trios

What do you do when presented with someone else’s color choices?

That is a question I had in the back of my mind all summer. Just before leaving for camp in June I ordered two of the Trios color ways created by the Soft Flex Company. I cannot remember where I ordered them…I do remember the selection was few. I chose Tranquility (blues) and Harmony (yellows). I do not know why.

 

 

 

Both were a color challenge.
What I did…originally I had the thought to use the colors in links as I had done with a previous design. These colors did not quite fit in with my plans.
As I rummaged thru my beads I found my stash of netsuke. A frog on a bit of bamboo! The Harmony Trios held together, ahh. And there were those 1.5mm rubber rings from FMG. The combination mimics bamboo…no?

A few Swarovski buttons and a wonderful lampwork artbead from glass bead maker JoAnne Zekowski finished this fun, simple, with a bit of quirk piece.

Now on to the pesky blues…


The Tranquility Trios begged for polymer clay. I mixed colors to match the trios colors. Let it sit overnight and decided the colors were off…mixed again. Much better.
And then just played…
I called this Tranquility Kicked. Despite the size, it is very light. I used Sculpey Ultra Light for the pendant. Pendant is 2&1/2 x 1&1/2in. 26” necklace.  There are more Swarovski crystals on the back of the pendant. (I got carried away.)
As I was working with these colors the song lyrics “If you knew Susie like I knew Susie, etc” kept running through my head. I present for Susie:
 I adore this one. Wore on my first day back to work. Susie is still getting talked about!
19-21” necklace.

Tiny Swarovksi  flatbacks and 3mm topaz bicones make these last two pieces sparkle.

I see on the Soft Flex site new Trios colors are planned for release. This is a fun way to expand color flexibility. Both colorways were not what I would choose and forced me to think outside my comfort zone.

Valerie