Summer Lovin' summer challenge kit hosted by Amy Severino

Hi Y'all,
Welcome to the Summer Lovin' kit challenge blog hop, but before I show y'all what I made with my kit from Amy, there is something I need to say.

Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear Amy, happy birthday to you and many more!!!!!

Okay now onto the hop.

Back near the end of May, Amy, put out the call for those that would be interested in doing her Summer Lovin' challenge.  Of course I jumped at it and then again why wouldn't I, just look at the beautiful items we would get to play and create with.  I paid my small fee for the kit and waited for it to arrive in the mail.

I am like so many, I love to get those bubble wrap envelopes in the mail.  I jumped for joy the day it arrived. I tore it open and dumped the contents out onto my work table and marveled at the beauty of the pendant and the lovely glass pearls and silver crystals and findings.  I knew right away what I was going to do with this kit, well at least the stitch I planned to use that is.  So I gathered it all back up and put it back into it's baggie and set it aside while I did other commitments that were due first.  Amy gave us a long time to do something with the kit and that is dangerous for a procrastinator like me.  I would come across the kit each time I went to my work table and say to myself I need to get started on this, but I still have time.  Well before I knew it it was July and of course there is the 4th celebrations and vacations to take, which by the way I got to meet three wonderful beady people on my trip north for a family reunion in Pennsylvania July 18th - 22nd, Christine Altmiller, Maryanne Gross and our hostess Amy Severino.  I met up with Christine on July 19th in Carlisle, PA,  we were having too much fun bead shopping and talking, that taking a picture never entered our minds and I regret this, but I did get one with Amy and Maryanne when I met them on July 22nd.

Me, Maryanne, Amy at Bead Soup in Savage, MD

Okay, okay, I hear you enough with the reminiscing and on with the reveal y'all want to see what I created I know.  So any way I got back home on July 23rd and I started my piece for Amy's challenge.  I finished it the next day and I am so proud of my piece because I did the whole piece without resulting to someone else's pattern or tutorial.

Without further ado here is my Summer Lovin' challenge piece...

I used RAW(right angle weave) as the base stitch and then embellished it with crystals and seed beads.  On the 4mm silver glass pearls I used 3mm metallic gold crystals and size 11 seed beads on the top and along the side I used size 11 gold seed beads and 3mm metallic silver crystals.  On the 6mm black glass pearls I used 4mm gold crystals and gold 11 seed beads on the top and along the side I used 4mm silver crystals with the gold 11 seed beads.  On the gold 6mm glass pearls I used 4mm silver crystals with silver 11 seed beads and along the side gold 4mm crystals with silver 11 seed beads.  I hung the pendant on the necklace and it just was not enough plain so I beaded a bezel around it with 11 and 15 silver and gold seed beads and then put a row around the outside edge with the 3 mm silver and gold crystals. 

Well I still had some silver 4mm pearls left, from the extra pearls I purchase from Michael's, and some gold 3 mm crystals, so I made a bracelet and earrings to match the necklace.

So there you have it my Summer Lovin' challenge pieces.  

Now it is time to go and see what the other's have made with their kits.

Participants in the Summer Lovin' Kit Challenge!
Reveal Date
August 1

Renetha LampLightCrafts

Lori B.

Kepi   A little of this, a little of that...

Shannon Falling Into the Sky

Maryanne Zingala's Workshop

Shirley Beads and Bread

Dawn Designs by Dawn Marie

Therese Therese's Treasures (You are here)

Vimala The Bead Diaries

Ginger lilmummy likes...

Linda Lindy's Designs

Kristen My Bead Journey

Lois ¿Que Onda Q'town?
Lucy K.
Debbie Beechy Beetique
Tanya A Work in Progress
Audrey Dreams of Absolution
Sandra Stories from the City of Brass
Mary MLH Jewelry Designs