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Custom necklace with dark blue lapis

single string necklace with round dark blue lapis lapis, black seed beads, and various white metal beads

Delivered the latest custom order today, a short necklace with lapis. All metal beads are from customer’s original necklace that broke long ago. It had natural dark blue stones too, but those got lost. I’m sure there is a variation of Murphy’s law that states: “if a part of the whole can be lost, it will be the most valuable and hard to replace part.”

Luckily, on my recent bead hunt for something unrelated I met some irresistible lapis, and it went to good use here.

I was given full freedom to make whatever would look best from the bunch of loose beads that was given to me and whatever else might work, for which I’m really grateful.

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Jewelry repair that became a custom design

Photo of an unfinished custom necklace with vintage pearls and natural amazonite beads, work in progress
Work in progress – custom necklace with vintage freshwater pearls and natural amazonite beads

Either a few pearls got lost when the original necklace broke, or the neck measurement was not right, but now this jewelry repair has turned into a custom design. Once the problem of too few beads became apparent, it only took a few messages with photos of various bead combinations to finalize a new design. It still highlights these gorgeous white pearls but also has pale mat amazonite and pseudo-vintage metal niceties. Thank goodness for agreeable customers. Now, would not it be nice if amazonite beads were easier to pair by color!

My first design idea was quite different though. I went for a classical combination of pearls and rondelle beads with Swarovski crystals, but it turned out I had none and bead places close to me had none either. Now I think it’s for the better. A less predictable look is more interesting.

Updated June 7th, 2019

Photo of the finished custom necklace with vintage pearls and natural amazonite beads
Finished custom necklace with vintage freshwater pearls and natural mat amazonite beads

Aaand the customer loved the result when we met. Phew! Why is it always nerve-wracking to show your creation to the person who is paying for it, no matter how many times you did it before and with good outcome?