Back to the Roots Part II - pic heavy

Back to the Roots Part II

I have been back to the roots now for a while and I just love it!
The downside is that I normally do not have more than one or two bracelets finished and on display on my shelf while before there was a lot of colour and silver there. Instead most of my beads are in their little appartments (see Back to the Roots Part I) in a drawer where I do not see them unless I take the drawers out.

But the plus side is that I freed myself in a tremendous way and am back to creativity and chaos
Some new precious kind-of-permanent bracelets have evolved but I still take them apart because there are beads that I love so much that they feature on more than one of them.

And it is much easier psychologically I have made the experience to take apart one and make another one than to „destroy“ three or so because the beads I want to use are scattered all over my other creations.

And I realized it is really only in my mind, for I have pictures and nothing is „destroyed“ but rather re-used and can be re-created in the blink of an eye

And while before I had a hard time to pick off some beads from a bracelet to put them on another one (and quite a few I found so beautiful that I never wanted to take them apart even though I had not worn them for weeks...) - now I feel most comfortable with all of them disassembled except the one I am wearing and possibly one more for the next day - and my amber bracelet. I redid it and left it - I only sometimes „borrow“ the freya lock

Here are some pictures of my journey Back to the Roots:

First I took everything apart and this is part of my bead treasures



Summer Solstice



Dark Empowerment



Dark Elder



And the lighter version of my Garden - The Dragon Garden


Turqoise Beach



And never been done before created today inspired by my white top and my most beloved, very old very comfy „slightly“ worn jeans:
Pastel Blue and White



And last but not least:
Brisingamen
in its latest version. I love how the sun catches in the amber beads and thus it is the only one that still as a sort-of-permanent status in that I do not disassemble and reassemble it but keep it as it is (for the moment).



This has been a wonderful journey for me. Sometimes I assemble them before breakfast and then at work think about another bead here and there and then change them a bit for the next time I wear them, or I change them as the mood strikes me the next time I wear them. And I have lots of fun with it

Very inspiring and very beautiful bracelets! I guess I have to think over some of my permanents too...... 

Fabulous bracelets! All of them are wonderful but I really adore the amber one the best  

Love the picture of the single beads... A real party! The combos ate all great, but my favorite is the ambers one!!

I wish I could be as wise and brave as you  

Well done, really love the dark elder combo.

i LOVE your back to roots series, TP! (MORE!! MORE!!) i've been staring at your (very color coordinated) bead pile in the first shot as well.  my eyes went straight to that ornament near the manga!!  but the pile pulls them in all directions!

All are very Beautiful

It is just like you have new beads:D only this is far more cheaper and wiser! A new perspective on your collection.

I wish I could also do this - but I spend so long on making a bracelet and have so little beadplay time, that I am too anxious to do this. But when I get more tiime (huh!) I will.   I think this is a great idea........ well done to you  

love all those ambers

beautiful bracelets dear Trollperle,   
I got a few bracelets that I will not take apart ever, purely for sentimental reasons (I am not a sentimental person otherwise) but I also got many bracelets that I have not been wearing for a long time with nice beads on it that I could use otherwise.
One day I might do like you,
permanent bracelets kill creativity, anyway, at the moment I have hardly any time, and not the slightest feeling for playing with beads.

Enjoy what you've got and wear your beautiful beads, that is most important!  

I like the Turquoise Beach and the Pastel Blue and White, nice summery colours.

The girl who does the Tartooful Trollbead blog has been doing a 30 day design challenge, making a different bracelet each day from her own collection, she has some good ideas and it shows what can be done when you look at your beads in a different way.
Also I have realised that having 2 glass/stone beads together rather than 1 glass/1 silver works well and I think makes a bracelet easier to wear.

Beautiful bracelets. And a reminder that change is inevitable and can bring great beauty, all the more appreciated because it is ephemeral.  

And I feel less guilty about my hoard!! 

You have a lot of beads, I like your bracelets, the ambers most  

Very beautifull bracelets ! I don't have permanent bracelet i have the habit to make a new one each 2 days... very often i use the same colors and beads... but i like to do something new and it makes me feel relax

I need to make myself do this !