Happy Thursday/Friday!
I teased in my first post that I would start sharing my current project and today starts the first in a series to fulfill that promise! I have a close friend getting married soon (2 weeks! eekkkk!!), who asked me if would make the necklaces for herself and her bridesmaids for her wedding. I immediately said yes and am now hard at work!
Working on commission pieces is always a little difficult because you have to shift your creative vision. It's not something that I'm used to or completely comfortable with, but you can't grow if you aren't challenged. I'm also very lucky that my friend, T, had a pretty clear idea of what she was looking for. She is absolutely obsessed with bows and really wanted that to be a focus. She even did research herself and found some pendants that she loved.
For the bridesmaids she chose a black rhinestone bow pendant (pictures of that tomorrow in Part 2!) and wanted them on a black chain. I'm always nervous ordering online for a planned event, so I decided to stick to local stores to look for chain. Every single black chain I found was huge! Grossly chunky! It was terrible.
My proactive decision was to paint!!!
Of course, I'm not a professional spray painter, so a wooden post on my patio became my drying station. My biggest fear in painting chain was that it would get stuck together and become one solid mess. I found that I avoided most of that by not spray painting it flat and letting it dry hanging.
I really love this chain in the silver. It's something that is light, but also draws the eye to it's subtle texture with the differing links. I love it even more in black!!! If only Michael's would sell it that way!
That's all for Part 1. Check back tomorrow for Part 2 and see the Bridesmaids finished product!!!
<3 A
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