It Started with a Plant

I love making jewelry and have been doing it for 11 years. My style has evolved with time and changes with my moods. I really truly enjoy exploring unique color combinations. I take my inspiration from everything I see, from nature, scrapbook paper, lining up nail polish bottles (which I'm obsessed with and might have a problem with) to checking out Pinterest. 

So, from time to time I'm going to show you where I get my inspiration for specific pieces of jewelry. Eventually, I'll leave the link for my soon-to-open Etsy shop, and if you're interested you can purchase the jewelry there.

For this bracelet I pretty much had two inspirations for it. Mainly one inspired the other which paved the way for the third, the bracelet. 

The first one was at the beginning of the summer I became obsessed with a lime and purple color combination for my annual pots. In this pot there are three plants, two Coleus and a Petunia. I did not save the Petunia tag, so I'm not sure what it's called, but Fishnet Stockings and Gays Delight are the Coleus. In the photo you can barely see the Fishnet Stockings, it's in the top right corner. If you're close to Fort Wayne, you can pick up all three plants from Stuckey's Greenhouse on Tyler.

This is the second one that helped play a part in the creation of the bracelet. I had just discovered the joy of scrapbook paper (I know, I'm super late to the party) and wanted to do something with the Pretty as a Peacock paper I had picked up at Michael's for 50% off. I decided to dust off my dormant craft skills and bust out the Mod Podge for a super fast and simple canvas wall art project for my daughter's bedroom, and purple is her favorite color right now. 

Both of these, the plants and the peacock with their gorgeous color combinations stuck in my head and I couldn't stop thinking about them. That's when my peacock bracelet was born. From the teal and lavender seed beads, and lime green drops to the iridescent tile like beads, and crystals which flash different colors in the light, I feel it's a good representation of a peacock's feathers.

Here is the bracelet again, can you see the idea behind it? 

The TV show I was watching while making this bracelet was Lost Girl.

How about you, is there any place you like to take your inspiration from? Is there a certain color combination you just can't get out of your head? Let me know in the comments section.