Challenge of Travel - Stormy Island

Oceania is such a fasinating and little known area. Your beautiful blue fish and the focal depict its beauty wonderfully. (an so what if the fish aren't swimming all the same way, they reverse directions in the water too!)

I def (I have a teenage daughter - can you tell) love the necklace:) It was tots (hahaha) worth breaking up the earring pair:)

I think you did a great job of evoking an island nation, very pretty. Keep up the good work.

Hey there! Love the necklace - and you get to do another of some sort with the other earring! I like the fish beads. And the directional swimming! Thanks for sharing!

Love the necklace.. great job.

Those blue fish are perfect for an island nation. Your necklace is gorgeous.

The blue "crackle" in that focal bead is so cool...how could you NOT use your "fishy beads" when they coordinate so perfectly! I have learned so much geography on this blog hop...thank goodness Erin will not have a test at the end! Beautiful job!

Your necklace perfectly depicts this island nation. Did not know anything about it till I read your blog. So I followed your link and did some reading, and learnt that all the phosphate on the island originated from sea bird droppings! Thanks for the tour!

Elisabeth, I have been continually amazed today by these nations I DIDN'T KNOW EXISTED! Worse, the way some of these beautiful places have been exploited in the past, they could have become uninhabitable. And what a sad day that would be! These erstwhile paradises are home to wonderful people. Thank you for shining a light, Elisabeth. That is a gorgeous necklace (totally worth sacrificing a "pair", IMHO), and it is delightful that one school of fish has determined they will NOT follow the crowd! I envy you your design "team" LOL

This is gorgeous, love your intepretation... Did you make all those fish beads?! It is a shame about the island... What should be a tropical paradise unfortunately is not! I hope you get to the Barrier reef soon.. It is beautiful.
Jenni

Elisabeth--I love that your family gets involved in your jewelry-making and that you incorporate their ideas and saying in what you write! It's so delightful!

The necklace turned out wonderfully. So your daughter chose well! And your son's "whatevs" was right on track! It's a lovely team effort--yes, we'll give you a little credit in all this too! :-)

P.S. I bet you've traveled to so many places I would like to go. I have been to Australia twice though and to the Great Barrier Reef once about 15 years ago. Hope YOU get to go too!

Its always fun to learn about someplace new - I had never heard of this island before. -Your necklace turned out beautifully ;)

Love the necklace, the fish add a real touch of whimsy to it!

I may be slightly partial, but daughters by the name of Emma are always right about design choices! Bravo team, it's very fitting, beautiful selections all around

Such a cool blog hop!

Love the color of your necklace and the fact the fishes are going both ways. Very beautiful necklace.

Perfect! Love the color and the fish! Indeed it represents a "jewel" in the middle of the ocean.

I love the fish! It looks like a whole school of them are swimming around the focal.

Oh Elisabeth! This is just lovely! The colors are so evocative of that island paradise. Love! <3

Elisabeth! What a lovely necklace! Those fish are so great, love them! The whole feel of the necklace evokes the feeling I got when I looked at your image, the stark yet tropical feel, just perfectly!

What a beautiful necklace! I just love the colors and those sweet little fish!

Those fish beads were perfect! The necklace gives the feeling of swimming in warm tropical waters.

I love it! Those fish beads are perfect. Your daughter gets an A+ for picking them out! The colors are the most beautiful marine blue. So crystal clear like the water. That pendant you made is so pretty. I have something very similar and I am always stumped as to how to use it, but I love the treatment you gave it. The blue cracked glass looks just like and atoll in the Pacific! Thank you for joining me on the journey around the world, Miss Elisabeth! Enjoy the day. Erin

Perfect Elisabeth! I never heard of that country before, I'm going to have to do a little research!

Great design! Every aspect works beautifully and has the feel of a tropical island surrounded by turquoise colored water.

I sure hope the land will someday return to it's natural state. The cause of it's current state is really disheartening.