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Thursday 27 December 2012

A Christmas make...

...for Christmas Day.

I fell in love with this Apophyllite Crystal a while back and it was finally mine a few days before Christmas (a treat from my Christmas money).

However, I so wanted to wear it Christmas day and I really didn't have a suitable chain or anything else to wear it on...so after nabbing some silver thread from Mum, I set about making a Kumihimo braid in silver & white.

I managed to get the braid finished Christmas Eve and this is what I did with it...
...a bracelet and a necklace.
The crystal is wrapped in silver wire...
...and although you might not be able to see from the photo, there is some pretty spiral wire decoration.
The braid came up just as I wanted (which is probably more luck than judgement as I have made another cord using the same thread layout and it looks nothing like this LOL)...
...I love the way it has turned out and although I was finishing it off late on Christmas Eve, I was glad I made the effort as I loved wearing it on Christmas Day.

The matching bracelet isn't quite finished as in the New Year I will need to get a small piece of Apophyllite to place in the wire cage but for now at least everything 'goes'.

Did you make yourself anything special for Christmas? I'd love to know..........................

4 comments:

voodoo vixen said...

You clever wotsit!! How lovely is that necklace and bracelet and how it suits your crystal!!

Paula - Buenos Aires said...

Lovely! Enjoy wearing such beautiful pieces. :)

scrapbookertink said...

This is stunning, love that you made the bracelet as well to match. No, no crafting here at the moment hoping to do some shouts tomorrow, take care x

Kim Dellow said...

Oooo that is very pretty Toni! Perfect Winter-inspired jewellery too. Hope you had a lovely Christmas! Kimx