Saturday, July 11, 2009

Give Peas a Chance

Happy Saturday! :-)


 


I am so excited about a new item I listed this week that I decided to blog about it. It's a necklace, and it's called "Give Peas a Chance".


 



 


The idea was born one afternoon when I was browsing through Etsy supplies, looking for some type of silver pendant - I can't remember what it was. That's when I found this awesome pendant. It's not a real spoon (not quite big enough and too thick), but it looks like one. I immediately thought how cute it would be to attach some green pearls to it to make it look like a spoonful of peas. I bought the pendant from redvelvet, then found  the perfect "peas" at QualyBeads. I went to Fusionbeads for the chain and findings. When all my supplies arrived, I was a little disappointed to find out that the gunmetal-finish headpins that I had planned to string the pearls on were too thick. Instead I used eggs to oxidize some thin sterling silver headpins, and that turned out just perfect! And as a matter of fact, I used the gunmetal headpins to make matching earrings. Hmmm, I wonder what other "vegetables" I can put on a spoon........

4 comments:

  1. Cool! I have a silverplate baby spoon sitting on my desk. Can you use silverplate?

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  2. That necklace is just awesome!

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  3. I don't know why you couldn't use silverplate, or just any kind of spoon, if you cut off part of the handle and then bent it back.

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  4. you should proud of yourself about the necklace design idea.

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