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Monday, March 12, 2012

Michelle Mach's Suddenly Spring Blog Hop

It's always so much fun to push yourself with challenges. This one, another by Michelle Mach, was a reasonably simple challenge. Take this bracelet (pictured below):



and create something with it. The idea is that it could be anything. I had the urge to put copper with the aqua coloured beads and decided to keep things classic after letting go a few of my wilder ideas. The photo below shows the finished necklace and matching earrings. I used herringbone weave in graduating seed beads, some hex ones thrown in for a bit of texture and feel the finished product is pleasing on the eye. The design can be worn with the toggle at front or back, for a different look.



And the other blog participants are listed below. Please visit them and leave comments to join in the fun.

Michelle - Beads and Books [Hostess]

Andrew - The Writing and Art of Andrew Thornton

Christa - Adventures of One Beady Woman

Dita - Alankarshilpa

Donetta - Simply Gorgeous

Erin - Erin Siegel Jewelry

Heather - As I Bead It (You are here)

Jean - Snap Out of It Jean - There's Beading to Be Done!

Karen - Over the Moon Design

Kate - We Can Make That At Home

Kay - Palm Coast Art

Kim - CianciBlue

Kristina - Wild Roses and Blackberries

Linda - Lindy's Designs

Lisa - Pine Ridge Treasures

Marlene - Amazing Designs by Marlene

Michelle - Reverie & Revival

Pam - The Crazy Creative Corner

Renetha - Lamplight Crafts

Sharyl - Catchenthesun

Terry - Pink Chapeau Vintage Jewelry

Therese  - Therese's Treasures

Pamela - Someday Beads

Heather

17 comments:

  1. Lovely combination. Beading is one of the things on my "bucket list". My mom was great at it, but never picked it up from her.

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  2. Heather, Your necklace and earrings are very pretty. I enjoy doing the herringbone stitch is is easy and versatile. You did a wonderful job with this challenge.
    Therese

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  3. A beautiful piece! I like how you warmed it up with the copper. What a great challenge!

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  4. Your design is the first one I have seen that used the spacers! But with the copper it works. The copper gives it a rustic feel, full of warmth and sparkle. Great job.

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  5. Love what you did with the beads. The combo of copper and aqua looks great. The herringbone stitch is not one I have tried yet but it looks great with what you did.

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  6. The copper and aqua are lovely together. I love your final design. The herringbone stitch gives a lot of texture.

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  7. I love the copper and aqua combo! Herringbone stitch does add a lot of texture. This necklace is definitely the kind you want to touch. You're making me want to pull out my seed beads again! Thanks for joining the challenge!

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  8. Great bead work and lovely color combo!

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  9. Oooh, I like the way you warmed it up with the copper. Very nice!

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  10. Love how the copper warms up the piece and moves it from icy blue to Springy blue! Lovely!

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  11. I love this cool design and theearrings, too!

    jean

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  12. Very pretty!! I love the herringbone with the graduated beads. It gives the piece a lot of movement and softens the blue.

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  13. Love the colour combo, aqua and copper are a great pairing. I do love pieces that make a feature of the clasp and I think you've inspired me to try beading with seed beads.
    Thanks for your comment on my post.

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  14. What a gorgeous necklace and earring set! Your work is stunning...and I love it when you can wear a piece with the clasp in the front or back!

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  15. Very pretty, I love the aqua and copper combo.

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  16. Thanks everyone for the lovely comments and for taking a look. ;-)

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