Friday, June 12, 2009

The crystal necklace

Another necklace that we made at our weekend away was this lovely necklace. Our hostess, Margaret, gave each of us an antique chandelier crystal as a gift and with that we were able to produce this necklace. It is a bit hard to see but there is a black and white image on the back of the crystal which has undergone a few techniques to get it to that stage. The building, with the smoke coming from the chimney,
was where we held our classes over the weekend.
And this was the front view, it would have been easy to daydream
out of the window if only we weren't being kept on task all the time!
Finally - happy birthday to my second brother. Here he is using my plaits as a moustache. He has his own moustache now and I don't have any plaits....that's life!!

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

love the crystal, and the necklace too. Knew you guys would be getting soo creative.

A Bite of Country Cupcakes said...

I too could happily sit there and craft or daydream for that matter...
Great piccie of you and brother...

From the Attic said...

Such idyllic surroundings Christina. What a lovely place to be to do crafty things.

Chrissie

The Joy of Nesting said...

Ohhhhh, inspiration every where!!!!

I love the necklace. i'm still experimenting on ways to transfer given the supplies I have available here.

Pattie ;)
Mazatlan Mx.

The Feathered Nest said...

Ohmygoodness...your necklace is just beautiful sweetie!! What a wonderful environment to create in ~ it looks so peaceful. And YOU my dear, what a cutie pie!!! Wishing your brother a wonderful day ~ and you as well sweet friend, xxoo, Dawn

Cat Nap Inn Primitives said...

oh that necklace is too cool..and that place you stayed at is breathtaking to say the least...love the photo of you two...;)