The Last Bird of Winter...

While I created this piece, I thought about what a winter faerie would wear. (As you can probably tell, I'm running with this faerie theme!) I also thought about at what point does one know that it is undeniably winter... I don't think there's a Weather Channel for the Fair Folk. So, I think that the sign would be when the last bird flies South for their annual migration. Therefore, I used a sterling silver bird clasp from my family at Green Girl Studios to symbolize the last bird.

In this piece, I also used wire-wrapped tumbled agate nuggets, pearls and quartz crystal. I acquired all of these from BeadTrust. With the smaller sterling silver chain from Ornamentea and the wire-wrapped agate chain, I "cheated" and used a pre-fab Swarovski cup-link chain from Artbeads.com. The Swarovski crystal sterling silver-plated ball is from Fusion Beads. I also incorporated some recycled glass beads from Browen Heilman of GhostCow Glassworks. They heavier silver chain at the top is handmade.

The focal is a lovely ceramic piece from Marsha Neal Studio. I love the chilly blue glaze and the swirly pattern. To accent the ceramic piece, I dangled a sterling silver Candice Wakumoto branch component that I had up in my Shop. At the end of the branch I dangled a Czech glass teardrop from Raven's Journey. I think this parallels the shape of the stick pearl layered over the ceramic piece nicely.

I'm quite pleased with the way this one turned out. The Marsha Neal pedant has sat on my work table waiting for just the right piece to come along.