Kumihimo Choker

I made a pretty Kumihimo choker - no beads. This shows a different piece that can be made using the same technique. It is about half an inch wide and looks great with a red tee shirt. (Or blue or white ...) This type of choker can be made in many different color combinations. I should try one in fall colors. Fall is coming sooner than I would like.

The grandkids are all off to school and I can get back to a normal routine. Well, I never have a really normal routine. That is the beauty of being retired.

Oh, yes, my "Birthday" gas clothes dryer came yesterday and it was installed in the afternoon. Ah, clean - and dried - clothes again. While there is something to be said for line drying clothes, they are just not as soft as in a dryer. I'm sure that is not a "green" statement!

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Lexie's Choker

As promised, here is a "new" picture of Lexie's Choker. The white background is the new part. When you have pictures in a white brochure, you like just the piece to be seen as if it were floating - no color in the background. But, for reasons I'm still trying to figure out, there is always "something" in the background. Even here you can see a little blue. I don't understand, when the background you are taking is pure white, why the pictures come out with a yellow, gray, pink or sometimes blue background. Obviously, physics/optics was not my strong subject.

I'm learning to see color in a different way. Actually, I'm learning to "see" color. My sister-in-law years ago couldn't understand why I could not see the "pink' in my skin color. She had a "golden" hue to her skin. All looked the same to me but now (finally) I'm beginning to see and understand the difference.

Let me know what you think of the "new" choker picture.

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Lexie's choker

I've been mentioning Lexie's bracelets but need to remind you of the other pieces in our Lexie line. This is the choker. It is on a .019 inch silver coated wire with each of the five Swarovski pearls found in the original Lexie bracelet represented. It is 15 inches long with a 2 inch sterling extender. Most people seem to enjoy extenders because it allows them to wear the choker with different necklines. The larger focal pearl is in Mauve (purple) which represents Lexie. The other colors significance are: Rosaline (Pink) = Love; Blue = Cure; Gray = Courage and White = Hope. Lexie herself came up with these designations. She is an amazing girl and recently celebrated her 10th birthday. Check out the rest of Lexie's jewelry at www.bevsjewelry.com/lexiesbracelet.html. A portion of the donation goes directly to Cancer Research.