"If you're still hanging onto
a dead dream of yesterday,
laying flowers on its grave by the hour,
you cannot be planting the seeds
for a new dream to grow today."
- Joyce Chapman
When we moved to this house almost ten years ago, the back yard was dirt. So we bought trees, roses, and bulbs and planted them. The trees are quite tall now. In the last year or so one of them began to drop these gorgeous, woody pods filled with furry yellow seeds. At first, there was only one, and I saved it and cherished it. But now there are many more in a slew of sizes.
Today I collected two of the smallest ones and cleaned, varnished, drilled and wired them so they could become Pod Pendants.
Today I collected two of the smallest ones and cleaned, varnished, drilled and wired them so they could become Pod Pendants.
how beautiful! I am charmed by the beautiful pods with lovely beads inside. I love the way you drilled it too... very lovely. Wonderful job on these!
Posted by: Dale | March 30, 2009 at 06:26 AM
What magical little pendants, Kelly ! Love them and the quote at the beginning of the post. Definitely some dreams I need to quit mourning to make way for some new ones...
Hope your week is full of happy dreams and creative time!
Posted by: kim mailhot | March 30, 2009 at 07:11 AM
Such a beautiful way to honor nature. Thank you for sharing! xo, Fran
Posted by: Fran | March 30, 2009 at 08:36 AM
That photo of you in your peapod necklace looks like a classic painting. Lovely work as usual. Thanks for posting one of my favorite E.A. Poe poems. Great idea incorporating it in your painting!
Posted by: Michel | March 30, 2009 at 09:21 AM
Such cool jewelry! These are some of my very favorites of yours!
:-) Molly
Posted by: Molly Alexander | March 30, 2009 at 10:00 AM
I love the pods and what you have done with them! Haven't seen that kind of pod around here (Iowa). I just looked up online and found an article about bottle trees. It said the hairs that grow around the seeds in the pod can stick in your skin and be very itchy. I hope you were wearing gloves!
Anne
Posted by: Anne Hartman | March 30, 2009 at 10:44 AM
OH, these take my breath away Kelly! those perfect pods filled with such luscious beads, wrapped in that dark copper wire, Yum!
Posted by: Mija | March 30, 2009 at 12:07 PM
What awesome pendants you have made!! Very special!
You look like you are eyeing the tree....willing the next pods to fall so you can make more cool jewels.....
Posted by: pamq | March 30, 2009 at 09:18 PM
These turned out flippin' awesome! OMG: The colors of the beads play off the shell color perfectly! I love these!
Posted by: pilar | March 30, 2009 at 10:28 PM
Oh Kelly! These are fabulous!
xoxo and Blessings to you and my boys!
Posted by: Tanya Peacock | March 30, 2009 at 11:47 PM
These are great, Kelly, like secret seeds in the pods.
Happy days,
Joanie
Posted by: Joanie Hoffman | March 31, 2009 at 06:43 AM
These are indeed magical, Kelly! Amazing how your brain works!
xo, Michelle
Posted by: Michelle Remy | March 31, 2009 at 01:07 PM
Very cool, Miss Kelly! So glad to see your lovely jewelry again!
Posted by: Deryn Mentock | March 31, 2009 at 06:12 PM
Coming up for air, and just in time to see something amazing come to life under your talented hands. I think I have a new favorite pic of my girl, too. Love the photo. N
Posted by: Nancy Jamar | March 31, 2009 at 08:24 PM
These are beautiful necklaces! Love the pods. We have a longer, lighter colored pod on our bushes that produce flowers. I have saved some and might try varnishing them as you did. I saw Deryn Mentock do something similar recently with a silk pod.
Posted by: kris | March 31, 2009 at 11:17 PM
They are stunning Kelly!
Posted by: Maija Lepore | April 01, 2009 at 07:15 PM
Wow! I love it when someone shows me a new way of seeing the possible in what I thought was the ordinary!
Posted by: Cindy Ericsson | April 03, 2009 at 07:07 AM