Art Jewelry Elements October Component Blog Hop

Hi Y'all,

Back on September 27th, Kristen Stevens of My Bead Journey announced the October Component on the Art Jewelry Elements blog with a giveaway of two extra sets.  I was not one of the lucky winners, but I was able to purchase a set so I could participate in the blog hop.  Unlike the other participates I was able to choose the set I wanted. I chose the mustard colored set the forth set on the top row.

It took me a little while to know how I was going to use these cute little components in a piece.  Kim Hora of  kimmykats blog told me about Monomint in Etsy, so of course I had to go and check it out.  I found a lot of nice tutorials and I purchased the beaded bead tutorial that I used in my piece.

I made the beaded beads with 6 mm green bicone crystals, 6 mm Quartzite and copper bead caps strung on 18 gauge copper wire.  I also strung the beaded beads in the set from Kristen on the 18 gauge copper wire with the 6 mm green crystals. I then pieced them all on a copper chain.

The pendant I made with a copper filigree square and I put the beaded leaf with a dangle made with 2 3 mm Lt. Topaz crystals and 1 6 mm green crystal.  I connected the pendant to the copper chain with the same combo as the dangle. 

I call this piece Aspen Trails, because the color of the beaded components remind me of the golden yellows of the Aspen trees in the fall.

Thank you for stopping by and taking a look at my piece, now please go and visit the Art Jewelry Elements blog to see what the others created with their October components.

Happy beading Y'all,

Therese