Hydrangea Hippo: She Loves Pink?

by Hydrangea Hippo - Jennifer Priest

Mother's Day is coming up in about 10 days and if you are like me, this is a difficult time to find gifts. My mom asks for the wackiest things, like "a clean house" or to "get the weeding around the yard done". I understand, being a busy mom myself. And, she can afford to buy the things she wants and after 6-7 years of giving her gardening supplies as gifts, she has told me she has enough. I created a shabby, vintage style necklace using pieces from a Connie Crystal Mixed Media Ornate Sun Catcher in Pink Theme . This necklace can be worn or it can be displayed as a fun art piece in a shabby bathroom :) I plan to get a vase or mannequin to alter with dictionary paper for my mom to display the necklace on in her newly appointed guest "powder room". To create the necklace, I cut the thread connecting all the beads to the crystal on the Sun Catcher . I used eye pins to make rosary style beads from some of the Sun Catcher beads , wrapping the long end of the pin under a loop I made to hold...

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