In September, I wrote about here about a special project that I took part in. A group of herbal friends wrote a booklet together about the herb of the year 2013, Elder.
Ever since we finished the book, I've been thinking about making some kind of jewelry with an Elderberry theme. I had a vague idea of how I would do it, but with the PA Herb and Garden Festival in York, PA coming up this weekend, this seemed like the time to sit down and do it!
This is the result. The "berries" are 4-5 mm round garnet beads and I love the leaves I found - they sort of have the sword-like shape and droopy habit of the actual leaves.
I'll have these at the Herb Festival and, if there are any left - on my website next week.
I'm making a special trip to get more garnet beads on Sunday, so I will have more soon!
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