Yellow Confusion

Today's "Beautiful Thing" is not something that I created in a single day, but rather a project that I was inspired to finally complete. I've had this vision in my head for awhile, but wasn't sure how to execute it. I stumbled on this photo several weeks ago [via OutsaPop] and was so taken in by it. Such loveliness...So inspiring...

I'd envisioned a necklace featuring those same twists and turns. I painstakingly made several tubes of fabric stuffed with poly-fil a few weeks ago, but I wasn't sure how to finish the look.

Then last night I was getting ready to go hear John Meeks in concert and got a hare-brained idea that I had to finish this project immediately and incorporate it into my outfit. Surely you creative types know what I'm talking about. That sudden and undeniable urge to create that blind-sides you and leaves you helpless to do anything but tackle your idea right then and there. I find this happens often with jewelry. If I don't have just the right pair of earrings to wear, I decide that the only solution is to sit down immediately and make a pair to match my outfit. Of course this always makes me late to wherever I'm going, but I get such a high from having made something that I find it's worth it. (Open apology to all my friends and family--Sorry I'm always late.)

So that's how "Beautiful Thing #3" came to be:




It's just a proto-type and still a work-in-progress, but I'm quite happy with the result. I'd like to make them using white and gray jersey fabric, and wearing them with a simple t-shirt. A nice excuse to visit the fabric store anyway. If I get really ambitious (which is my goal these days!), I'll make some to sell in my handmade etsy shop. I think they'd be a nice compliment to my fabric earrings. We'll just have to wait and see what happens...