My Swap N Hop beads from Marianne Baxter

 

My Swap N Hop beads send to me by Marianne Baxter .Well I finally had the chance to blog about the beads she send me. Marianne send me a big stash of  beautiful beads .I will talk more about Marianne on day of reveal  but here are the beads she send me . I will have  something extra  but you need to wait for reveal .

February 2015 Pretty Palettes Inspiration Challenge

I am late on posting because I have been sick  for the last two weeks any way better late than not posting anything at all .The inspirational picture that Erin posted Sky Portal  well it took me a while to figure out what it was .It looks like a giant jelly fish  and two people below getting ready to be eaten .But when you take the time to look and observe you can see the beauty of it and then you get taken by the colors .I had planned to go bead shopping but I did not have a chance  to buy new beads so I used some bead gallery beads I had on hand and here is my inspiration. Thank You Erin and Molly for bringing in the inspiration .

Y Necklace Pearls ,Crystals and Chains

 

 

 

Wire Wrapped Necklace Glass and Tassel

 

 

 

Big  Fresh Water Pearls and Crystal Brass Cuff  Bracelet



 

 

 

Pretty Palette -January Inspiration Pantone Color of the Year Marsala 18-1438

January Pretty Palette Inspiration is inspired by the color Marsala which is Pantone color of the year.When Pantone announced this color to be the color of the year I was like'' What '' but the more I did research on Pinterest the more I like the color .I find the color to be sophisticated ,fun ,with a touch of retro depending on how you choose a color compliment it.I must confess that I don't own anything in this shade but I did find a nail polish in that shade  and it belongs to my daughter . I just remembered I have some Christmas decoration in the color  because I don't like decorations in the color red. Well then I cant say that I don't have anything in that shade. I was just thinking that  a velvet jacket would look great in that shade or velvet skinny jeans and adorned with the jewelry I made with Erin Prais -Hintz January Pretty Palette Halcraft USA. Thank you Erin and Molly .Visit E
Visit and take a look at what Erin design for January Pretty Palette at.
 http://www.halcraft.com/pretty-palettes/pretty-palettes-january-reveal-2/                                                                                                                                                             

This is a list of beads that I used.

MSKU#463510374677 Resin druzy purple 11mm
MSKU# 10172478 Dyed quartzite ruby round 10mm
MSKU#10149762 Amethyst luster glass beads 8mm
MSKU#10321778 Red glass opaque round 4mm
MSKU#10374635 Glass pearl purple mix 6mm

I also used chains and buttons that I bought a while back .I had planned to make something with the polymer clay  and the nice long zipper  but I  had no time because of the storm that was coming to our are so that got put into the back burner until next week. In the picture you also see the bottle of nail polish that I was talking about  I put in the picture for kind of inspiration .

 

Wired Wrapped With Chain  with Buttons  Drop Necklace 

 

 

 

 

 

''Cherrie Bomb ''Wire Wrapped Necklace with Drop Pendant with button .

 

 

 

 

Beaded Crochet Necklace
 

 

 

Chain and Druzy Necklace

 

 

Mixed Media Leftover Buttons and Chain Necklace  .This one was made with left over materials .

 

 

 

 

 

 

2nd Annual Bead Hoarders Blog Hop

                           Lots and lots of beads in my craft room'' oh ''my god.

I love beads and when I buy them its for that special jewelry piece but sometimes that special piece will take a long time for it to be designed. I have precious beads ,semi-precious and the very inexpensive but pretty beads.I don't a problem mixing them all  because it makes the piece unusual .I also have a collection of buttons ,zippers and fabric that I also incorporate in my designs. About two months ago  I took out my bead organizer and decided to make something with those forgotten beads, enjoy.

 

My designs for the 8th Anual Bead Soup Blog Party 2014

    

Finally the day has arrived The 8th Bead Soup Blog Party 2014.Thank You Lori Mc Daniel Anderson for making it possible. This year my bead partner is Donna Conklin. owner of The Mandrel in Harbor City ,California you can view some of her work at or you can visit  http://primadonnabeads.com/  . .Donna send me some of her beautiful handmade glass beads which gave me a chance to push my creative boundaries.  To my designs I added chains, leather, charms and some of my semi- precious beads .I love to play with different techniques and materials if we don't experiment then we are not looking for other possibilities .



          


This Big and Bold piece has energy  and intensity. Big glass pendant and blue and purple glass beads made by Donna .


                                                             

Focal   with a spray of charms and beads .

 



Sterling Silver toggle send by Donna.

 

 

A wire wrapped   spray of faux  glass pearl and seed beads  with mother of pearl  necklace.

 

 

 

 

 



Knotted pearls on silk cord with a big wired wrapped pendant. and some  small mother of pearls.

 I want to thank her for sending me lovely beads.

 



Paper Bag Journal and Hardcover Book Bag ....

I love to recycle and reuse and whenever I have the time or moment I craft with my found  treasures.You don't have to know how to draw ,paint or even sew its all about using something you already have and just personalize and make it fabulous.Below is a pictures of my paper bag journal made from paper shopping bag and a handbag made from a very old hardcover book.



Paper bag journal
 

Some of the materials used for my journal

 

Inside my recycled paper bag journal



A spray of beads hang from center

 

 Romantic Book bag -Handbag

 

The romantic book bag  was made with a very old hardcover book .I removed the pages  and left the book with only the cover .I  had some leftover scrapbooking paper left from previous project and decided to use it .Everything used to make the bag is repurposed ,the pearl handle was made with a strand of pearl that was repurposed from a necklace.The pendant was adorning a mason jar but the jar broke , the fabric bow was a small piece fabric left from a previous project. I  only reuse things that could be given a second chance .Remember any imperfection ,and scratches make your design more vintage inspired .You could also mix old and new for a more unique look.