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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

https://www.etsy.com/listing/171594980/handmade-copper-on-copper-beaded-beads

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

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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.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/155428068/ceramic-tree-of-life-polymer-clay-and

I hope you hop on over to the other blogs and see what they've created with their goodies!

Guest artists:

Leah - http://beadyeyedbunny.blogspot.com

Elisabeth - http://beadsforbusygals.blogspot.com

Jean - http://prettykittydogmoonjewelry.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

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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.

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!

Sue Kennedy
ArtZhodgepodge

Kristi

KristiBowmanDesign.Etsy

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!

Check out the other creations using this wonderful Labyrinth Focal

This months guests of honor:

Emma Todd

Lee Koopman

Jess Green

And participating AJE team members:

Kristi

KristiBowmanDesign.Etsy

Friday, November 30, 2012

November AJE Component of the Month - Design Reveal

Welcome to the Art Jewelry Elements Component of the Month Reveal!

This beautiful Bronze Snowflake is by the talented Lesley Watt of The Gossiping Goddess.

I tried to give it a soft icy feeling by dangling 3 glass drops from the focal itself.

I also used a fun little Wingding from GeneaBeads in the same colors,

added a some stronger color with Czech Glass beads in matte teal and soft yellows with glass beads from CanyonEchoes and a tiny little snippet of pale yellow Sari Silk.