Blissful

When I began designing this necklace, I got a little interrupted for a great reason: Inspiration.

I haven’t listed the other necklace just yet, so look for it within the coming weeks, but as I was working, I saw some beads in my collection and thought they wouldn’t work for the necklace I was working on, but they’d be great in their own. And when inspiration happens, I run with it!

So this was the first time in years that I worked on two necklaces concurrently. It seemed like I’d place a bead on one and then place a few on the other. I just kept on going because both necklaces seemed to be playing off of each other. Like, one could not have happened without the other even though they don’t rely on the same beads.

I don’t know if this will be a common occurrence, but I most certainly welcome it if it happens again! I already love designing and building Twilight’s Fancy necklaces, but when they come together the ways these two did, it’s like opening a whole new world for me in a way because I didn’t know it was possible.

I’ve designed more than one necklace at the same time, but never quite like this. The others came together more linear, one after the other with only a few beads overlap. These were together. I’d laid out a few beads on one and then a few on the other and they both finished at the same time. I actually had to pay attention that I didn’t mix the two up when I assembled them!

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My Shoe Chronicles — Black and White Striped

I love these quirky shoes. They’re strangely shaped yet still comfortable. I’ve worn them to concerts and the grocery store and they just seem to go with everything.

However, they just don’t seem to break in. That’s most likely why they landed at the thrift store I bought them from. Standing in them is fine, but walking around the block? No thanks. Socks seem to help, but not much. I wear ’em because they’re funky, but if I know I’ll be walking a lot, I opt for one of my other black and white pairs. There’s only so much torture I’ll put my feet through!