Sailor’s coral necklace
On a recent walkabout I came across a bead shop. The selection was really overwhelming. You can find beads for just about any theme you might want and assembly your own jewelry. Very easy, and very personalized, very cool.
I find very little jewelry with a sophisticated mariner’s theme. Sure, you can find the anchor pendant, or the shark’s tooth. But that is about it. After wandering the store for a while, I found a string of black coral beads and finally I found some glass trade beads that made a nice contrast with the black coral. Millefiori patterns with blues and greens were more common, but got lost against the black coral. When I came across these yellow trade beads, their size and color worked perfectly with the 6 x 10 mm black coral beads. After stringing them up a handful of times to check the spacing and overall length, I finally crimped the clasp on and I had my very own very unique jewelry with a sailors theme.
- the Muse