tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61111510751641177312024-02-21T01:18:56.678-08:00Adorn Divine DesignsAdorn Divine Designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11659933752315532357noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6111151075164117731.post-80547859589112664092016-04-01T05:44:00.001-07:002016-05-09T17:05:13.075-07:00B'sue Boutiques Build A Line Challenge Blog Hop 3: The Big Reveal<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<i>Sorry for The Big Delay before The Big Reveal. On with the show!</i></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<i><br />
</i></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
So this is it, our third BALC hop!</div>
<div class="p2">
<br /></div>
<div class="p1">
If you've been following my previous posts, you saw my theme was "black." I thought, "yay, so much leeway!" Then I realized…so much leeway. How do I make the pieces work together?</div>
<div class="p2">
<br /></div>
<div class="p1">
I decided that on top of pulling from current fashion, I should look back through what I'd done to see if there were any themes, any strong points. I also looked at what I'd ordered lately to see if my mind knew something I didn't. It does that sometimes!</div>
<div class="p1">
<br /></div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihyphenhyphenMul5jnwhhcpUUglYr1TlgIUs43HmOMxfjAkwx-S2hsRF9jnaLnExXRH_XpwGdtrCY21yn24vhK2sT4xhfeu5zx8GKEpKYMwdycfdXdCOr5q-8cyExBrlyaiKdYCMjBxd8UEi0bEvihg/s1600/worktable.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihyphenhyphenMul5jnwhhcpUUglYr1TlgIUs43HmOMxfjAkwx-S2hsRF9jnaLnExXRH_XpwGdtrCY21yn24vhK2sT4xhfeu5zx8GKEpKYMwdycfdXdCOr5q-8cyExBrlyaiKdYCMjBxd8UEi0bEvihg/s400/worktable.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>"Hand me the black thing." "Which one?"</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="p1">
<br /></div>
<div class="p2">
<a href="http://adorndivinedesigns.blogspot.com/2016/02/under-influence.html" target="_blank">I could see I picked up the lace and florals, blacks, whites, and reds from the runway</a>. </div>
<div class="p1">
I looked at my worktable and what else did I see? Butterflies. I had some patterned parts, also, what would bring it together?</div>
<div class="p2">
<br /></div>
<div class="p1">
I had just finished the painting and patinas on these drops and cabochon when they sparked a vision. </div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcZ9llnYpZ9LIN8NkQdsUmHj1sIOyUbgsuYzV7o0Ez7bOc5kz9kGd3ilPLREPUwwdHzB4aSPM17slB-aphjVSJZ0_Zqr2BMrNeInUewLIocLfAK2JP6zEhS8TgKShDvbRFqr14q2p9QvEy/s1600/tiles+and+pendant.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcZ9llnYpZ9LIN8NkQdsUmHj1sIOyUbgsuYzV7o0Ez7bOc5kz9kGd3ilPLREPUwwdHzB4aSPM17slB-aphjVSJZ0_Zqr2BMrNeInUewLIocLfAK2JP6zEhS8TgKShDvbRFqr14q2p9QvEy/s320/tiles+and+pendant.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lesson learned here: Gilders Paste darkens when spray lacquered!<br />
This was Tulip Red.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div style="text-align: left;">
</div>
<div class="p1">
They reminded me of tiles, and suddenly I could see a bistro, open late of course, with the pops of bright reds, hints of sparkle from the lights, and flowers all around. Perhaps a small box garden lining the front of the building…and maybe even a nice, full moon. I could see a female customer, in her flowing, floral skirt and heels, with a butterfly clip in her hair. (Is this my customer, who knows? ;) )</div>
