tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64594457910448615582024-03-12T23:58:55.435-04:00nanmadeAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06575401642213900349noreply@blogger.comBlogger113125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6459445791044861558.post-31617229193042021952017-03-25T13:44:00.000-04:002017-03-25T13:44:48.455-04:00Here I am finally!!!!Welcome to the <a href="http://www.prettythingsblog.com/" target="_blank">9th Bead Soup Blog Party, Hoarders Edition hosted by the wonderful Lori Anderson, creator of the original Bead Soup Blog Party. </a>Despite suffering through some really difficult health issues over the last couple of years she has returned better than ever with this year's event! There are approximately 150 international bead and jewelry artists participating today. The idea is to send some precious, hoarded beads to a partner chosen by Lori who sends similar treasures to you.Each person attempts to create jewelry that does justice to the beads they receive and posts pictures of it on their blog on the day of the party. It is an amazing opportunity to challenge yourself and make new friends all over the world and the day of the party gives all of us much inspiration and eye candy when we hop around to the other blogs to see everyone's reveals!<a href="https://www.blogger.com/"></a><br />
My partner is<a href="https://de.pinterest.com/DasWolli/bead-soup-blog-party-2017-bead-hoarders-editi" target="_blank"> Sandra Wollberg </a>from Germany who sent me the most beautiful handmade lamp work glass beads that she has hoarded for years. They are a wonderful soft, rich colour of spring green and stumped me for a long time. In the end I decided to keep it simple and to just highlight the beauty of the beads with a classic bracelet with copper accents. This is a lesson I've finally learned after years of jewelry design. It's sometime best to let the beads speak for themselves instead of trying to overpower them with my own message.<br />
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I think I will get a lot of wear out of this bracelet since it's just my style, simple and classic. I've realized that every piece doesn't have to be a statement piece! Now I just have to add a clasp and it's ready to go!<br />
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Unfortunately the beads that I sent to Sandra have been lost in transit and I'm just devastated that she hasn't received them. I'm hoping that she will still receive them and will have the opportunity to enjoy them. Here is the teaser photo that I took of the beads I sent.<br />
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Thank you sticking with me this far. Please hop on over to <a href="http://www.prettythingsblog.com/" target="_blank">Lori's blog</a> and see what she has created , then check out some of the other wonderful artists participating in the party!<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06575401642213900349noreply@blogger.com54tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6459445791044861558.post-28519570296176098012017-02-22T14:20:00.000-05:002017-02-22T14:20:34.109-05:00Polymer Clay ChallengeHi there! It's been 8 weeks since I started Katie Oskin's #2017PCChallenge and so far I've been posting new items every week on the group <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/2015PCChallenge/" target="_blank">Facebook page</a>.<br />
Since I've become totally addicted to polymer clay cane making I have amassed a LOT of canes!. So I've decided that my challenge this year is to make something every week that uses one of my many canes. I have about 30 boxes filled with canes and they just keep growing because I can't seem to stop! This is one example of the boxes.<br />
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Anyway I've managed to make some use of some of the canes with this challenge but there is a long way to go. Here are my creations for week 1- week 8.</div>
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Nan.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06575401642213900349noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6459445791044861558.post-29557982307895889162017-02-20T21:52:00.000-05:002017-02-20T22:11:13.765-05:00My beads have arrived from Germany!Lori Anderson of <a href="http://www.prettythingsblog.com/2017/01/announcement-of-bead-soup-blog-party.html" target="_blank">Pretty Things</a> has undertaken to host another blog party and I've signed up for it. Lori has the best parties and I for one, am very happy that she is feeling well enough after a couple of very tough years with illness. Of course as soon as she announced she was doing this there was a great response from the online jewelry making world. She planned on 40 and hoped for 80 people to sign up but she underestimated her popularity because there are 160 of us coming to the party! It will be a wild time since we are expected to visit everybody's blog on the reveal day. I can't wait!<br />
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I actually started this blog 4 years ago in order to be part of the <a href="http://wirednan.blogspot.ca/2013/04/bead-soup-blog-party-3rd-reveal.html" target="_blank">7th Bead Soup Blog Party</a> and also took part in the<a href="http://wirednan.blogspot.ca/2014/05/yay-its-finally-here-bsbp-reveal-day.html" target="_blank"> 8th annual party</a>. I had a wonderful, creative time as a result and made 2 wonderful new friends with my partners. Hugs and kisses to Rita and Michi.<br />
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This time I've been partnered with Sandra Wollberg from Wiesbaden, Germany and even though I don't know her very well yet I can tell that she is very organized! We only received our partners last Saturday and Sandra sent off my beads right away. The postal system in Germany must be super efficient because I received the beads on Thursday , 6 days later! That must be a record.<br />
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Here are the lovely lampwork beads made by Korina Stieler (Germany) which Sandra has hoarded for many years. I am thrilled that she has decided to give them to me for this event. she doesn't have an active blog but will be posting her creations on <a href="https://de.pinterest.com/DasWolli/bead-soup-blog-party-2017-bead-hoarders-edition/" target="_blank">her pinterest page.</a><br />
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If you'd like a sampling of Bead Soup please check back here on March 25th to see what Sandra and I, and 158 other keen jewelry artists create with our hoarded Bead Soup. Thanks again Lori for hosting the party.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06575401642213900349noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6459445791044861558.post-43960252465534766072017-01-09T16:50:00.002-05:002017-01-09T16:50:24.167-05:00I had this idea....I have been having soooo much fun this past year experimenting with polymer clay techniques. It really is a rabbit's hole life where the more you discover, the more you discover that there is more to discover! During one of my clay adventures I had this idea for using translucent clay with one of my favourite clays, metallic gold. The results were great and when I posted them online I had several requests for a tutorial.<br />
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Since I love sharing what I do I decided to give it a try using the Adobe Spark app which makes it quite easy since you just use sequential still photos and write captions to go with the photos. No fussing with video and worrying about how you sound. The results are quite good although the format is not to everyone's taste as far as viewing it goes. <br />
I posted it on Facebook and had some lovely feedback from many friends who also shared their results with the tutorial which was quite gratifying.( I can't seem to find those pictures)<br />
Here are the links to part 1 and 2 of the tutorial.<br />
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However, life goes on and I spent a busy fall and holiday season which included my very first live polymer clay workshop which I taught at a local bead store, Beads of Colour, whose owner organizes a full term of fabulous jewellery classes. <br />
<a href="http://www.beadsofcolour.com/workshops.php" target="_blank">http://www.beadsofcolour.com/workshops.php</a> It was a thrill to be asked to participate and even though I'm totally self-taught, I soon realized that I have a lot of knowledge, skills and experience to share and help spread the love of polymer clay.Here's a picture of the some of the cuff bracelets made by my class.<br />
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The New year started with a bang for me when Pearl Blay featured my tutorial on her jewellery making blog, The Beading Gem.<br />
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That was a lovely way to start the year and I received lots of positive feedback again! Just when I thought it couldn't get any better, Toni Ransfield, an artist whom I follow on Facebook http://www.exclusivedesignz.com/<a href="http://www.exclusivedesignz.com/" target="_blank">http://www.exclusivedesignz.com/</a>, used my tutorial to make a cane and covered a pen with it. Her work is phenomenal and the resulting pen is stunning.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06575401642213900349noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6459445791044861558.post-2115857472595914272016-09-27T15:37:00.002-04:002016-09-27T15:37:27.589-04:00My first workshop!I decided it was time to update my blog and I found this incomplete draft sitting in Blogger waiting for some pictures and publishing! What can I say? It's been a busy summer! Here is the very belated post about the Bettina Welker workshop in Toronto on August 6th.<br />
