August SJ DESIGNS JEWELRY

our inspiation

from Sara jo

                   

This year, my husband Eric has decided to issue me a design challenge each month to get me out of my comfort zone and to help clear out my bead stash... we're calling it the Honey Do List.  I know that I'm not the only one who loves a good design challenge, so I'm inviting folks to play along!  

Here is this month's inspiration and what Eric had to say about it

:  This month I chose a picture from our recent trip out to Ligonier, PA for the Allegory Gallery's Creative Camp.  Andrew Thornton directed us out to a nearby bog where the carnivorous plants were in full bloom.  An entire field of these pitcher plants and much smaller sundews stretched around us--beauty and savagery all wrapped up in one tiny leafy package.  The strange shape, as well as the striated deep red patterns against green really jumped out at me and I wanted to see what a bunch of jewelry designers could pull off with this inspiration.

'Autumn'

Polymer drops from Heather Powers

tiny spacers from grubbi

'Grand Canyon'

torched sticks from Shimmer beads Design

Spacers by Marshall Jodie

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On the 29th

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Autumn is a second Spring when every leaf is a flower.

Day 2 of short earrings

'Green tea'

ceramic leaf charms and discs from Grubbi

I love long earrings

but the shop that carries my jewelry

wants me to make more short earrings

you can see the first pair at

http://alice-dreaming.blogspot.com/2016/06/volcano.html

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we're all ears November

our inspiration is pods

water pods

spikes from shorched earth

two primitive pods from something todobeds

aqua beads from Grubbi 

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ABS April Challenge

Our Inspiration for April ABS Challenge

Self- Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird, 1940

By Frida Kahlo

Oil on Canvas

Vintaj focal flanked by green polymer discs from Grubbi

and yellow polymer round beads from too aquariouhttps://www.etsy.com/shop/tooaquariuss

Close up of the focal beads

'Amazon Queen'

Made with blue -green lampwork beads

black spacers,, faceted yellow glass beads, and feather drops from Scorched Earth

And yes one is longer but I'm OK with that.

Check out what others have made on April 30

New Things

I have my first show at the end of February and finally bought some of these hemp necklace displays. I really like them as apposed to the leatherette.

Beautiful beads from Something to do beads

love these beads from Grubbi

Wonderful crackled ceramic bead caps from Balelaceramics

I can never get enough of Schorched Earth Beads

We're All Ears :: January

Our inspiration is the Pantone 2015 Fashion Colors for Spring

I was going to make a pair of earrings for each color but that proved to be too much.

 For the custard color:

'Sunset Cruise'

Ceramic drops from Scorched Earth

Burnt Horn beads, tiny glass beads from The Spacer Bead Shop

Patina beads from Miss Ficklemedia & brass earwires from Vintaj.

For the blues I put them together:

'North Wind'

Ceramic Beads from Grubbi

Swarvoski Crystals, and Vintaj Brass drops

For Marsala;

'Red, Red Wine'

Glass beads from my stash

Tiny glass beads from the Spacer Bead Shop

 And Vintaj brass drops and earwires

For the Lavender Herb:

'Lavender Field'

Two frosted beads from Fire and  Fibers

Green Fluorite beads

Tiny purple beads from the Spacer Bead Shop

For Lucite Green and Tangerine:

'Psychedelic'

Green Czech Beads

Tiny orange beads from the Bead Spacer Shop

Tiny blue spacers, sorry I don't know the artist

Purple beads and brass flower drops

For Toasted Almond:

Two ceramic beads from Grubbi

Everything is from Vintaj

Be sure visit Earrings Every Day to see what others have made.