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Ornament Thursday Earthenwood’s Gothic Garden Necklace

January 30, 2008
Gothic Garden Necklace

Her lover took her by the hand and they walked together through the rose garden. The scent of roses was heavy upon them as he plucked a blood red stem from a nearby branch. He handed it to her upon bent knee, and as he stood, he noticed her raven black hair flowed beautifully in harmony with her jet black velvet and lace gown in the cool night breeze, lit only by the pale moonlight. Thoroughly smitten, he leaned in for a delicious kiss…

Whew! That’s a Love Story…and the inspiration for this necklace…

Materials
1 Porcelain black & white Floral Swirl charm
3 Porcelain charcoal pumpkin beads
4 pewter 7mm Ivy bead cap antique silver
1 pewter 16x15mm Empire Link antique silver
1 pewter 13x16mm Classic Clasp antique pewter
18” 3mm czech glass fire polish bead chain, jet on black
3 2” standard weight gunmetal eyepins
Chain nose pliers
Round nose pliers
Wire cutters
Ruler


Instructions
Open one eyepin and attach to the loop at the top of the Floral Swirl charm. Close the eyepin.
String a pewter bead cap, a porcelain pumpkin, and another bead cap onto the eyepin. Using your round nose pliers, form a loop at the top of the bead cap. Trim the excess wire.
Open the top eyepin loop and attach to the bottom loop of the Empire Link. Close the loop.
Open the loops of two more eyepins and attach one to each side at the top of the Empire link. Close the loops.
String one Pumpkin bead and one bead cap onto one eyepin and use your round nose pliers to from a loop at the top of the bead cap. Trim the excess wire. Repeat on the other side.
Using a ruler, measure your bead chain and cut two 9 inches lengths. Open the top loop of the eyepin and attach to one chain end. Close the loop. Repeat on other side.


Make sure your chain ends are even and trim if needed. Open the last loop of the chain link and attach to the ring of the toggle clasp. Close the loop. Repeat on the other side with the final clasp piece.

Finished Size 18” necklace

By simply changing the charm color and design or bead colors, you have a whole new look for this necklace! Imagine this design in any of these combinations:

These bead sets are available in the Earthenwood Etsy shop, along with a limited supply of kit findings to make this necklace.

Sources
Porcelain charm and beads
Earthenwood Studio
Pewter
Fusion Beads
Eyepins
Rings & Things
Chain
Rio Grande
Don’t forget to see Elaine’s project here on Art Bead Scene today here

And see our whole list of Ornament Thursday links here

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12 Comment

  1. Jean
    January 31, 2008 at 2:27 pm

    Melanie–your work is so lovely!!!

    As always!!!

  2. Elaine Ray
    January 31, 2008 at 2:35 pm

    Melanie – Beautiful! I think my favorite grouping is in the lower left corner above.

  3. Heather Powers
    January 31, 2008 at 2:44 pm

    very lovely! This works together perfectly, great attention to details.

  4. Margot Potter
    January 31, 2008 at 2:48 pm

    Melanie

    Stunning. I love this dark look to the metal and the beads, very Gothic and Victorian.

    Thanks for your patience as we worked out the kinks!

    Best
    Margot

  5. *melanie* earthenwood studio
    January 31, 2008 at 3:24 pm

    Thank you so much!

  6. LampworkDiva
    January 31, 2008 at 7:34 pm

    Another terrific design, Melanie! I particularly like the tip at the end showing different color schemes for the necklace design. Great work!

  7. Sarebear
    January 31, 2008 at 11:25 pm

    Yes, ’tis a lovely design indeed!

  8. Linda at Make It Mine Mag
    February 1, 2008 at 12:59 am

    What a great plan for the components! And I love that you offered options at the end! Thanks for the inspiration.

  9. Katie Hacker
    February 1, 2008 at 2:00 am

    Love, love, love the black and white look. This design is awesome!

  10. Melissa
    February 1, 2008 at 3:38 am

    Ooh, I love the untraditional black and white Goth look to this piece! Brilliant!

  11. Tari of claybuttons
    February 1, 2008 at 11:28 am

    I’m with everyone else. Love the high contrast Black and White!

  12. *melanie* earthenwood studio
    February 1, 2008 at 3:45 pm

    Thanks everyone! The black and whits is always very popular for me at shows, especially with these vintage button charms. They are a bit of extra work, but the results are so detailed and neat, I love them!

    Thanks!

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