Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Michelle Mach's Suddenly Spring Challenge


Suddenly Spring Challenge

Hi Y'all,

It is the reveal day for Michelle Mach's Suddenly Spring Challenge.  Michelle had a few of these very pretty aqua colored faceted glass roundel bracelets (pictured above), that she decided she would put out there for a challenge.   One could leave the bracelet whole and add more strands to it or one could take the bracelet apart and use all or some of it to create your own piece of spring time beauty.
I chose to take the bracelet apart and use in four different pieces of spring time beauty.  Here is what I created.
Montgomery, AL has only one independent bead store, but there is a Hobby Lobby, Michael's, Joann's, and of course WalMart.  Well I was in Hobby Lobby looking around for something beady and I saw these acrylic flowers and butterflies and thought yeah these would be great for the Suddenly Spring Challenge so I grab a string of each.  Then I saw these fancy cut glass beads in beautiful sparkling colors so I grab a string of those too. A few clasps, and other stuff that did not go into this necklace, checked out and off I went to create while the idea was fresh in my head.


The earring wires came from Michelle as an added bonus.

I did not use all of the roundels in the above necklace so on another trip to Hobby Lobby, I just live a two miles from this place dangerous right, I saw some more neat flower components so I grab them along with some more stuff, checked out and went home and sat and looked at these flower components played with them until an idea struck.  


I strung a 4mm glass pearl and the flower components on to a head pin and made a wire loop then I made a chain using glass pearls in 4mm and 8mm, the aqua roundels, the rhinestone spacers, and some fancy cut glass beads.  Connected them all together and I put a heart shaped toggle on it and called it a Pocket Full of Posies.

I still had a few of the aqua roundels and rhinestone spacers left so I got some seed beads out and some 3mm Swaroski bicone crystals and made two Herringbone tubes.  I strung the tubes onto flex beading wire with some bead caps, the fancy cut glass beads, two of the aqua roundels, and three of the rhinestone spacers I used another heart shaped toggle and made a bracelet.  I had two aqua roundels left so I made a pair of earrings too and I call these Spring Bling!


Well there you have it. I really enjoyed this challenge it made me think and I do enjoy a challenge that makes me think on how I will used the focal item.  Thank you Michelle for thinking up this challenge and providing the focal element I really had fun with this one.

Here is a list of the other participants in this challenge. Please go by their blogs and see what they created.


Pamela - Someday Beads

Renetha - Lamplight Crafts

Sharyl - Catchenthesun


Therese  - Therese's Treasures You are here


Happy beading Y'all,
Therese




37 comments:

  1. Love the "Pocket Full of Posies" (and I agree with you that those retailer's can be DANGEROUS!)

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  2. Wow, you really captured Spring with your designs, love them all.
    Deb x

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  3. Spring has certainly sprung upon your beading table! The two necklaces you made are so bright and light ... and I love the southwest vibe of the braclet and earrings. Beautiful Therese!

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  4. I love what you did with the beads, Therese! It really looks like you're all ready for spring.

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  5. I love all these springy pieces! The acrylic flowers and butterflies are so fun! The beaded tubes you made for the last bracelet are beautiful.

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  6. Therese, I love the "Pocket Full of Posies"necklace. It features the colors of the year with all the orange and it is a great compliment to the aqua blue. I love lucite flowers but I always have trouble getting them to hang correctly in a piece - they always seem to flop over. I know I'm not doing it right. I would love to know how you did the wire loop on these and was that a string piece or wire? All your pieces certainly do say spring. The colors of the flowers in the first piece are so much fun and those earrings are way too cool. I love the herringbone piece as well. They all are totally different.

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  7. You definately represented spring very well with these. I loke that you made three totally different designs. My favorites are the last two pieces.

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  8. These are all beautiful...but that bracelet is so totally gorgeous! I love it!!!!

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  9. I can't pick just one! The are all wonderful and very spring inspired.

