I saw a necklace similar to this (left) and thought I'd try to make one like it. This necklace was tedious and time consuming. Lots of crimp work which are not my favorite things to do in jewelry-making. Each strand started with a crimp and wire cover to make
alike endings. Another crimp, beads, crimp. Space, crimp, beads, crimp.
I made 5 strands like this and worked all 5 strands through the starfish focal piece and voila! I thought I was done.
Or so I thought! I discovered the fifth strand had not been strung through the starfish!
What to do? I took the closure apart..took this (above right)) blue strand out, and put the closure back together. Whew! lucky! Sometimes I end up having to redo the whole thing for one screw up!!
The best news: I took this lost blue strand and made it into it's own little necklace.
Lesson learned: Quality control--Check work before finishing a piece!!
NFS: But This necklace was somewhat expensive to make.
To give you an idea of costs involved:
Or so I thought! I discovered the fifth strand had not been strung through the starfish!
What to do? I took the closure apart..took this (above right)) blue strand out, and put the closure back together. Whew! lucky! Sometimes I end up having to redo the whole thing for one screw up!!
The best news: I took this lost blue strand and made it into it's own little necklace.
Lesson learned: Quality control--Check work before finishing a piece!!
NFS: But This necklace was somewhat expensive to make.
To give you an idea of costs involved:
Blue beads, Lapis Lazuli stones 12.00
Purple beads: agate stones 3.00
Shiny Purple beads: glass seed beads 2.00
Metalllic purple: Magnetite beads. 7.00
Starfish: blown glass: (This was given to me..but a similar one..5.00 approx)
7-strand beading wire: 7.00
crimps: .05
Closures 4.99
labor 20+ hours ...... @7.00 per hr 140.00 = total 182.00 approx
7-strand beading wire: 7.00
crimps: .05
Closures 4.99
labor 20+ hours ...... @7.00 per hr 140.00 = total 182.00 approx