<div class="p2">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL-W4zcQdhFePogu-2ktGQbe0HEnX6A1MVCj7Bnx0hsR4oQfqeiTw4F5K6jUmwXlhIWlyG1t15L6Toy8SqvsmgOBXL9w1hprf25yanflMHZBsJ-ZF9gvbjZpH6udSPInjBPcfIG8CmBS1P/s1600/ted+drake.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL-W4zcQdhFePogu-2ktGQbe0HEnX6A1MVCj7Bnx0hsR4oQfqeiTw4F5K6jUmwXlhIWlyG1t15L6Toy8SqvsmgOBXL9w1hprf25yanflMHZBsJ-ZF9gvbjZpH6udSPInjBPcfIG8CmBS1P/s400/ted+drake.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/draket/with/63487835/" target="_blank">Ted Drake</a></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<div class="p1">
I know, I'll call it the <i>Midnight Bistro</i> line! </div>
<div class="p2">
<br /></div>
<div class="p2">
And these were the first four pieces to come out:</div>
<div class="p2">
<br /></div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizoGkA7Xo3TVncrxObh4zQfS2KTxE5RKCQfORGe80CJ5Ew54c911vIv2ccG0ZMMgNK_fQATB1Yop2OCIyubmtxJ_VVNvpP5tCtTr9FSu8X_X58eBlMkd7hoPCV-ymD16gpCTaaERHdGV5K/s1600/moonglow+set.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizoGkA7Xo3TVncrxObh4zQfS2KTxE5RKCQfORGe80CJ5Ew54c911vIv2ccG0ZMMgNK_fQATB1Yop2OCIyubmtxJ_VVNvpP5tCtTr9FSu8X_X58eBlMkd7hoPCV-ymD16gpCTaaERHdGV5K/s640/moonglow+set.jpg" width="507" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Wait, wait, something's not right here...</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="p2">
A lovely bow and floral motif, a modest statement necklace, a convertible necklace/bracelet, and one of my favorite butterfly designs modified and made into the colors. Black is <i>hard</i> to photograph! Those centers in the silver flowers in the bottom necklace are actually Siam Swarovski Crystals, but the camera doesn't want you to know that. Here's another view:</div>
<div class="p2">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDEsTMQDTY_WoYC0JyBmNFIT_jclJTtMU2xcueL3yAL5fVWWWgnTe8fZgCHEBA16t_VjwSi-rCmaDafUGWcQNKJXsT7LlFCaPntthA_q_DU17jt6UomGe9qki0h7cmYk6uvHRWWFQ6_iYs/s1600/3pcfront+and+back.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDEsTMQDTY_WoYC0JyBmNFIT_jclJTtMU2xcueL3yAL5fVWWWgnTe8fZgCHEBA16t_VjwSi-rCmaDafUGWcQNKJXsT7LlFCaPntthA_q_DU17jt6UomGe9qki0h7cmYk6uvHRWWFQ6_iYs/s400/3pcfront+and+back.jpg" width="327" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="p1">
"Hang on, where did the color go, and where is that fifth piece?"</div>
<div class="p1">
(That was Ookie! He's late to our party, but he promises he'll be here tomorrow. </div>
<div class="p1">
*folds arms and pouts* But I digress.)</div>
<div class="p1">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
</div>
<div class="p1">
The first four above (Sir Fifth Piece not appearing in this film*) are now a sub line I've tentatively dubbed <i>Moonglow Garden</i>. This is because my "second" fifth and sixth pieces came out more like these below. I realized I was making a turn, and that I should just let it flow and see where this went instead. </div>
<div class="p1">
<br /></div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB6D5sNJvVcW9NkitRTfKAkha_cNDSQbWKMCyRyNbZEQxjTyMMQv8g3jrk9kG9UxN6h3ae5YKeF0p54os3pagcBZ2dXAMN844F_Tj5Fv5qGXAkhTdrDMsKQPwqOIXRF1iUWtuoYKYsEB9H/s1600/whites+with+pflowers.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB6D5sNJvVcW9NkitRTfKAkha_cNDSQbWKMCyRyNbZEQxjTyMMQv8g3jrk9kG9UxN6h3ae5YKeF0p54os3pagcBZ2dXAMN844F_Tj5Fv5qGXAkhTdrDMsKQPwqOIXRF1iUWtuoYKYsEB9H/s320/whites+with+pflowers.jpg" width="306" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Did I mention black was hard to photograph?</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
