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

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5/5/2017

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Hello good people, I hope the sun is shining on you wherever you are. 
The countdown to the Handmade Fair begins and I am busy sorting out my display and props so that I can make a creditable attempt to reproduce a boutique look in my tiny space of 1.5 x 2 metres. I have been looking at ideas and picking the best jewellery to make the highest impact.
​ I have had to resist the impulse to put everything out on the table and create a jumble sale effect, or wear everything I've got like the sunglasses salesman in the photograph which I took at a tourist spot in Mysore, India.

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The tiny shops in India are crammed with goods, with everything from fly - swats to flowers, and follow the rule - 'stack 'em high and sell 'em cheap'.  
I, on the other hand need to strive for a degree of sophistication, and the mantra 'less is more' plays on in my mind over and over.

 We drove up to Ragley Hall on Sunday just to make sure we find it easily on the day and are not struggling with Sat - Nav's on top of everything else. The pile certainly is imposing - sitting on top of a small hill, with gently rolling greenery surrounding it and a drive through some very pretty, very ancient English villages.
Ragley Hall Warwickshire
Ragley Hall, Warwickshire
I've got a few days off over the weekend and next week and plan to put the final touches to the pieces I have selected and tag them with prices and pack them up ready to transport. In the meantime, I busied myself with wire and produced a couple of little pendants. It brought back to me how much I love wire and have missed it. Both pendants are inspired by the designs of the most generous Nicole Hanna, with a twist in the design introduced by me.
wire work pendant with a handmade lampwork heart shaped bead
wire work pendant with a butterfly by Caprilicious Jewellery
I embroidered and soutached (is that a word??) around carnelian flowers and stitched them onto a leather strip to make a cuff bracelet held up by an aluminium core. 
Carnelian flower and soutache/ beadwork cuff bracelet by Caprilicious Jewellery
Carnelian flower and soutache/ beadwork cuff bracelet by Caprilicious Jewellery
A couple of necklaces and I was done for the week. 
Red agate slab nuggets and Baule Sun bead tribalistic necklace by Caprilicious Jewellery
Red agate slab nuggets and Baule Sun bead tribalistic necklace by Caprilicious Jewellery
Handcarved Chinese jade pendant, with aventurine, labradorite, and green agate beads multistrand necklace by Caprilicious Jewellery
Red agate slab nuggets and Baule Sun bead tribalistic necklace by Caprilicious Jewellery
Handcarved Chinese jade pendant, with aventurine, labradorite, and green agate beads multistrand necklace by Caprilicious Jewellery
Handcarved Chinese jade pendant, with aventurine, labradorite, and green agate beads multistrand necklace by Caprilicious Jewellery
And now I have to go and lie down, having caused myself to become so anxious I'm practically hyperventilating!! The thought of the Fair being so close I can almost smell it is a bit scary. I was so calm earlier on, I don't quite know what's happened to me, all this hand wringing angst is not really my style. 
I shall speak to you next weekend, same time, same place - until then, have a fabulous week, see you soon
xx
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Divya link
5/5/2017 02:23:51 pm

Don't worry Neena, you'll do great business at the fair. In the meanwhile, do check the codes of this post. The href tag seems to be broken and its visible in the post above the images

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Neena Shilvock link
5/5/2017 04:30:12 pm

Thanks Divya, I hope so too. Have sorted the links, it was a scheduled post and went out wonky, sweet of you to let me know
Neena

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