A Year In Jewelry - Week 11: Rescued from the Scrap Bin

Week 11 is Rescued from the Scrap Bin. I made this piece back around 2005. It was suppose to be a necklace made of 2 bead brick stitch with glass pearls but I loss interest in it and just toss it in the scrap. So I rescued it added some butterflies and a gold plated toggle closure, and made it a double wrap bracelet. "Flutterby"

To see what everyone else created for this week, check it out here

A Year in Jewelry-Week 10: Wabi Sabi

I'll have to say this week was challenging. The theme was Wabi Sabi. I had to look this up because I had no clue as to what this style was.  Wabi Sabi is the Japanese art of finding beauty in imperfection. I made this pair of earrings of natural blue coral and chalk turquoise. "Ocean's Edge"

To see what everyone else made for week 10 click here 

A Year in Jewelry Week 9: Simplicity

Here's week 9-simplicity. "Thinking of Spring" Simple polymer clay flowers in a bead frame and accented with fire polished beads. I just love these! 

 See what everyone else has made for week 9 here.

A Year in Jewelry: Week 8

Oh my Goodness, week 9 is already here and I'm late posting my week 8 project. I've had it done since the beginning of week 8, but had a cleaning spell on some nice days and didn't get around to posting. I have week 9 done but I will post that later. So week 8 is multiples. I made a lovely various blue glass bead multi-strand necklace with a lovely copper clasp for this challenge.

 

"River Blue"

 Check out what everyone else made for
Week 8

My Soup Ingredients Are Here

My soup ingredients are here and they look yummy. This soup will be challenging and I love challenges. This is what my partner Evelyn sent me. Remember this is her first soup and she did an awesome job at her selection.

 This is what I sent her. I can't wait to see what we cook up!

Year of Jewelry-Week 7

So far I've been able to keep up with the challenge, but it has been only 7 weeks into it. This weeks theme is "Off the Cuff". I haven't delve into the world of metal, so making a metal cuff was not an option. I decided to try wire into the shape of a cuff and here is my results "Wired Pink". It's made of ribbon wrapped wire shaped into a cuff then wire wrapped glass beads to hold it's shape. I'm thrilled with the results.

  

I really like this challenge. It has stretched my abilities like no other challenge so far. To see what everyone one else made this week just click on this link Week 7

My BSBP Partner

I have my new partner for the 7th Bead Soup Blog Party! This time around my partner is Evelyn Shelby. This will be her first bead soup. Her blog can be found here. 

We will be in the second reveal on April 6th. Here is a teaser of what I am sending her.

 I can hardly wait to see what I get!

Passion & Love: Artisan Whimsy's Bead Lover's Vallentines Challenge

This was one of my challenges for a year of jewelry. I love how this necklace "Embrace My Heart" came out so I have entered it into Artisan Whimsy Bead-Lovers-Valentines-Challenge: PASSION & LOVE .  I wire wrapped glass cubes around a wire heart then added a key with a pretty ribbon 
bow and strung on a pink rubber cord.

 

I have entered the bead lover's Valentines Challenge. Best Representation of PASSION and LOVE. My entry is #10. Please vote for me if you think my necklace is the best representation. Thank you. Voting is Feb12-13 at midnight.

http://artisanwhimsy.ning.com/page/bead-lovers-valentines-challenge

Year of Jewelry: Week 6

Here it is week 6, this week's theme is Embrace. To me, embrace means to surround with feeling, so this week my piece is "Embrace My Heart".

Week 6 "Embrace My Heart"

 I wire wrapped glass cubes around a wire heart then added a key with a pretty bow and strung on rubber cord.

 Here's where you can find the other participants for this week's Embrace-week 6

Year of Jewelry- Week 5

Week 5 was Déjà Vu, have I seen this before? I took a bracelet that I had made with a bead exchange challenge a couple of years ago and had stuck back in a draw and forgot I had it.  It was just perfect for this week.  I reworked it into a pair of fun earrings and matching bracelet. "Festive Redo"

Week 5- "Festive Redo"

Here's the link to see what everyone else did.  Week 5

A Year of Jewelry-week 4

This week the theme was "Not from the mall". This week I made a three strand bracelet. This one is made jasper and peridot with bone spacers. The clasp is a copper hook style. This is my first multi-strand bracelet. "Crossing Bridges"

Week 4   "Crossing Bridges"

 You can see what others have made for this week here in week 4 album in A Year of Jewelry Project.

A Year of Jewelry: Week 3

This week's theme was music. I made a pair of cute earrings, with wire and seed-beads and shaped it into a treble clef. I added glass drops for interest.   "Music To My Ears".

Week 3 "Music to my ears"



View week 3 participants- Music here

A Year in Jewelry Project- Week 1 and 2

This year I have decided to challenge myself by joining a year of jewelry project. One piece of jewelry for 52 weeks. We are now in week 2 only 50 more pieces of jewelry to come up with.

My first week is a bracelet made of Swarovski crystals and fire polished crystals in a right angle weave (RAW)

"Crystal Beginnings"     Week 1

 

For week 2, I made a necklace with piece of shell that I have had for years. I am still learning how to wire wrap but I like how it turned out.

"Ocean Dip"           Week 2

 

So there is my first 2 weeks, 50 more to go, what should I make next?…………

 

View week 1- Renewal here

and week 2- Grace here 

Ringing in the New Year............Slowly

Well I had some problems posting on blogspot so I'm behind on ringing in the new year. So here is to 2013, new beginnings and hopeful some beautiful pieces of jewelry to share. I can't wait to see what challenges lie ahead.

Handmade Jewelry, Etsy or Artfire

   Well it's that time of year, when everyone peddles their wares to the holiday shoppers. Not an easy market, believe me. For a handmade holiday..........

    I have two online shops that I'm using this year. One is Artfire.... https://www.artfire.com/ext/shop/studio/Bountymoondesigns. 

    The other is Etsy http://www.etsy.com/shop/CreatedTreasuresKY. 

     Both my shops have different items in them. I have necklaces, bracelets and earrings separately, necklace sets and bracelet and earring sets. Currently I am offering a 10% off coupon code HDLYCHR good in either shop.  I can make some size adjustments on my bracelets. Come see what I have in either shop. Happy Holidays!