Wednesday 18 February 2009

Creativity and Inspiration


After an extended holiday my creativity has returned in force and I have so many new pieces from the last week. It had been hard to try and sit at the bench and create when I just wasn't ready and so I didn't push it too hard - and success is the result!

Many of the new pieces were sitting in my 're-do' pile. I hadn't been happy with how they turned out the first time round, or had grown bored with them before I'd even finished. The pile was getting a bit wobbly it was so high, so I am pleased I have decimated it now!

It can be difficult to stop yourself from repeating your first error when you are re-making a piece, so I found I had to deconstruct each one completely before looking at it with a fresh viewpoint. Some are so entirely different and I love the new looks I have come up with.

Of course as these are pieces from quite a time span the colours aren't necessarily seasonal, as I should be working on my winter collection. And there is an awful lot of green. But as I love green it was really no hardship to work with them ;) But I shall have to pull out the muted tones and rich colours soon otherwise my winter collection may look decidely spring-like!

One of my new creations is pictured above - a mixture of lime green chalk turquoise, black lava, freshwater pearls, peridot and sterling silver. All combining to make one eye-popping statement necklace!

Long term readers may know I had a 'fling' with Etsy. Sure enough, I found I didn't have enough time to do all I had to do as it was, so I haven't had any items listed there for ages. However I still SHOP there :)

A very talented maker of vintage inspired stationery, Kelly of Retrocrafted Paper Goods posted about a great giveaway she is participating in for a group on Etsy. Head over to her Macaroni & Glue blog to find out all about it - it sounds easy to enter and wow, what prizes!

Inspiration is such an intangible thing. I actually have no idea why I became so inspired over the last week (but I'm awfully glad I did!) Some people get inspiration from nature, from art, from music. I often get inspiration just looking into stones. Jenny from Assential Scrapbooking has been inspired by some new products she can use in her business and sounds as excited as me! I'd love to hear what inspires you?



P.S. I am pleased to report the bushfires in Victoria have calmed down with no further outbreaks. The cool change has definitely helped. An outpouring of generosity has been received from the Red Cross reporting over AUD$100million in donations received - now the hard work of rebuilding lives begins.

18 comments:

Joanna said...

That is a beautiful necklace! I'm so glad that your creativity returned like that - how wonderful!

Jennifer said...

I love the colors! The textures are wonderful together!

Veronica Lee said...

That's a stunning necklace and I love the colours!!

Kelly Drill said...

Thanks so much for the mention! And so glad to hear the fires are calming down. Very scary.

Anonymous said...

Annette, I, too, have that stack of things to re-work, salvage, re-construct, de-construct, or cannibalize them, whatever term you prefer. In fact, if it wasn't for the fact that isn't as much fun, I think I could probably work solely on those items all year lol! But the new beads always seem to be burning a hole in my brain till I use them! Teri
http://www.sandtcreations.com/wordpress

Anonymous said...

Lovely colours!
Such good news about the brilliant fundraising for the Red Cross bushfire appeal. xx

Name: Holly Bowne said...

I love the look of the green with the black and silver. And I think the colors are totally appropriate with St. Patrick's day coming soon. ;)

Anonymous said...

I love that necklace. It'd give me a reason to get dressed up because you have to dress to match a piece like that! Stunning!

Opus #6 said...

I love pretty jewelry!

Anonymous said...

Hi Annette thanks for stopping by my blog. Have a great week Jenny!!

America's Next Top Mommy said...

Hi there! I finally came over from the mom blogs. I'm a little slow, what can I say. :-) ADORE your jewlery! Just stunning!

America's Next Top Mommy said...

Hi Annette!! I just came over from your message on the mom blogs. Finally. What can I say, I'm slow :-)

I'm so glad I did, I adore your jewlery! STUNNING!!

So nice to meet you:)

Terri said...

What a beautiful necklace!

Angelshair said...

Beautiful necklace, and very nice blog! I love the design, simple and elegant!

Ann Harrison said...

Annette, you never disappoint.
You have a beautiful eye.
What a wonderful piece.

Activities@home said...

Lovely. This necklace is just amazing.

Petit (Australia) said...

Love the green necklace, glad your creativity has come back!

Pretty Things said...

Delicious green!!!

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