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Ditch the agenda AND…?
A blue dichroic cross called to me from my workbench. Agendas went out the window and I gave myself to building a necklace. Funny, I’d thought about that cross from the moment I spied it in Maria...
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Keepsake Necklace Drop Builds Memory Juice
Call me crazy, but I get juiced helping people reclaim their memories. Take my friend Zelda, for example. A bracelet and pin, purchased by her late husband in Italy before they were married, held an...
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Embellish for Before and After Keepsake Necklace
When memories prompt, “Keep this,” and practicality adds, “Really? It’s too-o-o-o small,” call me. My advice is frequently, “Embellish your treasure. Make a keepsake necklace, something you’ll enjoy...
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Treasure Necklace Afternoon Inspires Artist and Owner
As an Army child, Pat called Germany home from 1953 to 1958. During that time, her mother started her sterling silver charm bracelet collection. Pat, like most teenagers, felt uncomfortable with the...
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Memory Morphs into Meaningful Wearable
Appointments to play beads frequently lead to unexpected delight. It happened this week when a treasure necklace appointment took a fortuitous turn. Pat fingered her pendant with obvious caring and...
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Salud! Treasure Necklace, THE Ultimate Memory Marker
©2012, Mary Ellen Merrigan, PatM Treasure Necklace Memory Makers: Big birthdays, especially big “0” birthdays Extended family get-togethers High school reunions Deep conversations with best friends Few...
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A Treasure Necklace Frames Your Thoughts
Your most precious memories live in a treasure necklace and the necklace lives to frame your thoughts forever. ©2013, Mary Ellen Merrigan, CA Treasure Necklace Whether you gather objects on your...
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Before and After, A Treasure Necklace Story
In my haste to create, I frequently overlook the “before.” It’s not always in my nature to take a picture of starting materials. (In my enthusiasm with a project, I sometimes even forget to take a...
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Before and After Treasures
“You’ve got some of these in your drawer!” If you’re like me, you’ve forgotten about some of your special jewelry pieces: charm bracelets from an earlier time, necklaces gifted to you; heirlooms from...
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Wear Whimsey and Watch for Smiles
As a follower of this blog you know I love my studio time and relish creating any form of treasure necklace. What a blast to play with objects of meaning to you. Treasure necklaces come in all sizes,...
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Pearl Reflections Help Create Special Necklace
©2014, Mary Ellen Merrigan, Collage – partial pearl inventory Pearls don’t lie on the seashore. If you want one, you must dive for it. –Chinese proverb There’s no treasure like friendship and...
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Three Reasons to Make a Treasure Necklace
If you enjoy creating jewelry, build a treasure necklace, a cherished, over-the-top, drop-dead gorgeous piece of jewelry. It may change your life as it did mine. Although, a multitude of reasons...
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Plan Your Treasure Necklace Today
“Treasure Necklace” conjures up different images for each of us. For me, the treasure necklace introduced me to the wondrous world of beading and I’ve been beading ever since. (link to post) Nothing...
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‘They Aren’t Alike’ and Other Treasure Necklace Truths
Treasure Necklaces with Vintage African Trade Beads What if one necklace or a pair of necklaces started you on a new path of design and appreciation and the process you broke your own set of limiting...
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A Treasure Necklace Frames Your Thoughts
Your most precious memories live in a treasure necklace and the necklace lives to frame your thoughts forever. ©2013, Mary Ellen Merrigan, CA Treasure Necklace Whether you gather objects on your...
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Before and After, A Treasure Necklace Story
In my haste to create, I frequently overlook the “before.” It’s not always in my nature to take a picture of starting materials. (In my enthusiasm with a project, I sometimes even forget to take a...
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Before and After Treasures
“You’ve got some of these in your drawer!” If you’re like me, you’ve forgotten about some of your special jewelry pieces: charm bracelets from an earlier time, necklaces gifted to you; heirlooms from...
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Wear Whimsey and Watch for Smiles
As a follower of this blog you know I love my studio time and relish creating any form of treasure necklace. What a blast to play with objects of meaning to you. Treasure necklaces come in all sizes,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Pearl Reflections Help Create Special Necklace
©2014, Mary Ellen Merrigan, Collage – partial pearl inventory Pearls don’t lie on the seashore. If you want one, you must dive for it. –Chinese proverb There’s no treasure like friendship and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Three Reasons to Make a Treasure Necklace
If you enjoy creating jewelry, build a treasure necklace, a cherished, over-the-top, drop-dead gorgeous piece of jewelry. It may change your life as it did mine. Although, a multitude of reasons...
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