AJE Earring Challenge :: pjBeads

I am continuing to plot right along with my earring designs for the AJE earring challenge. The latest using another gorgeous lampwork bead from Patricia Dugmore of pjBeads.

So recently my daughters and I have seen 2 different remakes of Snow White. The first one (called Mirror, Mirror) was fantastic. Lots of humor woven into the script with Nathan Lane playing the role of nurse maid to the queen. The dwarfs were hilarious  No spoilers here as you should see this one. The best part was the Ballywood finale. We were singing that for days.

Ok, so the second movie was Snow White and the Huntsman. The script actually had some good story line adaptations, but the movie itself was dark. And in my opinion, some pretty bad acting. 

I'm sure at this point you're all wondering what movie reviews have to do with earrings. Well, I'm glad you asked. Or at least kept reading. In the second movie there is a whole storyline behind 3 drops of blood: the original queen sees a red rose bloom in defiance of a cold winter. She reaches out to touch the rose and pricks her finger. Three drops of blood fall on the snow. The effect is so beautiful that she wishes for a child with skin as white as snow, lips as red as blood and strength of a rose in winter.  

I confess I don't remember 3 drops of blood being in the original Snow White story, but it made me think of these earrings! At the end of the movie: with the step-queen looking to take Snow White's heart says "by fairest blood it is done," and she can live forever. But of course Snow White replies "and by fairest blood is it undone," or the spell broken and the queen's power drained.  An interesting twist. Like I said, the script had some good points; if you can get through the acting.