Michael's Beading Challenge

 

I always love a good challenge!  Especially when it comes to jewelry design.

Do you ever feel like your jewelry looks the same, but with maybe a different pendant?

I do....my rut is designing with blue.  It's my go to color.  And sea life....what's not to love?

 

 

I found out about this challenge on Facebook.  I really enjoy Lorelei's and

Heather's designs,  our challenge hostesses.  I took a picture of the chosen beads, wrote

 down the SKU numbers and went shopping to the Michael's store in Port Charlotte,

Florida.   I found the first couple of strands no problem.  I can't say that for all of them! 

I found "similar" styles and colors, so I threw them into my shopping basket.  The strand

 that is the most unique  to the challenge is the hot pink beads.  They are a little bigger...

but they are pretty!

 

 

We could add 2 more bead styles to our design.  I was inspired by the wood beads and the

flower beads, so I went with a nature theme.  My owl face, swirl bead and faceted bead are

my ceramic components.  For those of you first meeting me, I am a ceramic bead artist,

 so it's a must  that my design is centered around my handmade beads!  The second

 component I chose was gold metal chain, clasp and spacer beads.  I went with the gold

accent  on the blue glass beads.    I usually reach for silver accents with blue.

 

 

The last blog hop I participated in was all about waxed linen.  I have fallen in love

with the stuff!  I used a turquoise waxed linen to string the beads onto.  After tying

an overhand knot onto my owl face, I had 4 strands on each side.  I strung different

beads on each strand, twisted them, added the ceramic accent and tied them to the chain. 

 I also put my oversized lobster claw clasp on the side instead of the back....just because

 I thought it was cool and didn't want to hide it.

 

 

 

I hope you like my design!  I had fun with this challenge.  If you'd like to see more

of my beads, please visit my etsy shop at www.fireflydesignstudio.etsy.com