Monday, October 28, 2013

Halloween/Day of the Dead Jewelry Blog Hop by Suburban Girl Studio (A dedication to Crab Apple)

Here's a link to Toltec Jewel's Halloweeny Blog Hop: http://zenithjade.blogspot.com/2013/10/octoberfest-day-of-dead-by-jewel-school.html

So for this Halloween/Day of the Dead Blog Hop, we were supposed to make something using artist beads- for the uninformed, they are beads that are handmade, not mass-produced. :) They can include polymer clay, (my medium of choice), lampwork, clay, porcelain, wood, etc etc etc. I actually made a pair of polymer clay kitty cat earrings in honor of my cat, but didn't manage to get a snapshot of them on Sunday. I will add to this post later today, so keep your eyes peeled! They are awfully cute. *love* In the meantime, however, I have made some other beautiful stuff using artist beads... and here they are:

Pumpkin Earrings (the pumpkins were made by me using polymer clay!) on Sterling Silver Earring Hooks:
And a real pumpkin, carved by my finace, Eric:
And a cool bracelet in Halloween colors with a SKULL accent from The Beehive and a lampworked bead by Marica of Shazazz Glass:
Used in this bracelet are faux black matte sea glass beads bought from Bedazzled (our local bead store), purple glass from The Beehive (a bead shop/group on facebook), black faceted crystals, and lampwork glass by Shazazz glass. The little skulls are also from The Beehive. :)
This post brought to you by my Halloweeny Cat, Crab Apple, who died on Friday, October 18th, 2013...
 This is Crabbi... isn't she beautiful? I thought she'd make a great Halloween mascot for this post.

Remember, I'm going to show off a pair of lovely kitty cat earrings a little later today, (when the sun pops out so I can get a good photo!), so keep your eyes peeled!

Without further ado, here are the pictures of the black kitty cat Halloweeny earrings:
Black polymer clay, a little pink nose, Swarovski crystals for the eyes in Topaz I think, and yellow fluorite- all on silver plate. :)

Here's another photo:



And without further ado, here's the participant list:



Kathleen Breeding  http://99bobotw.blogspot.com




Dianne Miller  http://www.artbydianne.blogspot.com


Lisa Liddy  http://www.lisaliddy.wordpress.com


Toltec Jewels  http://www.JewelSchoolFriends.com




Laura Medeiros  http://Www.zoeowyn.blogspot.com


Veralynne Malone  http://www.veradesigns.blogspot.com










Jenny Davies-Reazor  http://jdaviesreazor.com/blog












Andrea Glick  http://zenithjade.blogspot.com  (You are here!)


Stephanie LaRosa  http://Www.stringaholic.blogspot.com










Nicole Valentine Rimmer  http://www.nvalentine.blogspot.com








Sarajo Wentling  http://www.sjdesignsjewelry.blogspot.com




















Dawn M. Gallop  http://www.flipflopsandpoptarts.com
 

24 comments:

  1. What a great kitty and so sweet that you did a pair of homage earrings--cute punkins and your fiance has a really scary imagination! Happy Hallowe'en!

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  2. Cute! I love the little skulls. Nice work...Cheers!
    Lori in Atlanta

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  3. Awww - so sorry about your kitty. I can't wait to see the earrings.

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  4. so sorry about your cat. she is beautiful! great job on the pumpkins- its hard to work that small in p0lymer!

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  5. Love your designs, Andrea... and Eric is a talented pumpkin carver!

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  6. What cute little pumpkins! I look forward to seeing the cat piece soon! Thanks for participating!

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  7. I love your pumpkin beads. The earrings are awesome. I love your carving as well. It made me laugh.

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  8. Oh Crabbie so sorry about your kitty! Eric made an awesome pumpkin carving!! Your earrings are adorable! Thanks so much for sharing. Happy Halloween.

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  9. Loved this post - what fun pictures and jewelry!

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  10. So sorry about your kitty...it is hard loosing a pet! But I truly love the cat earrings...and kudos to your fiance and his pumpkin carving! Excellent work. And those little pumpkin earrings...how totally cute! Great job and thanks for posting.

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  11. I am so sorry for the loss of your Crab apple. Hugs to you.

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  12. Adorable Crabbi kitty, and the crabbi kitty earrings. I'm sorry your furbaby isn't with you to snuggle this halloween :(

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  13. What great designs! I really like the earrings you made in honor of your kitty. I am sure that she will be with you helping to pass out the candy.

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  14. So sad about your kitty but your jewelry is adorable. I think kitty would be pleased with earrings in her honor.

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  15. I love all your designs, but I absolutely adore the cat earrings. What a sweet way to remember your kitty. I also have a black cat. I think they (black cats) have the best personalities.

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  16. Andrea I am so sorry for your loss of Crabapple, this is such a fitting tribute to a beautiful black cat. I have had many cats in my life but no black ones...yet (I have plans to one day get one). I love your little pumpkins and kitty earrings are darling!!

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  17. awww, love the kitty components, so nice to make as a remembrance.

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  18. Day of the Dead is all about remembrance. I have 3 pet collars on my Day of the Dead table... wear the earrings and think of her. They are cute, she would approve.

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  19. I love me some kitties. Glad to see the family got in on this hop. Thanks for the inspiration.

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  20. So sorry about your kitty! She was beautiful and a perfect mascot for this hop. I love the pieces you did with the little skulls and purple!

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  21. Those kitty earrings are so cute! I'm sorry to hear about your cat.

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  22. Crab Apple is so adorable, and I'm so sorry for your loss. Two friends lost kitties in the past couple weeks & we almost lost our 2 year old kitty cat dog (Chihuahua).... My love to you for strength and may you have lots of cool signs from Crabbi -- what a magic cat & what beautiful magical jewelry & spooky art beads you've made. xxoo
    Rita

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  23. I thought your pumpkins and your bracelet were great, but thenI saw your kitties! they are just the cutest things! Love your work

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