Orange. A color that I have reservations about.
So why purchase a kit full of orange beads? Challenge myself? A moment of insanity? Add more beads to my hoard? I am still not sure why I did it but I am happy with the end results. I also ended up with a pair of orange Keen sandals...needed something to go with the beads :)
Along with orange there was yellow (eek) more orange (what did I get myself into here) hints of green, purple, pastel blue, red...
Here is the kit (there were a few beads that escaped the photo as well as the orange silk and waxed linen cording)
And the lovely focal created by Andrew:
The focal looked so much like a steampunk talisman that is the direction I went with it:
For this next set, I used elastic strectchy cord for the first time ever. It was fun to use and achieved the stack bracelet look I was going for:
For this set, I wanted something Bollywood inspired. It's not a style I have tried before and admire greatly so I hope I did the pieces some justice. I made a necklace, 2 bracelets, and 2 pairs of earrings:
Here is a close up of the chandelier earrings:
And here is one more bracelet, the thai silver bee bead was from Sabine, my Bead Soup Blog Party partner in 2013.
And last but not least, a pretty, boho style necklace based off a pattern I saw in Create Jewelery Magazine. The original Artist's name is Erin Strother. My Thanks to Erin for the inspiration!
Thank you so much for stopping by!
Please made sure you stop by and visit the other artists that participated in this challenge:
