I was able to get most of the beads just as Lorelei chose them, but had to make a couple of substitutions. There were no tiny green freshwater pearls, so I had to get larger ones. I'm not sure if the 10mm beads were the exact same shade as Lorelei's. They sorta looked green in her photo, but I could only find blue ones that light.
For my focal, I chose this sweet peacock pendant from Blue Moon Beads -Enchanted planet line. It has the same green as the pearls and blue as the glass beads 
For my "extras" I used wire and sari silk. The blue glass beads are wire wrapped and I made the hanger for the pendant. I tied little strips of sari silk to the hanger.
Of course one rule was making your own clasp, which I did with silver wire. I prefer to attach my clasps to the side instead of the back, so I made the clasp pretty large and hung a pearl from it.
This was such a fun challenge! I do love the cinnabar (I already have a lot of it) but the rest, especially the white chain, was definitely "out of the box" for me! Thanks Lorelei for the challenge, please give us more!!!
Here is the list of participants for the challenge. Please continue your blog hopping with the next person on the list, Sweet Girl Design. :)
~Debi :)
Mary Harding
Hilary of Fryestyle
For My Sweet Daughter
My Life Under the Bus
Kristie of DreamSomeDesigns
Linda's Bead Blog & Meanderings
Copper Diem
Andrew Thornton
TyneBodenNecklaces
Raida of HavanaBeads (I need a correct link for this blog!)
Erin of Treasuresfound
Molly of BeautifullyBrokenMe
Beading by Malin de Koning
AuntieAnnie
Gr8Findings
Deborah M Purdy
Spirited Earth
Erin Siegel Jewelry
beads by breul
Beads for Busy Gals
Cynths Blog
Nayas Organized Chaos
Crafty Hope
Rosebud For the Love of Beads
Jamberry Song
Peacock Fairy
Elysian Studio Art
Designs by Debi
sweet girl design
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30 comments:
I'm so glad you liked the challenge! i hope i can pick interesting things that are fun to work with on the next challenge. I think it will be in november. I'll announce the details soon on the blog.
Thanks so much for participating!
Love the peacock focal - great pick! Happy blog hopping : )
Love that focal!
Shannon
Very lovely! For some reason, it makes me think of Frida Kahlo, probably because she had such an interesting relationship with animals. This is so unique and has such a strong personality, I love it!! Fantastic work. :D
Very pretty! I love the focal you used too!
Lovely piece! I agree with everyone else, the focal is gorgeous :)
This is very pretty! Love the wrapped blue glass and the silk fiber additions. The pendant is just perfect, too!
I like this SO MUCH. Somehow I misunderstood the 'make your own clasp' part, but oh well. You did a great job with this challenge!!
Very nice, love that peacock pendant! You balanced the colors very nicely!!
lovely piece..great focal choice..like your addition of the silk
I love your clasp and the way you wrapped the jade beads!
Your Necklace has Vim and Vigor and is Alive!! I really have to say youve got it going on here with this..and I just Love it! I would wear this Anyday!! Bravo!
Your necklace is gorgeous. I also love the cinnabar. I have more uses in mind for it.
I love the peacock focal! I almost bought the same one!
Great peacock necklace. Speaking of writers who loved birds, Flannery O'Connor loved peacocks and all sorts of other birds too. I think the peacock goes well with the beads you used. Great piece.
Loving the peacock pendant! The perfect colors for it!!!
What a stunning pendant! Love it!
really beautiful! that pendant is cool!
Great focal! Thanks for sharing your inspiration. This is a lovely piece.
Enjoy the day!
Erin
I love the peacock pendant. It is the perfect accent for the beautiful necklace you made!
Such a beautiful necklace ~ love the peacock focal!!
Thank you everyone for the nice comments :) Made my day :)
What a great way to spotlight your focal element! You've created a piece that's got a lot of character and charm! Lovely!
Debi, this is a beautiful necklace! The pendant is gorgeous, and the sari silk divine! Wasn't this so fun?
adorable!
Beautiful - love it!
I love your focal, and the addition of the silk, lovely necklace.
What a great focal you picked to pull the whole design together. The sari silk compliments the beads so well, and the wire-wrapped beads look fantastic. Beautiful!
I love your necklace. The focal, sari ribbon, wrapped beads. Really nice.
Great use of the components and wire wrapping the beads is brilliant. When I first saw the silk, I thought you used feathers, which is awesome with the peacock pendant. But silk is even better because it kind of looks like feathers, but isn't feathers. Because those things are kind of messy ;o) Lovely necklace.
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