Green

"Green" is the challenge theme over at the Alphabet challenge blog this fortnight, and as you can guess, we'd like to see green as the dominant colour in your creations. It doesn't need to be a monochromatic project, just make sure this particular colour will be the most prominent thing of whatever you create.

That being said, I'll present you a necklace this time. I have been working mostly with paper for the past weeks and months, creating cards and other paper projects, and I really felt like doing something "non-paper" for a change. I also had a couple of leftover beads that I couldn't use otherwise, and I figured I'd just try to arrange them into something meaningful. I took a store-bought necklace base, and started threading random beads on its strings, as well as lots of crimp beads to keep them in place. I tried to make sure that I didn't repeat the shapes and colours too often, but other than that, the arrangement is completely random. Once I was satisfied with the layout, I fixed the beads with crimp beads, and that's about it. The necklace consists of numerous green beads of different shades and sizes, which I hope will inspire you to use green in your own projects. The non-green elements I used are mainly translucent beads and small arrangements of white pearls, which give a little more dynamic to the creation. Another element is the silver clasp with a heart pendant, which enables you to adjust the length of the necklace. 

In the end, I think it was fun to change my crafting medium for a bit. The necklace seems to be perfect for spring and summer days, as it resembles all the greenery that can be found in nature right now. 

I also like how it looks very airy due to all the "empty" space between the beads - I never created a necklace like this, but I really like how it turned out.

challenges:

- krafty chicks: ATG

- 613 avenue create: ATG
- a place to start: ATG

- crafty catz: ATG

- creative inspirations: ATG with optional twist "for the girls"
- creative moments: ATG

- lil patch of crafty friends: ATG handmade

- pennys papertake: ATG

- sparklesmonthlychallenges: no stamping

- wortartwednesday: ATG
- worldwide crafters and colorists challenge: ATG