{"id":15296,"date":"2013-10-13T11:39:26","date_gmt":"2013-10-13T18:39:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/ClaireWolfe\/?p=15296"},"modified":"2013-10-13T11:39:26","modified_gmt":"2013-10-13T18:39:26","slug":"memory-necklace-done","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/2013\/10\/13\/memory-necklace-done\/","title":{"rendered":"Memory Necklace &#8212; Done!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well, after <a href=\"http:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/ClaireWolfe\/2013\/10\/08\/creative-tedium\/\" target=\"_blank\">whining the other day<\/a> about how tedious the first parts of this project were, the rest went nifty-swifto. And here&#8217;s my finished memory necklace:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/ClaireWolfe\/2013\/10\/13\/memory-necklace-done\/memorynecklace-finished-small_101313\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15297\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/ClaireWolfe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/MemoryNecklace-FINISHED-SMALL_101313.jpg\" alt=\"MemoryNecklace-FINISHED-SMALL_101313\" width=\"450\" height=\"368\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15297\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The significant danglies include: door key; diary key; airplane charm; Virgin and child; evergreen tree; several leaves; dolphin charm; two astrological symbols; a Swarovski crystal; several circles; and a couple of stars. The rest are just pretty dangly things, mostly of glass or metal, with a few semi-precious stones. The main colors of the piece (silver and gold) symbolize richness. The clasp is another leaf and is sterling silver. I didn&#8217;t have any suitable dog charms. If I had, you can bet they&#8217;d have gone on there.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the original totem necklace by Chelle Mayer from the book <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1931499462\/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;creativeASIN=1931499462&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=livifree07-20\" target=\"_blank\"><i>Beading for the Soul<\/i><\/a>. This is where I got instructions and inspiration:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/ClaireWolfe\/2013\/10\/13\/memory-necklace-done\/beadingforthesoul_memorynecklace-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15298\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/ClaireWolfe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/BeadingForTheSoul_MemoryNecklace1.jpg\" alt=\"BeadingForTheSoul_MemoryNecklace\" width=\"450\" height=\"418\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15298\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Finally, here&#8217;s a not-great selfie showing the necklace &#8220;in action.&#8221; It drapes a bit differently than you might expect. The longest dangles form three triangles.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/ClaireWolfe\/2013\/10\/13\/memory-necklace-done\/memorynecklace_finished_beingworn_101313\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15305\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/ClaireWolfe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/MemoryNecklace_FINISHED_BeingWorn_101313.jpg\" alt=\"MemoryNecklace_FINISHED_BeingWorn_101313\" width=\"450\" height=\"429\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15305\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, after whining the other day about how tedious the first parts of this project were, the rest went nifty-swifto. And here&#8217;s my finished memory necklace: The significant danglies include: door key; diary key; airplane charm; Virgin and child; evergreen tree; several leaves; dolphin charm; two astrological symbols; a Swarovski crystal; several circles; and a couple of stars. The rest are just pretty dangly things, mostly of glass or metal, with a few semi-precious stones. The main colors of the piece (silver and gold) symbolize richness. The clasp is another leaf and is sterling silver. I didn&#8217;t have any suitable&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/2013\/10\/13\/memory-necklace-done\/\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Memory Necklace &#8212; Done!<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arts-and-aesthetics","ratio-natural","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15296"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15296\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}