DON'T FORGET TO ENTER DRAWING FOR GIVEAWAY - NEW WABI SABI NECKLACE

First order of today's business - reminder to enter drawing for necklace.  To enter click HERE to go to Giveway post and leave comment according to the rules.

Nan Emmet of Spirited Earth does beautiful work.  At any given time, her store only has about 5 or 6 items in it because she sells as fast as she can list.  I have had these four beautiful beads for some time now and because of their larger size couldn't really figure out what to do with them.  After spending some time with them recently, I decided that they would be best spaced out on simple textured link chain.  I capped the "Wabi Sabi" beads with brass filigree bead caps on Vintaj brass wire.  From the large centered link I hung a charm with a French message, a beautiful pink peruvian opal drop and a connector made by Marti Conrad. 

Nan's beads are primarily a mauve pink with just touches of purple.  Marti's connector picks up beautifully on that purple and I added a purple glass pendulum bead at the bottom. 

I have named it Wabi Sabi.  Wabi sabi is:

• Unconventional
• Unassuming
• Unpretentious
• Understated
• Underplayed
• Undeclared
• Unencumbered
• Unmaterialistic.