Blu Mudd Contest/Challenge! TIME TO VOTE!

Bead Soup Blog Party #8

Ocean Blog Hop - Hosted by A Grateful Artist

My contest piece for the Blu Mudd challenge! Moriah Betterly makes these lovely ceramic components and hosts contests and challenges for jewelry designers. This time she provided us with a lovely kit containing the clasp, the amazing bird pendant and the teal ceramic beads...

I crocheted a five strand necklace using 24 gauge copper wire and used the following beads:

labradorite, amazonite, vintage ivory glass pearls, Czech Preciosa crystal in copper, and green ceramic beads-->

all of which I had in my stash and matched perfectly with the beads that Moriah sent! I was a VERY happy camper!

VOTING IS EASY!!!

All you have to do is "LIKE" the photo for which you're voting for, and you can "LIKE" as many entries as you want to. :) (Easy peasy, huh?)

Here's the direct link to MY entry... CLICK.

To view all the entries in one album, click here.

Here is the link to the Blu Mudd facebook page! :)

The Ocean Blog Hop 2014 hosted by A Grateful Artist!

Here is my Bead Soup Blog Party Post! (Click there if you want to go straight to it!).

SO! I am participating in yet ANOTHER blog hop. This one is hosted by A Grateful Artist aka Pine Ridge Treasures. :)

To recap- here's the blog post I published showing the beads I was given. CLICK!

And here's a link to the participant list.

This is one of the pieces I made out of the beads I was given- it is made from magnesite two-holed spikes, cultured orange sea glass beads (matte), and seed bead glass daggers in clear. It kind of reminds me of spiky coral... at the very least, it's a very FUN piece of jewelry!

This is a pretty cool FISHY necklace... The focal is one I made for a Bead Soup Blog Party Blogger/Non-Blogger Challenge... here's the link... CLICK. The theme to THAT contest was "Under The Sea" which fits pretty well with our Ocean Blog Hop that's happening today! :)

I used carnelian, glass rondelles in orange, and light light light green pearls. This focal is made from polymer clay, and has an Aventurine embedded in it. I create most of my beads using my fingers and a few simple tools...

This one is my absolute favorite out of the ones I made... I used a brass chandelier finding and blended it with copper, carnelian, brass and another polymer clay focal... this one has a green catseye embedded in it, with three crystazzi crystals as the fishy's air bubbles. Is it not the CUTEST little focal you've ever seen? *winks*

Here is another lovely necklace and earring set that I made for this challenge- I cannot believe how much jewelry I've made so far from the beads that were sent. WOWSA.

I made my own headpins- first time I ever tried to do this- I thought they turned out pretty darn good! :)

I used those larger sea glass discs in frosted white and orange- I also used yellow shell and 6mm frosted orange rounds!

The stone in this heart focal is sodalite. :) 

As you can probably tell, I had a ton of fun making stuff for this blog hop/challenge. :)

I know I posted in the original blog post that I was in the June 14th reveal, but I volunteered to switch to the May 31st reveal. :) That's why the dates of the two posts don't match. Just so you know!

Hope you enjoyed looking at the neat stuff I made!

Off to blog hop!

Art Bead Love Chain (repeat performance)

"The Art Bead Love Tour is an ongoing project to spread the love of handmade to new and exciting places. It's a way to reach people who may have never stumbled upon your blog on their own, and give them a chance to share the love of handmade. A chain was chosen to link beads as a symbol of how this project links us all together ~ in our unity to stand behind handmade.

The Art Bead Love Chain has lampwork, ceramic, polymer clay, metal, enamelled, and resin beads and pendants...all handmade!"

picture by Cheri Reed

So, I'm trying my hand at getting this lovely chain of beads again. This time, Marlene Cupo has it! Here's a link to her post with all the rules: http://amazingdesigns-marlene.blogspot.com/2013/02/the-art-bead-love-chain.html.

There are four ways to get this chain. You can comment on her post, tweet her post, facebook it, and blog about it. I'm working on the last one right now! Can you tell I'm determined to win this chain?! :)

Wish me luck and participate if you'd like to!