April AJE Component of the Month

The very sweet and talented Lesley Watt of Thea Elements and Thea Jewellery is this month's component host and designer and she did not disappoint!  Lesley created some very cool ceramic button clasps!

I asked for a surprise and received a fun organic stoneware one with pretty green glaze.  I decided early on that I was going to make a bracelet.  A couple of weeks ago, I made my first viking knit and decided to use it in my design.

I had some brass caps that I torch-fire enameled with sapphire enamel...my new favorite color!  

I cut a copper oval and textured it by running it through my Sizzix Big Kick...I really like the result! And, surprise, surprise, I added some Czech glass flowers!

Thanks, Lesley!  I had fun creating with your cool button!

Here is the list of other participants...go and show them some button love ;)

Guests
Johana Nunez
Leah Curtis
Perri Jackson

AJE Team
Lesley Watt
Keirsten GIles
Caroline Dewison
Rebekah Payne
Jenny Davies-Reazor
Jen Cameron
Diana Ptaszynski
Kristen Stevens
Francesca Watson
Melissa Meman - me!
Linda Landig
Sue Kennedy

Don't enter this giveaway...

because I want to win!

The talented Lesley Watt is celebrating 1000 sales in her component shop, TheaToo and is offering a beautiful necklace and set of her signature bronze components as giveaways!  Like I said, don't even think about entering to win these sweet pieces, because I am in love with that necklace!

Just kidding...sort of...well, not really.  Go ahead and enter :)

Let it Snow!

I participated in Art Jewelry Element's November Component of the Month Challenge.  This month's component was a gorgeous snowflake created by the talented Lesley Watt of bronze clay.  Aren't these fabulous?  Big, too...like an inch and half!

I have to admit I was a little stumped, but I pulled it together at the last minute!

I decided to use white enamel and created a back plate for the snowflake and riveted them together.  While I was at it, I enameled an assortment of filigree beads to incorporate as well.

I used some faceted white Czech glass beads that have been in my stash for a while...my crappy photos don't show their yummy matte finish.  Needing something else, just a tad smaller, for variety, I remembered I had a few howlite beads left over from a rosary and incorporated those as well.

Of course, I was singing "let it snow, let it snow, let it snow" all last night!

Thanks for stopping by!  Go see what my colleagues created!

Jennifer Cameron

Kristi Bowman-Gruel

Diana Ptaszynski

Kristen Stevens

Jenny Davies-Reazor

Lesley Watt

Francesca Watson

Melissa Meman (ME!)

Joanne TInley

Linda landig

Sue Kennedy

Jean Wells

Marie- Noel Voyer-Cramp

Therese Frank