"Sunshine" Necklace for a very special lady!

Last Summer I had the incredible privilege to go to Romania with a group from my church and run a week long camp for some very special teens and young adults!  They all live with other special needs kids and adults at the Tanner House with Tata Bruce and Mama Sandie.

Recently Mama Sandie contacted me about a custom order. She needs a grey and yellow necklace and earring set to go with her favorite grey tunic. Her family is having it made for as special gift.  I was so honored that she asked me! She gave me several photos to give me an idea of what she was looking for and a picture of the tunic she's trying to match. She said the yellow she wanted was the yellow in the rose focal bead.





Guess what I found! During a trip to my favorite bead shop in Georgetown, I found nearly the exact same rose bead! Found lots of other yellow and grey beads too. I sent pictures to Sandie and these were the ones she liked best. I ended up getting more than I probably needed so I would have plenty of options!

Everything was going great and I was almost done when I ran into a problem! the grey spacer beads I found were too large to let the yellow rose beads lay flat! Oops! So now I need to take another trip to the bead store to find some smaller spacer bead options!   Sandie wants to be surprised so I can't post pictures of the finished piece until she gets its and has a chance to see it first!  But here is what "Yellow Rose Necklace Version 1" looks like!

Wish me luck!

To see lots of my completed jewelry make sure you stop by our etsy shop!

To learn more about the incredible work Mama Sandie and Tata Bruce are doing you can visit their website.