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  10. Wow! I can't believe you made such different pieces with that same set of beads. I really like how you used two pieces of herringbone on the side instead of a single piece in the center, which is how I usually see bracelets with that stitch. I'm going to look for those flowers at Hobby Lobby. Thanks for joining the challenge!

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  11. Therese, these are wonderful! I really like the youth and brightness of the first one, but LOVE the "Pocket Full of Posies" for its matte/shine mix~what a beauty that one is! And I am always drawn to weaving so I really like that last one as well. Welcome Spring!

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  12. Pretty! Love the posies necklace!

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  13. Therese, those are wonderful. I am in love with the Spring Time Bliss. I love those flowers and butterflies and the colors just make me so happy Spring is just around the corner.

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  14. The pieces are all so Springy! My favorite is the Pocket Full of Posies. I love the earrings too.

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  15. Flowers and butterflies oh my! I LOVE that.
    What a great color sense you have! The way you used the yellow and green beads is genius.

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  16. What a nice job you did on all of the jewelry pieces. The necklaces are very pretty but I have to say the bracelet is my absolute favorite :-) Must be those seed beads :)

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  17. Those orange flowers are making weak in the knees. Those are all lovely pieces.

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  18. Wonderful! I love all the pieces, but I think the orange flowers are my favorite. Something that could be worn right on into fall!

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  19. I like them all, but I think "pocket full of posies" is my fav. And, yeah, I get in trouble every time I go to Michael's. Lucky me, the nearest Hobby Lobby is an hour and a half away or I'd be in even more trouble! Beautiful job!

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  20. Therese, YOU are a treasure! So much prettiness...I am (right now!) going into The Room to try putting some aquas with some tangerines, because it is a spectacular combination. Thank you for once again providing great inspiration.

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  21. Therese - You totally hit it out of the park on this one. I love all the designs! So colorful, so fun, so Springtime! My favorite is "Pocketful of Posies."

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  22. Dear Theres--what Pine Ridge Treasures said! everything you made is fantastic! jean!

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  23. LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE these!!!!!! all the pieces are fantastic, but the flower-y and butterfly necklaces really make me SMILE!!!!! BRAVO!

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  24. The flower pieces are so bright and so fun!!! I love brights! I could see myself wearing the butterfly necklace :)

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  25. Therese, what a beautiful array of jewelry...so hard to believe they all started with the faceted glass and roundelle bracelet! My favorite is Pocket Full of Posies...it's just so springy and sweet!

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  26. Love the "Pocket full of Posies" necklace very Spring-y. The "Spring time Bliss" piece looks quite fun to wear too. It amazes me how so many of us have included orange in our pieces. Such a great combo of orange and aqua, would have never thought to pair it with pearls, but it give the necklace a delicate look.

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  27. These are all so beautiful. I love all your color combinations. You really excelled at the Spring theme!

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  28. What a great collection. I totally adore the first design. What great beads! All your designs are great, so different from each other and so special in the way you used the blue to enhance each piece. Terrific. ;-)

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  29. Beautiful work! I especially like "pocket full of posies" ;)

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  30. oh Therese, Pocket Full of Posies is a divine composition indeed!
    Springtime Bliss is fun and girly and very cute ,and Spring Bling is mature and sophisticated but still so much fun!
    What a beautiful bunch!

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  31. I LOVE your designs!!! You have a real artist's eye. I think my fav would be the posies!

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  32. I really love your designs. Great job :-)

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  33. Therese,
    What super fun pieces you created for this challenge!! I adore all the color you used. It really works to make these pieces sing of Spring.

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  34. Therese, I love your Spring creations! Spring Time Bliss looks like it would be so much fun to wear and I love the colors in Pocket Full of Posies. My favorite is Spring Bling, with your beautiful bead work!

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  35. Your floral necklaces are beautiful and just perfect for spring! I love the colours!

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  36. you REALLY outdid yourself! I particularly love the springy colors.

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  37. I'm not sure how I missed this post of yours - but wanted to tell you I LOVE all three designs. Especially Spring Bling. I am always amazed at what you can do w/those tiny little seed beads - so pretty!!

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