Monday 15 November 2010

Colours Of The Rainbow

Each week on Operation Tackle That Beadstash, Liz puts together a Monday Moodboard with the aim of inspiring contributors and followers alike to dig around in their bead stash and make a little 'something, something'. There's a new one up today, so check it out!

A little while ago, Liz posted a rainbow themed moodboard and I managed to find a small tub of plastic seed beads that had come free with a papercrafts magazine. At the time they had been separated by colour, but at some point I must have mixed them altogether - perfect for making something multi-coloured. Mainly because I could never be bothered to try separating them again. Ahem!

Colours Of The Rainbow

I had intended to turn them into one of my safety pin cuff bracelets but, in the end, I had far too many safety pins for one bracelet and not enough for two. Having spent so long threading the seed beads onto the safety pins, I was loathe to start all over again. So I've had a pot of safety pins, sat in all their multicoloured glory, on my desk for several months.

The other day, I came across a length of pure white ribbon and decided to try threading it through the backs of the safety pins to create a choker style necklace. Lo and behold, it works - and it looks pretty cool with my white shirt for work.

Now, I must confess that I started writing this post with the intention of scheduling it as this week's Finally Finished Friday, but figured that if I posted it tonight, I'd have extra incentive to complete another project by the end of the week. I'm pushing myself people!

7 comments:

  1. That is gorgeous Clair, I love the combination of colours they all work together. I bet it looks great with a white shirt you will be getting orders from work to make them x

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  2. I like your style of self-motivation!

    Adding the ribbon was a great idea, it would look fabulous with a white shirt - a snazzy way to dress up a work outfit for sure :-)

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  3. That's really clever. Well done

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  4. such a neat idea! And I like the way you get yourself motivated. I should try some of that.

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  5. Ooooh...I love the colors and this design, Clair! Very well done. And the earrings in the previous post are awesome as well! xo

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  6. wow, Clair, this is gor-ge-ous!!!!

    now quick, take a photo of yourself wearing it!!!

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  7. You're a bit clever, you know, my friend! This is lovely xx

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