The Mystery Thing Revealed: The Statement Necklace Wins.

So!  For several days, my readers and I have been battling it out in another exciting round of Guess The Mystery Thing.  The challenge: identify the swoopy silver element in this upcycled statement necklace:

Cute, right?  Long and bold, with big vintage faux Bakelite beads.

This carved jade version is more of a princess length:

Did anyone guess the answer?  Or is this one a little bit tricky?  Let's find out...

Before the reveal, I like to feature a few of my favorite entries of the week.  Presenting Mich's Honor Roll of the Most Creative (Totally Wrong) Guesses:

Alex: the coil from a French coffee press.
Stephanie: no wonder you can never make toast around your house, you took the toaster apart.
Amy: Barbie is communicating with Mars again.
Jackie: a baby mattress spring and cherry tomatoes.
Ashley: Dolly Parton's underwire.
Meijo's JOY: my TV antenna that blew away in the storm.
Several guessers: a potato masher.
Betsy: coils from the back of the Easy Bake Refrigerator.
Lisbonlioness: Homer simpson's latest EEG, which Dr. Hibbert felt the need to immortalize in wire.
Vanishing Pearl: people keep thinking up things to make with my kinky hair.
Periwinkle Dzyns: Slinky Dog called, he wants his body back!

Hee!  I am so making something out of a potato masher someday!

Okee dokee!  Time for the reveal.  Ready?

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Here's the answer.

The wire from a pop-up laundry basket!  Specifically, a really cheap pop-up laundry basket that lost its pop.

And then there was jewelry.

The DIY is kinda fun!  I took round-nose pliers and just started bending swoops at random...it was very experimental.

Added big beads and did more swooping:

Finished off each end with a small loop  Then added short segments of chain and a clasp.

Two tips.  1. this wire is strong and working it is a little rough on the fingers; I should have worn gloves.  2. you cannot cut this stuff without Superstrength or a big machine of some kind!  Plan to use the entire piece of wire - if it's too long when you finish swooping, add some more swoops.  If it's too short, add some chain for length.

Now my favorite part.  Did anyone guess?  Answer: NO!  In a rare win, I managed to stump you all.  Yay, me!

However, one person had a near miss.  Lisbonlioness realized I created the swoops from a flat wire that makes something pop out into 3 dimensions, although she guessed it came from a paper lantern.  So I am totally awarding her the win!  And my random.org winner: Kate.  Congrats, you two!

Thanks for playing, everybody - that was way fun!

Hope you had fun, too.  See ya next time!