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This weekend was the Bettina Welker Polymer Clay workshop I organized. What a great experience it was! It all started when Bettina posted on Facebook that she was coming to Canada on vacation with her family this summer. She asked if any guilds wanted to run a workshop for her to teach. I love Bettina's work and really wanted the chance to learn from her but don't belong to a polymer clay guild. (the closest guild to me isn't very convenient). I have become very active on Facebook and belong to several Polymer Clay groups so I figured that I could find enough clayers to make it work.<br />
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There are very few polymer clay events in Canada because we're still a very small number compared to the US and Europe.But there are some very talented polymer artists here.Unfortunately we are such a big country that we're all pretty far apart. I attended a workshop last year with Helen Breil who luckily lives goes quite close to me. That was the beginning of getting to know other local polymer clayers. Contacting those folks and advertising on Facebook started the process of finding participants for the workshop. Several other people helped out by spreading the word. Thanks to Helen Breil, Jane Penner, Wendy Orlowski of Shades of Clay, and Pearl Blay from the Beading Gem for getting the word out.<br />
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I learned a lot about organizing workshops and will hopefully do better next time. I probably took on more work than needed but it resulted in a great day. There are so many factors to consider like venue, cost, parking,diets, sponsors, supplies just to name a few. I was happy that Bettina is an expert at teaching workshops and is extremely well organized . With her input and suggestions from many of the students everything came together quite nicely.</div>
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I have to mention that all of the clay for the workshop was supplied by Staedtler, Canada . We were given everything that Bettina listed on her supply list, including 5 full blocks( 2-3 oz.) of Fimo Professional each and a bottle of Fimo liquid clay to share between every two participants at the workshop. It was great to have the opportunity to work with the new Fimo and it was wonderful to work with. Really rich colour saturation and easy to condition.</div>
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Bettina was an absolute joy to work with and to learn from. She shared so many tips and techniques that I'm sure I will use them for years to come in all of my polymer work. She is super organized and has a great manner for teaching. Concise and on topic but always with a keen sense of humour and a generous spirit.</div>
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It was fabulous getting to know everybody and seeing the incredible artistry and skill from everyone in the group.I can't really show the work done by everybody here because there were too many of us. Here are some pictures of some of the results and just a few of my new friends!</div>
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I hope you enjoyed this little visit to my workshop. One of the best times of my recent years! Both organizing and attending it! Who knew?<br />
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Here's the teacher and the organizer at the end of a wonderfully tiring day! </div>
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Thank you Bettina for a once in a lifetime experience and to all of the participants for helping out before and during the workshop. I couldn't have done it without all of you. </div>
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It's construction , and 111 other Ontario libraries, was partially funded by a grant from the Carnegie Foundation. It is now the home of the Dundas Art and Crafts Foundation and an artist run gallery.<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"> </span></div>
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The show was entitled Homage and consisted of 38 different necklaces designed and made by a Canadian jewelry artist, Donald A. Stuart. The collection was created as a celebration and tribute to Canadian women, past and present. Each neck piece was accompanied by a sketched portrait and biography by Susan Benson RCA, curator of the exhibition<div>
Stuart in his own words explains his work. <i style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">“Necklaces are one of the oldest forms of human adornment and were worn by both men and women. However, from approximately the 19<span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 13.3333px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">th </span>century onward they were predominately worn by women to denote style, status and wealth. Necklaces are archetypal symbols of power and importance and are a fitting vehicle to represent [leading] women in Canadian history. The choices of materials for each necklace are as varied as the women themselves, each infused with meaning and significance"</i></div>
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Now here are the necklaces. I hope you enjoy the samples I have included here. It was a very sunny day and each necklace was behind glass so it was difficult to get clear pictures without glare. I have included the ones that appealed to me either artistically or historically, or in some cases both. The first one is a stunning piece of silver work representing Pauline Johnston (1861-1913) a Native Canadian poet and has the tip of a quill pen at one end and feather at the other. The feather is an iconic symbol of the First Nations people and it also references quill pens which were used at the time in our history.</div>
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Of course there was other art in the gallery. Rosemary Aicher's ceramics were also on exhibition. Beautiful work.<br />
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<i>“In this exhibition I lift images from the pages of my sketchbooks and project it onto the enduring form of the ceramic object, the timeless technology of human culture. When Gilgamesh set out to carve his story on the walls of Uruk he was searching for a kind of immortality. When I print the drawing on the surface of a ceramic vessel I seek to mark the brief moments of existence in the arc of history and to make a connection to the past permanent.”</i></div>
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<i>I hope you have enjoyed my little stroll through Canadian History and culture and were as impressed by the artistry and technical expertise of the artist, Donald A. Stuart. Definitely a national treasure!</i></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06575401642213900349noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6459445791044861558.post-31277426087714336232016-03-21T23:16:00.002-04:002016-03-21T23:16:43.409-04:00Etsy shop update.I've been making like crazy since Christmas and it's almost Easter so I figured it was time to post some of my results. I've been focused mainly on jewelry components made of polymer clay and that's what I've listed in my shop along with some shawl pins. I still have many boxes full but I only managed to get my listing total up to 60. I'm aiming for 100 in the next few weeks. I've heard that is the magic number!<br />
I don't usually link to my shop in my blog so forgive me if this is a problem. It's not going to happen regularly. <a href="https://www.etsy.com/ca/shop/nanmadejewelery" target="_blank">Here's</a> the link to the latest edition of my Etsy shop. There will be another one on April 5th when all Etsy shops will be updated.<br />
I hope you'll get a chance to visit my shop. Any comments are very welcome!<br />
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These are some of my new shawl/hair pins.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06575401642213900349noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6459445791044861558.post-51928579512692356502016-03-17T16:57:00.000-04:002016-03-17T17:32:01.915-04:00Bead Peeps Swap n Hop partners<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I signed up again this year for the Bead Peeps Swap n Hop because I had such a good time last year. The best thing about swaps is getting to know your partner. The admins work very hard at matching everybody up and do a fabulous job at it. My partner this year is<a href="http://lorillijeanscreativecorner.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank"> Lori Jean Poppe</a>. We wrote back and forth to each other to get to know a little bit about each other which helps us to choose what to send for the swap. We have to swap beads, a focal bead and a clasp. They should be of high quality such as we would gift to a good friend. I have always been so impressed with the quality of beads that I have received in previous swaps. The jewelry making community is extremely generous.<br>
