January 2009 Ornament Thursday Starts Out Right
January 29, 2009
Guess what?! It’s Ornament Thursday time again! This year’s Ornament Thursday team has decided to base themes on colors…and what a wide variety of colors we have in store for you!
One great addition for this year’s events – YOU are invited to join us! If you’d like to get in on the Ornament Thursday projects, contact any of the OT team and let us know you’d like to join. Blog entries are due on the last Thursday of the month, and we’d love to see what you can do!!!
Up first: Celeste – ice blue for January’s winter chill. My contribution dresses up a plain toggle clasp using gorgeous ice blue topaz from The Earth Bazaar, as well as tiny sterling silver round beads, miniscule freshwater pearls, and a few moonstone cubes tossed in for good measure. The clasp is then used as the focal for a simple sterling silver chain…and I think it’s the perfect neck “ornament” for an Ice Princess!
Celeste Wrapped Toggle Necklace
Materials:
16mm plain sterling silver toggle clasp
30g sterling silver wire (about 40″)
Assorted beads 3mm – 4mm (I used round blue topaz and sterling silver, rice freshwater pearls and moonstone cubes)
Bulk chain (however long you would like your necklace to be!)
4mm sterling silver jump rings
My toggle ring was rounded, and wrapping is much easier on a flat surface, so I carefully hammered the larger ring until it was flat.
Next, I secured the 30g wire around the ring, about 4 wraps, leaving a good length of extra wire at the end for a tail.
After securing the wire, I began randomly adding beads, making sure to wrap both around the toggle and between previous beads to keep them secure. The wrapping wire is pretty well hidden by the beads, so don’t worry if it’s a little messy…the trick is to be sure it’s tight and holds your beads in place. Before adding the next bead, I wrap at least twice.
You can see here how I began loading up the toggle with beads and filling the gaps between beads.
To finish the toggle, I secured the wire around several beads and clipped it close to the toggle.
Next, I attached a fairly hefty chain to both the ring and the bar. The toggle can be worn at the front of the chain like a pendant, and the size of the necklace could be adjusted by winding the chain once around the ring and re-inserting the bar through the ring.
Check out all the other Ornament Thursday projects…
Creating Ice Blue When a color you love goes out of production, make your own!
Farm Girl Roots, City Girl Style Linda Augsburg shares her celeste-inspired card.
Heather’s Ramblings A bright blue sky and beach scene for dreary weather
Icy Blue Born of Fire Lisa sees ice in the desert of all places.
Uniquely Mine for $20 Cindy Gimbrone hooks up lovely ice blue cashmere into a celestial colored neck scarf.
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excellent. Thanks for sharing!
Lovely toggle!! Great idea!