Project Update: for Maira

Thank God for the long weekend! Was able to finish Maira's necklaces, just in time for our meet up in early November.

photo courtesy of Maira

photo courtesy of Maira

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Project: for Maira

Been busy with another commissioned project, this time from my friend Maira who is now in the Middle East (forgot if it was Bahrain or Dubai, sorry Mai).

Anyway, she asked me to make 3 necklaces for her with these designs she really liked:

photo courtesy of Mai

photo courtesy of Mai

So far I've finished 2 necklaces and will be finishing the last one (the black on the right) by the end of the week.

Hope Mai really likes these! Will post the 3 necklaces when they're all done :-)

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Inspiration: Natural Colors

Was browsing the net looking for color inspiration for my crochet and found these dazzling pictures:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dexxus

http://www.flickr.com/photos/pagedooley/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/93452909@N00

http://www.flickr.com/photos/14516334@N00

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Preview of millicentmelissa Pre-holiday Collection

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Crochet Wedding Dress

Browsing through the archives of Craft Magazine for some crochet ideas, I came across this lovely Crochet Wedding Dress:

photo courtesy of Gia Canali at 100 Layer Cake

100 Layer Cake featured the wedding of Jillian and Dax who eloped to Kernville, California. The dress, shoes and bouquet were made/ customized by the beautiful bride.

Jillian made her own dress, including the pattern for it. She deconstructed a vintage dress to create a pattern for the bodice (the green part); sewed that, and then crocheted doilies madly for three weeks straight. She used over two miles of crochet yarn. Apparently they were still working on the dress the morning of the wedding (!) and Jillian had to be sewn into it, Project Runway style.

She found her heels at David’s Bridal and had them dyed, then used a pair of vintage earrings that belonged to a friend (via the friend’s grandmother) as shoe clips. Such a clever way to sass up your outfit and make it your own!

Just fell in love with the color choices of Jillian especially when the chartreuse green reminds me of my Mom's bridal motiff. Would be great if I made my own wedding dress too...next project!

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Various Magazine Features of millicentmelissa Handcrafted Jewelry

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Up for Grabs: Dusk

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