back into it; I doubt I could do the really fine stuff anymore, but I could probably still make hammered wire clasps. Earwires, on the other hand, especially the classic shepherds hook, are not worth the hassle.
I bought the little bronze and peridot pendant at the So Cal Ren Faire many years ago. I’d strung it originally with the peridot beads, tiny gold beads, and freshwater rice pearls, and made the hook and eye clasp from gold-filled wire. I never really liked the rice pearls; they didn’t quite work with the round beads. But that was what I had at the time. I made the earrings a few years later. The tumbled peridots were a yard sale find, a short chain of tumbled chunks with little embedded wire loops, linked together with jumprings. I made the earwires. I used to do a lot of wirework. I should get back into it; I doubt I could do the really fine stuff anymore, but I could probably still make hammered wire clasps. Earwires, on the other hand, especially the classic shepherds hook, are not worth the hassle.
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