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Lori is an amazing woman who seems to do everything! It makes me tired to just list all of her accomplishments! She lives in Bear Creek , Wisconsin and works a dairy farm with her husband, sells essential oils, designs jewelry and is currently running in the local school board election. Lori is a mother and advocate for her daughter with Down Syndrome She has worked as a Certified Nursing Assistant, Special Education Aide and Special Needs Advocate. See what I mean?<br>
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Somehow Lori finds time to pursue her artistic passions. She has dabbled in stained glass, fused glass, lampworking, leather work and metal weaving/wrapping. She is a rock hound and polymer clay artist. I am "gobsmacked" by her life and what she manages to fit into it. I forgot to mention that she is also a housewife and mother of 4 which as we all know is more than enough for any woman! I am in awe of Lori and her superwoman status! Here are some her artistic creations.<br>
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I was tasked with sending a bead soup to Lori for our Swap n Hop in the Bead Peeps Facebook group. I have nowhere near the variety of artistic talents that Lori has but have been making jewelry and polymer clay beads and components for several years so I hope I have chosen a selection that will please and challenge her. Here is the teaser photograph I made before I sent her goodies off to Wisconsin.<br>
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This month the art is Simultaneous Dress Next to Simultaneous Car from<br />Vogue magazine in January 1925. It is by Sonia Delaunay and George Lepage. They describe the style as simultanism, a form of Cubism with a focus of colour...<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;">aimed to created rhythm, motion and depth through overlapping patches of vibrant hues.</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06575401642213900349noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6459445791044861558.post-59582501293678184532015-12-31T15:19:00.001-05:002015-12-31T15:19:23.132-05:00Happy New Year 2016!I'm so happy to be ending this year and looking forward to a new start tomorrow. Personally it's been a difficult year for me with my knee injury followed by knee replacement surgery in November. See the results in <a href="http://busy%20times%21/" target="_blank">my last post</a>. I see the surgeon next week and hope to keep moving forward with no more health issues this coming year.<br />
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It was a great year for me creatively thanks to participating in the #2015PCChallenge and creating many new items for it I discovered many new techniques that I am gradually improving on.I will give you an overview of what I've been creating since my last post about this challenge. This is the last blog post where you will be inundated with so much stuff. I intend to spend this year refining my techniques and focusing on completing more projects for sale. I hope to continue updating my Etsy shop and adding more polymer clay jewelry and components to it. My first goal is a Valentine's Sale so keep your eyes peeled for that!<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06575401642213900349noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6459445791044861558.post-85791201840733848552015-12-26T20:08:00.002-05:002015-12-26T20:08:10.054-05:00Busy times!So, I survived the knee replacement in November and count myself lucky. Having some down time totally focused on myself without distractions such as clay play, reading, Netflix, etcetera has been an interesting time for me. The pain from the surgery was so bad for the first week that I couldn't do much of anything else. However, I count myself lucky that my recovery is almost over. Through friends and family I have heard of the sufferings of many people and my issues pale in comparison. It's good to put your own problems in perspective!<br />
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That's not to say that I haven't had a few hiccoughs along the road to recovery. As I mentioned the pain was very bad post op and it took a few days in hospital to get it under control! Once I got home I developed severe sciatica from the soft mattress I was sleeping on temporarily. The back and leg pain were much worse than the surgical pain! Once I got back to my own bed ( firm mattress) all signs of sciatica disappeared. I hope nobody is offended by this photo. My knee 3 days postop:<br />
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After a couple of days at home I developed a odd feeling of chest discomfort that I knew wasn't normal so I pushed myself to go to emergency at midnight as much as I didn't want to! Sure enough after a few tests including a CT scan at 4:00 am they found a pulmonary embolus ( dreaded blood clot in lungs). Since I was already on blood thinners after the surgery they just increased the dose and sent me home. Being a nurse and having witnessed critical incidents and deaths from pulmonary embolus made this a very frightening experience for me. Luckily for me it all resolved within a week or two.</div>
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I was making very good progress with movement and exercise and feeling pretty good about things until last week. Then I noticed two strange streaks of red coming out of the incision line on my knee and my knee was slightly swollen and discoloured.<span style="font-family: inherit;"> Doctor's were concerned re: wound infection with joint involvement but everything checked out well and I was sent home on antibiotics for 10 days. Hopefully that's the end of complications from this routine (!!!) surgery. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">As you can see I've been a bit occupied these past weeks but have also been busy with polymer clay. I couldn't post a lot because I was making Christmas presents and a few sales from my Etsy shop! I didn't get much photography done so there's not been much to show you. I will try to take some photographs over the next few days and post some pictures of my new stuff, including the final weeks of #2015 PCChallenge to catch up on that .</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I hope everyone who celebrates it had a lovely Christmas celebration / winter solstice. Here's a picture of the full moon on Christmas night, apparently quite a rare occurrence.Enjoy!</span><br />
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Below are some pics of the last 16 weeks!<br />
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So that's about it. You're up to date on my pc adventure. Hopefully I'll be able to keep up to date for the rest of the year although there may be a brief hiatus in November since I'll be having a knee replacement and may not be up to meeting the weekly deadline. I'll try to post a few ahead of time so I don't break my record. See you on the other side !Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06575401642213900349noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6459445791044861558.post-30584794038896928772015-09-18T15:41:00.002-04:002015-09-18T15:41:27.473-04:00We're All Ears Challenge.Here's my second post in a week after a long drought in my blog over the summer. I enjoy the "we're all ears challenge " on the blog Earrings Everyday because the inspirations provided are always so intriguing.<a href="http://earrings-everyday.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank">http://earrings-everyday.blogspot.ca/</a><br />
This month was no exception.It was a music video called Torque Starter which I found fascinating. If you get a chance check it out <a href="http://earrings-everyday.blogspot.ca/2015/09/were-all-ears-september-inspiration_4.html" target="_blank">here</a>. Mesmerizing use of shapes and movement. The two shapes I focused on were triangles and spirals.<br />
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I made these polymer clay beads combining the two shapes. They have wonderful movement dangling from the ears.Hope you like them!<br />
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My son's partner, the lovely Steph, reminded me today that I haven't written on my blog for over a month! I realized that I've been so immersed in the world of polymer clay that summer has just whipped by! I am continuing to have great fun experimenting with new techniques and reprising techniques that I tried before but didn't like the results. After 8 months of focusing almost exclusively on polymer clay, my skills have improved and I am getting closer to discovering that elusive Artist's Voice I've been searching for. I have to say my attitude has changed toward my art and I realized that today at Hamilton's SuperCrawl (an annual street festival focused on art and music) when I told a couple of artists that I am an artist as well and it felt completely authentic! A year ago, I felt awkward describing what I was doing as art but now there is no doubt in my mind that what I do is art, whether good or bad! Progress!<br />
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Now that fall has arrived I'm feeling motivated again to increase my online presence. This is my favorite time of year ...what I consider the new year. For the next 2 months I will do my best to post more on facebook, update my Etsy shop, write blog posts more regularly and get ready to launch my Amazon Handmade shop. Yes, I'm very excited about being accepted and hope that it works out for all of the handmade artists who have signed up. I heard today that the official launch date is November 30th so I have a little time to create my shop and get my listings organized. They're leaving it rather late to catch the Christmas rush but we'll have to see how that works out.<br />
