Tuesday, July 18 was our necklace contest.
Dotti's necklace had belonged to a family friend, Constance Hayden. In 1984, when she was nearly 100 years old, Constance gave her jewelry to Dotti. Dotti's father met Constance while doing construction for her, and she became part of the family. Constance was a very interesting and independent woman. Dotti has many more pieces of Constance's jewelry, and they are all very bold.
Pat's necklace dates from the 1960s or 1970s. She used to wear it to work. It is heavy, and was given to her by a friend who has passed away.
Arden's necklace is unique amoung the necklaces we chose to enter in the contest, in that she wears hers every day.
Paula's husband made this necklace for her specifically for the contest; her husband does reloading.
Virginia's necklace collection comes from three different sources: beads from Las Vegas and the University of Oregon, and a Fons & Porter pin cushion. Of course, she took a lot of ribbing about what she had to do to get all those beads!
Shirley's necklace is macrame.
Marie wore her mom's chunky Buddah necklace. She is wearing the shell necklace in honor of the fact that she is going to take it apart this week to use as embellishment on a quilt.
Barb received lots of exclaimations of disbelief as we realized what her Duck actually is. Her explaination for the necklace is that it is "from Steve's past".
Caroline's necklace is made from buttons, and has matching earrings.
JoAnn's alligator necklace was borrowed from a friend. It matches her fabric very nicely in both color and content. The friend had an alternate necklace that Joann could have worn : a yellow duck . . .
Judy said she had to look deep into her gold and silver jewelry in order to find something classy to wear. This cloisonné certainly is classy.
Marilyn's necklace is made of dolls that she received in exchanges at other retreats.
The colorful sweater she is wearing was a find at Goodwill ... she found it in another shopper's cart!!