I'm excited about coming across this challenge which you can read more about here on Make Bracelets Blog.
I think I was attracted to this challenge because it involves getting ready for summer!
Reveal date is Saturday April 21st so hop back over to see how many I managed to do...
I've signed up to participate in an earring challenge being hosted by Serena Trent of All Things Made Jewellery blog
Serena has put together a palette based on a fantasy art print called Love Letter 2 by Jamie Best.
I'm loving the colours and have got loads of ideas! You can read more and sign up to Serena's challenge here
Be sure to pop back on March 25th to see the results!
With the 5th Bead Soup Blog Hop Party still fresh on the blogs of the partygoers, Lori is already scheduling the 6th Party!
You can see more here or click on the Bead Soup button on the left.
I'm so looking forward to this one that I'm going to start selecting beads for my future partner straight away!
Lori's bead soup parties are great fun, make sure to put the sign up date in your calendar!
Today is the 5th Bead Soup party organised by Lori Anderson of Pretty Things blog. You've got to hand it to her, these parties span the whole world and require an organisational genius to run them!
Because of the unwieldy nature of the last bead soup party, this one was limited to 200 participants and I was really sad not to be one of the lucky 200 to be randomly selected. But it's ok, bead soup parties are infectious and I've enjoyed hopping around as much as I enjoyed taking part in the previous two parties. I've seen some stunning soup mixes and found some new blogs to follow...you can never see or learn enough!
So, I thought I would share some of my favourite soups du jour with you....
Rebecca Anderson at Songbeads
I hope you're enjoying the hop as much as I am!
I've been given a bag full of old costume jewellery to make, mend, break and re-make! Quite an exciting prospect and a real challenge to make some new pieces from it. I've spent some of the afternoon in my jewellery workshop just sifting and sorting, even the broken parts can be dismantled and used for new projects. This year is definitely taking the theme of making the best of what you've got, it's time to start de-stashing and using what I've got before I start buying any more....ok, heard that before but how long can I stick to it this time!?
Here's some pics of the jewellery ripe for recycling....
This was the challenge given by my little girl this evening....how could I refuse!?
Here's the challenge...
Here's the finished result...
I guess I am very lucky that the design was something I could do and also very proud that I appear to have a jewellery designer in the making who enjoys handmade jewellery as much as I do. I'm thinking that this is going to become a regular feature....!
I'm very excited about this year, from a creative point of view it's going to be even better than 2011. This is now the second year for Green Shoot Jewellery Designs blog, I chose the name of Green Shoot because it is derived from the meaning of my daughter's name and to me, she represents all that is fun, happy and growing in my life.
I've got loads of new things to share and do in 2012 but for the meantime, let's just celebrate a new year and the beginning of even more new things...
