Oktoberfest 2014 : A Blog Hop

Without further ado... *drum roll* :

my Autumn Splendor in PHOTOS

(I'm a photographer, too- you can see my photography for sale in my ArtFire shop by clicking here).

Here is a full moon photo taken in September...

 

 A crescent moon & sunset!

Some Mums (Chrysanthemums)

More Mums.

The newest addition to the flower "family". (Yes, more Mums!)

I don't know what this flower is called, but it sure is pretty and was still blooming mid-September.

The tree to the right was getting just a touch of yellow.

 A hibiscus that was really happy in the garden this year. Also was blooming like mad in September!

Plume grass.

Hollyhock.

Another flower I don't know the name of...

This was the MOST GORGEOUS and INTENSE sunset EVER.

The leaves on the burning bush were just starting to change.

Fiery sunlight/sunset!

October Full Moon.

At last, something I actually made! (Though the photo is cool too). These are jack'o'lanterns I made from polymer clay. You can get them in my shop on Etsy.

A walk I took mid-October with my Mom and her doggie, Odie.

From that same walk. This is the La Crosse River at Veteran's Memorial Park in West Salem, WI.

No leaves!

Left: a skele-cat I picked up at Michaels Arts & Crafts (SCORE!) and a Hello Kitty Halloween card sent to me by a good friend. In case you *didn't* know, I ADORE Hello Kitty. =^.^=

The tree in front of the house. Yellow, Red and Orange leaves in a riot of color!

Late October pumpkin carving.

Gorgeous!

Look at all of those leaves! Gotta rake those up! O.O

All of this is what October means to me. It's also, *gasp*, my BIRTH MONTH. :) I just celebrated my birthday on the 21st! Fun times, batpeeps.

I hope you've enjoyed looking at all the photos of my Oktoberfest Goodness.

Here's a link to the PARTICIPANT LIST.

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!

The Ocean Blog Hop, A Bead Soup!

So I signed up for ANOTHER blog hop... can you tell I'm having just a little bit of fun? Here is the bead soup I was given by Pine Ridge Treasures, (AKA Lisa Lodge), to make something from (just to whet your appetite!):

Frosted white & orange sea glass...

Orange, yellow & white beads... a truly interesting mix... I wonder what I'll do with it!

An overview... it's a really nice pile of beads!

It's The Ocean Blog Hop...

I'm in the June 14th reveal! :)

Come back on June 14th to see what I've made! I'll try to take some teaser photos of the progress I make as I go along, but nothing concrete until the reveal date!