Catalina Christmas Gifts

This year, my favorite class is Spanish I. My teacher, Senora Everist, is a short woman from Cuba who I absolutely love. Every morning, I go into school early so I can help her get ready for the day. I usually will organize papers or punch holes in worksheets for the day's class (when she forgets to set the "punch" setting to yes on the copier). Also, it gives me a chance to hang out with her and her student-teacher, Senora Wiane, who is a student at the U of A. So, for Christmas, I've made them both necklaces. Senora Everist's is a little shorter than Senora Wiane's, who is very tall.

Senora Everist:

Senora Wiane:

Working with Wire

I've started working a lot with wire lately and I've made a very nice necklace with wire and chains. Using a round pliars, I made each bead into little charms with hoops at each end. Then I attatched it to chains. It took a while because I made to make each charm by hand, but I'm very happy with the results. I used only three kinds of beads, little 5mm red ones I've been working with for a long time, orange carved beads that I used in my Robin's Egg Wood necklace, and some larger red ones that I found at Michael's.

Materials:
23 5mm red beads
8 7mm red beads
2 orange carved beads
silver wire
1 silver toggle clasp
silver chain

Traditional Black and White

I made this necklace with two strings of black and white beads that I bought when I was getting ready to make a personalized necklace for my aunt, Laurie. I loved the colors together and how the white, shell-like beads looked with the shiny black beads. Then I decided to make a traditional looking necklace from them. It was easy to bead and quick because of the simple design.

Materials:
9 big black beads
10 medium-sized white beads
20 5mm black beads
2 gold crimp beads
1 gold toggle clasp
silver wire