AJE Component of the Month for March

Better late than never!  Due to some unforeseen circumstances, I was not able to post my piece using Jo Tinley's wonderful hollow copper bead on Monday, but I perservered and finally have a finished piece.

Here is a gander of what Jo sent us...aren't they wonderful!  I would like the whole handful!

I kept it simple, but I wanted the bead to be the focal, so I encircled it with a copper washer that I texturized to match the bead.  I embellished with a pretty orphan lampwork bead by Sue Kennedy, some Swarovski crystals in Palace Green Opal, and some fluted copper beads, all wired to copper chain.

Jo sent some sweet little heart charms as well and I added one as a dangle underneath the focal.

Sorry I was late to the party, but I had fun creating it.  If you haven't already seen what others created  using these fab beads, go now!

Carolyn (Carolyn's Creations)

Jess Green

Niky Sayers

Jo Tinley

Jennifer Cameron

Jenny Davies-Reazor

Susan Kennedy

Linda Landig

Kristen Stevens

Francesca Watson

Lesley Watt

Thanks for stopping by...I know I have been pretty sporadic in blogging, but we all have lives to live, right?

One Crayon Color Challenge

Sally Russick over at The Studio Sublime  hosted this cool challenge/blog hop based on choosing one crayon color and using as many colors in that family to create a piece of jewelry...easy, right?  Uh, not so much!

Here are my pieces....My color was green. It is my  "go to" color.  I knew I wanted to stick to enameled components...so I made some flowers, discs and headpins and went to town.  Oops, after pulling my necklace together and getting it completely done, enamel started chipping off.  What?  I realized that since I had texturized my flowers, not as much enamel had stuck on one flower...lesson  learned. I kept going, though and wrapped the flowers along with tiny dapped and enamel discs, with copper headpins onto a copper wire structure I created.  I left one side open enough to use a hand-wrought copper s-clasp.  I embellished the focal with an enameled leaf charm and a couple of Czech glass flowers.

I had these discs that I enameled that I decided wouldn't work with the simple necklace, so I made a pair of earrings.  I wrapped them onto sterling chain and added some Czech glass beads as accents.

Thanks for stopping by...sorry  I am so late in posting...make sure you go and visit the other artists who created beautiful items  for this challenge/hop!

Hosted by:

Sally Russick  http://thestudiosublime.com

Red

Therese Frank  http://theresestreasures59.blogspot.com

Rochelle Brisson  http://acreativechelle.blogspot.com

Lisa Lodge   http://pineridgetreasures.blogspot.com

Malin de Koning  http://beadingbymalindekoning.blogspot.com

Bobbie Rafferty   http://beadsong.blogspot.com

Orange

Linda Landig  http://LindasBeadBlog.com

Cherrie Fick  http://designsinthelight.com

Beth McLarnan http://threetrees-art.blogspot.com

Cece Cormier  http://thebeadingyogini.com

Renetha Stanziano   http://lamplightcrafts.blogspot.com

Tanya Goodwin  http://pixiloo.blogspot.com

Jean Welles  http://jeanawells.blogspot.com

Amy Severino   http://amybeads.blogspot.com

Rebekah Payne   http://treewingsstudio.com

Lola Surwillo  http://.beadlolabead.blogspot.com

Judy Turner   http://silver-rains.blogspot.com

 Yellow

Jennifer Justman  http://soulsfiredesigns.blogspot.com

Rose Brisson    http://ahteesblog.blogspot.com

Kim Bender  http://www.kimmykats.com/

Heather Powers   http://humblebeads.blogspot.com

Shelly Joyce  http://www.aujourlejour-shelly.blogspot.com

Blue

Cherie Reed  http://creativedesignsbycheri.blogspot.com

Rebecca Anderson  http://songbeads.blogspot.com

Hope Smitherman  http://craftyhope.blogspot.com

Patti Vanderbloemen  http://myaddictionshandcrafted.blogspot.com

Michelle Buettner  http://MiShelDesigns.blogspot.com

Alicia Marinache  http://allprettythings.ca

Charissa Sloper   http://blog.obsidiansoda.com

Sonya Stille  http://dreaminofbeads.blogspot.com

Maria Grimes  http://mariagrimes.blogspot.com

Nancy Saccoccio  http://risingdesigns.blogspot.com

Sandi Volpe   http://sandivolpe.com

Joanne Tinley  http://daisychaindesignsjewellery.blogspot.com

Catherine Pruitt  http://boobeads.blogspot.com

 Green

Mary Harding  http://maryhardingjewelrybeadblog.blogspot.com

Karin Gilman http://www.qaygee.blogspot.com/

Jayne Capps   http://mamasgottodoodle.blogspot.com

Lorelei Eurto  http://lorelei1141.blogspot.com

Melissa Meman http://melissameman.blogspot.com

Alice Peterson  http://alice-dreaming.blogspot.com

Jenny Davies Reazor   http://www.jdaviesreazor.com

Cynthia Machata    http://antiquitytravelers.blogspot.com

Melissa Essenburg  http://chinookdesigns.blogspot.com

Regina Santerre  http://reginaswritings.blogspot.com

Lauren Streets  http://ornthoughts.wordpress.com

Elizabeth Auld  http://beadsforbusygals.com

Purple

Tracy Mok   http://bumblebeadsdesigns.blogspot.com

Jennifer Judd Velasquez http://jenjuddrocks.blogspot.com

Marti Conrad  http://marticsclay.blogspot.com

Lori Anderson  http://prettythingsblog.com

Donna Bradley  http://strandedbeads.blogspot.com

Courtney Breul  http://beadsbybreul.blogspot.com

Linda Younkman   http://lindysdesigns.blogspot.com

Susan Kennedy  http://www.suebeads.blogspot.com

Lisa Liddy   http://Lisaliddy.wordpress.com

Tracy Stillman  http://www.tracystillmandesigns.com

Dawn Doucette  http://designsbydawnmarie.blogspot.com

Brown

Diana Ptaszynski   http://suburbangirlstudio.com

Shannon Chomanczuk  http://formysweetdaughter.blogspot.com/

Janice Everett   http://JLynnJewels.blogspot.com

Karen Williams  http://Baublicious.blogspot.com

Black

Kashmira Patel  http://sadafulee.blogspot.com

Heidi Post  http://expostfactojewelry.blogspot.com/

Birgitta Lejonklou  http://lejonklou.blogspot.com/

Holly Westfall  http://silverrosedesigns.blogspot.com/

Karin Slaton  http://backstorybeads.blogspot.com