ART BEAD SCENE JANUARY CHALLENGE

Well, I decided to enter my Earth Metals necklace in the Art Bead Scene's challenge for January. The inspiration was "Trellis" by William Morris and I just tho't the colors in my Earth Metals were perfect for it!


I entered it over on Flicker, per the instructions, but let me make this easy on all of you.  Here are several shots of the necklace. 

The focal was originally intended to be a clasp and I bought it from Melinda Orr over at Orr Tech Designs. I had every intention of making the focal both the focal AND the closing clasp but... well... beads have a mind of their own and, once the chain got involved in the rebellion, this is how things turned out.
The copper clasp used to close the necklace is from Melinda, as well.  I love how the design echoes Mr. Morris's artwork, yes?  I decided to use black leather cording and antiqued wire to connect it to the brushed antiqued chain the beads are attached to. The medium yellow fret-work beads are from Pam at Ferrari Original Beads over on Etsy (yum!) 
The copper beads are from Hobby Lobby and the smaller ochre beads are from Lima Beads.  And I just felt like the teal seed beads completed the whole look. 
Anyway, this is my first (completed) challenge at Art Bead Scene.  I'm excited.  (and I love this necklace, it's hard to leave it up on Etsy!)




Anyway, go on over to ABS and check out what everyone else has done for this challenge! It's just amazing how creative minds all work.

Someone once said "Great minds think alike."  I beg to differ, great minds think differently or they wouldn't be great!  (and we wouldn't have the Theory of Relativity ~thank you Mr. Einstein~ or "Tom Sawyer" ~love ol' Twain~... you get the idea! Everyone enjoy the differences!)

WORK PROGRESSES FOR THE VIRTUAL CRAFT SHOW...

Well, I wasn't kidding about putting the necklace aside for a day but I knew I needed to create and the easiest things for me to make are earrings.  So I spent a few hours last night making earrings for the Virtual Craft Show as well as one pair to match the necklace.  I will say that I decided to keep the earrings to go with the necklace simple because I didn't want it fighting with the necklace.  The silver-wire earrings with the round yellow beads are going to be part of my Spina Bifida line.  Enjoy!
OH! OH! AND! I'm so excited to be able to say that, for the first two earrings, I MADE THE EAR WIRES MYSELF! WOOT! WOOT!  AND LINKS! I MADE LINKS (for the necklace, not the earrings) DOUBLE WOOTIDY WOOT! Yes, I am branching out (and getting braver) in my creativity! Thank you, Lori, for that chance by having the Virtual Craft Show!

Earth's Wheel ~ earrings to go with the
necklace for the Art Bead Scene challenge

Golden Tears ~ wire wrapped

Spina Bifida ~ lavender



Spina Bifida ~ purple



Spina Bifida ~ purple-long
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Spina Bifida ~ red