The Gift

A relatives of mine, an aunt... has a birthday coming up really soon. This is an aunt that I haven't seen in many, many years. Well, her children and friends are planning a surprise birthday party for her, which to my utter amazement I was sent an invite to... so, that means a gift, what shall I bring?

She has a sister that I'm very close too, so maybe I'll use what I know of her sister's 'likes and dislikes' as inspiration when selecting or deciding on a gift for her.  It may work.  Oh, and these sister's are 'up there in age', and they are separated by numerous states.  So, it isn't often that they see each other, unfortunately... but that is totally unecessary sharing.

Honestly, deciding on a gift really wasn't that difficult, actually my first thought was to create a piece of jewelry. Her sister loves delicate pieces of jewelry. So, I considered creating a piece that wasn't too fancy, maybe with a little bit of glam [nothing overwhelming], using a medium that I can handle fairly well. Don't want to attempt anything that might fall apart after wearing it only once.  I still have so much to learn,  but simple and basic I can do.

I have a design in mind, for this project, I will only need a few items, my tools and it should be completed before her special day.  So, these are the things that I used for the necklace and yeah, I decided to make a necklace.

Findings:
1) chain
2) 10-6mm silver beads
3) an assortment of 'silver colored' spacers
4) an assortment of tiny colorful glass beads
5) jump rings
6) a few seed beads
7) lobster clasp
8) eye pins

My Handi Dandi Tools:
1) flush cutters
2) flat nose pliers
3) long nose pliers

Next, I got busy... and before I knew it, the project was complete. The most time consuming part of the whole process was measuring and cutting the chain. Then attaching each end of the chain links to the jump rings. Once that was done, it was smooth sailing.  Here's the finished product, sure hopes she likes it.

I always feel so satisfied after completing a project. I hope after my aunt receives the necklace, she will experience that same satisfaction...

❀