Do-Over Reveal

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My necklace from Jeannie K. Dukic was a chain of beautiful semi-precious jade and faceted czech glass crystals.
A long wire wrapped chain by Jeannie Dukic, jade and Czech crystals
Coordinating Bracelet

 
Earrings to match

I had a moment of hesitation as I cut into the beautiful chain of wire wrapped jade and crystals. The delicacy of the chain was not to be matched...at least by me. But I had a vision, so I went ahead. At first I planned to remove the crystals and go all "natural", I wanted to add a complementary color and some variety of shapes to the chain. The lovely chain became a lariat, as I decided to keep the ring part of the toggle, and I spliced in wire wrapped sections of red agate and sections of rust-tone Czech disc beads with the crystals. The crystals became a contrasting texture to the stones and disc beads. The decision on the focal came later, after auditioning a number of artisan beads I recently ordered.
Auditioning some porcelain focals - by Round Rabbit

 I ended up choosing the pale green porcelain disc from a set I purchased from Round Rabbit - Nancy Adams. The disc is embellished with jump rings and Vintaj Arte Metal leaves which I patina'ed using Vintaj and Martha Stewart patinas. In the final focal, I realized it resembles a Dream Catcher made of porcelain. My original vision was to take a spring-feeling necklace and transform it to an early Autumn piece. So this design is named Autumn Dreams.
Autumn Dreams Lariat

Focal pendant
The focal is embellished with patina'ed metal leaves, a jade nugget, some jade beads from the bracelet, some 3mm red agate, and fancy jump rings. It is attached with red agate strung on beading wire. A short section of strung beads passes through the loop of the toggle clasp and connects to the chain.
Autumn Dreams Lariat
I had lots of fun realizing my vision for this necklace, and also made coordinating earrings. I have a plan for a bracelet, but that will have to wait a few weeks...
Complementary colors really Pop!









Please visit Jeannie's blog to see her
Jeannie K Dukic - Do-over-challenge-reveal
and here are the rest of the participants:


Penny Houghton
Donetta Farrington
Louise Glazier (You're Here!)
Molly Alexander
Veralynne Malone
Becky Pancake
Shai Williams
Renetha Stanziano
Rebecca Ednie
Beti Horvath

Comments

  1. Ava GavloskiOctober 18, 2014 at 10:25 AM

    nice re-make

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  2. JKDOctober 18, 2014 at 12:54 PM

    "Auditioning" artisan beads, that cracked me up and what a perfect choice going with the porcelain disk. The colors just pop in this necklace. Thank you for participating and I hope you join me for the next one.

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    1. Treasures by LouiseOctober 19, 2014 at 8:58 AM

      Thank you Jeannie, for your kind comments, I had fun with this makeover, and look forward to March 2015, to signing up for the next Do-Over!

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  3. Beti HorvathOctober 18, 2014 at 1:42 PM

    A lovely re-do! I like the addition of the warm colors, they really make the necklace and earrings fit with the season.

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  4. beautifullybrokenmeOctober 18, 2014 at 3:45 PM

    I love the addition of the red colors - what a way to make the greens pop! Nancy's focal is a perfect addition, and looks great with the patinaed leaves. Beautiful makeover!

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  5. Becky PancakeOctober 18, 2014 at 3:57 PM

    HI Louise, The red agate that you added really made the jade beads pop. Your necklace and earrings are beautiful.

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  6. Nelly MayOctober 18, 2014 at 5:08 PM

    The addition of red makes everything pop and sparkle. Perfect choice of focal too.
    Lovely make-over!

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  7. Rebecca EdnieOctober 18, 2014 at 7:35 PM

    It looks more like a tropical summer (citrusy) to me but either way, it's lovely.

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    1. Treasures by LouiseOctober 19, 2014 at 9:00 AM

      Yes, Rebecca, you're right now I think of it, the colors are citrusy summer, too! I like how they work together.

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  8. Shai WilliamsOctober 18, 2014 at 7:53 PM

    How gorgeous! The addition of the red really made the beads pop and turned it into a design that I would happily wear. And I think that the perfect focal won the staring roll.

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  9. lamplight craftsOctober 19, 2014 at 11:58 AM

    The addition of the red really made the design eye catching. I love the focal you used for the necklace. Beautiful work.

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  10. Gloria AllenOctober 20, 2014 at 2:25 PM

    I love your remake. The red is making everything Pop! Love the focal treatment.

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