Thursday, June 26, 2014

The Creative Continuum of Seven Artists: Reveal #6 ~ featuring Cynthia Macatha

Hello, hello - and welcome to the sixth reveal of the CC7A, the group of 7 friends crazy enough to accept to get together an work with each other's choices each month.

This month is hosted by Cynthia ~ a lovely lady I never met in person (I haven't met any of the other 6 in person, we are online friends), and who seems my soul sister from all the stories we've shared!

It is June and Cynthia chose the eternal bridal theme: something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue. I mentioned before this: hubby and I have eloped! That is not something you do in my culture, we are Romanic at the base of everything cultural (including language) and we do those big, crazy weddings, with traditions and what not. Would we had go that route, I would have ended up neurotic, I am sure, so we decided on a very simple visit to the City Hall: I do, I do, sign here, congratulations! and off we went our way. We didn't even have our wedding band - on our walk from the City Hall to the park we passed a big jewelry store in the heart of the city, we looked at each other and we asked ourselves: should we get some?! We got them ~ and we still share a good laugh about the day. And good memories. And a strong marriage of 18 years and 30 days (today :) ).

That being said - we don't have the something... saying either, and I didn't wear blue or white that day (I went with red and pale yellow) so Cynthia's choice came as a surprise. It's an 18 years later reminder of a lovely start to a great journey.

I did not take pictures of the package, but from Cynthia's original post you might know it's about something old (reclaimed sari silk), something new (imperial jasper), something borrowed (several remaining leaf toggles from a ZnetShows hop) and something blue (apatite rounds). I added my own something vintage in here (the flower connectors, from a recent package from my mom) and here is what happened:

The Creative Continuum of Seven Artists: Reveal #6 ~ featuring Cynthia Macatha: sari silk, imperial jasper, leaf toggle, apatite rounds

I think I like where this is going... let's see if I can deliver!

One note about the pictures: we are traveling right now and I took the unfinished necklace with me... I have no props for the necklace, so I used the bird calendar we have in the trailer :) hence the curious colourful stares!
The Creative Continuum of Seven Artists: Reveal #6 ~ featuring Cynthia Macatha: sari silk, imperial jasper, leaf toggle, apatite rounds, wire working, ooak necklace, June Dream :: All Pretty Things

The sari silk, along with blue suede went around the neck, as usual.

The Creative Continuum of Seven Artists: Reveal #6 ~ featuring Cynthia Macatha: sari silk, imperial jasper, leaf toggle, apatite rounds, wire working, ooak necklace, June Dream :: All Pretty Things

The flower connectors with the apatite rounds make the necklace, and the leaf toggle ended up as a focal, along the imperial jasper. The wire on the jasper is a dark blue by, err... design :) nope, by lack of thinking ~ when I left I put all sorts of copper wire in my bag, but none of the silver. How I thought I will finish a silver necklace without silver, I cannot tell you!

The Creative Continuum of Seven Artists: Reveal #6 ~ featuring Cynthia Macatha: sari silk, imperial jasper, leaf toggle, apatite rounds, wire working, ooak necklace, June Dream :: All Pretty Things

I was thinking to add some of the sari silk and suede as tassel 'fringes' on the bottom of the leaf (between the jasper), but that will have to wait until I get back home and in the possession of some silver wire.

This is it: my 'June Dream' ~ a lovely piece with beautiful components that worked very well together. I wore it yesterday, to test it and I had the mom of one of our young athletes (we are in Ohio, training with the Junior team for upcoming competitions) commenting "You have very intriguing necklaces - a new one every day and I've never seen designs like this, with the fabric around the neck". It felt very good :) I told her I'm making them and she then said "That explains it!"

Thank you for visiting today and staying for a cup of memories :) and please visit the group ~ it promises to be an interesting get-together, apparently the ladies all have something intriguing to share!

Cynthia Macatha (June host)
Emma Todd
Monique Urquhart (January host)
Christine Altmiller (February host)
Sally Russick (March host)
Therese Frank (April host)
Alicia Marinache (May host) <- you are here

6 comments:

  1. Alicia! What a gorgeous design! And the antique pieces from your mom really kick this up a notch!!!!! LOVE those. Your wedding dress sounds lovely and I like your story. A day for just the two of you. Exactly what we did as well. Thanks for making my little bead soup really shine :)

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  2. Your "wedding day" was a lot like mine, Alicia, including the casual purchase of rings :) I love the way you were able to put all of Cynthia's components together so beautifully... the little touch of suede is a perfect accent on the silk. Me like!

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  3. Hi Alicia,
    Sweet and simple is the perfect way to get married and if I do it again that is the route I will take. Congratulations on your anniversary of 18 years. I love your necklace it is beautiful and looks very comfortable to wear. I like how you used the leaf toggle as part of your focal it is way to pretty of a component to hide in the back and the silver vintage flower connectors are perfect in this piece. Thank you for bring us all together for this challenge I am going to be sad that it ends next month.
    Therese

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  4. Those silver flower components are the perfect compliment to the rest of the components! I just love the vintage feel you got using those! What a gorgeous necklace. I envy your wedding story. I am not comfortable having all eyes on me and wanted to elope. After all, a marriage is a marriage, not the wedding. But my husband and my mom wanted the big event. I just wanted to be with him, any way I could. I didn't care enough to fight it. So it was a big event and a lovely event, but just not much of "me" in it. Yours sounds wonderful! And solid, which is what really matters :-)

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  5. Alicia, I also eloped. My marriage has lasted 40 years and that just proves that the wedding is not the important part. My wedding dress was pink with a large white collar. Your necklace is beautiful. The silver components add character. I think that the fringes will add great texture too.

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  6. Alicia, I left a comment this afternoon but I don't think it went through, so let me try again. In think that the flowers, like Christine stated above, are the perfect addition to the components, and the way the clasp brings the necklace together, just like a wedding brings two people together. Beautiful!!
    I will be married 15 years this November and we had a small scale wedding with close family and friends. It doesn't matter big, small or elope as long as it meant he and I would be together!

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