This year, my partner was the amazing Nadine Edris. We had such a fun time getting to know each other a bit. She loves earthy tones in her jewelry. I love her sense of style and balance in her pieces. Her page is here: https://www.facebook.com/moondancejewelrymaine (You can see what she made on this page - with what I sent her) I REALLY wanted to challenge her to step outta her earthy box....and boy did I ever send her something she'd NEVER used before...icy blues and whites. Can't WAIT to see her pieces! =)
On to my goodies! I received a load of GORGEOUS pieces - all with a beach theme. Now, if you know me - you know my OBSESSION with the beach. I just LOVE it! I've been to both oceans, the Gulf, and beaches in Jamaica and Puerto Rico. I LOVE the beach! So, this was a fuuuun project to work on. Nadine included a sweet little bronze charm that she made and it was kinda the jumping off point for me.
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If you follow my work, you know that I tend to work in coppers and silvers - but this year for some crazy reason I'm ALL about GOLD! Yellow gold - white gold - rose gold - all of it! So, these pieces are my first ever - GOLD pieces. Crazy, right? So, I wanted to make the charm a focal, so put it on some GERJUS new paperclip chain but it wasn't quite enough...so I pulled out the Mother of Pearl (MOP) pieces she'd sent and found some of the same colored chips in my stash. I REALLY wanted to pull in some pink to the piece...because of the next piece - you'll see why. SO, instead of using a traditional spacer (gold) I used hot pink seed beads. I love that they pull out the pink in the MOP beads, add some pop of color in an otherwise neutral palette, and they won't tarnish. 😇😇 I love how this one turned out. It's so cute and I loooove the gold chain bc it reflects light, almost making it sparkle. It's finished with a 2 strand toggle clasp.
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One to my "mack- daddy" piece. This one... this took some planning and strategy. I found this INCREDIBLE focal by Molly Cooley. I mean - LOOK AT THIS THING!! It's 2 sided and has a small ray of rasperberry dichro adding that simmer that the sun and clouds will produce. I just KNEW this was my focal! Thankfully, no one outbid me. ;) So, I got to thinking that this piece would be an AWESOME color block piece. I again when with the gold accents, so it would coordinate with the other piece. I, also, found in my stash these AHMAZING gold daisy spacers. I didn't want the whole thing in those spacers - I wanted to use those as a feature, if you will.I started with pink and gold fumed Czech glass, moved up to a lighter 1/2 pink and 1/2 crystal bead (to reflect the changing of the colors in the bead) and moved to white sea glass to represent the change of colors. Then I brought out the teals. OH MY GOSH the TEAL! I used some of the teal beads Nadine sent, which I LOOOVE (I need some more of those!), and found some INCREDIBLE *matching* Amazonite in my stash (notice the daisies?)! They are Dakota Stones star cuts - aren't they just *luscious*!?! Finally, another white and I added the topaz and brown Czech beads Nadine sent, to finish it off, just like the pendant. So...now I had a dilemma - if I make it short... you won't see the teal. If I make it long...what if I want it shorter? Solution: A nearly 1 foot long of more paperclip chain with a heart lobster clasp. I also added dangles of turquoise magnesite starfish, my CLASSIC BLUE 8mm bicone and another pink gold fumed Czech bead. Y'all - I'm in LOVE with this set. As you can see below - I can wear the mack-daddy WITH the other necklace or without...and I'm perfectly content with that.
Check out what my other friends made!
2020 Swap N Hop
Non-Seed Partners
Linda Anderson (Hostess) http://www.instagram.com/cherryontopdesign
Nadine Edris http://www.facebook.com/MoondanceJewelryMaine
Rozantia Petkova https://bairozan.blogspot.com/
Catherine La Vite http://drygulchbeadsandjewelry.blogspot.com/
Kari Asbury https://www.facebook.com/kariasburyjewelry/
Divya N https://www.jewelsofsayuri.com
Joanne Bell https://m.facebook.com/twinkiedinkyshop/
Sarah Reid http://www.instagram.com/sarahreiddesigns
Gloria allen https://www.facebook.com/GloriaAllenDesigns/
Jenny Kroeger http://www.facebook.com/reliccharm
Michelle Marson https://www.instagram.com/ellecountry/
Inge von Roos https://ingetraud.wordpress.com/
Colleen Foley https://m.facebook.com/colleenfoleycreations/
Marde Lowe http://fancimardesigns.blogspot.com
TerryJeanette Carter http://tappingflamingo.blogspot.com
Beccy Peterson https://www.facebook.com/Beccyp58/
Jackie Marchant http://www.instagram.com/jackiemariemarchant
Kathy Lindemer https://bay-moon-design.blogspot.com/
Seed Beaders
Dora Oresic https://www.facebook.com/nakitich/
Palak Udeshi https://www.facebook.com/udeshipalak/
Christina Hickman https://www.instagram.com/laughingsalmon/
Allison Rochelle http://www.instagram.com/akwindsong
Tina Hemr http://instagram.com/mariecaroldesigns
Naomi Knafla https://www.instagram.com/naomiknafla/?hl=en
Renetha Stanziano https://www.instagram.com/rrstanzi/?hl=en
Heather Canepa http://www.instagram.com/canepaheather
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This is such a nice summer palette that you have worked with. Reminds me of ice creams and cotton candy.
ReplyDeleteLinda, all your designs are so summery and fab! Love that multi color block piece, it's perfect for a day on the beach.
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