Jungle Boogie

It feels weird to be showing and writing about a piece inspired by lush, hot, humid tropical jungles while it is pouring rain outside. And we're not just getting rain - we're getting probably the most intense and longest-lasting bout of lightning and thunder I've ever experienced in Southern California. It started at 4 AM this morning and we've had pretty much continuous activity since then.

I'm sure it's wimpy compared to what happens in other parts of the country, but for us...it's quite exciting. I've even heard that a Sam's Club not far from here took a direct lightning strike! Personally, I think we should all get to go home. You know...just in case.

But in the meantime, tropical jungles it is!





This design is a little on the funky, crazy side compared to what I usually do, but tropical jungles are not tame and orderly now are they? When I think of jungles, I hear words like wild, lush, riotous, etc. And this necklace certainly fits that description.

I started with the etched brass dragonfly focal from Summer's Studio and added in some dyed green palm seed rectangle beads I got at a bead show last year. Then, I found these dark brown crescent beads (don't know what the material is - some kind of wood or seed, I think?) at Michael's. The green Czech glass flowers have stripes of orange down their sides so I added in the dyed orange wood beads from Fusion beads.

A few touches of purple Czech glass and brass seed beads are the final accents.

A brass ring and hook clasp at the back and last few beads as a dangle and "Jungle Boogie" is finished!

Can you hear the drums?

KJ