Margie and Me - Adoration of the Magi Part 2

Well, here we are! It's finally the big reveal and I'm so excited. This one was kind of a bear, no? Such an intense palette, it was difficult for me to find a way to streamline the colors to make them work together, but not overpower each other.

 This is what I was able to come up with.

The colors aren't as deep as I would have wanted them to be, but I felt like I really captured the range of colors that the picture represented.

Also, I was inspired by the shape to try and mimic the tryptych above the main photo.

I'm extremely happy with what I came up with.

It's very elegant, but intense at the same time. My original idea was to connect the tryptychs side by side without a supporting bead in the center, but I didn't have enough of the little center beads in the tryptychs to create enough of them to wrap around the wrist. I was inspired by Biloba, which is why I ended up pulling out the Delicas for this project.

I also created a few new items for the shop. I call this one Under the Ice Pendant. The blue is really intense and just pops out of the gray.

I put the pendant bail on the back of the pendant so that it kind of floats (kinda like ice) around your neck.

Also, because the Pumpkin Patch Necklace sold almost as quickly as I listed it, I decided to make another in some more intense turquoise and deep rusty red.

It's a Y-shaped necklace with a substantial drop. The colors are really intense and eye-catching. Rusty Turquoise is in the shop.

I've also become really obsessed with beautiful brooches lately. Big, chunky sweater weather always does that to me.

I created this one using African Jasper.

I call it Desert Flower and it looks just stunning. It would look great on a winter coat, or even attached to a handbag, or maybe holding together a deep red winter scarf....I'm just throwing out ideas here!

Also, I added some beads to the destash shop and marked everything in there 50% off! Am I crazy? Yeah, probably, but all that stuff is just sitting on my shelf cluttering up my space, so....hop on over to the shop and check it out, seriously, I changed all the prices last night, so it's all gotta go. I'm taking everything out of the shop on Wednesday if it hasn't gone yet, so get it while you can!

Last but not least, don't forget to leave your link so we can all see your Margie and Me creations! I don't know about you guys, but I'm really excited about this one! Thanks for playing along!