Hello and Happy New Year! I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season and am welcoming 2015 with peace and happiness. I am happy to return to the We're All Ears Challenge hosted by Erin over at Earrings Everyday I love the monthly challenge to make a new piece of my favorite style of jewelry and I missed it when I had to take some time away when life got in the way.
This month, we were given the new Panatone color of 2015 as our inspiration. I was excited when this year's color was announced because I find that shade looks very nice on me. It is a wonderful shade for both lipstick and nail polish. I can't wait to spend the year weaving the color into my jewelry designs.
I was given an Etsy Gift Card for Christmas and I patiently kept an eye out for something extra special that spoke to me to buy. (As a side note, several bead sellers lost out on a sale from me because they don't take gift cards!) Ashley Bonney's painted wooden beads just spoke to me the minute I saw her post about them on Face book. They are wood that are stained, and painted with watercolors. I just love them. The wood is very light and doesn't make the earrings heavy at all. I also purchased a pendant from her, and will be making a necklace with it very soon.
I had so much fun with this month's challenge and there are several great jewelry artists that have participated as well. Come check out their work here!
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I LOVE that you added the crystal - isn't it funny that it NEVER crosses my mind to add a little bling to something? it's the small touches that make it brilliant! =) Beautiful!! (and wood is one of my favorite things to work with)
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Those fuchsia spacers make your design dance and sing. Bravo.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful earrings. I love the wood beads and will have to check out the site.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful use of those painted wood focal. You choose well with your accents.
ReplyDeleteLovely! Like that were able to use your gift card. The nature of wood beads being light weight is very appealing!
ReplyDeleteI would never have thought to use the crystals and spacers with the wood beads but they work so well. Very nice.
ReplyDeleteThose wooden beads are little pieces of art in themselves and you brought them to life with a bit of sparkle! Lovely design...xx
ReplyDeleteSo fresh and delightful! The wood beads look like glass on my tablet! I like your color combinations! Beautiful!
ReplyDeleteYou discovered a treasure in those painted wooden beads. How cool! Such a creative use of unique components. Love them!
ReplyDeleteLove those wooden beads! Very nice design.
ReplyDeleteLove how you made the soft colors look so beautiful using wood. great color combo
ReplyDeleteOoh! Thanks for sharing a new-to-me artist on Etsy! I love the very Monet-inspired drops. Very springy and fresh! Thanks for joining in the We're All Ears challenge for January. Check back on February 6th for the next inspiration! Enjoy the day. Erin
ReplyDeleteOhhh these are just too cute!! Love the wooden beads and the sparkling touches... so perfect for Spring! Great interpretation :)
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