Challenge Of Music Hosted by Erin Prais-Hintz

Hi Y'all,
Today is the day that we celebrate music and jewelry!  Erin Prais-Hintz of Treasures Found - Inspiration Everywhere blog put together this wonderful challenge where you chose a song, any song does not mater, and make a piece of jewelry that you think represents the song.  This was so much fun just listening to music and trying to make up your mind which song to choose.  Then after choosing the song finding just the right materials to go into a piece to represent the song.  So before I move on I would just like to give Erin a big thank you hug for her coming up with this challenge and putting it all together for those of us participating and to make it easier for those that are joining in on the hop, or leap being that it is on Leap Day.

Oh what's that?  You say you are ready for my song choice.  Ok, ok without further ado here is the song I chose.

  

I chose the song "You Don't Know Me" performed by Nora Jones.

This song was first sang by Eddie Arnold back in the 50's, and was made popular in the 60's by Ray Charles when he decided that he wanted to make a country music album.  I listened to both Ray Charles' version and Nora Jones and I decided that I liked Nora Jones's better.  I enjoy listening to Nora's jazzy, bluesy voice.

"You Don't Know Me" is a song about unrequited love.  

Have you ever loved someone so much it hurt?  Have you ever loved someone so much that the sight of them made your heart race and your palms sweat, and you catch your breath if by chance that person touches you?  You day dream for hours on end about the life you would have with this person if he would just realize you are the person for him.  You cry yourself to sleep, cause you sat and listened to him talk about the person you know is all wrong for him, but he can't see it.  So I ask again, have you ever loved someone so much it hurt, but he don't know you?

Here is my piece that I created to represent this song.

I had this heart and the two matching beads made by Juli Cannon of Studiojuls.  The black and tan color of the heart and beads are the perfect colors to represent unrequited love and the swirls represent the up and down emotions that come with that kind of love.  I added the dream and hope charms because face it that is what one does in a unrequited love. One is always dreaming and hoping for the day to come when the other person finely see them as the person for them.  The hand charm is for the line in the song "You give your hand  to me and they you say hello. My heart starts racing so that I can hardly breath." 

I wanted to keep it simple that is why I strung the pendant and the matching beads with some silver tone base metal spacers on a piece of silk.  Jo of Daisy Chain designs did a tutorial on how to make the silk necklace sliders, these are easy to make and really work. I added some more silver tone base metal beads to the ends .  I hope that you like this simple necklace that represents unrequited love.

Here is the list of the other participates in the "Challenge Of Music" please take the time to visit and see what they created and listen to some great music choices.

Erin Prais-Hintz
Marcie Abney
Christine Altmiller
Elisabeth Auld
LJ B
Lori Bowring Michaud
Shannon Chomanczuk
Cece Cormier
Jenny Davies-Reazor
Malin de Koning
Beth Emery
Michelle Escano-Caballero
Erin Fickert-Rowland
                         Therese Frank   (You are here)
Amy Freeland
Tanya Goodwin
Stephani Gorman
Amy Grass
Beth Hemmila
Kristina Johansson
Jennifer Justman
Tari Kahrs
Susan Kennedy
Ema Kilroy
Kathleen Lange Klik
Kirsi Luostarinen
Paige Maxim
Beth McCord
Natalie McKenna
Alice Peterson
Cat Pruitt
Bobbie Rafferty
Johanna Rhodes
Cynthia Riggs
Sally Russick
Sarah Sequins
Amy Severino
Staci Smith
Kristen Stevens
Lola Surwillo
Stefanie Teufel
Sandi Volpe
Holly Westfall
Shaiha Williams

Happy beading Y'all,

Therese