We're All Ears :: September Reveal

I absolutely adore this months Inspiration!!!

I love Macro photography and I love Lichen and Moss!!

Erin took some amazing pictures and here are the earrings I made!

I let time get away from me and didn't really do what I wanted but I'm happy with them.

I made the copper pieces and actually had quite a few beads/stones that would work well but I chose these cool Rainforest Agate beads to finish them off!

Kristi

KristiBowmanDesign.Etsy

We're All Ears :: February Reveal

Welcome to the first We're All Ears Inspiration Blog Hop, hosted by the 

Earrings Everyday Blog

Damselflies in Love
Photo Credit: National Geographic, Yeo Weng Sang

I love this color combination!!

I mixed gorgeous Lampwork Headpins by SueBeads

vivid blue Recycled Glass beads and a few Czech Glass drop beads.

Damselfly

I'm so excited for our first Earrings Everyday hop and hope you can Hop around and see what all our wonderful earrings lovers created this month 

OR join in the fun and link your earrings inspired by the Damselflies in Love!

An InLinkz Link-up

Kristi

KristiBowmanDesign.Etsy

KristiBowmanDesign on Artfire

AJE Earring Challenge Reveal #23 weeks 47-48/52

3 pair to share for this AJE Earring Challenge Reveal.
 We're almost to the end of this years Challenge, I hope you've been enjoying creating earrings and seeing what these wonderful Artisans create each week.

Arrowhead

Copper Arrowhead and Lampwork beads by Judith Billig.

Blue Frost

Leafy Porcelain Squares by O'Sullivan, Lampwork Headpins by HavanaBeads

and Sari Silk Yarn from SwallowtailFiberArts

Dreamin of Spring

Bronzy Freshwater Discs, Lampwork headpins by HavanaBeads,
 Czech Glass Beads and Sari Silk.

All 3 pair of earrings are available in my Artfire Studio.

Be sure to see the Links below, check throughout the day to see what everybody else created for this reveal.

Kristi

KristiBowmanDesign.Etsy

KristiBowmanDesign on Artfire

October Component of the Month Reveal

Time for the October Component of the Month REVEAL!!!

I'm so excited to have provided this cool Ammonite Component to everybody to make their creations!!

Here's what I made with mine!

I purposely chose the piece with the big crack in it,

I love it and think it adds to the personality of the texture.

Add caption

I braided Sari Silk over heavy copper wire for the frame of the sides and used one of my rings for a sort of hook and eye closure.
I'm still toying with the idea of adding some little dangling baubles to this piece.

Add caption

We've got an amazing group of talented artisans playing along this month, please take a look and I know they would love to hear what you think of their creations!

Guests

Kym Hunter Designs
MiShel Designs

AJE Team Members
Jennifer Cameron Glass Addictions
Lesley Watt Gossiping Goddess
Kristen Stevens My Bead Journey
Caroline Dewison Blueberri Beads
Jenny Davies-Reazor 
Melissa Meman 
Rebekah Payne Tree Wing Studio
Francesca Watson
Sue Kennedy SueBeads

Kristi

KristiBowmanDesign.Etsy

Earring Challenge Reveal #20 Weeks 41-42 /52

It's hard to believe we're coming to the end of the year of Earring Challenges.

I believe we've got only 10 weeks to go!

Here are my 2 Earrings Creations for this reveal.

A Touch of Autumn

The first pair start with some of my Polymer Clay Ammonite Headpins,

strung with Peanut beads in a variety of autumn colors.

Double Snakeskin

The second pair start with some awesome Ceramic Tubes from O'Sullivan

 with Copper Snakeskin Tabs dangling. I thought these were a great match up!

The next Reveal is on November 10th, don't miss it as we wind down the year.

Kristi

KristiBowmanDesign.Etsy

Wonky Bead Blog Hop REVEAL

A little over a month ago I invited my online friends to create jewelry using what I call Wonky Beads.
Wonky Bead Blog Hop original post

Each set is a mixture of different shapes, sizes, colors and texures.

Today is reveal day!!!

One of my participants is having computer problems and can't link up.

Here is the wonderful necklace made by Linda Landig!

Check out all the participants using the Linky Tool Below.

Check back during the day because participants will be linking up as the day goes on.

Kristi

KristiBowmanDesign.Etsy

Earring Challenge Reveal 16 weeks 33-34/52

The weeks are just flying by!!

Time for another Art Jewelry Elements Earring Challenge Reveal!

My first pair are Copper Drops made using Burlap as the texture and lots of Czech Glass beads dangling from the bottom!

