{"id":937,"date":"2011-08-30T09:02:34","date_gmt":"2011-08-30T09:02:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/creationsbychristina.net\/?p=937"},"modified":"2012-10-20T00:20:30","modified_gmt":"2012-10-20T03:50:30","slug":"upcoming-blogs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/christinamleedesigns.com\/?p=937","title":{"rendered":"Upcoming Blogs"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the next few weeks I will post some blogs about free form design, i.e. designing a necklace or bracelet when you have not drawn out a sketch in advance.\u00a0 As in the pic below.<\/span><\/h3>\n

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This is a carved bone pendant, strung abstractly with 6 of my handmade glass beads (lampwork) and various bone beads.\u00a0 I dropped the beads on the bead board and let them fall where they may, then strung them.\u00a0 <\/span><\/h3>\n

Most of the time I am very symmetrical in my designs, making each side of the necklace match, left and right of the focal piece in the center, whether it be a bead, a carved bone pendant or a fused glass pendant I created, but occasionally I get a little wild and just drop the beads and string them.\u00a0 (My husband likes it when I do.\u00a0 The necklace in the pic is one of his favorite pieces.)
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Maybe you purchased some semi-precious gemstone beads or just some glass beads, and you have been looking at these beads in your bead box for quite some time trying to figure, what am I going to make with them.\u00a0 How do you take them from just being a pile of beads, just sitting around the art studio, to finished jewelry?\u00a0 I will do some layout on my bead board and shoot some pics and post them to give you a concept of how I get creative, whether symmetrical or abstract, how does one come up with a design.\u00a0 <\/span><\/h3>\n

How do I get ideas for my designs, you ask?\u00a0 I look at the seasonal color charts that are published and I look at clothing magazines and jewelry design magazines.\u00a0 I get ideas from various places, nature, leaves, flowers.\u00a0 I never copy anyone’s work.\u00a0 All my pieces are my originals, but I can look at someone work and get a basic idea and then create my own unique piece from there.
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If you have any questions, please post them.\u00a0 I will try my best to answer them.<\/span><\/h3>\n

Christina<\/span><\/h3>\n

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In the next few weeks I will post some blogs about free form design, i.e. designing a necklace or bracelet when you have not drawn out a sketch in advance.\u00a0 As in the pic below. This is a carved bone pendant, strung abstractly with 6 of my handmade glass beads (lampwork) and various bone beads.\u00a0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[170,15,1,47,26],"tags":[92,377,85,88,86,58,87,91,16,378,84,90,89],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6BWVc-f7","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2257,"url":"http:\/\/christinamleedesigns.com\/?p=2257","url_meta":{"origin":937,"position":0},"title":"Amber Small Bead Necklace With Swarovski Crystals","author":"Christina","date":"May 19, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"I thought would share with you a pretty little necklace I made in 2009.\u00a0 It has 4 very small amber handmade (lampwork) beads which I made under my torch.\u00a0 I strung my handmade beads with Swarovski crystals, sterling silver beads, and seed beads. 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