My Bead Table Blog Hop - Reveal

Lisa Lodge of A Grateful Artist - Pine Ridge Treasures comes up with the most interesting challenges, and this blog hop is no exception. She generously sent a whole host of mish mosh goodies from her table to each participant and asked us to create something with them along with items from our own table. I was excited to be a part of this challenge, after the wonderful selection of beads I had received in an earlier challenge by her, and anxiously awaited the package to come in the mail.

 

This delightful selection is what came:

It was all so light and airy, and full of Lucite components that I am not use to working with, in shades of pale blue, light turquoise, and orange, that I am not use to working with, and a few seed beads, that I am not use to working with!

 

OK, Lisa you said CHALLENGE, gotcha!

By now you are probably tired of hearing me say I am not a seed beader, as much as I love their work. For me, even trying to string a single strand requires every light in the room on, and a magnifying glass the strength of the Hubble Telescope to get it done. The first thing I did was to collect them, along with that large orange Lucite leaf, and resined the heck on them to get them out of the way! Hmm, seems to look like a seed pod!

My attention turned to the cute little blue Lucite flowers, which I envisioned spaced between polymer clay tiles with a leaf design for a bracelet. I won't even trouble you with the disaster that turned out to be. Anything polymer I attempted seemed too heavy in relation to "the light and airy, that I am not use to working with."

 Soo, I stared, and played, and assorted, and rearranged everything hoping that it would kick my brain into working order.

Then it hit me, light and airy = fun and kind of funky, something I am not use to doing!

First a pair of earrings with the Lucite flower petals, blue beads, and half circles in Lisa's supply, on my silver wires. NOT what you I would expect from me.

Now back to that seed pod and my fun and funky theme. I added more petals, and Lisa's white teardrops to make it look like rain droplets falling off them. Space them out with more of the blue and white beads from Lisa, and all I had to use was my own silver chain.

Nope, can't do it! Must work with my polymer!
 

Those orange Lucite flowers begged for leaves, but alas, no leaves in the pile. It's my chance! Out came several leaf canes I had for a while in similar colors. There, now I feel better! 

Along with a silver flower charm as the central point, the orange and light blue Lucite flowers, and more raindrops and petals, I finished this second necklace with two tones of blue ribbon, tied to the bouquet, and Lisa's heart with rhinestones and key toggle clasp.
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Then one more pair of earrings to go with this necklace, and there you go Lisa.

I believe I met your challenge, even though I am not use to working with it!
 



Please visit the others in this blog hop, whom I am sure had an easier time of it. But I had a blast!

Host: Lisa Lodge

Molly Alexander, Beautifully Broken Me

Audrey Belanger, Dreams of an Absolution

Ginger Bishop, lilmummy likes...

Lisa Boucher, Lisa’s Clay Happenings

Marlene Cupo, Amazing Designs You are here

Michelle Buettner, Mishel Designs

Eleanor Burian-Mohr, The Charmed Life

Kathleen Douglas, Washoe Kat's

Mary Anne Klinglesmith Flesch, Hand Crafted Serenity

Therese Frank, Therese's Treasures

Mary Govaars, MLH Jewelry Designs

Tanya Goodwin, A Work in Progress

Mary Hicks, Falling Into the Sky

Shelly Joyce, Au jour le jour

Carolyn Lawson, Carolyn's Creations

Kathy Lindemer, Bay Moon Design

Susan Lloyd, Designs by Susan

Cynthia Machata, Antiquity Travelers

Kashmira Patel, Sadafule .. always in bloom!

Kristen Stevens, My Bead Journey

Sonya Stille, Dreamin' of Beads

Tina Holden, Polymer Clay Bytes!

Tanya Boden, Fusion Muse

Christine Stonefield, Sweet Girl Design

Inge von Roos, Inge's Blog

Toltec Jewels, Jewel School Friends

Norma Turvey, Moonlit Fantaseas

Mikala Coates, Maybe Just Perhaps

Sandra Wollberg, City of Brass