Wednesday 2 October 2013

Autumn Design Challenge (eeek!!)

A wee while ago I decided I was going to enter a bloghop challenge, not expecting for the slightest moment to be accepted, and then I got the email to say I was in - holy moley - WHAT HAD I DONE?!?!?!?!?!?

So after a few swift words with myself, I started feeling rather excited.  I knew both the artists hosting the bloghop - Lesley Watt from Thea Jewellery I have met a few times now, and am a fan of her amazing bronze clay work, and although I normally work in silver I figured it would be good to go out of my silvered comfort zone!  I've never met Caroline from Blueberribeads, but we have cyber connections via Facebook, and I've bought 1 or 2 of her scrummy beads (yeah right, 1 or 2, who am I trying to kid??)

So the beads arrived, and I duly didn't take a picture of them - novice mistake - but I'm sure you'll be able to pick them out of my pieces!!

I have made 2 necklaces and 2 bracelets, and have to say that 3 of the pieces came together with relative ease, but Lesley's purple and olive bracelet bar threw me completely, I had so many co-ordinating beads out to try and find something that worked I just think I hit myself with bead-blindness!!!  New illness - but I'm sure you know what I mean!!

I decided to seek help and had a word with Claire Braunbarth from Smitten Beads, and she spent a morning digging in her prolific bead stash and came up with several possibilities, one of which must have sparked my brain into gear, as I went home and remembered I had acquired some gorgeous stick pearls in the perfect shade to tone with the bracelet bar - and ta-dah - challenge finished!!

Hope you like what I've made, and don't forget to check out the other bloggers sites to see their designs too!

 
 
 





Thank you to Caroline and Lesley for hosting this challenge - I've really enjoyed it, and here are the other bloggers who are taking part - just off to grab a cup of coffee, then I'm off blog-hopping - enjoy !!!

 
Caroline Dewison – http://blueberribeads.co.uk
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Melissa Trudinger – http://beadrecipes.wordpress.com/
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Madeline Bunyan – http://madelinebunyan.com/mlj/
 
 




Sunday 12 June 2011

Busy times!

Well, had a lovely day in the Cirencester Cornhall yesterday, and will be there again on Wednesday with my home and gift ware!  Back with my jewellery on 25 June - can't wait - love it there!!  Have also been very busy with making new pieces - some relatively straight forward pieces with some lovely pendants on sterling silver chains, and then some more detailed pieces with some beautiful bright red coral and silver  - just fabulous for the summer - when it gets here  ;-)