My creation

My creation
Originally uploaded by planettreasures

How to unblock

- your creative block.

It happens to us all from time to time.
"What shall I make?"
"I don't know where to start!"

"My inspiration has abandoned me!"
"My muse has departed!"

"Nothing's selling. What's the point?"
"Nobody appreciates what I am doing!"

We procrastinate. Spend hours on the computer - chatting and blogging!
Make endless cups of tea and eat chocolate.

Nothing helps!!

SO! I forced myself into my workroom.
I thought "what are some sure-fire combinations?"

Red coral and turquoise.
How about the cheaper turquoise ceramic beads?
String them in a simple combination - kind of a warm-up exercise.

Hey! That didnt hurt a bit!
OK, more coral and different shape beads.

Pull apart a serpentine bracelet and restring with some red aventurine.
Mix the left-over serpentines with some other beads on my desk - and Voila!
Three bracelets.

Rectangles are always a favorite -
and here is the result of my unblocking afternoon!



That wasn't so difficult was it?

How do you unblock?

What I did this week

First of all I did a little bead shopping -

then I took them home and sorted them, then I got them out and played a little bit.

As a bit of a warm up I threaded this mix of faceted agates with some simple silver spacers in between.


Then I used some leftover orange coral with some new round orange coral beads and some dyed stabalized howlite (it looks like turquoise) to make this simple but striking necklace.