I mentioned in an earlier post that I attended a great Helen Breil workshop in June. These silk-screened hollow beads are from then.<br />
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From there on in I've been experimenting with different techniques which you can see below. It was a truly inspirational workshop. That plus my weekly entries into the #2015PCChallenge has kept me totally obsessed with polymer clay.</div>
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I hope you've enjoyed seeing some of what I've been up to. Thanks Steph , for giving me a gentle nudge. I promise it won't be so long until you hear from me again.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06575401642213900349noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6459445791044861558.post-42117273066907965962015-07-31T11:06:00.001-04:002015-07-31T11:06:49.769-04:00Art Jewelry Elements Component of the MonthIf you follow my blog or know me at all then you know that I have been extremely lucky when it comes to blog giveaways ever since I started blogging! I have lost count of the number of times that I have won a random giveaway in the jewelry design blogosphere. To say I feel blessed would be an understatement! I don't want to jinx myself but it has been an embarrassment of riches.See my post about it <a href="http://wirednan.blogspot.ca/2014/10/good-luck-bad-luck.html#comment-form" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
I have followed the blog <a href="http://artjewelryelements.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank">Art Jewelry Elements</a> for years and enjoy seeing the creations of the AJE team and their guest bloggers but never thought I'd get an opportunity to participate in the component of the month reveal. Talented jewelry designers make jewelry components which they send to the participants and everyone makes a piece of jewelry featuring said component. I was thrilled to be chosen as a guest blogger this month but also a bit intimidated. The contributors to this blog are a diverse and uber-talented group of artists and I hardly feel worthy to show my work alongside them but that is what I am doing today.<br />
The host this month is <a href="http://silverniknats.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank">Niky Sayers</a> from the U.K. And I love all of her work. She has a unique and elegant style and does phenomenal metal work! I own a beautiful pair of her earrings (a win from a previous giveaway) and was thrilled to receive something else from her. Recently she has been working with British coins and for this challenge she created beads and clasps made out of farthing coins! Since I am a real Anglophile this challenge really spoke to me and I now have a clasp made from a farthing coin!<br />
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Niky sure knows how to send a parcel and make a gal feel special! Beautiful packaging too! So much to learn!<br />
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Okay that's enough procrastination. Here is the bracelet I made using Niky's clasp. I'm totally obsessed with polymer clay these days so I knew I had to make something using it. I recently learned how to make swirl beads from a you tube video by Heather Wells . I adapted the design so that the lentil beads have a shape similar to the coin clasp and put them all together with some Czech teal blue beads and waxed linen thread to make this bracelet. I like it and hope that you do too!Lots of wonderful summer colours.</div>
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Please go to <a href="http://artjewelryelements.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank">Art Jewelry Elements</a> and see what the other artists have created with Niky's coins!</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06575401642213900349noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6459445791044861558.post-59843522398050044272015-07-03T19:43:00.001-04:002015-07-03T19:43:03.087-04:00Halfway mark of #2015PCChallenge.It's hard to believe that I've been doing this challenge for half a year! It's been a wonderful time of experimenting and learning. When I review what I've made each week I see that I've come a long way in my polymer clay journey. Thank you <a href="http://katersacres.com/" target="_blank">Katie</a> from KatersAcres for this great challenge. It really pushed me to produce something new to post every week and I managed to do it. ( I think I actually posted twice for one of the weeks!)<br />
I won't re-cap the last 6 months in this blog post just the last 6 weeks! The total year summary will be next January after I've completed 52 weeks of the challenge.<br />
My last post was for week 20 so I'll start with week 21. I continued experimenting with the Sutton slice technique and made this large statement pendant for a friend who fell in love with these colours.<br />
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More sutton slice for week 22 in my favourite combo ...black and gold.<br />
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I attended my first ever polymer clay workshop with Helen Breil on the weekend before week 23 and it shows in this week's entries. she taught us her own technique for hollow beads and pendants so that's all I made for weeks after. She also shared from her large collection of mica powders and I had a lot of fun with hers then bought my own set of perfect pearls from Michael's with the 50% off coupon.I made many pendants to sell at my first craft show in years the next weekend. Here are a few of them for week 23 ,24 and 25.</div>
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Well after 3 weeks of silk screening, mica powders and hollow bead/pendants it was time for me to go in a new direction for week 26. I played with my laserjet printer today and managed to make two copies of some Gustav Klimt paintings that I found online. Unfortunately the printer gives me headaches every time I try to use it and it kept eating the transfer paper that I bought specially for image transfer. It's Magic Transfer Paper (MTP) that I sent away for from polymerclaytv.com. The paper is very thin and the instructions say to only put one piece in the printer at a time but it kept jamming in the printer so I couldn't make any more better quality images. I have to resolve this printer problem because I really like this technique and want to do more of it. I'll let you know how it works. Here are the 2 pendants I made using image transfer.</div>
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I like the way the second one looks aged because the printer didn't work properly.One of those nice mistakes that happen!</div>
So that's it for the first half year of the #2015 PCChallenge hosted by Katie Oskin. Please come back in September and see what I make this summer. To see what some other participants have made for this challenge you can check out the facebook page <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/2015PCChallenge/" target="_blank">here</a>.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06575401642213900349noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6459445791044861558.post-13131446900772007192015-06-12T23:11:00.002-04:002015-06-13T12:03:41.323-04:00Polymer Clay Nirvana !!!!Wow, did I have a fabulous experience last weekend! I have wanted to attend a polymer clay workshop for a long time especially after winning a free workshop at Christine Damm's Art On The Farm last year but being unable to attend it due to health issues! I can't tell you how difficult it was for me to turn down that prize!<br />
Most workshops I've seen have been too far away or too expensive for me to attend. Living in Canada does limit the opportunities. However we do have some very talented polymer clay artists here and one of them is Helen Breil who lives in Guelph, Ontario which is a 35 minute drive from my home in Hamilton.<br />
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Helen has taught her techniques all over the world but thankfully for me decided to take this year off travelling and she offered a workshop locally which I was lucky enough to attend.<br />
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If you don't know who Helen is (where have you been?) then you have to check out her <a href="http://www.helenbreil.com/" target="_blank">website</a> or her flickr page <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/HelenBreil/" target="_blank">here</a> to enjoy her art. She is an amazing artist and a wonderful, generous person.<br />
There were 8 of us in attendance at the workshop and Helen shared many skills and techniques with us. We learned how to create our own texture stamps out of polymer clay which was a new technique for all of us. <br />
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Then we spent the rest of the first day learning and practising how to make hollow beads out of polymer clay. I love how these beads look and feel. They're like pillows but are hard and make beautiful jewelry. The following picture is of several hollow pendants that I made this week for a show I'm doing this weekend.</div>
