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Wednesday, June 11, 2014
Monday, December 2, 2013
AJE November Component of the Month REVEAL
The November Component of the Month are these amazing Beaded Beads by Kristen Stevens.
I admit I was a little nervous about these, they are so pretty and elegant I wasn't sure that was in my realm of creativity but I am super pleased with what I made.
I was a little nervous about this beautiful soft Ivory color but I squealed with glee when I saw how beautiful some of the headpins I have in my stash go with them AND I had some pale yellow sari silk to add in and make them even more special
Some of you may recognize the texture on these copper drops, if not take a look HERE
They are a beautiful compliment to Kristen's amazing beaded beads. I am in love with these, I'd have a very tough time choosing a favorite from these 2 pair!
These will be available for sale in my HERE Etsy Shop.
I'd love to know what you think of them, feel free to comment.
Kristi
Tuesday, November 12, 2013
Wednesday, October 30, 2013
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.
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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.
I'm still toying with the idea of adding some little dangling baubles to this piece.
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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
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
Saturday, September 28, 2013
AJE Earrings Challenge Reveal 18 weeks 37-38
I'm playing catch up a little bit on this reveal.
I know I'm behind, no idea how much so I'll just keep plugging away,
if I make 52 that's cool if not that's ok too.
I know I'm behind, no idea how much so I'll just keep plugging away,
if I make 52 that's cool if not that's ok too.
I have 5 pair to show you this time, I seemed to be really in to using fiber this time around because 3 of my earrings have fiber accents on them.
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| Lavandula |
These Lavandula earrings start with amazing Lampies by Jen Cameron of Glass Addictions. I added a pair of my Polymer Clay Sea Urchin discs and a big of Fiber wrapped in copper.
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| Blue Jean Baby |
These Blue Jean Baby earrings start with wonderful Glass Headpins by Diane of Sowzere then I stacked some Turquoise Sari Silk a colorful Greek Ceramic bead a glass bead and a pop or red with a little Czech glass bead like the cherry on top!
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| Burgundy and Brass |
I made these Poppy drops in Burgundy start this next pair off, then I scrounged around my stash for the perfect rustic Brass bead and another touch of Sari Silk to finish these Burgundy and Brass Earrings.
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Super cool Electroformed Lampwork beads by Leah of BeadsOfPassion sandwiched between some earthy Czech glass beads and Mesh Dangle in Copper that I made finish this very raw Industrialized pair of earrings. |
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All 5 pair are available in my Etsy shop.
There's still time to enter the October Component of the Month Giveaway!
Go HERE and leave a comment.
Check out all the other entries in this weeks reveal below and come back in 2 weeks for the next reveal.
Kristi
Sunday, July 7, 2013
AJE Earring Challenge Reveal 12, weeks 25&26
Welcome to the Art Jewelry Elements Earring Challenge Reveal.
This week I have to very different pair of earrings to reveal!
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The first pair feature gorgeous Lampwork beads by Andrea Guarino-Slemmons
and Copper Ammonite Cocoons made by me.
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My second pair are much more cutsie and feminine.
Starting with wonderful crusty flower glass beads by HavanaBeads,
and I believe the adorable dotted beads are by Golem Studio.
They are actually somewhat out of my normal style but I love them anyway!
Checkout all the links to the other reveals below and enjoy!!
Kristi
Monday, July 1, 2013
Seeing Stars Tutorial
I played with Polymer Clay this weekend,
pop on over to the Art Jewelry Elements Blog for a down and dirty tutorial on these Chubby Stars!
Kristi
Sunday, June 30, 2013
AJE June Component of the Month Reveal
This months we got some awesome pieces from Jenny Davies-Reazor.
I received these gorgeous Turquoise colors pieces.
I just love the pattern and that it's rough around the edges. I made the Sea Urchin faux bone pieces with center holes to go with them and topped it all with a beautiful turquoise barrel.
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I hope you hop on over to the other blogs and see what they've created with their goodies!