</div>
<div class="p1">
Okay, with <i>that</i> out of the way, here's the <b>ACTUAL</b> <i>Midnight Bistro</i> line!</div>
<div class="p1" style="text-align: center;">
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibdGszIVmFaexF8ZrPdFfRzyJdxaeCTyYjOCeLyHgbSyt-Clyl2RmSh_HZHpQ9aPDEtxGGCOy9OvhFTH-AbSqbsqmn4p2Tdo_EmZnepZAIGkDSjaK9Don5sf2AsfIcsxLxf0eXjI3kKjH6/s1600/mb+line+medium.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibdGszIVmFaexF8ZrPdFfRzyJdxaeCTyYjOCeLyHgbSyt-Clyl2RmSh_HZHpQ9aPDEtxGGCOy9OvhFTH-AbSqbsqmn4p2Tdo_EmZnepZAIGkDSjaK9Don5sf2AsfIcsxLxf0eXjI3kKjH6/s640/mb+line+medium.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-size: 12.8px;">"Geez, that's a lot, can we zoom?" Clicking the photo should do it.</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="p1" style="text-align: left;">
I used the red and white cabochons I'd initially painted as a bouncing off point. Here are a few before and after pieces:</div>
<div class="p1" style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie4KAGrpQXvY9B2xWeRu-9f1_usaWnO2ZaTiM8bj4iaBs39sJspcRFgBXX7zC6JIp-v6qmPGHdPmG_xhCsrmFiLI2CYApeIdfs7qv2qqhotsYqHSGzLj7IIAX945yYwf5vIJlFvj_63LwI/s1600/before+and+afters.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="392" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie4KAGrpQXvY9B2xWeRu-9f1_usaWnO2ZaTiM8bj4iaBs39sJspcRFgBXX7zC6JIp-v6qmPGHdPmG_xhCsrmFiLI2CYApeIdfs7qv2qqhotsYqHSGzLj7IIAX945yYwf5vIJlFvj_63LwI/s400/before+and+afters.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Slight bit of a difference.</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="p2" style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
First I added the reds back:<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3yxpcgZzEZvKq1FRSjpax5GfuNopMwq8iYULkrxzxl1c5N_N62CLMnOmDTHuaAknPITBCmTZ-L2jY6POTY1wMDGmeO6CJCPSnOdn3JI3T-zgjTGpQxjooErAQ5oG0q-Vx9KlWSn5Av69e/s1600/reds.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="538" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3yxpcgZzEZvKq1FRSjpax5GfuNopMwq8iYULkrxzxl1c5N_N62CLMnOmDTHuaAknPITBCmTZ-L2jY6POTY1wMDGmeO6CJCPSnOdn3JI3T-zgjTGpQxjooErAQ5oG0q-Vx9KlWSn5Av69e/s640/reds.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-size: 12.8px;">There goes those Siam Swarovskis again. HOW do you photograph them? They're so vibrant in person.</i><br />
<i style="font-size: 12.8px;"><br /></i>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG55_7Q2reX4mJVzyljuoFToqseq-SmsHKfhyR2mNNB4mOWUbw9RVUSq6Si6z2k8Ogu7z5dJ7bLVxwvzDTbs2cnkhaoEfqNb2Lf4uZh202bLtjeZrOAH76zFz_y5L9oUM8h77QQwdSsxtN/s1600/red+bf+in+sun.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG55_7Q2reX4mJVzyljuoFToqseq-SmsHKfhyR2mNNB4mOWUbw9RVUSq6Si6z2k8Ogu7z5dJ7bLVxwvzDTbs2cnkhaoEfqNb2Lf4uZh202bLtjeZrOAH76zFz_y5L9oUM8h77QQwdSsxtN/s640/red+bf+in+sun.jpg" width="352" /></a></div>
<i style="font-size: 12.8px;">Aha! You have to have direct sun coming from the side.</i><br />
<br /></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
</div>
