While
skimming through the color palettes in The Beader’s Color Palette by Margie
Deeb, I found a color palette that I have yet to fully embrace – red and
purple. While googling ( I had to as I
am the – you know....curiosity kills the
cat type of person) these two colors, I
found out that this is the color scheme of the Red Hat Society.
FYI, Red Hats Society is a playgroup for women created to connect like-minded women,
making new friends and enriching their lives through the power of fun and
friendship. Women over the age of 50
wear red hats and purple clothing, while those under 50 wear pink hats and
lavender clothing. I can understand why
they chose this colors as purple is associated with spiritual and creativity
while red as confidence and vitality.
I decided that I would make one
for my daughter and myself. We are both fun people – Ha-ha. Since the theme for these bracelets will be an
inspiration of the Red Hat Society, I wanted pink and lavender for my daughter
– but “uh-uh no way, she said” – she is not a fan of pink. So red and purple
color it will be for us.
I have decided that I do love the luxurious
harmony of the bold and bright red and rich energetic purple in these delightful
brass bracelets.
Now both bracelets are charm
bracelets with the red and purple color scheme but yet different in execution.
My daughter preferred the chain
bracelet with dangling brass charms so I chose to make a slightly different version
for myself. She wanted larger charms
too.
I paired the shining donut purple tanzanite AB Chinese
crystals with berry red Czech spacers.
Metallic silver Chinese crystals donuts and bronze gold seed beads were
added for the bling-bling effect. As I
wanted the fun and playful look, the brass plated charms are a mix of fun quirky
charms that will jingle charmingly on the wrist.
It does add a dose of the unexpected quirky in my jewelry
box.
