Monday, November 22, 2010

Green Man and Hair Jewelry

Autumn makes me change my color palette a bit. A week or so ago I got a great package of raku cabs and beads from Wondrous Strange. As a little bonus, she sent me this wonderful green face. I've always loved that verdi gris green with copper, so I thought I'd make an Autumn Green Man. The leaves are all a coppery gold color and the background is worked in green and copper seed beads. I thought it needed some type of little satellite, so I added a couple of bronze leaves on a chain. The beaded leaf is kept in place by a lapel pin on it's back.

A while back, I bought a "Helping Hand" pendant from Nan at Spirited Earth. Our last name means Green Oak in German and I give my husband an ornament every year for Christmas that is "Oak-ish" in some way. When I saw the acorn in the palm of this hand, I knew I had to give it to him. So I made a copper hook, added some beads and created this special ornament for him to hang on the tree this year.


And I had a request for largish hair barrettes, so spent last night creating this piece of Hair Jewelry. It measures about 3 and a half inches long by 1 and three quarters inches tall. The clip in back is adjustable so you can clip back just a little bit of hair or a whole lot.



And since I showed you my Hair Jewelry, now I'll show you my Hare Jewelry. I don't like pink, but I force myself to create items in that color because people like it and I can't totally refuse to carry pink bead work. But this pink was OK to work with (NEVER ask me to do Barbie Pink!) and I love the little Hare running against time.

6 comments:

  1. love all these..and the gift to your husband is wonderful

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  2. Gorgeous, every one. How clever of you to use the hare and the clock face that way.

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  3. I love the Green Man!! Fabulous piece! :)

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  4. Those are all beautiful. And the ornament is so cool. We have a tradition here that each Christmas Eve, everyone gets to open one present, and it's an ornament.

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  5. I always hated pink and refused to dress my daughter in pink. She went through a phase of wearing ONLY pink. Slowly, she worked pink into my wardrobe as well. I still mostly wear greens and reds (not together), but I have a pink baseball cap and one pink shirt that gets some wear.

    Ann - Sabine's mom
    mycriticaleye.com

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  6. Thanks for the comments. Ann - I always used to dress Bryn (my daughter) in vibrant blues, purples and greens because I hated pastels. So what does she wear now that she's an adult? Pink and white!

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