Art Bead Scene February Challlenge

Our inspiration art

Amapolas, 1913

Illustration published in "News of Spring and Other Nature Studies

By Edward Julius Detmold

Watercolor, 208 by 124mm

Beautiful Polymer Pendant from Heather Powers

Cream wavy ceramic bead and soft green bead from Eclectic Prairie

And Vintaj chain and components

Check out the other entriss at the ABS Pinterest Board.

Dry Gulch February Challenge

Our inspiration for February

'Spumomi'

Made with purple sugar beads from fire and  fibers

vintage beads from my stash

Glass Beads from Dancing Frog Jewelry

A focal bead from my stash, and a Vintaj clasp

Go to the Dry Gulch Site to see more

You can even join the fun.

We're All Ears February Challenge

Our inspiration are lovely flower girls created by Lim Zhi

Malaysian artist and photographer Lim Zhi Wei (a.k.a Limzy) is the creator of these whimsical flower girls. She has a passion for turning every day objects into things of delicate beauty. For 2015, Limzy created a very limited run of a calendar of her Flowergirls. How marvelous would it be to gaze on those dreamy beauties every day of the year! The beauty of this art is that it is ephemeral. It will not last. Yet Limzy has captured the essence of the bloom in such a spectacularly unique way and preserved it in her prints. You can follow Lim Zhi Wei on Instagram and Facebook or on her blog, Love, Limzy.

There are several flower girls to choose from

I chose these because I love Calla lilies.

'Calla Lily'

 Beautiful drops from Scorched Earth

Disk beads from Twinstar. 

And sweet polymer beads from Graceful Willow

Please visit the Earrings Everyday blog to see more of  the art and the earrings 

30 Words Thursday-Cookie Monster

I bought two boxes of Girl Scout Cookies

But there is a Cookie Monster in the house

The Cookie Monster is always in stealth mode when it comes to cookies

play along with us. It's fun

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The premise of 30 Words Thursdays is simple...

Take an image (preferably one you shot, or have permission to use).

Write 30 Words about it. No more. No less.

Post it each Thursday.

Add your link to the InLinkz on my 30 Words Thursday post.

(InLinkz code will be open for one week.)

Enjoy seeing the verse and vision others have captured by visiting them and leaving a comment.

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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

30 Words Thursday

A trip of a lifetime

New Orleans

Treated to Cirque du Soleil show

Handmade Leather masks 

And a dinner tour in the warehouse where all the Mardi Gras floats were stored 

As I was taking these photos outside I saw this

This little red fox is looking for food

Play along with us. It's fun

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The premise of 30 Words Thursdays is simple...

Take an image (preferably one you shot, or have permission to use).

Write 30 Words about it. No more. No less.

Post it each Thursday.

Add your link to the InLinkz on my 30 Words Thursday post.

(InLinkz code will be open for one week.)

Enjoy seeing the verse and vision others have captured by visiting them and leaving a comment.

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30 Words Thursday: Grab an image (preferably one you shot or one you have permission to use). Write exactly 30 Words (no more, no less). Post it.

If you would like to participate in the 30 Words Thursday with me, please add your link below.

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.