Edmonds Art Walk

Mark your calendar!!!

I will be part of the

 Edmonds Third Thursday Art Walk

August 16th, 2012!

located at the

 Coldwell Banker Bain Office

 108 5th Ave S in Edmonds WA

I will be featuring my Jewelry creations

but I'll also bring my componenets if anybody who uses them wants to stop by and shop!

Kristi
KristiBowmanDesign.Etsy

Wild Bird Wednesday

I missed posting my birds last week and I did MISS it!!

No new birds this week but I had fun taking photos of my regular friends!

I don't often see hummers perched on the chain link,

 this little cutie was taking a break from having a meal at my Basil plant.

The Basil isn't looking good but the Hummer seems to be enjoying it.

Juvenile Towhee, they move so fast I snapped a couple dozen pics and wasn't able to get a good one,

I liked this action shot!!

This little baby Finch was really working it's parent for a meal.

The little downing feather sticking out the top of it's head made me giggle!

I tried to get a photo of it with it's parent but never did.

Here's the finch parent, never got a good shot of it by itself either.

And the Sparrow in the bath shot, water flying!!!

That spaceship thing in the bath keeps the water moving, supposed to attract birds.

Soaking wet, the pause that refreshes!

Kristi

Love My Art Jewelry Winner and....

I was a Sponsor on the Love My Art Jewelry for the month of July and my friend Linda Landig won.

Linda makes wonderful creations and I'm always happy to see what she does with my Components!

Now for the "and..." portion of this post!

Here are a couple new things I hope to get listed today,

 maybe one of these will show up in a future Linda Landig Design!

Tapestry Buttons

I had a special request for Tapestry Buttons so I made a few to have in my shop as well.

Something a little different!

Mismatched, Ammonite and Tapestry,

one has Ammonite around the edge and one has it in the center opposite the Tapestry Texture.

A line up of the newest Tapestry combination pendants.




The newest Combination I call Egyptian Queen

 


Delicate Floral 5 hole Drops



Kristi Bowman Design

Blog Hop AJE Component of the Month Nightmare Insomnia Series

I wasn't able to participate in this hop even though I received one of Jen's amazing beads but I realized I didn't even share. I was out of town when it all happened, and in case you missed it Check It Out!!!

On July 1st Jennifer Cameron announced that the component of the month

 her Nightmare Insomnia series bead.

 The creative designers for July have been hard at work and are excited to show you what they have made.

Please visit everyone and try to leave comments at each stop.

 Us creative types like to hear something other than crickets.

AJE July Design team:

Beti Horvath: Stringing Fool

Gretchen Nation: Art Food Lodging

Karen Totten: Starry Road Studio

Kathleen Douglas: Washoe Kat's

Keirsten Giles: The Cerebral Dilettante

Kristen Stevens: My Bead Journey

Lola: Bead Lola Bead

Lori Anderson: Pretty Things

Nancy Pederson: Something Heartfelt by Nancy

Pam DeBoer: Purple Notes from the Studio

Rana Wilson: Rana Lea Designs

Shannon Chomanczuk: For My Sweet Daughter

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new stuff and some repeats



Tapestry combined with Ammonite and Sea Urchin



Sputnik Rectangle pair





Ammonite 3 Hole Drop

 


Ammonite Bails




Deco Feather Shards





Ammonite Rectangle

 

Most are already listed in my Etsy Shop,

If you don't see what you want shoot me an email

kristibowmandesign@yahoo.com

Kristi

I Heart Macro - Japanese Anemone

Last year I had some "landscapers" come and weed my garden as I had been having some health issues prior to this and didn't keep up with my weeding.

They pulled my Japanese Anemone and I was crushed,

I searched every nursery in my area and couldn't find any more.

FORTUNATELY

they hadn't done a really good job pulling it out because after a few months it began to grow again,

a year later I'm getting my first blooms!!!



Hydrangea





Hydrangea

I love the Hydrangea above, it almost looks like fireworks,

small sizzling fireworks in the center and big booming fireworks coming out from them!

Take a look at the other

I Heart Macro

Participants!

Kristi

BTW new Copper

It's been a long time since I've done Bead Table Wednesday,

 I have some new copper in the works so thought it was a perfect time to join in!

Here are some new pieces that I'm cleaning tonight and getting ready for a weekend firing.

I love this combination of Tapestry texture and Ammonite/Sea Urchin,

 I think you all liked them too so I made some more!

Here are the Deco Feathers in the shape of a Shard.

These are going to be awesome!

New Ammonite Bails!

More ammonite, these are 3 hole drops!

And yet more Ammonite, can I interest you in some rectangles?

Thanks for taking a look!

Check out the other BTW'rs on Flickr.

Kristi