Deer necklace

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I'm really lazy about taking pictures of things, so I'm sorry these are kind of dark; they were originally taken to show off my outfit and not the necklace itself.

I made this earlier this spring, and I've made a few others like it since.










It's made out of an antique silver deer pin, twigs, little seed pods, old wooden beads, silver leaf charms, bits of mulch, rough brown twine, and lots of silver wire. It's kind of stiff, but the wire allows me to shape it against my collarbone. When I first put it on, it wanted to stick straight out. It's surprisingly not itchy.

It's held up well, but every time I put it on I'm afraid it will be the last. I can tell the twigs want to snap, they're just waiting for the moment it will make me saddest.