Over the Hedge

Cabochon from Lisa Peters purchased at her booth from the Milwaukee Beads & Buttons show.  Carved rounds are 14mm antiqued jade.  Coins are 15mm grey feldspar which I thought resembled the rocks in the inspiration piece.  Put the toggle clasp together myself.  Bar is a comprised of two spacer beads, two beads, antiqued copper eyepin, and a copper coil that I wrapped in brown ribbon.

 September ABS Blog challenge inspiration is A hedgehog in a landscape by Giovanna Garzoni:

Check out this months entries to the ABS Blog challenge at www.flickr.com/groups/artbeadscene.

Ahead of the trends

On Monday I designed my pearl earrings

Just Fabulous introduced its new jewelry line designed by Kimora Lee Simmons.  These earrings are among the new line.

Pearls Galore

On Monday I decided that I needed a bracelet and earrings to go with the Jackie O my pearl necklace.  Here they are:

Black and Blue Tree of Life

This is my submission to the ABS September competition.  The tree of life pendant in white, blue, and black was handmade by ebay seller zansell.  I added the square blue beads and silver headpin accents to the black twisted oval chain.  I used the silver ribbon to tie into silver bail on the pendant.  The ribbon can be tied at any length to perfectly match any outfit.

Check out the ABS blog, artbeadscene.blogspot.com.

September inspiration:

Fall Fashion Trends

It seems that the TV show Mad Men has made its impact on fashion.  Banana Republic actually has a Mad Men Collection and Mod was all the rage on the catwalk.

It also appears that a few items from Steampunk will be popular: duster coats and ruffled collars

The 80's are rearing their ugly head with crew neck sweaters and rounded shoulder. 

Other trends for the fall are:

• Lad
• Luxe tux
• Primary Plaids
• Boudoir slippers
• Oversized pants
• Colorful snakeskin
• Wide brimmed hats
• Linear Midis

ABS August Blog tour

http://artbeadscene.blogspot.com/2011/08/draft-august-monthly-challeng-blog-tour.html

This link will take you to the August blog tour on the blog of Art Bead Scene. Enjoy all the wonderful submissions.

Amber Faire

My husband purchased the beautiful pendant for me at the Bristol Ren Faire. I was having trouble putting together the perfect necklace for the Art Bead Scene blog (ABS) August challenge. Everything fell into place when I decided to use my new pendant from Nagle Forge & Foundry.

Check out the ABS blog, artbeadscene.blogspot.com.



August inspiration:
Illustration for American Cresent Cycles by Frederick Winthrop Ramsdell (1899).