When I saw Birgitta Lejonklou (Create With Spirit) was having a blog hop, I knew that I must participate. Thanks B!
She creates the best ceramic pendants! We’ve done our own little swaps a few times, trading jewelry, beads and pendants. (One can never have too many beading buddies.)
The theme is Celebrating Mother Earth. Nothing better than paying a bit of homage to Ma!
While designing, I listened to one of my favorite kirtan chants by Shantala. Honoring Ma with a blissful heart.
Amba Parameshwari Akhilandeshwari
Adi Parashakti Palayamam
Shri Bhuvaneshwari Raja Maheshwari
Ananda Rupini Palayamam
Sachidananda Rupini Palayamam
Ma Ma Ma Ma
Ananda Mayi Ma Palayamam
Sachidananda Mayi Ma Palayamam
Sweet Mother, You are the Supreme Divine,
Empowering All, you are the Whole, Everything!
Primordial One, Creativity Supreme, protect me!
Auspicious One, Goddess of the Earth, Great Goddess of the Sovereign
Whose Form is Being, Consciousness, and Bliss, protect me!
O Mother, O Ma! O Mother made of Bliss! O Mother, protect me!
(Thanks to Lesley over at The Gossiping Goddess for the wonderful jump ring and seed bead tutorial.)
Please hop on over to the following blogs and see their take on the challenge.
Emma Todd apolymerpenchant.blogspot.se
Inge Traud http://www.ingetraud.wordpress.com
Sandra Wollberg city-of-brass-stories.blogspot.se
Cece Cormier thebeadingyogini.com (you are here)
Jenny Davies-Reazor jdaviesreazor.com/blog
Margareta Saari magsinhelmet.blogspot.se
Toltec Jewels www.JewelSchoolFriends.com
Susan http://libellulajewelry.com
Leena vikkityyli.blogspot.se
Jean Wells http://jeanawells.blogspot.se
Kaushambi Shah (on Birgitta’s Blog)
Julie Thelen (on Birgitta’s Blog)
Lynn Ferro (on Birgitta’s Blog)
I love the serene wisdom of your necklace! So beautiful and touching. The zig-zag-part is fabulous!
Thank you and do check out the tutorial by Lesley. It is fun, easy to do and makes really substantial nice looking bracelets and cords.
Yeh, I have used that technique in a couple of necklaces and do like it a lot, it is easy and good looking 😉
Hi Cece,
what a lovely post and wonderful necklace. Those are gorgeous colors and that ring-thing with the colorful beads is amazing..maybe I should take a look at that tutorial! Think I heard that song in a link from You before and have it in my computer but now it is another song there..hm…but still Kirtan…
Thank You for making such a wonderful creation with this ceramic!! and thanks for the nice swaps 🙂
lovely pictures and makes me wonder how You made the one that looks like she is hanging on a “body”..really neat
B
Thank you. As always a pleasure to work with your beautiful ceramic creations. They are my favorites to work with. Watch for more in the near future.
Beautiful necklace! Love it!
Thank you.
That is one mother of a pendant! I like the soft sea greens and the darker, tinier pearls as contrast.
Thanks.
This is a beautiful piece. She looks so contented nestled in your design. Wonderful work and a Great Job!
Thank you. So easy to make nice looking stuff if you begin with a great looking pendant component like this.
Great job using color and texture! She’s so pretty.
Thanks for stopping by to look.
Oh how lush! She looks Mayan to me somehow, full of rainforest splendor, just beautiful
Thank you Emma.
Your choice of color and chain design are a gorgeous compliment to Birgitta’s always beautiful pendants. Very nicely done!
Thank you for stopping by.
What a wonderful homage to Mother Nature! I look the soothing, cozy quality to this necklace. It’s just stunning.