Leila Brooch

I do enjoy the darker side of things, but just so I won’t get too comfortable with things I try from time to time to do something a little bit more light and airy.

You can never go wrong with a Lori Earley painting. I mean no matter what you do around the piece; it’s going to look gorgeous cause her stuff are just beyond beautiful.

Leila is a beautiful blue-eyed, blonde girl and to complement her complexion I went with my trusted gold and pearl pallet. To me Leila brooch is the younger less sinister sister of the Ms.V brooch I posted a while back.

She has a softer look and she doesn’t have that evil look that I see in Ms.V’s eyes.

 After a simple bezel work, I went with a staggered pearl effect around the cabochon and then finished off the piece with an alternating stacked edge.

In order to compliment her cool tone and blue eyes I did use a gold amethyst colour bead very sparingly around the cabochon also the pinkish crystals used around the edge give a slight bluish sparkle which ties everything together very nicely.

LIST OF MATERIALS USED:

• 30x40 CLEAR GLASS DOME CABOCHON
• 3x4 LIGHT CHAMPAGNE FACETED GLASS BEADS
• 5MM WHITE PEARL
• 4MM WHITE PEARLS
• 3MM WHITE PEARLS
• 24KT GOLD FINISHED SEED BEADS SIZE 11/0
• TRANSPARENT DARK AMBER GOLD LUSTER SEED BEADS SIZE 15/0
• TRANSPARENT GOLD AMETHYST SEED BEADS SIZE 15/0
• LACY'S STIFF STUFF
• WHITE ULTRASUEDE
• FIRELINE THREAD 0.006 IN CLEAR
• 1.5-INCH BASE METAL PIN BACK
• E-6000

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