My second pair I call Garden Party, they start with Poymer Clay Barrels with vines and leaves as their texture and cute little Flower Charms with Sea Urchin texture danging from them.

Kristi

KristiBowmanDesign.Etsy

AJE Earring Challenge Reveal 11 weeks 21&22/52

Time for the Art Jewelry Elements Earring Challenge Reveal!

Glass Sea Urchin and Bone Tube Earrings

Wonderful Lampwork Sea Urchins by Lori Bergmann

paired with bone tube beads.

Copper Snakeskin and Lampwork

These gorgeous Lampwork Beads by Stone Designs by Sheila

Double sided Copper discs and a touch of complimenting Sari Silk Ribbon

Now it's time to hop around and see what else has been created for this Reveal.
See the links below.

Kristi

KristiBowmanDesign.Etsy

AJE February Component of the Month REVEAL

AJE's own Francesca Watson made beautiful Enameled Focals for the month of February!

I paired Francesca's beautiful pinky mauve focal with one of my Paisley Copper rings, and nested the pendant between a couple of snakeskin end caps.

Lovely and rustic pink Rhodochrosite roundelles, and neutral glass beads round off the piece.

I just love all the personality in this beautiful focal!

I was even lucky enough to have some adorable little Rhodochrosite pair to make matching earrings.

Please take a moment to enjoy all the other creations using Francesca's beautiful focal!!

• 
  Jenny Cameron
  Jenny Davies-Reazor
  Susan Kennedy
  Linda Landig
  Melissa Meman
  Kristen Stevens
  Francesca Watson
  
  
  
  Guest Designers:
  
  Dawn Horner
  Kym Hunter
  Kay Thomerson
  Shelley Graham Turner
  Sandi Volpe

There's still time to enter for our next Challenge!

AJE March Component of the Month Giveaway

Kristi

KristiBowmanDesign.Etsy

AJE January Component of the Month REVEAL

On the Art Jewelry Elements Blog for the Month of January we all had a wonderful Pie Bead from Karen Totten of Starry Road.

I chose this wonderful Burnt Red color and knew I wanted some how to include turquoise color with it.

Indian Summer

My first idea was for it to be a necklace but I couldn't get it to work the way I wanted so I went to plan B and Plan C and finally got to this.

I really love it, Karen's wonderful Bead paired with a pair of my Copper Components and a splash of bright Turquoise Sari Silk.

I also recently got a Wire Coiling Gizmo and went to town with that, it's so much fun and addicting!

I used some Artistic Bronze wire and combined it with copper, I love mixing metals.

There are 12 participants in this reveal,

Hop along and take a look at their creations!

Shirley Moore
Boot-C

Jennifer Cameron

Kristi Bowman-Gruel

Diana Ptaszynski

Kristen Stevens

Jenny Davies-Reazor

Lesley Watt

Francesca Watson

Melissa Meman

Joanne Tinley

Linda Landig

Sue Kennedy
ArtZhodgepodge

Kristi

KristiBowmanDesign.Etsy

Charm Swap Reveal Hop

These fun Sun/Moon Charms are my contribution to the BOC Art Charm Exchange and Auction to benefit Beads of Courage.

The theme of the charms is "laugh" so I thought these happy little charms fit well in to that theme.

ClickHERE for the AUCTION for one of these charm.

 

Be sure to check out the Auction site to see all of the charmes and place your bids,

 everybody did such am amazing job!

Auction Site: http://myworld.ebay.com/glassaddictions

Alenka Obid http://pepita-handmade.blogspot.com/2012/11/art-charm-exchage-reveal.html

Alicia Marinache http://www.allprettythings.ca/2012/11/charm-swap-reveal-blog-hop-and-auction.html   

Babette Cox http://babettecox.com/blog.htm

Carol Watson http://www.carolwatsonartglass.blogspot.com

Carolyn Chenault  http://carolynchenault.wordpress.com/2012/11/12/beads-of-courage-auction/ 

Cassi Paslick http://cassisbeads.blogspot.com/2012/11/beads-of-courage-charm-swap-reveal.html

Charlene Jacka http://clay-space.com/2012/11/early-christmas/

Cheri Reed http://creativedesignsbycheri.blogspot.com/

Cheryl McCloud http://cherylmccloud.blogspot.com/2012/11/charm-swap-reveal-blog-hop-and-beads-of.html