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Sunday morning we concentrated on silk screening on polymer clay and coloring our silk screened clay using mica powders and pan pastels. there are so many great techniques to use with polymer clay and I am thrilled that I was able to attend this workshop and learn from a master of polymer clay art! It's amazing to realize that with 8 different participants we all came up with 8 totally different results. I can only show you what I created at the workshop but believe me everybody did fabulous work. The following are samples of what I created using silk screening and making hollow beads with inclusions of copper earring studs donated by one of the workshop participants. Thanks, Loreen.</div>
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Besides learning new skills and techniques the best part of the workshop was the people who I met and worked with. The camaraderie among us was great and we had so much fun together. I truly love the world of polymer clay and everybody I've met in real life and online has been fabulous and hopefully I'll remain friends with them as I progress through this art form.<br />
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I hope you've enjoyed reading about this workshop and seeing the creations resulting from it. Thanks again to a wonderful, warm and gracious artist for sharing her knowledge and opening her home to us!<br />
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Many thanks to Helen Breil!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06575401642213900349noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6459445791044861558.post-68792446580311970962015-05-23T17:37:00.001-04:002015-05-23T17:37:19.238-04:00Week # 20 of the #2015PCChallengeWhen I signed up for Katie Oskin's challenge I had no idea it would be so much fun. Over the last 20 weeks I have tried many new techniques and my skill has really improved in my work with polymer clay. Thank you, Katie.<br />
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My partner is <a href="https://www.facebook.com/nunezjohana" target="_blank">Johana Nunez</a> from Puerto Rico. I forgot to say that this is an international group with artisans from ALL OVER! It's such a neat way to get to know artists with similar passion for jewelry making. Johana sent me a lovely collection of her own enameled beads and components that I showed<a href="http://wirednan.blogspot.ca/2015/04/bead-swap-is-complete.html" target="_blank"> here</a>. This is a quick picture of my gift.<br>
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Copper bracelet with the large enameled bead from Johana as the focal and 4 beautiful matching lampwork beads from Rosemary of <a href="https://www.etsy.com/ca/shop/RoseMarysGlassArt" target="_blank">Rosemary's Glass Art</a>. The clasp is one that I made.</div>
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"Sort of " asymmetrical earrings with Johana's enameled beads paired with 2 orphan beads from Petra of <a href="https://www.etsy.com/ca/shop/ScorchedEarthonEtsy" target="_blank">Scorched Earth on Etsy</a>. Because these beads weren't the same colour I had decided to use them in a pair of asymmetrical earrings and while digging through my Scorched Earth collection ( LOL, everybody has one, don't they?) I found these perfectly matching ceramic drops in the exact same colours!! How weird is that? So they are asymmetrical because they are different colours but otherwise they are the same. I know what I'll call them. </div>
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Johana included the sweet little Czech glass beads in a soft , pale pink which is a colour and style that I rarely use but I was determined to use them, especially those little pink flowers. Again it was time to dig through my hoarded beads. this time I found these gorgeous pink mix lampwork beads that I scored in the Advent sale from Maryse at <a href="https://www.etsy.com/ca/shop/GlassBeadArt?ref=ss_profile" target="_blank">GlassBeadArt</a>.</div>
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My only concern about these didn't show up until I photographed and it's too late to change it now ( it's almost midnight!). The pink waxed linen thread must have picked up some errant remains of liver of sulphur from my hands and the thread looks "grubby " in the pictures . Honestly, I did wash my hands! Luckily I have enough linen thread to replace it. I think I might have to wear gloves to work with it next time.A valuable lesson.</div>
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Next I made another bracelet to feature the wonderful handmade clasp made by Johana. It is in etched copper with a beautiful enameled flower on it. Sorry it's so difficult to see in this picture but it has the leaf veins delicately etched on it and the word "love" etched along one side ( the bottom of the leaf in this picture) .</div>
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I love it and since copper is my first love it was a no brainer. Also I'm really liking that gorgeous yellowish-green colour this year. I had this polymer clay Trilobite focal from <a href="https://www.etsy.com/ca/shop/SLArtisanAccents" target="_blank">Staci Louise Smith</a> in my stash and some green lampwork glass beads made by <a href="http://der-lamardebonita.blogspot.co.at/" target="_blank">Michaela Pabeschitz</a>, who was my partner for last year's Bead Soup Blog Party. I made the copper celtic knots and antiqued them in LOS.</div>
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I hope you have enjoyed seeing what I've made for this challenge . There were 2 other pieces that I wanted to use but I had a couple of accidents which made that impossible.</div>
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This sweet handmade birdie "flew" out of my hands and broke his tail off. I tried to fix him but didn't trust him to survive being part of jewelry. He'll just stay as my mascot in my studio. </div>
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Remember these wonderful copper headpins with the enameled flowers on the ends. I wanted to use them as the top part of earrings with other beads hanging from them but I bent the copper too enthusiastically and destroyed them! I was devastated because I love these. Another lesson learned!</div>
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I hope you enjoyed my post and will hop over to my <a href="http://www.artincendi.com/" target="_blank">partner's blog</a> to see what she made with what I sent her. I can't wait to see what Johana comes up with. The picture below shows you what I sent to her.</div>
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After you've checked out the Puerto Rican and Canadian artistry I hope you will hop over to the other blogs to see what my jewelry buddies have made for the party. Enjoy! </div>
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<b> Our Hostess: Linda Anderson from <a href="http://fromthebeadboard.blogspot.com/" style="color: #7c171d; text-decoration: none;">http//:fromTheBeadBoard.blogspot.com</a></b></h3>
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<tr height="17"><td height="17" style="height: 17px;">Marica</td><td>Zammit</td><td><a href="http://www.beadlovelies.com/" style="color: #7c171d; text-decoration: none;">http://www.beadlovelies.com</a></td></tr>
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<tr height="17"><td height="17" style="height: 17px;">Jessica</td><td>Hocutt</td><td><a href="https://faithfamilyandadventure.wordpress.com/" style="color: #7c171d; text-decoration: none;">https://faithfamilyandadventure.wordpress.com</a></td></tr>
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<tr height="17"><td height="17" style="height: 17px;">Kristina</td><td>Hahn Eleniak</td><td><a href="http://www.peacockandlime.wordpress.com/" style="color: #7c171d; text-decoration: none;">http://www.peacockandlime.wordpress.com</a></td></tr>
<tr height="17"><td height="17" style="height: 17px;">Debbie</td><td>Jeffries</td><td><a href="http://wordpress/debrasdivinedesigns/blog.com" style="color: #7c171d; text-decoration: none;">http://wordpress/debrasdivinedesigns/blog.com</a></td></tr>
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<tr height="17"><td height="17" style="height: 17px;">Rosantia</td><td>Petkova</td><td><a href="http://bairozan.blogspot.com/" style="color: #7c171d; text-decoration: none;">http://bairozan.blogspot.com/</a></td></tr>
<tr height="17"><td height="17" style="height: 17px;">Shalini</td><td>Austin</td><td><a href="http://jewellerybyshalini.co.uk/my-blog/" style="color: #7c171d; text-decoration: none;">http://jewellerybyshalini.co.uk/my-blog/</a></td></tr>
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<tr height="17"><td height="17" style="height: 17px;">Catherine</td><td>La Vite</td><td><a href="http://drygulchbeadsandjewelry.blogspot.com/" style="color: #7c171d; text-decoration: none;">http://drygulchbeadsandjewelry.blogspot.com</a></td></tr>
<tr height="17"><td height="17" style="height: 17px;">Annica</td><td>Larsson</td><td><a href="http://zestyfrog.wordpress.com/" style="color: #7c171d; text-decoration: none;">http://zestyfrog.wordpress.com/</a></td></tr>
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<tr height="17"><td height="17" style="height: 17px;">Lori</td><td>Schneider</td><td><a href="http://beadaddicted.blogspot.com/" style="color: #7c171d; text-decoration: none;">http://beadaddicted.blogspot.com/</a></td></tr>
<tr height="17"><td height="17" style="height: 17px;">Divya</td><td>N</td><td><a href="http://www.jewelsofsayuri.com/" style="color: #7c171d; text-decoration: none;">http://www.jewelsofsayuri.com</a></td></tr>
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<tr height="17"><td height="17" style="height: 17px;">Mowse</td><td>Doyle</td><td><a href="http://mowsemadethis.blogspot.com/" style="color: #7c171d; text-decoration: none;">http://mowsemadethis.blogspot.com</a></td></tr>
