Sunflower Dreams

As promised here are some better photos of my most recent piece, Sunflower Dreams.

It wasn't sunny today but at least it hasn't started to rain... yet ... so I was able to get some half decent photos.

As I mentioned in my previous post the spiral rope was a first for me as was the peyote toggle. I have to say I am pretty pleased with the the final results ♥

Where is the sun?

I finished this piece nearly two weeks ago but due to the torrential rain and flooding we have been having here in Queensland I have not been able to take a decent photo in the gorgeous sunlight.

As I was thrilled to have this piece finally completed I wanted to share it with you so rather than wait for the rain to clear I took a picture last night under my daylight lamp and managed to get a half decent shot.

I found this gorgeous Czech sunflower button on Etsy a while back and fell in love with it immediately... so much that I bought 6 of the beauties! I was originally going to create a bracelet linking the buttons but decided to make a pendant instead.

The pendant is stitched with size 8, 11 and 15 seed beads as well as hex cut beads to add a little shimmer to the piece.

This piece contains two firsts for me - I stitched a spiral rope to compliment the piece and also made a peyote toggle! I have to say I was pretty pleased with the results and although I found the loop of the toggle a little fiddly at first I persisted and was happy with the final result.

They are predicting more rain here in Queensland so once the sun starts shining again I will take some photos of the whole piece

Something old ♥ Something new

I created this piece for a friend at work who had this gorgeous Czech glass button that was from her mother's button collection. She asked me if I could do anything with the button and this is what I came up with!

I have to say she was very happy with the piece and if the button wasn't so special to her I'd have been tempted to keep the piece for myself!