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 !!!
Lesley Watt - http://thegossipinggoddess.blogspot.co.uk/
Caroline Dewison – http://blueberribeads.co.uk
Gay Messander - http://gaysiemay.blogspot.co.uk/
Made By Jules - http://madebyjulesblog.blogspot.co.uk/
Heidi Post - http://expostfactojewelry.blogspot.co.uk/
Janet Bocciardi - http://www.honeyfromthebee.com/
Dolores Raml - http://craftydscreations.wordpress.com
Lucy Haslam - http://faerystone.blogspot.co.uk/
Pine Ridge treasures - http://www.gratefulartist.blogspot.com/
Shirley Moore - http://beadsandbread.blogspot.com
Tracy Collins - http://travelsintimedesigns.blogspot.co.uk
Melissa Trudinger – http://beadrecipes.wordpress.com/
Toltec Jewels - http://www.jewelschoolfriends.com
Judith Johnston – http://www.judith-johnston.com/blog
Janine Lucas – http://www.esfera.me/travel/blog/travel-stories
Madeline Bunyan – http://madelinebunyan.com/mlj/
Chic and frog – http://www.chicandfrog.wordpress.com
