The first time I heard the saying, “Not my circus, not my monkeys” I liked it right away. It perfectly described my desire to stay out of messy situations not of my making that I have little hope of solving. So when artist Andrew Thornton made a beautiful metal pendant with the saying, I snapped one up!
Although the saying is funny and kind of sassy, the piece is beautiful and elegant, so I wanted to use beads with it that were in keeping with that look. I had recently thought about using these long pearl with the holes lengthwise (I don’t see that often) with another metal pendant, but I liked it with this one better.
I used a stardust gold filled bead on either side of the pendant to keep it in place and faceted gold fire polished Czech glass beads as spacers. I finished it off with a small swirl clasp by Miss Fickle Media. I love it!
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I love the elegance and “sassiness” of this necklace. I would wear it to a fancy dinner party where it would be a great conversation piece……and it might save me from any drama! 🙂
What a lovely combination of sass and elegance! I like the contrast of the silvery pearls and the bright gold of the bronze. It warms up the palette, while remaining understated. Nicely done!
This is very classy! A very appropriate way to express such a message, Great!
Such a fun quote! I would love to put it on a T shirt as well