Monika Wiklund

This is a little longer “chain” necklace of dark blue, oval seashell beads, round coral beads, and seashell flower beads that I made from the materials left over when I created my first coral and seashell flower necklace. The two different necklaces use basically the same beads, but the implementation and end results are very different.

In this picture, the beads are shown in more detail, showing the shimmer of the seashell beads and the texture of the coral beads as well as how they have been made into a chain with the help of eye pins.

Photography by Kristian.

flowery blue coral and seashell necklace

Blue is one of my favorite colors, and when I found these blue seashell flower beads I knew I had to make something of them. It took me a while to figure out what to do with them, mostly because I had a few other projects that I was working on and I didn’t have the time or space to start working on this one.

I like the combination of the pale blue round coral beads and the slightly varying blue nuances of the seashell flower beads, and I think that the silver-colored spiral hook  fits in perfectly with the style of the beads. I used the smaller grayish blue seashell beads near the ends of the necklace to achieve a more natural transition to the hook and make it more comfortable to wear. The necklace is fairly short, and the idea is that is will look like a wide band when wearing it.

Photography by Kristian.

Probably the first necklace I made with freshwater pearls.

It is based on white “rice” fresh-water pearls of varying sizes, with small round metal beads between each pearl.  There are also a couple of small metal flowers and butterflies between some of the pearls, and the stars are made from white seashell. The bracelet has a common lobster clasp, while the necklace has a toggle clasp.

Hopefully, a better picture will replace this one at some point.