It's two weeks since the Bead Soup Blog Party "reveal" and I've been steadily making my way around all the blogs, taking the time to savour each one. There have been some truly fascinating pieces, lots of different styles to enjoy and some ingenious solutions to solve tricky construction problems. And that's what today's post is all about today; thinking outside the square when faced with design constraints. I had what seemed to be a fairly simple design idea in mind; a double strand choker-style necklace with a central focal. But when I set to work to construct the piece, there were a couple of challenges which needed to be worked out so that the components would sit right. Here's the end result: Midnight Rhapsody It all worked out in the end but let's have a look at the design problems I came across. My focal is a black 5-hole slider from Cousin Corp's Midnight Garden collection. I began by stringing the two strands of Crystazzi ......
