To love, to care and to make some magic

In January I received a package with lovely soft pink and lilac beads from Preciosa's "Natural Colors" range, together with their Candy Rose beads. Preciosa asked the designers to focus on wedding and babies, which I did with happiness.

I made a Rose Walk necklace design with the Candy rose beads.

Preciosa published this design already some time ago, but I don't remember telling you about it on my blog. I don't remember well how I made it.

The soft seed bead designs have been published only today. I made 4 items for them:

1) a pair of bolas canastas earrings, for which I also wrote the instructions and which are now published on their website. Have a try at bolas! You can make so many things with this method.

I think that it is important to put beautiful toughts in our beadwork, so for this  key charm, made for an old rusty key which. I thought of the very charming, old hotel where the love of my life and I had our honeymoon. I added a charm which says "believe in love".

I also made a baby rattle. I thought of a lovely FB friend, beader and designer who happens to love pink as much as me and who was pregnant back in January. I asked Preciosa Ornela to send the rattle to her for her lovely baby girl to enjoy the music. I think that it is important to show that we care when we have an occasion to do so.

Last but not least, to add a bit of magic, I made a sweet scent bottle, which is completely self-supported. It contains a cotton with a lovely Ylang-Yland and Blue Lotus essential oils mix. I believe in the power of flowers. Scents have magical properties.

And the cherry on the cake is that Preciosa wrote an article about me on their news page!

I see *La Vie en Rose*. Visit Preciosa's album on flickr with photos of the many beautiful creations made by other designers.