Birdsong Two: Karla's Pieces of Time class

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I hope you're not getting tired of hearing about Birdsong Two yet, as I still have more of the fun to show you!
This year, I sat at a table filled with the gals from Texas: my buddy from last year, Cami...
and her buddies (left to right below) Tammy, Nicki, Kristi, me, Cami, and my buddy who came with us from Colorado, Rebecca!
photo by Karla Nathan

After another amazing meal...
we re-assembled for our final (boo hoo!) class, taught by Karla: a necklace she designed called Pieces of Time.
 The kits came so sweetly wrapped in these incredible, vintage bird seed boxes!
Inside the box was everything we needed to create our necklaces!  Karla sought out ALL vintage and antique elements for the kits.  We had all brought along jewelry tools and set off to work with Karla's detailed directions and assemble our necklaces!
 She taught us some great tricks!  I've made jewelry before, but after Karla's class, I'm much better!
Here's my finished piece!  (I wish I could say the photo does it justice, but it just doesn't show the sparkle and detail of what Karla designed!)
Here it is on my neck...a little better view; and you can also see in this photo the lovely name tags Karla made for all of us!
With that, Birdsong Two was officially over!  But we didn't leave yet...Karla welcomed us to hang out for a bit, so there's a little more to show you: stay tuned!

Comments

Vintage Jane said…
You look as though you had so much fun making your beautiful necklaces. They are so original and look fab. M x
May 9, 2012 at 6:20 AM
autena said…
What fun and what great teachers! Looks like they go all out for this--how cool!
May 9, 2012 at 6:45 AM
Unknown said…
Cute necklace! Looks like you came away with lots of fun and amazing little finds. The pieces you made are all so wonderful. I'm glad you had a great time!
May 9, 2012 at 6:51 AM
Lisa said…
Oh, I miss it! Can't wait until next time!
May 9, 2012 at 3:41 PM
Linda said…
oh, great necklace!
May 9, 2012 at 5:08 PM
Tami Hacker said…
You are so good to remember to take photos of the packages and the creating steps of our classes... we were filled with anticipation as we experienced them! Thanks for capturing those memories!
Hugs, Tami
May 9, 2012 at 5:58 PM
Wendy said…
I for one have enjoyed reading about your fabulous time at Bird Song 2. Your necklace is just lovely. You gals looked like you had a very good time.
May 9, 2012 at 9:28 PM
Unknown said…
I love it...I so wish I knew of some kind of group here that I could get into....everytime you post about this I wish for the same kinda thing.,
May 12, 2012 at 12:28 PM
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