I ordered these neon green delicas (I think the color is called kiwi) thanks to Pinkhot_UK using this color Miyuki seed bead in her Instagram posts. I needed to have that color in my stash, but I did not have a plan for it... So the kiwi delicas sat in a zippy bag with these other colors I had thought might look good with it until a design came to me.
A design never really came to me. I just needed to see these colors together so I decided to create a bracelet where the colors moved from one to the next. I realize that I haven't made a 2-drop peyote bracelet in a while and decided to video this one being made because I was pretty sure I could do it in one sitting. Which I did! I then made the earrings the next two nights.
When I was making the earrings I couldn't decide which direction they should hang. Green top to blue bottom or blue bottom to green top. So I asked Bryan since he has a good eye for design and he picked for me. The second night, as I was making the second earring he was pointing out that the colors are representative of a horizon and he liked the way the color moved downward in an earring form where if it was flipped the other way the color would feel like it was moving upward. I work on these while I'm winding down in front of the TV at night, It's nice that he is often able to give more thought into my work than I am capable of after I'm pooped out from working. He's a night person and my brain works better in the mornings. It's jsut lovely having him next to me noting my work as I make it.
Below is the video of the bracelet being beaded:
I also made this grey mismatched pair of earrings, which I like really like, I just decided they probably didn't need their own blog post:
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