<tr height="17"><td height="17" style="height: 17px;">Fay</td><td>Wolfenden</td><td><a href="http://torchfairy.blogspot.com/" style="color: #7c171d; text-decoration: none;">http://torchfairy.blogspot.com</a></td></tr>
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<tr height="17"><td height="17" style="height: 17px;">Kathy</td><td>Lindemer</td><td><a href="http://bay-moon-design.blogspot.com/" style="color: #7c171d; text-decoration: none;">http://bay-moon-design.blogspot.com/</a></td></tr>
<tr height="17"><td height="17" style="height: 17px;">Claire</td><td>Fabian</td><td><a href="http://saraccino.blogspot.de/" style="color: #7c171d; text-decoration: none;">http://saraccino.blogspot.de/</a></td></tr>
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<tr height="19"><td height="19" style="height: 19px; width: 79px;">Janice</td><td style="width: 123px;">Warden Bergeron</td><td style="width: 333px;"><a href="http://thejewelryroom.blogspot.ca/" style="color: #7c171d; text-decoration: none;">http://thejewelryroom.blogspot.ca</a></td></tr>
<tr height="17"><td height="17" style="height: 17px;">Natalie</td><td>Davidson</td><td><a href="http://www.northshoredays.com/" style="color: #7c171d; text-decoration: none;">http://www.northshoredays.com</a></td></tr>
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<tr height="17"><td height="17" style="height: 17px;">Deb</td><td>Fortin</td><td><a href="http://www.studiok24.blogspot.ca/" style="color: #7c171d; text-decoration: none;">http://www.studiok24.blogspot.ca</a></td></tr>
<tr height="17"><td height="17" style="height: 17px;">Inge</td><td>von Roos</td><td><a href="http://ingetraud.wordpress.com/" style="color: #7c171d; text-decoration: none;">http://ingetraud.wordpress.com</a></td></tr>
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<tr height="17"><td height="17" style="height: 17px;">Karen</td><td>Mitchell</td><td><a href="http://overthemoon-design.com/" style="color: #7c171d; text-decoration: none;">http://overthemoon-design.com</a></td></tr>
<tr height="17"><td height="17" style="height: 17px;">Robin</td><td>Reed</td><td><a href="http://willowdragon.blogspot.com/" style="color: #7c171d; text-decoration: none;">http://willowdragon.blogspot.com</a></td></tr>
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<tr height="17"><td height="17" style="height: 17px;">Marie</td><td>Covert</td><td><a href="http://thistledown-and-swaddlings.blogspot.com/" style="color: #7c171d; text-decoration: none;">http://thistledown-and-swaddlings.blogspot.com/</a></td></tr>
<tr height="17"><td height="17" style="height: 17px;">Alicia</td><td>Marinache</td><td><a href="http://www.allprettythings.ca/" style="color: #7c171d; text-decoration: none;">http://www.allprettythings.ca</a></td></tr>
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<tr height="17"><td height="17" style="height: 17px;">Nan</td><td>Smith</td><td><a href="http://www.wirednan.blogspot.ca/" style="color: #7c171d; text-decoration: none;">http://www.wirednan.blogspot.ca</a></td></tr>
<tr height="17"><td height="17" style="height: 17px;">Johana</td><td>Nunez</td><td><a href="http://artincendi.com/" style="color: #7c171d; text-decoration: none;">http://artincendi.com</a></td></tr>
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<tr height="17"><td height="17" style="height: 17px;">Kelly</td><td>Hosford Patterson</td><td><a href="http://travelingsideshow.blogspot.com/" style="color: #7c171d; text-decoration: none;">http://travelingsideshow.blogspot.com/</a></td></tr>
<tr height="17"><td height="17" style="height: 17px;">Lori</td><td>Blanchard</td><td><a href="http://alainnjewelry.wordpress.com/" style="color: #7c171d; text-decoration: none;">http://alainnjewelry.WordPress.com</a></td></tr>
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<tr height="17"><td height="17" style="height: 17px;">Sue </td><td>Kennedy</td><td><a href="http://suebeads.blogspot.com/" style="color: #7c171d; text-decoration: none;">http://suebeads.blogspot.com</a></td></tr>
<tr height="17"><td height="17" style="height: 17px;">Shai</td><td>Williams</td><td><a href="http://shaihasramblings.com/" style="color: #7c171d; text-decoration: none;">http://shaihasramblings.com</a></td></tr>
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<tr height="17"><td height="17" style="height: 17px;">Niky</td><td>Sayers</td><td><a href="http://silverniknats.blogspot.co.uk/" style="color: #7c171d; text-decoration: none;">http://silverniknats.blogspot.co.uk</a></td></tr>
<tr height="17"><td height="17" style="height: 17px;">Melissa</td><td>Trudinger</td><td><a href="http://beadrecipes.wordpress.com/" style="color: #7c171d; text-decoration: none;">http://beadrecipes.wordpress.com</a></td></tr>
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<tr height="17"><td height="17" style="height: 17px;">Candida</td><td>Castleberry</td><td><a href="http://www.spunsugarbeadworks.blogspot.com/" style="color: #7c171d; text-decoration: none;">http://www.spunsugarbeadworks.blogspot.com</a></td></tr>
<tr height="17"><td height="17" style="height: 17px;">Erin</td><td>Guest</td><td><a href="http://www.renlish.com/" style="color: #7c171d; text-decoration: none;">http://www.renlish.com</a></td></tr>
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<tr height="17"><td height="17" style="height: 17px;">Nicole</td><td>Rennell</td><td><a href="http://nicolerennell.com/blog" style="color: #7c171d; text-decoration: none;">http://nicolerennell.com/blog</a></td></tr>
<tr height="17"><td height="17" style="height: 17px;">Ien</td><td>Temaluru</td><td><a href="http://ienmaginationsjewelry.wordpress.com/" style="color: #7c171d; text-decoration: none;">http://ienmaginationsjewelry.wordpress.com</a></td></tr>
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<tr height="17"><td height="17" style="height: 17px;">Robin</td><td>Showstack</td><td><a href="http://heartsdesiresjewelryforyou.blogspot.com/" style="color: #7c171d; text-decoration: none;">http://heartsdesiresjewelryforyou.blogspot.com/</a></td></tr>
<tr height="17"><td height="17" style="height: 17px;">Sam</td><td>Waghorn</td><td><a href="http://palemooncreation.blogspot.co.uk/" style="color: #7c171d; text-decoration: none;">http://palemooncreation.blogspot.co.uk</a></td></tr>
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<tr height="17"><td height="17" style="height: 17px;">Marianne</td><td>Baxter</td><td><a href="http://www.simplyseablimejewelry.blogspot.com/" style="color: #7c171d; text-decoration: none;">http://www.simplyseablimejewelry.blogspot.com</a></td></tr>
<tr height="17"><td height="17" style="height: 17px;">Elsie</td><td>Deliz-Fonseca</td><td><a href="http://ladelizchica.blogspot.com/" style="color: #7c171d; text-decoration: none;">http://ladelizchica.blogspot.com</a></td></tr>
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<tr height="17"><td height="17" style="height: 17px;">Shai</td><td>Williams</td><td><a href="http://shaihasramblings.com/" style="color: #7c171d; text-decoration: none;">http://shaihasramblings.com</a></td></tr>
<tr height="17"><td height="17" style="height: 17px;">Lee</td><td>Koopman</td><td><a href="http://stregajewellry.wordpress.com/" style="color: #7c171d; text-decoration: none;">http://stregajewellry.wordpress.com</a></td></tr>
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<tr height="17"><td height="17" style="height: 17px;">Jayne</td><td>Capps</td><td><a href="http://mamasgottodoodle.blogspot.com/" style="color: #7c171d; text-decoration: none;">http://mamasgottodoodle.blogspot.com</a></td></tr>
<tr height="17"><td height="17" style="height: 17px;">Marti</td><td>Conrad</td><td><a href="http://marticsclay.blogspot.com/" style="color: #7c171d; text-decoration: none;">http://marticsclay.blogspot.com</a></td></tr>
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<tr height="18"><td height="18" style="height: 18px;">Tina</td><td>Bosh</td><td><a href="http://bookbug-somanybookssolittletime.blogspot.com/" style="color: #7c171d; text-decoration: none;">http://bookbug-somanybookssolittletime.blogspot.com/</a></td></tr>
<tr height="20"><td height="20" style="height: 20px; width: 79px;">Eleanor</td><td style="width: 123px;">Thomas</td><td style="width: 333px;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" style="color: #7c171d; text-decoration: none;">http://woolywireetc.blogspot.com</a></td></tr>
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<tr height="17"><td height="17" style="height: 17px;">Jeanne</td><td>Steck</td><td><a href="http://www.gemsbyjeannemarie.blogspot.com/" style="color: #7c171d; text-decoration: none;">http://www.gemsbyjeannemarie.blogspot.com</a></td></tr>
<tr height="17"><td height="17" style="height: 17px;">Gloria</td><td>Allen</td><td><a href="http://www.wingsandbeads.blogspot.com/" style="color: #7c171d; text-decoration: none;">http://www.wingsandbeads.blogspot.com</a></td></tr>
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<tr height="17"><td height="17" style="height: 17px;">Rachel</td><td>Mallis</td><td><a href="http://www.mintmonarch.com/#%21blog/c1jlz" style="color: #7c171d; text-decoration: none;">http://www.mintmonarch.com/#!blog/c1jlz</a></td></tr>
<tr height="17"><td height="17" style="height: 17px;">Andrea</td><td>Glick</td><td><a href="http://zenithjade.blogspot.com/" style="color: #7c171d; text-decoration: none;">http://zenithjade.blogspot.com/</a></td></tr>
