Amber and Shell necklace

A friend of mine was planning her introduction ceremony some time in 2012. This is a traditional occasion in Uganda, where a bridegroom-to-be and his family are invited to the home of the bride-to-be to be introduced to her family and declare his intentions. It can be such a glamorous event. Anyway, she requested I make her some jewelry to adorn one of the attires she would be wearing.  She emphasized the need for something out of the usual.

Wow, so I get thinking and come up with using shells. When she gave me a go-ahead, I searched around the shops and finally found them at a place called Taloso Bead Jewelers in Kampala, Uganda. From the minute I got these shells I started imagining what the jewelry would look like.

 So I made necklace using white acrylic cylinder beads, painted orange shell beads, lovely amber and orange seed beads. There were also a few orange citrine beads which are on both sides of the cylinder beads at the center of the necklace. 

So this was the final outlook. 

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Shell and seed bead stunner

Below is one of the first jewelry pieces I ever made. I purchased the beads on eBay.

This 3 piece set comprising of a necklace, bracelet and earrings is made from orange/yellow painted shell beads (heart shaped and oval) and red seed beads.

I wanted a very simple piece of jewelry to match already very elaborate attire so this is what I came up with. There are about 15 seed beads in between the orange/yellow shell beads which make up the necklace and bracelet. I used a gold clasp to attach each of the pieces. The necklace is about 20 inches while the bracelet was 7.5 inches long.

For the earrings, I used gold colored head pins and fixed flower bead stoppers, added the shell bead and seed beads then attached to the gold colored hook.  There we go, ready to be worn.

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