Mini Bead Swap and Reveal

since we didn't get to be a part of the bead soup blog hop party this time, Sandy Richardson, Emanda Johnson, Alice Craddick and I had our own little bead swap and challenge..........Today is the reveal day!!! And here is what I made with the bea soup Emanda sent to me!She sent a beautiful enamel focal that was a pretty two tone pink on the front with some inclusions, and a deep burgundy on the back......she also sent numerous stone beads and some pearls and crystals also a cross that she made her self, and a sterling clasp......I chose not to use the clasp, because I thought the beads called out for copper......please check out the other ladies blogs to see what they have made

Michelle Mach's Secret Snow Flake Challenge

 

 A while back on her blog, Michelle Mach invited people to take part in her Secret Snow Flake Challenge .....It looked like fun to me so here I am today for the reveal.....The Secret Snow Flake Challenge  Blog Hop...........
here is the link to the list of participants:

 http://www.michellemach.com/blog/index.php?/archives/400-Secret-Snowflake-Challenge-Participant-List.html

I enjoyed this challenge, I loved the snow flake focal and links.......And Loved the icy blues of all the beads in the kit! The package was lovely all tied up in a pretty ribbon! inside there was lots of sparkly icy themed beads and snow flake sequins......very pretty!
   I made a necklace with the snow flake focal, I wire wrapped it with some crystals, and hung in from a strung necklace of multiply shades of blue crystals and silver beads, I put some crystals on head pins and clustered them on either side of the focal and randomly in other places on the necklace. I also added a bit of the ribbon from the kit to the pendant. I also made a bracelet in matching colors with a center piece of clustered lucite flowers with crystal centers .  And a pair of earrings featuring the snow flake links and crystal drops...
Please go and check out the other participants work at the above link
thank you

confessions of a bead hoarder

This word cloud thing is pretty cool! although there seems to sound a bit greedy to me......a lot of me, my, need, have.......maybe its just a beady thing? we all seem to always want more no matter how many beads we have, or at least from what I read in other beaders blogs when I look at my word cloud, I see... me want some!!!!  MY BEAD!!!  Like I am a bead monster as apposed to a cookie monster.....kind of funny but oh so true....I guess I am a bead hoarder

The Erin Prais Hintz Challenge of Color Blog Hop

Today is the second Challenge of Color Blog Hop, Erin Prais Hintz has organized it...The color I chose was teal, so I was very suprised to find that my color pallet was such a muted suttle one....It was created by Jessica Colaluca of Design seeds,    http://www.designseeds.com/  and chosen for me by Erin , I have to admit, it wasn't a color grouping I would have chosen for my self, but it does work quite well, and the funny thing was I had all these colors in my stash of beads......In fact the two larger beads on each side of my druzy focal have every color in my pallet, I'm not sure what they are but they are quite beautiful!

I chose to make a necklace, with a druzy focal, the two perfect stone beads on each side,  some stick pearls in a pale peachy shade some pale teal fire polish

beads, and some faux chocolate pearls.......you can access the list of participants by going to Erins blog at........http://treasures-found.blogspot.com
I want to thank Erin for hosting such a fun blog hop!!!

Starseed Jewelry: A Struggling Artist -- GIVEAWAY!!!

Starseed Jewelry: A Struggling Artist -- GIVEAWAY!!!


Terri Wlaschin of Starseed Jewelery is having a give away in honor of Laurel Stevens, who is going through some hard times, please go check it out

Jeannie Dukic's Do Over Challenge

Today is the reveal for Jeannie Dukic's Do Over Challenge........the idea was that she would send each participant a piece of her jewelery that she made in the beginning of her jewelery making career to make over how ever we wanted.......We were supposed to take before and after pictures of the piece that she sent us......oops dummy me, I got excited and took it apart before I took a picture...my bad....Any way, what she sent was a really cute necklace and earring set  it had black crystal rounds wire linked chain with a key pendant with an open heat at the top with filigree and three black crystals set in it, my son said that it kind of reminded him of a rosary. The earings had little keys dangling from a black crystal............this is the set I made.....

   So I added a whole bunch of lamp work beads, bead caps and capri blue crystals to one side, and three chains on the other with a link of crystals and a lamp work bead in the middle of the chain, for the focal I added a key hole and dangled the original key, plus one of my own, with the word "life" on it, also a lamp work dangle....To the earrings I added a capri blue crystal and a lamp work bead.......This challenge was lots of fun, I'm just sorry I forgot to take a before pic......here is the list of all the participants, please visit their blogs and check out what they did




Jeannie

http://site.jkdjewelry.com/blog



(In addition to my name, please list Shaun, Donna, under my blog link)











Natasha



http://nswhims.blogspot.com



Michelle

http://fireflyvisions.blogspot.com



Sandra

http://ladychaos.blog.com



Andrea

http://www.heavenlanecreations.wordpress.com



Cathie

http://www.cathiecarroll.blogspot.com



Norma

http://moonlitfantaseas.blogspot.com



Dagi

http://kokopellidesign.blogspot.com



Marcy

http://www.StudioMarcy.blogspot.com



Camille

http://craft-a-mamie.blogspot.com

Art Bead Earring Swap Reveal

Today is the reveal day for the art bead earring swap that I am involved in! My Partner is Sarah Elder of My So Called Junky Life.......She sent me a cute pair of earrings with what I think are ceramic beads and some cool rinestone beads...I really like them! here is a picture of them and what they were wrapped in.......And here is the list of all of the participants....please go check out all of the wonderful earrings!










Diana Ptaszynski http://www.suburbangirlstudio.com



Jenny Davies-Reazor http://www.jendaviesreazor.com



Marie-Noel Voyer-Cramp http://www.skyejewels.blogspot.com



Lisa Petrillo http://www.lucidmoonstudio.com



Patty Chaban Gasparino http://www.mylifeunderthebus.typepad.com



Susan Kennedy http://www.suebeads.blogspot.com



Shannon Iko Chomanczuk http://www.formysweetdaughter.blogspot.com



Cilla Watkins http://www.tellyourgirlfriends.com



Diane Hawkey http://www.dianehawkey.blogspot.com



Pam Ferrari http://www.ferrarioriginalsyahoocom.blogspot.com



Lori Bowring Michaud http://www.artfullyornamental.blogspot.com



Stacey M. Curry http://www.starhitchedwagon.blogspot.com



Linda Landig http://www.lindasbeadblog.com



Norma Turvey http://www.moonlitfantaseas.blogspot.com



Melinda Orr http://www.orrtec.blogspot.com



Holly Westfall http://www.silverrosedesigns.blogspot.com



Rosemarie Cowit http://www.gemrosedesigns.blogspot.com



Staci L. Smith http://www.stacilouise.blogspot.com



Sarah Elder http://www.mysocalledjunkylife.blogspot.com



this has been a fun swap!