Autumn & Acorns

by Zoraida.
(Patchogue, New York USA)

The inspiration

The inspiration

I have a fascination with oak trees I can’t quite explain. I’ve made a few pieces of jewelry with wire oak leaves.

A few days ago, while walking my dog, I found some lovely little acorns just begging to be imitated in jewelry. Some were green, others brown. I was inspired!

So here is what I came up with.

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You never know where you’ll find inspiration – just look around but watch where you’re going.

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Comments:

Inspiration
by: Lynda Carson

Zoraida- love your little story of inspiration from nature. And the resulting piece is lovely. Makes me long for cooler fall days.
May I ask, what stones were used? The colors are beautiful and perfect for the acorns.

Lynda

Thanks Lynda
by: zoraida

Thank you for the compliments Lynda.

The large brown bead is an agate, I’m not sure about the green stones. I believe they are some sort of jasper. I bought them over a year ago at a bestfest.

Acorns
by: Kate

From little acorns, big oaks grow.
Lovely lovely lovely. I fo like your wire work on this and the acorns are so sweet, the colours just so right.
I love it.

Great fall necklace!
by: Joan

Fall is my favorite season and this is a necklace I’d want to wear every day – love it!

Nuts for Acorns!
by: Delia Stone

Zoraida, LOVE your acorn necklace. Acorns were always special treasures to me when I was a girl. I liked to find the biggest ones I could find and hoard the little caps. I don’t know why I was always so fascinated with them but I couldn’t help myself. 🙂 This is sure to fly off your table and into the hands of a customer who will just go NUTS for it (pun intended). 🙂 Lovely work!

Thank so much ladies!
by: zoraida

Thanks Kate, Joan and Delia! You comments are like music to my creative soul.

How can anyone not love acorns- they’re little marvels of nature.

Delia, it’s good to know I’m not the only one who’s nuts about nuts. I also like to collect rocks, leaves, pinecones, branches, seashells and anything else interesting and small enough to take home.

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