"They're CONES!"

Lorelei from Inside the Studio got together with Keirsten Giles of Cerebral Dilettante to offer a challenge: use some of Keirsten's hand-made copper cones in a way other than "the usual" and I immediately did my best immitation of Horseshack from "Welcome Back, Kotter!" 

"Oh! Oh! Pick me! Pick ME Mistah Kottah!"

Apparently, it worked! (heee!)  I was one of the chosen few allowed to have two of these lovely copper cones to work with.  See, I'd been working on an idea for a lanyard where the wearer could quickly and easily change it at the end of the work day to appear to just be an awesome necklace. I just knew these cones were the answer. 

I was right.  Have a look:

Yeah, these cones.... aren't they cooooool?

These are similar to the pair I received
LOOOOOVE them!

as the necklace

as a lanyard (name tag holder)

components separated

magnets were the key and the cones were the perfect
hide-the-key answer!

I created the bale to hang it all from: several lengths of
wire, wire wrapped together in four places, a bend in
the middle to keep the focal in place and the end wires
 all curled to add interest, keep the wires from pulling out
and keep them from scratching the wearers clothes.

I can't show you the whole necklace... I may have shown too much as it is.... some of the beads used are from my Bead Soup and it's because the beads simply fell perfectly in line with the lanyard I wanted to create. Return here on August 25th to see the entire lanyard/necklace, its accesories and the other items created from the wonderful Soup my partner sent me.

For now, to see the other cone imageers, hop over to Lorelei's blog and take a tour of everyone else's blogs.  See how crafty everyone is!