"Come On A Safari With Meeeeee..."

Okay, okay. I won't subject you to any more of my singing.

Or my love of 60's surfin' songs and the Beach Boys (what'd you expect - I AM a California girl after all)

Oh, yes. I did. I did just make that pun ;-) Deal with it.

So, what is all this safari nonsense about anyway?

Ta DA! I call this baby "Sunset Safari." And no, I have no idea why I named it that way. Sometimes certain pieces just tell me their names and I go with whatever they say.

Shhh! Don't tell anyone that my beads talk to me. It'll be our secret.

Here's a closeup of the center. A nugget of dark green faux sea glass, come crackle agate rondelles from Rings 'N Things, carved wood rondelles from Michael's, a couple of different Czech glass beads, some olive jade and the spacers are bronze seed beads.

My dear friend Lorelei was kind enough to gift me with this gorgeous orange enamel bead. I added some brass wire-wrapping and a Vintaj filigree leaf charm.

Here's a less formal look. The chain in the back is from AD Adornments. They have the BEST CHAIN! I just wish they didn't have a $50 minimum, but then again, it's not hard to meet that on their site!

But wait, this necklace has one last secret ingredient:

Yep, that's right, I can lampwork. Well, I could 8 years ago after I took some classes. I still keep hoping one day I can set up the garage as a studio and get a kiln and stuff so I can get back into it. These beads were annealed in a friend's kiln. Anyway, I thought it was time I busted out my own lampwork and used them for something.

Okay, that's it for today. Dude, too bad it's not summertime or I could like totally grab my board and go catch some sweet waves!

KJ