Guest artists:
Elisabeth - http://beadsforbusygals.blogspot.com
Sarajo - http://sjdesignsjewelry.blogspot.com
The AJE Team
Jennifer Cameron - http://glassaddictions.com/
Jenny Davies-Reazor - http://www.jdaviesreazor.com/blog
Susan Kennedy - http://www.suebeads.blogspot.com/
Linda Landig - http://www.lindasbeadblog.com/
Melissa Meman - http://melissameman.blogspot.com/
Rebekah Payne - http://www.treewingsstudio.com/
Jo Tinley - http://daisychaindesignsjewellery.blogspot.com/
Lesley Watt - http://thegossipinggoddess.blogspot.com/
Francesca Watson - http://www.francescawatson.com
Diana Ptaszynski - http://vintagebluestudio.typepad.com
Kristi Bowman - http://dreamsomedesigns.blogspot.com You are here!
Kristen Stevens - http://kristen-beadjourney.blogspot.com/
Kristi
Friday, June 21, 2013
AJE Earring Challenge and Giveaway
The AJE Earring Challenge Reveal is coming up this weekend.
We're trying to spice it up and increase participation
by giving away some hand crafted goodies and gemstones this week.
We're trying to spice it up and increase participation
by giving away some hand crafted goodies and gemstones this week.
Linda of Linda Landig Jewelry raided her stash and is giving away all these wonderful goodies.
AND these
AND I'm throwing in a pair of my Ammonite Squares!
AND Francesca Watson will be adding something to the mix as well!
Easy to enter!
Check out today's AJE blog post for details
Kristi
Saturday, February 2, 2013
AJE Earring Challenge #2 Reveal
The Art Jewelry Elements Blog is having an Earring Challenge, make 1 pair of earrings a week, 52 per year and share them on the AJE blog every other week.
This is Reveal #2 which includes weeks 3-4.
These are my 2 pair of earrings for this reveal.
Above I've used some new Copper Components I've made in the shape of a V with handmade texture.
The gorgeous Lampwork Discs are from HavanaBeads.
The second pair are also made from new Copper pieces I call Arrowhead with handmade texture.
Again the wonderful glass beads are from HavanaBeads.
Take a look at all the amazing creations made in the last 2 weeks by all 50+ participants.
You can always check out the Earring Challenge board on Pinterest as well.
And see you in 2 weeks for Reveal#3 weeks 5-6.
Kristi
Friday, February 1, 2013
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.
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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!
Kristi
Thursday, January 31, 2013
AJE Component of the Month Teaser
Only a few more hours until the big reveal for this months Component of the Month.
Karen Totten of Starry Road Studio made these amazing Beads!
See that wonderful Red one bottom right, that's my beauty!!
Here's a sneak peek at what I made!!
I actually finished it!
I'm really excited to share the finished piece and see what everybody else has created!
See you all back here tomorrow!
Kristi
Sunday, January 6, 2013
AJE Earring Challenge
The Art Jewelry Elements Blog is having a challenge this year.
Come join in the fun over at the AJE Blog.
Sign up today to become part of the Challenge Board on Pinterest,
we'd love to see your creations using Art Jewelry Elements!!
First Reveal January 20th!
Kristi
Monday, December 31, 2012
Labyrinths revealed, AJE December Component of the Month
This month's Component of the Month is an awesom Labyrinth piece from Jenny Davies Reazor.
Unfortunately I wasn't able to finish mine, I love the look but it's not mechanically sound yet. I woke up at 3am this morning with an idea of how to do just that so if you have a chance to stop by later today or tomorrow I hope to have a much improved piece.
I'm going to make more wire tubes to connect the focal to the wire and make it more mechanically sound, I'll improve on the connection of the smaller wire spiral to the larger one as well and add another set to finish the bracelet.
I decided to post the unfinished bracelet because I know we all go through this process, sometimes very frustrating when it doesn't work quite the way we want but we persevere!!!
Here is my first re-vamped connection,
I love the look but let me tell you it's not going together easily!!
Definitely a journey in to the Labyrinth lol!
Here is my first re-vamped connection,
I love the look but let me tell you it's not going together easily!!
Definitely a journey in to the Labyrinth lol!
Check out the other creations using this wonderful Labyrinth Focal
This months guests of honor:
And participating AJE team members:
Kristi
Monday, December 17, 2012
52 Earrings
All this year I've been participating in a Flickr group challenging artists to create 52 earrings during the year, technically 1 per week but I certainly didn't post mine weekly. I just posted pair number 52, I wanted to finish a little early because there's so much going on the last few weeks of the year.
Over at the Art Jewelry Elements Blog
we're working on creating a similar challenge
where you can link your creations to a special pinterest group and to our blog bi-weekly.
Watch for details coming up in the new year.
Kristi
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