Live Bravely - March ABS submission

This necklace consists of varying shapes and shades of yellow on copper wire.  The antique copper lobster clasp connects to a spiral with a yellow bead at the center.  

I purchased the pendant from Pam and Heather Wynn's both at the Milwaukee Bead and Button show.  The pendant is attached by a handmade headpin that I enameled.  The bird seemed the perfect pendant for the inspiration piece for the message as well as the color and shape.

Spring Trends

Here are some of the trends for Spring 2013

Asian: silks, floral prints, sashes

Flamenco - frilly accents and flowers

Luxe Denim

Sport 

Safari - animal prints

Boudoir - lingerie style items like silks, sheers, bras

February Art Bead Scene Blog Tour

I am always excited when the blog tour is posted.  I feel like a little kid looking to see the comment about the piece I submitted.  Here is the comment for my piece this month:

"I love the unexpected used for those things we take for granted.  Buttons in particular fascinate me.  I have loads of them but none as pretty as the buttons that Miss Angela used for her pretty boho chic earrings."

Bermuda Teardrop earrings

These earrings are my submission for the February Art Bead Scene blog challenge.

The buttons are handmade by buttonalia.etsy.com.  The color is Bermuda blue.  I noticed a hint of blue in the clothing which is why I selected these buttons.  The frosted glass teardrops  incorporate the red from the inspiration piece.

INSPIRATION PIECE: Heijinja by Toshi Yoshida

January Blog Tour

I was very excited to see that my one of my pieces was featured in the blog tour this month.

The comment on my piece: "I really like the simple design that Angela Lund-Logan (above) shares with us this month. The bright chartreuse green of the persimmons is what drew her attention and I like the shape of the necklace to let those art beads speak loudly."

Check out the blog and see some beautiful peacock and other creations.

January ABS - Persimmons

I have another submission to the January ABS challenge.  The beads are by Odd Designs NC (odddesignsnc.etsy.com).  I handmade the earwires and headpins.  I love using my torch to create the balls on the end of the wire.

The beads look just like the persimmons in the inspiration piece Black Peacocks with Japanese Persimmons by Jessie Arms Botke

January ABS - Lime Corona

My submission for the January Art Bead Scene Blog challenge is Lime Corona.

I used copper chain accented by green. The green fruit (Japanese persimmons) in the inspiration piece drew my attention immediately.  Probably because green is my favorite color and I adore this shade.


All  of the green beads were purchased at the Milwaukee Bead & Button show.  The clasp is from Odddesignnc (etsy.com).  The connectors are from Earthenwood studios. 

 Inspiration piece: 

Black Peacocks with Japanese Persimmons