You are my Sunshine 3-in-1 Necklace (2398)

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Wear the best of summer year-round!  

It all started out innocently enough with a wonderful sunflower raku cabochon by Lisa Peters. I love working with this artist's creations.  

I used bead embroidery and peyote beadweaving to create a bezel and bail for this beautiful cab, resulting in a pendant that is 2.5" wide and 3" long. The blues and bronzes and yellows in the cab show must accurately in the close up photo of the cab (which was taken when everything was still a work in progress), so please take a minute to look at that more closely. The pendant is backed with midnight blue leather.  

I used galvanized Japanese delica beads in a fantastic lemon yellow and tiny rocailles in "fancy blue" (read: the blue has a golden shimmer/halo to it) in both the pendant and the first of the two necklaces I made for it.  

The beadwoven necklace/choker was made with both twisted ndebele and peyote stitches; the ndebele section is 12" long and the section of peyote circles is just over 5" long. As you can see from the photographs, the rope can be worn with the circles in back or by itself with the circles as the focal.  

And because I love fibers and can never leave well-enough alone ;), I had to crochet some fibers together for a third look. I took three 24" crocheted chains of simply yummy yarns and knotted them together at both ends. (Just use a crochet hook to coax the fringe ends through the bail and pull gently. I'll even send you a hook if you don't have one; just let me know!) Come to think of it, this is really a 4-in-1 piece, because the crocheted necklace is pretty to wear on its own as well!  

This is my entry to the Beadweaving Emporium's A New Horizon Challenge. Please visit the BEM blog at http://beadweavingemporium.blogspot.com to vote for your favorite piece beginning July 9th. The polls will be open for 7 days.  

"A New Horizon"?, you ask. I associate the horizon with sunrises and sunsets, in other words, with sunshine. And no flower better represents sunshine to me than the sunflower. New Horizons also because this is my first (new) piece using peyote circles. I'm pleased with the results of my venture.  

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