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<tr height="17"><td height="17" style="height: 17px;">Stephanie</td><td>Stamper</td><td><a href="http://skwds.blogspot.com/" style="color: #7c171d; text-decoration: none;">http://skwds.blogspot.com</a></td></tr>
<tr height="17"><td height="17" style="height: 17px;">Chris</td><td>Haussler</td><td><a href="http://pixybugdesigns.blogspot.com/" style="color: #7c171d; text-decoration: none;">http://pixybugdesigns.blogspot.com</a></td></tr>
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<tr height="17"><td height="17" style="height: 17px;">Betony</td><td>Maiden</td><td><a href="http://www.beadwenches.blogspot.com/" style="color: #7c171d; text-decoration: none;">http://www.beadwenches.blogspot.com/</a></td></tr>
<tr height="17"><td height="17" style="height: 17px;">Kari</td><td>Asbury</td><td><a href="http://hippiechickjewelrydesign.com/blog/" style="color: #7c171d; text-decoration: none;">http://hippiechickjewelrydesign.com/blog/</a></td></tr>
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<tr height="17"><td height="17" style="height: 17px;">Jenny</td><td>Kyrlach</td><td><a href="http://anafiassa.blogspot.com/" style="color: #7c171d; text-decoration: none;">http://anafiassa.blogspot.com/</a></td></tr>
<tr height="17"><td height="17" style="height: 17px;">Colleen</td><td>Foley</td><td><a href="http://colleenfoleycreations.blogspot.com/" style="color: #7c171d; text-decoration: none;">http://colleenfoleycreations.blogspot.com</a></td></tr>
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<tr height="17"><td height="17" style="height: 17px;">Marybeth</td><td>Rich</td><td><a href="http://forestofjewels.blogspot.com/" style="color: #7c171d; text-decoration: none;">http://forestofjewels.blogspot.com/</a></td></tr>
<tr height="17"><td height="17" style="height: 17px;">Marcy</td><td>Lamberson</td><td><a href="http://www.studiomarcy.blogspot.com/" style="color: #7c171d; text-decoration: none;">http://www.StudioMarcy.blogspot.com</a></td></tr>
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<tr height="17"><td height="17" style="height: 17px;">Dyanne</td><td>Everett-Cantrell</td><td style="width: 333px;"><a href="http://www.deelitefuljewelrycreations.blogspot.com/" style="color: #7c171d; text-decoration: none;">http://www.deelitefuljewelrycreations.blogspot.com</a></td></tr>
<tr height="17"><td height="17" style="height: 17px;">Ginny</td><td>Lones</td><td><a href="http://www.skippingintotheunknown.blogspot.com/" style="color: #7c171d; text-decoration: none;">http://www.Skippingintotheunknown.blogspot.com</a></td></tr>
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<tr height="17"><td height="17" style="height: 17px;">Maria Rosa</td><td>Sharrow</td><td><a href="http://willowstreetshops.blogspot.com/" style="color: #7c171d; text-decoration: none;">http://willowstreetshops.blogspot.com</a></td></tr>
<tr height="17"><td height="17" style="height: 17px;">Loretta</td><td>Carstensen</td><td><a href="http://designsbyloretta.blogspot.com/" style="color: #7c171d; text-decoration: none;">http://designsbyloretta.blogspot.com</a></td></tr>
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<tr height="17"><td height="17" style="height: 17px;">Dolores</td><td>Raml</td><td><a href="http://craftydscreations.wordpress.com/" style="color: #7c171d; text-decoration: none;">http://craftydscreations.wordpress.com</a></td></tr>
<tr height="17"><td height="17" style="height: 17px;">Michelle</td><td>McCarthy</td><td><a href="http://www.fireflydesignstudio.blogspot.com/" style="color: #7c171d; text-decoration: none;">http://www.fireflydesignstudio.blogspot.com</a></td></tr>
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<tr height="18"><td height="18" style="height: 18px;">Louise</td><td>McCormick-Glazier</td><td><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" style="color: #7c171d; text-decoration: none;">http://jewelrytreasuresbylouise.blogspot.com/</a></td></tr>
<tr height="17"><td height="17" style="height: 17px;">Heather</td><td>Richter</td><td><a href="http://desertjewelrydesigns.blogspot.com/" style="color: #7c171d; text-decoration: none;">http://desertjewelrydesigns.blogspot.com</a></td></tr>
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<tr height="17"><td height="17" style="height: 17px;">Tammy</td><td>Adams</td><td><a href="http://www.paisleylizard.com/blog/" style="color: #7c171d; text-decoration: none;">http://www.paisleylizard.com/blog/</a></td></tr>
<tr height="17"><td height="17" style="height: 17px;">Shirley</td><td>Moore</td><td><a href="http://beadsandbread.blogspot.com/" style="color: #7c171d; text-decoration: none;">http://beadsandbread.blogspot.com</a></td></tr>
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<tr height="17"><td height="17" style="height: 17px;">Susanne</td><td>Stelljes</td><td><a href="http://pearlify.blogspot.de/" style="color: #7c171d; text-decoration: none;">http://pearlify.blogspot.de</a></td></tr>
<tr height="17"><td height="17" style="height: 17px;">Sheila</td><td>Prosterman</td><td><a href="http://catswithbeads.blogspot.com/" style="color: #7c171d; text-decoration: none;">http://catswithbeads.blogspot.com</a></td></tr>
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<tr height="17"><td height="17" style="height: 17px;">Pallavi</td><td>Asher</td><td><a href="http://kalaabhushan.blogspot.in/" style="color: #7c171d; text-decoration: none;">http://kalaabhushan.blogspot.in/</a></td></tr>
<tr height="17"><td height="17" style="height: 17px;">Jami</td><td>Shipp</td><td><a href="http://celebratinglifewithdamamashipp.blogspot.com/" style="color: #7c171d; text-decoration: none;">http://celebratinglifewithdamamashipp.blogspot.com</a></td></tr>
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<tr height="17"><td height="17" style="height: 17px;">Peggy</td><td>Kosier</td><td><a href="http://www.kosydesigns.blogspot.ca/" style="color: #7c171d; text-decoration: none;">http://www.kosydesigns.blogspot.ca/</a></td></tr>
<tr height="17"><td height="17" style="height: 17px;">Andra</td><td>Weber</td><td><a href="http://andrasjoyfuljourney.blogspot.com/" style="color: #7c171d; text-decoration: none;">http://andrasjoyfuljourney.blogspot.com</a></td></tr>
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<tr height="17"><td height="17" style="height: 17px;">Catherine</td><td>King</td><td><a href="http://catherines-musings.blogspot.com/" style="color: #7c171d; text-decoration: none;">http://catherines-musings.blogspot.com</a></td></tr>
<tr height="17"><td height="17" style="height: 17px;">Krafty</td><td>Max</td><td><a href="http://kraftymax.com/" style="color: #7c171d; text-decoration: none;">http://kraftymax.com</a></td></tr>
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<tr height="17"><td height="17" style="height: 17px;">Sierra</td><td>Barrett</td><td><a href="http://giraffecanhas.wordpress.com/" style="color: #7c171d; text-decoration: none;">http://giraffecanhas.wordpress.com</a></td></tr>
<tr height="17"><td height="17" style="height: 17px;">Lois</td><td>Sherwood</td><td><a href="http://thiznthat5454blog.wordpress.com/" style="color: #7c171d; text-decoration: none;">http://thiznthat5454blog.wordpress.com</a></td></tr>
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<tr height="17"><td height="17" style="height: 17px;">Katy</td><td>Heider</td><td><a href="http://onthepondcreations.blogspot.com/" style="color: #7c171d; text-decoration: none;">http://onthepondcreations.blogspot.com</a></td></tr>
<tr height="17"><td height="17" style="height: 17px;">Rebecca</td><td>Robertson (White)</td><td><a href="http://morganafeycreations.121hub.com/" style="color: #7c171d; text-decoration: none;">http://morganafeycreations.121hub.com/</a></td></tr>
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<tr height="17"><td height="17" style="height: 17px;">Heather</td><td>Richter</td><td><a href="http://desertjewelrydesigns.blogspot.com/" style="color: #7c171d; text-decoration: none;">http://desertjewelrydesigns.blogspot.com</a></td></tr>
<tr height="17"><td height="17" style="height: 17px;">Brandy</td><td>Collier</td><td><a href="http://bhjewelry.wordpress.com/" style="color: #7c171d; text-decoration: none;">http://bhjewelry.wordpress.com</a></td></tr>
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<tr height="17"><td height="17" style="height: 17px;">Stephanie</td><td>Haussler</td><td><a href="http://www.pixybugdesigns.blogspot.com/" style="color: #7c171d; text-decoration: none;">http://www.pixybugdesigns.blogspot.com</a></td></tr>
<tr height="17"><td height="17" style="height: 17px;">Lori</td><td>Blanchard</td><td><a href="http://alainnjewelry.wordpress.com/" style="color: #7c171d; text-decoration: none;">http://alainnjewelry.WordPress.com</a></td></tr>
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<tr height="17"><td height="17" style="height: 17px;">Kathleen</td><td>Breeding</td><td><a href="http://99bobotw.blogspot.com/" style="color: #7c171d; text-decoration: none;">http://99bobotw.blogspot.com</a></td></tr>
<tr height="17"><td height="17" style="height: 17px;">Becky</td><td>Pancake</td><td><a href="http://beckypancakebeaddesigns.blogspot.com/" style="color: #7c171d; text-decoration: none;">http://beckypancakebeaddesigns.blogspot.com</a></td></tr>
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<tr height="17"><td height="17" style="height: 17px;">Renetha</td><td>Stanziano</td><td><a href="http://lamplightcrafts.blogspot.com/" style="color: #7c171d; text-decoration: none;">http://lamplightcrafts.blogspot.com/</a></td></tr>
<tr height="17"><td height="17" style="height: 17px;">Tami</td><td>Norris</td><td><a href="https://jewelrybytami.wordpress.com/" style="color: #7c171d; text-decoration: none;">https://jewelrybytami.wordpress.com/</a></td></tr>