Deb Kauzlarich http://debkauzlarich.blogspot.com  

Denielle Hagerman http://somebeadsandotherthings.com  

Emma Todd  http://apolymerpenchant.blogspot.com/2012/11/art-charm-swap-in-aid-of-boc.html

Erin Prais-Hintz http://treasures-found.blogspot.com/2012/11/art-charm-swap-laugh.html

Ginger Bishop http://lilmummylikes.blogspot.com/2012/11/art-charm-exchange-2012.html

Inge vonRoos http://ingetraud.wordpress.com

Jean Peter http://jeanpdesigns.blogspot.com/ http://jeanpdesigns.blogspot.com/2012/11/2012-charm-swap.html

Jeannie K Dukic http://site.jkdjewelry.com/blog/2012/11/12/beads-of-courage/

Jennifer Cameron http://wp.me/p1xIa0-wn

Kia Dallons http://kiadallonsstudio.blogspot.jp/2012/11/laughter-is-best-medicine.html

Kimberly Roberts http://bahamadawn.blogspot.com/2012/11/art-charm-swap.html

Kristi Bowman http://dreamsomedesigns.blogspot.com/2012/11/charm-swap-reveal-hop.html

  Lea Avroch http://lajewelrydesign.blogspot.com/2012/11/2012-beads-of-courage-art-charm-swap.html

Leslie Schenkel http://twistedchicken.wordpress.com/

Linda Florian http://www.lilysofthevalleyjewelry.blogspot.com/

Lori Greenberg http://lorigreenberg.com/blog

Lynnea Bennett http://designsbylynnea.blogspot.com  

Mallory Hoffman http://rosebud101-fortheloveofbeads.blogspot.com/2012/11/the-time-has-come-art-charm-blog-reveal.html

Marcy Lamberson http://studiomarcy.blogspot.com/2012/11/charmed-by-minions-im-sure.html

Marsha Neal Studio http://marshanealstudio.blogspot.com/2012/11/charm-exchange-and-beads-of-courage.html

Maureen Connolly http://mrsbeadsley.blogspot.com/2012/11/charm-reveal.html 

Melissa Meman http://melissameman.blogspot.com/2012/11/art-charm-swap-blog-hop.html

Monique Urquhart http://ahalfbakednotion.blogspot.com/2012/11/charmed-im-sure.html

Natalie McKenna http://www.grubbi.co.uk/ 

Perri Jackson  http://shaktipajdesigns.com/11/blog/reveal-the-laughter-art-charms/

Renetha Stanziano http://lamplightcrafts.blogspot.com/2012/11/art-charm-exchange-auction-and-reveal.html

Robin Koza http://www.robinkoza.com  

Shaiha Williams http://shaihasramblings.blogspot.com/2012/11/art-charm-hop.html

Shannon Hicks  http://uptwnsh-fallingintothesky.blogspot.com/

Shelby Foxwell http://sundownbeaddesigns.blogspot.com/2012/11/charm-swap-reveal.html   

Shelley Graham Turner http://shelleygrahamturner.blogspot.com/2012/11/reveal-2012-charm-swap.html

Shirley Moore http://beadsandbread.blogspot.com/2012/11/beads-of-courage-art-charm-reveal.html

Stephanie Haussler http://www.pixybugdesigns.blogspot.com/

Susan Kennedy http://suebeads.blogspot.com/2012/11/beads-of-courage-charm-swap-reveal-and.html

Toltec Jewels http://www.jewelschoolfriends.com/2012/11/BOCArtCharmRevealBlogHop.html

Vanessa Gilkes http://culturezine.com/blog/

Kristi

KristiBowmanDesign.Etsy

Big Hole Blog Hop Teaser

Only 1 week from today,

 but it seems like I've been waiting forever for the

 Big Hole Blog Hop Reveal!

Saturday, June 30th is the day.

Here are all of the participants for this hop,

 many of them are having sneak peeks or teasers so check them out!!!

KristiBowmanDesign YOU ARE HERE

Dragonfly Close

Karen Williams

Staci Louise

Teathered Cat

Pine Ridge Treasures

Jennifer Cameron

Karen Totten

GeneaBeads

Linda Larsen

Barbara Lewis

SueBeads
The Crafthopper
LamplightCrafts
Spice Box Designs
All the Pretty Things
Jean A Wells
Kristen Stevens

Unfortunately once again I may not be able to participate in my own hop.
I jammed my thumb a few weeks ago and although it is better, building jewelry is tough.
I've managed to make a few pair of earrings to fulfill some obligations
 but using this big component might be more than my thumb can handle.
I hope I surprise us all and come up with a creation!

Kristi