You never know where your blog will take you…being a part of this wonderful jewelry blogging world has not led me to some far away places! A part of me was fortunate enough to travel to England recently. Well, a little something handmade did all the traveling.
My travels all started back with Lori’s first Bead Soup Blog party… as you may know she just finished up her 2nd successful party filled with gorgeous collaborative jewelry featured on dozens of blogs. Somehow or other I was super lucky that Joanne of Daisychain Jewellery featured my Bead Soup piece along with others in a photo collage on her blog (you’ll have to visit her blog – she offers a wealth of information!). Joanne is a frequent contributor to Beads & Beyond, and one of the magazine’s wonderful editors contacted me after seeing my piece, asking if I was interesting in doing an article for their publication. You can imagine how excited I was at this opportunity….but the pressure to come up with something “good enough” then hit me. It didn’t take long to find some inspiration though…and I found it with LeAnn’s sweet porcelain bird charm. I knew I wanted to stamp a little inspiration on metal to go along with it… I then added a carved flower from a set that I had been holding on to since forever, and one of Erin’s classic leaf charms. Then I just went right on working with wire – the fun part!! This wire work special issue is full of great projects – I hope you can find a copy to flip through in a store near you.
This is the original "Fly Free" piece that I proposed for my article....a starting point.
I pared down this version by taking out the riveting, but still kept a subtle element of mixed metals.
Another version...this one flew free, to the home of a friend!
Thank you for visiting today, and for listening to a small tale of my jewelry travels.
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Congratulations! It’s a beautiful necklace 😀
Cindy,
How subtly beautiful!! Congrats on yet another wonderful publication!
Nancy
Cindy,
This is just amazing!!! I love it, love the colors, the design everything. Congratulations for making the cover!
Cindy, you just amaze me with your beautiful designs and the creativity of your wire and metalwork! Congratulations on the beautiful piece, and the article!
You are such a SUPERSTAR!!
Cindy, congratulations. Love the necklace.
There are beautiful pieces and pieces that simply take your breath away.This is one of those moments.Congrats to you,Sweet Cindy!Big Hugs-Cat
Cindy that is just so lovely!!
Cindy you sure do ROCK!!
What a fabulous necklace! The pendant with the little bird and flower…I just LOVE it! Congrats on another cover too…You rock! I’ll be looking for this issue at B&N
I can’t stop looking at that necklace…there are so many wonderful elements to it. I love both of the designs you did and I can’t wait to see the issue. I totally agree with all of the other ladies…YOU ROCK!
Love love love creating these kinds of pieces! They are so vintage and sceam originality:) thanks for sharing my dear!!!!!
That’s an amazing piece! As you said I think even when a person is talented, she always needs a bit of a breakthrough…How fortunate to have been given the opportunity to show what you can do! Fab! ^_^ Virginie. ps/ Oh! and loved the 2nd BSP which I was part of, really enjoyed the experience.
Cindy…Cindy….Cindy! Congratulations on being a cover girl! Your work speaks volumes and I am so very proud of you =) What a gorgeous necklace with so many beautiful elements! You really are a ROCK STAR!
I must get this issue =)
xoxox
A huge congrat’s to you CVindy…you are truly a wonderful artist and a never ending source of inspiration!! These pieces are beautiful!! I will be searching for thr magazine!!
Congratulations Cindy. Your jewelry are art pieces!!! You made it to the front page!!!! Yippie!!!
Woo Hoo! The cover and you gave the little birds perfect homes!
Cindy, that is SOOOO cool! Though you deserve it as your jewelry designs are just amazing.
Oh Cindy, that necklace is great – and congrats on the article. Maybe I’ll find a copy of this magazine here in Germany.
congratulations my dear !! you know how mutch i love mixed metals.. this necklace is stunning, really.. evry little detail is a diamond.. bravo..
I loved reading your article and it is a lovely necklace. I hope you enjoyed your visit to the UK!
You are really hittin’ the big time, girl! Your work seems to be everywhere and all of it is great– as we’ve come to expect from you! Congrats– you deserve it!!
I agree with all of the above – what more can I say, except ditto, ditto, ditto,
Wonderful, fabulous, creative and CONGATS big time!
A big Congratulations!! Wonderful piece. Have you considered teaching my dear? Would love to have you here in the Midwest…..
Will definitely be on the hunt for this issue in the book store.
What a lovely creation! Congrats on another wonderful publication 🙂
Congratulations! What a beautiful piece that is and it deserves to go on vacation. 🙂 I have a bead that’s part of a traveling museum exhibit. It was recently ‘invited’ to go to Japan on tour and I was as excited as if I were going myself.
See! That’s what the party is supposed to do — reach out and introduce people to other people!
And I LOVE that I now own that necklace!
Yeah Cindy!! What a thrill for you, this is such great news. Your necklace is just wonderful, I love it. I’ll keep you posted on our new little bundle! I’m more than thrilled! hugs, Riki
Hi Cindy, Thanks for stopping by my blog! I am so glad I found you too. Beautiful pieces! Congratulations on the Cover!!! Stephani 🙂
What beautiful pieces Cindy! As always, you are such an inspiration to me!
🙂 Molly
Oh Cindy,
I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE these necklaces…love them!!! They are just fabulous friend & I’m soooo proud of you & your inspiration.
I just really want to know…
how are you able to wire soooo beautifully & yet have be loose & free, but perfect??? I love how you wrapped some of the beads on the sides too, so cool. {what gauge wire is your favorite to work with?…I need to know! lol}
Beautiful work friend, simply beautiful!
Smiles,
Susie
Cindy dear, both of these necklaces are amazing… and their message is incredibly powerful! I’m going to get my hands on the latest edition of Beads & Beyond. I’ve enjoyed several of your projects in S-B-S Wire over the last few years as well. Thanks so much for stopping over to visit my blog! I appreciate your comments very much!
Stay inspirational my dear!
{Hugs!}
Dawn
Congratulations on the cover! I’m in the UK so I’ll definitely be hunting this down now that I’ve seen your gorgeous work.
gorgeous! gorgeous! gorgeous! and I finally got my butt out and picked up Easy Wire with your stunning wire rose necklace on the cover, can’t wait to get the boys to bed and curl up and drool over the pages 🙂