Breathe

For long you live and high you fly,

for smiles you give and tears you cry,
for all you touch and all you see
is all your life will ever be.

Breathe by Pink Floyd
Dark Side of the Moon
1973

Funny thing, here I am with another post about a line from a song. I am not sure why I was never introduced to Pink Floyd. This is such a marvelous lyric. It says pretty much all that needs to be said, so when I saw this really cool bronze pendant at Artbeads.com, I had to have it.

I like to think about a piece before I plan my design, but I don't want to over think. The more I read this quote and the more I thought about the time period, the more I got into a breezy, gentle mood. I thought about what kind of jewelry I would have made if I had been listening to the Floyd in my room. I walked around with this bronze pendant in my hand (I tend to pace while thinking) and noticed how it took on a pink glow. I knew without looking, that I didn't have any beads in my stash of hundreds (could it be thousands?) that would really do this piece justice.

I just knew that this pendant needed vintage...that it needed natural...that it needed metal... that's when I knew that I was going to have to disassemble a vintage piece to get what this was needed.

So I went to my closet and got several gemstone necklaces that had colored stones and an '80's necklace that had metal pieces. I looked at these necklaces for quite a while. DH is playing electric guitar in the background and I'm thinking about colors and metal and just digging on life.

So this is what I came up with.



This particular piece was just begging for simplicity. Think about it, if you were a little hippie chick, you would not have worried about needles or findings. You would have instinctively known to use a piece of leather cord, thread the beads on and tie a knot in each end, leaving plenty of cord to tie in the back.

With all that being said, this is my first order from Artbeads.com and I am quite happy. The quality of the pendant is excellent, a good thing for my first bronze piece. The shipping was fast and securely packaged with the bead bagged and carefully wrapped in purple tissue paper. It was a nice enough experience to have me wanting more. So...

I'm thinking of going sparklie with my next piece, and maybe using some crystals. This is an area new to me. Have any of you used any of the flat back type rhinestones? I could use some help deciding.

That's it for today, enjoy the day and remember to listen to the music.

By the way, there were other bronze pendants to choose from so check them out also.