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Sunday, February 17, 2013

Year of the Jewelry - Week 7: Off the Cuff

"All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better "... Ralph Waldo Emerson

This weeks YOJ challenge was Off The Cuff. An easy one for me in respect that is what I love to do, create loomed pieces. However - I needed to challenge myself and create something a little different, try a different technique on the loom. Following on from last weeks Steel Grey Loomed Spike Cuff . I decided to play with some mini spikes. These are such a luscious colour and were beckoning to be incorporated into a loomed design!

Wednesday, January 30, 2013

OTTBS Earring Challenge - Week 4: Silver Balls

"Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls..." ~ Mother Teresa

For this weeks challenge, I have re-created Florence Turners Beadinfinitum spinning top bead. Have a look at Beadinfinitum's website - Florence and Gwen have some amazing tutorials and kits for sale which I look forward to trying in the near future!

Sunday, January 27, 2013

Year of the Jewelry - Week 4: Not from the Mall

"Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort ... " Franklin D. Roosevelet

The YOJ challenge for this week is Not from the Mall. I like to support handmade or local suppliers where I can. The beads to create this weeks challenge were bought locally - and I certainly haven't seen anything like this at the local mall.

Enjoy Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ

Design: Caron Michelle
Materials: Miyuki, Toho, Swarovski Crystals
Technique: Erin Simonetti Warp Management

Thursday, January 24, 2013

OTTBS Earring Challenge - Week 3: Ellad Fan Earrings

Although slightly behind in this challenge, I am enjoying perusing the many tutorials on offer by some wonderful designers. This weeks designer is Ellad2. She has an incredible arrangement of tutorials on offer and each one comes with detailed instructions and loads of photos so that if you are a visual learner like me you can easily follow the directions.

Following on from my experimentation with Preciosa Super Duos and the Twin Beads earrings from Weeks 1 and 2 - I decided to try Ellad2 fan earrings tutorial. These were fun to make and I could see that I would have fun with this design in the future. Here are my Bronze Fan Earrings.

Tuesday, January 15, 2013

OTTBS Earring a Week challenge - Weeks 1 and 2

The fabulous facebook group - Operation Tackle That Bead Stash (OTTBS) has given us the choice to create each week either a ring, pendant or earrings.

As I am relatively new to off-looming beading, my second weekly challenge of the year is to create earrings using beads from my stash. This is going to be a fun challenge and I look forward to sharing with you each week.

These two designs are created using Twin beads, Swarovski pearls and Miyuki round beads. I look forward over the next year trying many new styles and learning to read patterns. check out new tutorials and expanding my horizon.

Saturday, January 5, 2013

On the loom ...

Hunka Hunka Burnin' Love ...

Welcome to 2013! This is the year of the challenge ... I have so many new things I want to try - off loom/free form projects - looming projects, earrings, pendants, metal clay projects, resin, tatting - the list goes on. I have signed up for a few bead challenges that are taking place within some of the wonderful bead groups that I am a member. But most importantly - I am challenging myself to come up with some new designs on the loom.

So what are your challenges this year - love to hear your thoughts - add what you will be doing to the comments section :)

To start the year - here is a teaser of a cuff that is currently underway ...

Saturday, December 1, 2012

3rd Annual Challenge of Color

Miss Erin from Treasures Found is hosting the 3rd Annual Challenge of Colour. For the past couple of years I have watched as participants have combined their talent with their imagination meeting the challenge set. So this year I am one of the 80 participants! Erin has joined forces with Brandi Hussey the awesome palette guru, they collaborated using pictures from earth art to create the palettes for the challenge.

I was sent two palettes, however couldn't resist the depth of the colours of Mississippi Delta!

After playing around with colours over the past couple of weeks - this is the result, I'll let the pictures do the talking. The art bead is by the wonderful Vanessa from Bead Up A Storm

Please visit the other participants blogs! You will be engrossed and amazed at the range of the colour spectrums and the incredible talent that has joined this years challenge!

Erin Prais-Hintz http://treasures-found. blogspot.com/2012/11/3rd- annual-challenge-of-color- reveal.html

Rebecca Anderson http://songbeads.blogspot.com

Kris Auderer http://strandedinthecity. wordpress.com

Chrizette Bayman http://beadsoupmix.blogspot. com

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

Courtney Breul http://beadsbybreul.blogspot. com/

Lynsey Brooks http:// yellowunicorncreations. blogspot.co.uk

Stephanie Buss http://maxandlucie.blogspot. com

Iveth Caruso http://www.creativeatelier. net/

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

Lisa Cone http://inspiredadornments. blogspot.com/

Cece Cormier http://thebeadingyogini.com