Michelle Mach's 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.

Michelle - Beads & Books [Hostess]

Andrew - The Writing & Art of Andrew Thornton

Christa - Adventures of One Beady Woman

Dita - Alankarshilpa

Donetta - Simply Gorgeous

Erin - Erin Siegel Jewelry

Heather - As I Bead It

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

Pamela - Someday Beads

Renetha - Lamplight Crafts

Sharyl - Catchenthesun

Terry - Pink Chapeau Vintage Jewelry

Therese  - Therese's Treasures You are here

Happy beading Y'all,

Therese