Oh dear ……. this jewelled heart was meant for either Bertie or Iris to give to my nephew’s bride Amanda at their coming wedding ………..
……. only I decided that I couldn’t bear to give it away and want to keep it for myself! What am I like? I can just see it now in a shadow box frame on one of my shelves!
I knew as soon as it was almost finished that I couldn’t be parted with it, so with time ticking I now have to come up with another couple ideas for the said bride so that she won’t be found empty handed after the ceremony!
I used a MDF heart as the base and started by placing parts from a cream flower necklace in prominent areas and then building up the layers and filling in the gaps with bits and pieces from my box of broken jewellery. The only new “bought” bits used were two types of plastic, white rose embellishments from The Works. I was really surprised how much stuff I had that just seemed to really go together.
I used E6000 glue to keep everything in place and I now just need to remove the odd, stray, dry glue strand, as the pictures show, before I frame the heart (the ribbon needs to go too). It reminds me of something the Victorians would have done with seashells.
Luckily I have another couple of the spare heart bases so that I can have another go at making something that I can actually bear to give away.
I am also hoping to now post on a Tuesday for the next little while, objects of desire, heads up for what's crafty in the shops, the odd charity shop find, and drawers that will make up my next Advent Calendar, the long crafty blog break really seems to have paid off.
I am also hoping to now post on a Tuesday for the next little while, objects of desire, heads up for what's crafty in the shops, the odd charity shop find, and drawers that will make up my next Advent Calendar, the long crafty blog break really seems to have paid off.
7 comments:
It's so beautiful. I can understand why you can't bear to part with it. I feel that sometimes about some of my cards that I have put a lot of time and work into. It's hard to think that someone would look at it and then toss it aside. Maybe even into the trash.
WOW-that’s absolutely beautiful. No wonder you couldn’t part with it.
I’m looking forward to seeing what else you’ve been creating.
Michele
It's stunning no wonder you want to keep it, I have lots of broken jewelry, but doubt it would go together so perfectly
Tilly
I normally don't like things this ornate but this is lovely. I am not surprised you wanted to keep it. Karen.
Oh my, this is so beautiful. I can understand about not wanting to give it away. I hate giving things away too! Debbie x
I somehow missed this when it was posted! It’s beautiful and I wouldn’t want to give it away either.
when i use to do them, Helen, i found it hard to part with them mind you i could not keep any as most of mine were 5x7 feet lol i think this is one you keep and you can pass on to the grandkids at a later date, its wonderful big love marc
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