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Beautiful Handmade Statement Necklaces and other Fabulousness from Neena Shilvock - Inspirations and Designs From the Week Gone by

Beautiful Blossoms, Floral Jewellery by Caprilicious

8/9/2017

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Hello folks, how are you this week? I've been a busy little bee, flitting from flower to flower, making one thing and another and am so pleased that my efforts have been rewarded. I had a number of half finished projects in a box waiting patiently for the last touches that would make them truly beautiful (hopefully) in my eyes and I set out to finish them off. Our suitcases finally arrived, three days after we did, so while I waited there was no unpacking to do and acres of time to fill and I decided to use it productively.
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 I wove a torque necklace before I went on holiday and it was the first candidate I picked for a makeover. I had some copper flowers in my stash that I had rediscovered after a couple of years - Oh, that reminds me I haven't shown you the earrings I made with the flowers, either. Anyway, I used the rest of these flowers in the torque necklace, and tucked a few large crystal beads under them so that they flash with movement. I wasn't prepared for the love this necklace received when I put it on Facebook though, and that it sold within the week.

Blossom

Floral torque necklace, statement necklace by Caprilicious Jewellery
Floral torque necklace, statement necklace by Caprilicious Jewellery
Floral torque necklace, statement necklace by Caprilicious Jewellery
Floral torque necklace, statement necklace by Caprilicious Jewellery
Here are the earrings I made with the other flowers - I soldered them to copper backings that had been fold formed or texturised, and then patinated them with verdigris and red oxide patinas, sealed the patinas and hung the earrings on contemporary silver earwires.
Mixed metal earrings, copper jewellery, sterling silver, lotus earrings, yoga jewellery by Caprilicious
Copper jewellery, sterling silver, mixed metal earrings by Caprilicious Jewellery
Mixed metal earrings, copper jewellery, sterling silver, rose earrings, zen garden jewellery by Caprilicious
Copper jewellery, sterling silver, mixed metal earrings by Caprilicious Jewellery
I've always found copper a rather masculine metal and have made attempts to feminise it by the addition of flowers, pearls and silver - I think it works well in a modernistic bohemian sort of way. Would you agree??
 I had a conversation with one of my returning customers from the USA. She has a bubbly personality and likes her jewellery to reflect that. She said she'd love to have a piece of jewellery created just for her- she wanted me to use carnelian beads and I suggested a turquoise focal to go with it. She asked me to make her 'something using carnelian beads and a pendant that is fun, not staid and boring' and I spent about five days painstakingly stitching around a turquoise blue howlite bead until I was satisfied that it was sufficiently 'fun' enough to satisfy the lady. I then unearthed a strand of carnelian petal beads that I'd been hoarding and strung the pendant.
There's always a moment of anxiety before the reveal - will she like it, will she find it fun enough? I put it out on Facebook and people said how nice it was. However, it had been created especially for one person and if she hated it, I would have been gutted. I needn't have worried. I WhatsApped her a picture and her excitement was palpable. Here's what she said.  "I saw it. OMG Thank YOU!!!! 😍Love the vibrancy of the colors. Definitely a smile-from-within piece!! Absolutely!! Not boring at all. Says - fun, vibrant, mischievous, bold, daring, sparkly and indomitable".
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So she liked it then, that was reassuring!
Soutache pendant, carnelian necklace, statement necklace by Caprilicious Jewellery
Soutache pendant, carnelian necklace, statement necklace by Caprilicious Jewellery
Soutache pendant, carnelian necklace, statement necklace by Caprilicious Jewellery
Soutache pendant, carnelian necklace, statement necklace by Caprilicious Jewellery
This piece took so much time and effort that her words were music to my ears and I sank into a relaxed, happy stupor. I went back to the day job and as usual September is manically busy from all the Christmas conceived babies. 
That's me for this week, folks. Have a fabulous week, and I'll catch you next Friday, same time, same place.
Until then,
​xx
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Divya N link
8/9/2017 03:06:33 pm

I am amazed by the large necklaces you make. I am always scared that the wire will break or the crimps will come off or nobody would buy them and if (and when they do) that the client will drop them and the beads would break.

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8/9/2017 10:49:09 pm

The crimps don't come off, the wire doesn't break and people do buy them - and no, no one has dropped them and had broken beads - yet :)
There are a few little secrets to making the necklace secure and unbreakable and I have no doubt that you know them, Divya - I don't want to teach a grandma to suck eggs
xx

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'Neena,the necklace has just arrived & I can't find enough of the right words to do it justice. Somehow "stunning" "gorgeous" "exquisite" don't seem to fit the bill! It's definitely a statement piece ..................'                 LJ

'Wow received my jewellery to day. Love them, so beautifully presented in a pretty green box and many thanks for gift of earrings, lovely, 
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 'Hi Neena, just been busy all week at a folk festival.....my Mme Butterfly drew lots of admiration, as did my Ice Queen and someone leaned over the counter in a store of healing and crystals and exclaimed at my beautiful lapis. I so enjoy wearing my pieces and the attention they receive. '          LB
 
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