RanaLea Designs: cellini spiral

Time for the Bead Soup Reveal! I had SO MUCH FUN working with the Soup that my partner, Mary Govaars, sent me. I wanted to use the multiple skills I've been learning in this soup, so I ended up with a very eclectic, but I think still harmonious, collection. :)

Just to remind you, this is what Mary sent:

Pretty, yes? :)

Since I'm a bead-weavin' fool, Mary sent me some seed beads, and I knew JUST what I wanted to do with them!

So, without further ado, here's what I did with that yummy soup!

Necklace

I used some chains I had on hand, along with green mother-of-pearl disks, and a simple toggle clasp I had on hand to finish off the combo spiral weaving...

I used 2 lengths of a Cellini Spiral, meeting at the loop of the original toggle clasp Mary sent me. I used this part of the clasp to form a focal for the necklace, and I created a dangly bit using a gorgeous Blissful Gardens bead I ordered a while back... I also used a basic spiral to form much of the length of the necklace, and connected it to the Cellini spirals using a very haphazard and organic "stringy" method...

Better view of the focal-ie bits...

And here's where I connected the weaving to the chain...

Bracelet

This is the GORGEOUS focal Mary sent from LL Designs (This pic does NOT do it justice) I really wanted to feature the bead, so I went with a basic embellished spiral.

I used the toggle from the clasp Mary sent me, and a mother of pearl ring to finish it off!

Earrings

These are the beautiful green hollows from LL Designs that Mary sent. I couldn't resist the temptation to put something INSIDE them, so each one has a few orange seed beads, and three teeny tiny Swarovski crystals. (these may be my most fave earrings ever...) This is my version of "fidget" earrings. :)

I used more chain to tie this in with the necklace, and created wire wrapped links to connect all the bits together. I also wrapped the chain in a bit of wire up there near the top just to keep everything hanging neatly...

Okay, so these don't really match the rest of the set, but as I was pondering the big earrings up there, I had the idea to make up these really quickly, too. And all the bits were part of my soup! :)

The Set

Okay, not a great pic, but you can see how it all works together! :)

So there it is! I have one lampie left, and I'm actually working on a piece with it that will go with the set. Unfortunately, though, I had to do real work last week, and I wasn't able to finish that 5th piece. Never fear! I'll post pics as soon as I do! :)

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Woot! I finished it! :) And I had so much fun with it!

Okay, so earlier this month, on the Art Jewelry Elements blog, I saw the fabulous July Design component, Jennifer Cameron's Nightmare Insomnia beads. This bead is so many levels of fabulousness, I just cannot tell you. :) I could not wait to play with this one, so I hopped right on the opportunity to get one and participate in the hop!

Okay, so this is the bead Jennifer sent me:

You can't see it terribly well here, but in addition to the gorgeous swirly colors in here, there's an awesome zebra stripe.

I pondered this bead for a few weeks, until I finally decided that I wanted to play with seed beads. I finally settled on a cellini spiral (my first ever!) using instructions from the fabulous Inspirational Beading blog. Here's some pics of the cellini in progress:

seed beads all over!

So, I had originally thought to do a cellini spiral bangle, with the nightmare bead in the center focal. But really, I gotta tell you, I wasn't real sure how to do that, as I've never woven a bangle before (I'm pondering that next) and I wasn't sure if the entire thing might not be too chunky. After all, the cellini certainly has some oomph to it, and the bead is a lovely size, as well.

Eventually, I settled on a necklace, and decided to weave a basic spiral rope for either side of the cellini. I attached those ropes to the cellini section with a very haphazard and organic series of beaded "strings." Not sure if it was "proper," but it worked:

You can sort see the stringies here...

Then, I had to figure out a way to attach the bead to the necklace. I really want it to be over-the-top (well, more than it was already...) and I thought it'd be fun to give it a bit of fringe. So, I wove a seed-bead-bail-system-thingy through the bead to secure an actual woven bail to one end and some danglies to the other. Then, I decided a woven bail would too much, so I just used 3 strands of seed beads to go around the cellini. So, here's the finished "thingie":