Sunday, September 16, 2012

Beading Babes Project 6

Hi Y'all,

It is time to reveal what I did with the Beading Babes project 6 choices.  Just a little recap on how Beading Babes works.  Every other month Karyn White of Releases by Rufydoof blog, the wonderful founder of the Beading Babes, selects 2 to 4 projects from either Beadwork or Bead and Button magazines that we can choose from to reproduce our version of the pattern.  One can do all or some of the projects.  For project 6 these following patterns were chose for us to choose from:

1. Retro Daisies by Janice Chatham published in the April 2012 Bead and Button magazine

2. Ripple Effect by Sherry Serafini published in the June/July 2011 Beadwork magazine

3. Soutastic Soutache Earrings by Amee McNamara published in the June 2012 Bead and Button magazine

4. Josephine's Collar by Jill Devon published in the June/July 2011 Beadwork magazine

I love all four of these choices and I bought the supplies for all four, but I ended up only getting two of the patterns done.  I did the Retro Daisies in two different color ways and I did the Ripple Effect, so without further ado here are my versions of these two patterns. 


 The first pattern I did was the Retro Daisies it was the least time consuming of the patterns.


This one I did in pastel colors of aqua, pink and light green netted base.



This one I did in jewel tone colors of dark red, blue and a green netted base.  The toggle in this one was made by Lesley Watts of the The Gossiping Goddess blog and these can be purchased in her Esty shop.


My second choice was the Ripple Effect it took me about 15 hours to make this one, but it was worth the time.


I chose a Czech glass button as the focal for my cuff.




Well there y'all go my pieces for Beading Babes project 6.  Beading Babes has grown by hundreds since Karyn started the Beading Babes group on facebook here we post our pictures on the facebook page and those of us with blogs do blog posts as well.  Thank you for stopping by I hope you enjoyed what you saw.


Happy beading Y'all
Therese














28 comments:

  1. Wow, Therese, you were a real over-achiever on this month's pieces. I was a slacker this month, only did the earrings, which I;ll post in a little while. Very beautiful, particularly the cuff. I love those peacock colors!

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  2. Holy Moly, Therese~ I absolutely love the color combos in each piece, and the beadwork is so precise. Phenomenal, my friend!

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  3. Wow Therese! All of your pieces are stunning! I love both colorways of the retro daisies design, and your ripple effect cuff is gorgeous! Love your work!!!

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  4. Therese!!! GORGEOUS!!! I am blown away by these bracelets! The Retro Daisy is so beautiful...I love the more earthy one and the whole style of the piece. And the cuff! When you showed me the button back in July, little did I know the grandness that was in its future! Magnificent!!!

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  5. Holy BUCKETS, what gorgeous gorgeous pieces! I love the cuff bracelet the colors are outstanding. If is fit for a Queen to wear! Your work is amazing!

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  6. WOWOWOWOW Therese!! I love all of them. Your daisies are so beautiful - I love both colorways! And that cuff. WOw. That is pretty stunning if I do say so myself! I love the way the button swirl mimics the swirling in the cuff. IT's just spectacular!!

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  7. Awesome work Therese!!! Love the Color choice you used - and that button focal in the second with that design is truly stunning. Wonderful detail throughout ;)

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  8. Therese, these are so gorgeous... and I can't believe you made that cuff in only 15 hours. You are amazing!

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  9. Mega Talented! Love everything you made.

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  10. Awesome, Therese!
    In your first piece I love the color mix (my favourites as you know). So lovely.
    And the second one, 15 hours, OMG!!!! But it was really worth it. This is a stunning jewelry work of art.
    Congratulations on what you made.
    Sabine

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  11. Beautiful, as always! I really love the elegant peacock colors of the cuff. Yum!

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  12. Omigosh Therese, I love these! Your retro daisies are absolutely perfect retro colours...gorgeous! And that cuff is just spectacular! Love the colour choices there as well, and that button focal works reeeeeelly well. Beautiful!

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  13. O my, I love your Ripple bracelet -- the peacock colours and effect are so lush and gorgeous! I hope you'll be making more of them -- with your skill I'm sure you'll soon have no problem churning them out within an hour.

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  14. Well done on both of these. I simply adore the gorgeous colours you chose for the ripple effect cuff. Brilliant. ;-)

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  15. Wow, that cuff is so gorgeous! Well done!

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  16. Oh my these are beautiful works Therese. I love the jewel tone colors of the Retro Daisies. Lovely!
    The cuff is so elegant and I drooled over that pattern in Beadwork. I'm afraid I'm not at that level yet. But I'm glad to see you did it and did it beautifully!

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  17. Well Done! I love the color combo for the daisy bracelet and the ripple bracelet is perfect. Super excited to see your accomplishments.

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  18. All of them are absolutely gourgeous . The first bracelet in light pastel colors I actually love.

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  19. Therese,
    These are gorgeous! All 3 are beautiful, but that Ripple Effect cuff is a labour of love! Don't know how you find the patience for embroidery, but I sure love the results :)
    Cheers,
    Alicia

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  20. Awesome work Therese. I particularly love the cuff. I'm amazed that you finished this in 15 hours. I took a class once with Sherry Serafini on a bead embroidery cuff. It took me months to finish. Gorgeous work.

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  21. Oh wow Therese...you seem to make me say that often. You really have a talent with those seed beads. And the time you take to create those beautiful designs is really worth it. Really fabulou

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  22. Your work always amazes me Therese! I wish I had the patience to do this sort of beadwork. Those retro daisies are my favorite. So sweet!

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  23. Therese all three of your pieces are stunning! Though I do have to say I love the colors dark red, blue and a green - gorgeous!!!!

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  24. I can't believe I missed this post! Where have I been?! This work is amazing, just stunning! and that cuff - I so want to try that stitch ... it is gorgeous!

    btw, I put your cuff up on freedom friday blog hop today linking to your interview :)

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  25. Love your Ripple Effects, Therese. The cab you chose is stunning. I am working on this pattern too and agree it does take time but yours certainly paid off. congrats! Are you going to keep it?

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