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<tr height="17"><td height="17" style="height: 17px;">Ginger</td><td>Bishop</td><td><a href="http://lilmummylikes.blogspot.com/" style="color: #7c171d; text-decoration: none;">http://lilmummylikes.blogspot.com/</a></td></tr>
<tr height="17"><td height="17" style="height: 17px;">Peggy</td><td>Johnson</td><td><a href="http://charmbarn.blogspot.com/" style="color: #7c171d; text-decoration: none;">http://charmbarn.blogspot.com</a></td></tr>
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</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06575401642213900349noreply@blogger.com28tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6459445791044861558.post-78496636796420313922015-04-11T15:48:00.003-04:002015-04-11T15:48:39.480-04:00Late butterfly!Feeling bad about missing the butterfly party that was hosted by<a href="http://pepita-handmade.blogspot.ca/2015/04/butterfly-blog-hop-reveal-and-giveaway.html" target="_blank"> Alenka of Pepita</a> Handmade. After a frustrating day yesterday of trying to learn how to build a butterfly cane I spent a few hours(lol) looking at butterflies on Pinterest and came across a tutorial on origami butterflies and thought I could manage that.<br />
While looking through my Japanese paper collection today I found this pretty butterfly paper so decided to use it for the origami.<br />
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I've always wanted to try more origami beyond the basics. This is a variation of Akira Yoshizawa's origami butterfly that comes from <a href="http://goorigami.com/single-sheet-origami/origami-butterfly/3006" target="_blank">this blog</a>. This was posted to celebrate his 101st birthday....creator of modern origami.</div>
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Phew! I managed to meet this challenge after all. I hope you like my little butterfly and will enjoy hopping around to all the other participants blogs to see their wonderful butterflies! Here's the list again.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06575401642213900349noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6459445791044861558.post-33775066084475603532015-04-10T22:24:00.002-04:002015-04-10T22:24:57.099-04:00 Happy Birthday Butterfly Blog Hop and the 2015 Polymer Clay Challenge continues......<a href="http://www.pepita-handmade.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Alenka of Pepita Handmade</a> is hosting this<a href="http://www.pepita-handmade.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"> Butterfly challenge</a> to celebrate her birthday. We were tasked with creating something butterfly themed. I totally fogot about this one and have nothing to share. I guess I've been so caught up in the PC Challenge with a weekly post that my brain couldn't contain all of my commitments. Sorry but I will be visiting everyone's blog to see all the lovely butterflies! Enjoy!!!! Here is the list of the participants. ( ignore that last name!)<br />
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Wow, it's week 14 of the #2015PCChallenge and I've managed to post an entry for every week so far! If you knew me you'd know how unusual that is. Always very enthusiastic at the start of a challenge but I tend to drag my feet as it progresses. Not the best with follow through ! However this challenge is different because I'm having so much fun playing with the clay and there is such amazing variety of techniques and tools to experiment with Anyway here is a summary of the last few,weeks:<br />
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Week #8 : stamping and gilders paste</div>
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Week#9 : lace cane<br />
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Week#10 : flower cane earring beads</div>
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Week #11: First time with chalk pastels and Helen Briel texture sheet.<br />
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Week # 12:More cane work.<br />
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Week # 13: My favorite project this month....cuffs made using texture sheets and gilders paste. Love them!<br />
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Week # 14: Pan pastels are wonderful on polymer clay!<br />
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This is a weekly challenge that I'm participating in on Facebook. It's amazing to see the talent and variety there is in this art. If you want to see more <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/2015PCChallenge/" target="_blank">here </a>is the link. I'll be posting my contributions periodically on my blog but every week on FB.<br />
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Have a wonderful Spring weekend. I hope you get lots of sunshine where you are!</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06575401642213900349noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6459445791044861558.post-82156207746413286722015-04-08T15:07:00.000-04:002015-04-08T15:07:28.159-04:00Bead Swap is Complete!So Johana finally received the bead package that I sent her so I can now reveal what she sent me. I posted the photo of her package a couple of weeks ago when it arrived but if you didn't see then this is what it looked like. I love her logo and packaging.<br />
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And without further ado, here are the great goodies she sent.</div>
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Everything is made by Johana except the pretty pink Czech glass beads.</div>
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Such a sweet enameled copper bird and co-ordinating filigree beads and fabulous enameled floral headpins. I think what I love the most is the beautiful handmade copper leaf clasp with the green floral accent. Unique and just my cup of tea!!!!</div>
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This is going to be a fun challenge for me with the colours and style way outside my comfort zone so wish me luck and tune in on May 3rd for the big reveal of the Bead Peeps Swap and Hop when there will be many fabulous creations from over 200 jewelry artists!</div>
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Now I can reveal what I sent to Johana since she has now seen everything. Here again is my twisted vision of what she received.</div>
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And here is what it looks like it living colour. </div>
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There's quite a bit of my polymer clay creations including the bird focal, earring dangles, swirled coin beads and rustic teal beads. I added Scorched Earth's raku bronzy scales, some Mykonos accents, citrine and chrysocolla beads, Czech leaves, resin big yellow beads , gold painted wooden beads and lots of antique brass findings and charms. I can't wait to see what Johana makes from all of this!</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06575401642213900349noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6459445791044861558.post-73861208185084897812015-03-29T20:03:00.001-04:002015-03-29T20:03:02.085-04:00My new blogging friend!Thanks to the Grow Your Blog Party hosted by<a href="http://vicki-2bagsfull.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank"> Vicki Boster of 2BagsFull </a> in January of this year I met several wonderful craftspeople and bloggers. It is so much fun to reach outside of the jewelry and polymer clay world now and again. It's a great way to meet people AND get more followers for your blog. Vicki organizes it in January each year but the info to sign up for it comes out around October. Definitely worth checking out if you want to get more eyes on your blog and enjoy a great party as well!<br />
Linda is another Canadian blogger who is very talented in quilting.....something I know nothing about. While reading her blog a few weeks ago I came across a post describing a quilted pouch she made for her iPad and I fell in love. Linda was nice enough to agree to make one for me and it arrived here 2 days ago! She knows that I'm blogging about this and in fact she has done the same on her blog. She doesn't have a shop where she sells things but she is incredibly gifted in her sewing technique and her use of colour. See what you think! And stop by and check out Linda's blog <a href="http://linda-hubbard.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank">StitchLines</a><br />
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I love the colours and it matches perfectly my plastic purple iPad stand so I'm perfectly co-ordinated for a change!</div>
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Here is the wonderful package of beady wonderfulness that I received last week. My partner, Johana Nunez got her dates mixed up and thought the deadline was a week earlier. Lucky me! </div>
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To be perfectly fair I'm not going to show you what I received until I hear that she has hers!</div>
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Just to remind you this is the teaser photo of what I sent her!</div>
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The mail seems to be moving fast these days so hopefully it won't be too long before Johana gets hers. As soon as I hear that she has received the package I will reveal what we both sent each other.<br />
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