Lily's of the Valley Jewelry & Creative Creations: August 2012

Friday, August 17, 2012

Another big reveal !! this time with LINKS !

. Well I had a new challenge ,To use links ,

And let me tell you this was NOT easy i have no problem admitting it the links are so pretty , and they snap together to form a chain , but the Challenging part was that Peggy asked us NOT to use them as just a chain , but to use them with other materials , and I received them and wow they were soo cool i had a fun time just playing with them , but then i got down to work , I got to work on it , the links alone screamed FALLING LEAVES !!!! ... i finished it , and saw it and decided it needed to have something "fixed" and well i broke what was holding it the way i needed it ... so i fixed it again , and boy am I nervous and slightly intimidated , I cruised around the blogs in the challenge and there are some INCREDIBLE pieces !!!! but I really LOVE my piece and I AM proud of it ! but it's a little nerve racking when your up against some really great jewelry makers :) and they all did awesome jobs , please visit Peggy's blog , Charming Peggi's to vote on the one you love the best the prize is a gift certificate to Peggy's store , of course i would LOVE it if you voted for me , please vote for the one YOU love the best , I have great respect for everyone who took this on because it was thinking WAY WAY WAY outside the box and i want the best to win , ...... and without further chit chat .... here is my entry ....

I call it Falling Leaves ,

I thought it looked like a willow tree with there long branches with long leave on them , there was a beautiful willow tree in the field across from my best friends apartment long ago , shes passed on now , but i remember playing under the willows , please enjoy , and hope to the other entry's below and go vote and thanks so much for stopping by !!!

The other link challenge entry's ....

Ilenia Ruzza

Shelley Graham Turner

Tania Spivey

Ambra Gostoli

Kashmira Patel

Linda Florian <<---- this is me

Wednesday, August 15, 2012

All the pictures from the Bead Soup Blog party #6....

Well here are the rest of my pieces i made for the Bead Soup Blog Party !

Now my lovely partner gave me a few pieces I could use and put together , to make one piece and she has said that if i wanted i could use them separately , and i fiddled and tested and what I came up with is something I truly adore !!!! I hope you do as well , so without further interruption , here is my whole Bead Soup Blog Party #6 Set ...

Useing my focal .....

This is my other piece that used my focal piece , I was given a few to be used as I wished , I came up with this and I have to admit I fell in LOVE !!! , It's a Brass flower, that is bent with a curve so it sits on the wrist really well, Added to it are two brass links ,I added some pretty Dangles with the black and green beads that came with my soup and were used in my necklace , I also used the swirly wire that I (and everyone else) LOVED !!! this time I wanted it to have a little more weight to it so I slipped a gold pearl inside it , It needed just a little something then i remembered that I had also I received a long ribbon of sari cloth , which was sooo pretty and after I finished the bracelet and was trying to think of something else to just make it complete I was flipping around in a magazine, and noticed a few pieces in there that had silk ribbon or sari cloth just tied on , and I thought I'd try it and it worked wonderfully and i ADORE IT!!!.. I LOVE THIS PIECE SOO much I hope you guys like it as well ....

The gallery below are the pair of earring I made to just finish off the piece set , I love making earrings , they are my favorite things to make because you can do so much with out using allot of materials and a simple pair of earrings can really complete a look ....... They are made with the frosted green beads from my soup that were used in my necklace , (those beads were my FAVORITE.. I wish i had a huge jar full !!!!!!!) and the green crystals , as well as small creamy green crystals to make them have the graduated look , then again I HAD to add the swirly beads because ... well JUST because , and because i adore danglys on my pieces I put a few little green crystals on headpins and hooked them on there ........ the two of them ON me were taken by my 6yo Lily , and i thought they looked kinda cool , so i had to put them on because she was SOOOO proud of having taken them ,

Picture by Lily May

pictures by Lily May

Well I hope you guys all enjoyed .... I know i LOVED making all of my pieces , as well as the challenge posed by receiving beads you don't know if you'll love , if the colors will be something u use , and IF your imagination will go to the places you need it to ..I wanted to clear it up , ... All of my pieces were done on time , I had issues with my camera , this may not matter to some , and some may have been upset that they were not all done at the same time , I just did NOT think to take pictures days in advance (besides it was raining buckets for 3 days ! ) But ... I had gotten pictures of my necklace , and my daughter needed something , I stopped to get her lunch , and came back to finish and my camera was dead , and i had NO batteries , (ain't that always the way ?) .. anyway , i had no car to go anyplace and my husband did not get them even tho i asked him , but he works 12 hours a day and i felt bad nagging him to pick up batteries after 12 hours at work , well anyway i got batteries today , and got some pictures of EVERYTHING , I made the necklace which you saw , and i got sooo many lovely comments on and i thank you all for that , they made me feel really good !!! .. I really enjoyed it , the one thing i learned ... TAKE PICTURES AFTER YOUR DONE !!! so you get the PICTURES ALL UP AT THE SAME DANG TIME ... that and KEEP BATTERIES FOR YOUR CAMERA ON HAND AT ALL TIMES !!!!!!

I hope you guys comment .... and show me some Beading love :) ...
Thanks y'all .....
Linda ...

Saturday, August 11, 2012

My Bead soup party #6 reveal

This is my reveal .... I will be coming back later on in the weekend to add a picture of the other piece i made with the gorgeous focal that my lovely partner sent me , If you want to check out her reveal check her out here http://windbent.wordpress.com/2012/08/11/6th-bead-soup-my-dramatic-reveal/ she did such a amazing job , it's so fun to see what a Pile of beads turns into in the hands of someone , well my pile of beads turned into this ... She gave me the lovely clasp , the black green and clear crystals , as well as the awesome green and black puffy twisted frosted beads which i ADORED and wished i had oodles of them ... OK enough talk I'm sure you want to SEE what i made , ...... alright *gulp* ... nerves setting in .... OK .... here we go ...

There you have it , my creation ..... I though it came out really beautiful ... it hangs really pretty , the open swirly links , the hallow floral beads an the gemstone chips are mine ....

As promised I shall post soon the other piece i made that's floral and beautiful .... don't want to give away to much about it .....

Please check out all the the other people who participated in the Bead Soup , and ENJOY !!! and be inspired , and please comment on people pages so they can feel the love !!!

and thanks sooo much for checking out mine

Please check out Lori Anderson's site for all the beady goodness , and to see the first reveal and the 3rd reveal in another week , and to check out some amazing artist , check out there Blogs , there Etsy sites and to see when the next bead soup blog party is so maybe you can be doing what I'm doing this time ... It's how i got involved in it , and I'm sooo glad i did and i hope i get to do it again !!!!

Thanks for stopping by , come back soon ,

Linda.....

http://lorianderson-beadsoupblogparty.blogspot.com/