Cocktail Hour Blog Hop - Manhattan!

Its Friday night, time for another challenge reveal :-)

This time it is "The Cocktail Hour Blog Hop" by Amy Freeman of Copper Diem.
She sent us all the name of a cocktail which we were to use for inspiration.
Her instructions:
"Google the cocktail, and use the ingredients, image, color, season it's usually enjoyed, era it became famous (I'm looking at your absinthe), or whatever else to inspire any piece of jewelry."

I got, you guessed it, Manhattan!

I had no idea what it was made of. But the first thing that came to mind was skycrapers, and uber-chic people! Like Carrie Bradshaw. I wanted to make something SHE would wear, lol :-)

I did look up the drink itself, to see what the ingredients are and what it looks like.
Ingredients: Whiskey and Vermouth. Hmm...not inspiring anything really :(

What it looks like...what's the color? Kind of a dull orange. See..like this

And here's the Manhattan skyline....

Ok, I think I had my inspiration...that orange colored drink, this building from the Manhattan skyline, and something Carrie Bradshaw would wear!

Off to the stash we go. I wanted to make an orange triangle. Luckily, while rummaging through my stash, I found a pair of earrings my friend had given me to upcycle. They were PERFECT for this. I used one of them as the focal, added a large antique brass split ring, and sprinkled some orange beads in it (that is the cherry on the drink ;-))

Made it super long...Carrie would like it that way, I think! And added some orange-ness on the chain as well. And here we have it...the Manhattan necklace! It has the skyscraper, with a cherry on top, made for a fashionista living in Manhattan :-)

I need to get a picture of the "full" necklace. Its so long, I am not able to find a good background to put it against.

This was fun! Researching the drink, and being able to represent it exactly the way I wanted it was a lot of fun!

Here are the other participants! What makes it more interesting is that we don't know what everyone got. So its going to be a fun surprise to visit all the blogs.

Hostess:  Copper Diem

Stefanies Sammelsurium
My Bead Journey
Adventures with Kelly
Mama's Got To Doodle
Sadafulee
Wait Just One More Bead
Cynth's Blog
Palm Coast Art
Green Shoot Jewellery Designs
Cianci Blue
Dreamin Of Beads / SAS Jewelry Designs
Beads for Busy Gals
Oregon Made Jewelry
My Addictions...Handcrafted Jewelry by Patti
Moods by Mari
Soul of Mine Embodiment
Uniquely Yunikua
Fabric of My Life
Firefly Visions
Indigo Heart
The Peaceful Bead
Casa de Everly
Heaven Lane Creations
Sue Beads
Durga Jewelry
Honey Bijou
A Bird in the Hand Art
SilverNikNats
Rainy Day Designs
Tell Your Girlfriends