I had the Peony Cabochon and a certain color in mind...I couldn't <i>wait</i> to use it. I added some soft pink just for good measure. The beads on the leftmost necklace are handmade millifiori beads with tiny pink roses.<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUlugWhbxcArEw2DdcSu6-FyYppytWqinmONZrAlxQ3MxySzpER0kD74onO3rjpLvVVqx3GMj7ISBt1vtMGEKAxxiNdi4s93Foo6gwbYrUs1RxHSVZ9kaCd_cqXsaQwvEQwdw2QN-dgp5d/s1600/IMG_2326.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUlugWhbxcArEw2DdcSu6-FyYppytWqinmONZrAlxQ3MxySzpER0kD74onO3rjpLvVVqx3GMj7ISBt1vtMGEKAxxiNdi4s93Foo6gwbYrUs1RxHSVZ9kaCd_cqXsaQwvEQwdw2QN-dgp5d/s640/IMG_2326.jpg" width="478" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>"They're so soft, they're soft focus!" Boy, I wish I could show you these colors in person...</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<i>(Remember what I said about my mind knowing something I didn't? Look at the Pantone Colors of the Year, there! My Inner Designer was paying attention, and used Rose Quartz and Serenity without my even realizing it. Nice!)</i><br />
<br />
<div class="p1">
Most pieces had no special backings, but in addition to the one up above, these two pieces below did. Those floral star pieces come in handy here.</div>
<div class="p1">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="p1" style="text-align: left;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio9exxZz6hD9jWvGxu9sGQEfCYIUS-B8DnhubYjttkBB8z2U7Hm4uHcAR3-gI3sb-4DqNcfQK0vLEJHhl85nmA-aJocvBe8IonEhhv8DYvM7wKrnuksbiohYZlo1zF0rinv-Qor41MpBe2/s1600/two+backs+better.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio9exxZz6hD9jWvGxu9sGQEfCYIUS-B8DnhubYjttkBB8z2U7Hm4uHcAR3-gI3sb-4DqNcfQK0vLEJHhl85nmA-aJocvBe8IonEhhv8DYvM7wKrnuksbiohYZlo1zF0rinv-Qor41MpBe2/s400/two+backs+better.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.bsueboutiques.com/brass-flowers-ear-ring-drop-jewelry-making-raw-p/fig05805.htm" target="_blank">Here's a link to the star flower piece in raw brass.</a></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
</div>
I had some good sun today, so I've gotten some better closeups for you:<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBsU4DQxN6ftjNicI1Hg0S8gxMSGZ_2x93FZ3L5ae6SFtHSgXLfQARVlyu9Wr6BybYY1YkP6KxtmgrzD_QzRdRmG3liUAQn_SU0fiLyJG5HMQOgbjalRV0b3PE32RXWYNYZLdSFThPCtjL/s1600/3+closeups.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="593" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBsU4DQxN6ftjNicI1Hg0S8gxMSGZ_2x93FZ3L5ae6SFtHSgXLfQARVlyu9Wr6BybYY1YkP6KxtmgrzD_QzRdRmG3liUAQn_SU0fiLyJG5HMQOgbjalRV0b3PE32RXWYNYZLdSFThPCtjL/s640/3+closeups.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
You can sort of see the variegation I was able to get on the leaves. Painting these was so much fun. You get a better view of the pink millifioris, too. I achieved the glow on the little pink cabochon in the middle pendant by silver leafing the back. It was initially a clear pink piece.<br />
<br />
Welp, there's my run-through. Oh wait, I should show you I still have lots to come. Including that pesky Ookie!</div>
<div class="p1" style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuFcVi6vJKPAeiJwhX_lufU63ElVv2T6Te1pPWy8J7sKQ8885OKCiIwSvrw1YIVQbouf6E0lZVGcFYaMAt9mQDpDjlXh1t5CIPVRFL0-2Jna_9oHQfgkOMs75PjDCxLmur_fsiRTnX79aZ/s1600/working+things.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="343" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuFcVi6vJKPAeiJwhX_lufU63ElVv2T6Te1pPWy8J7sKQ8885OKCiIwSvrw1YIVQbouf6E0lZVGcFYaMAt9mQDpDjlXh1t5CIPVRFL0-2Jna_9oHQfgkOMs75PjDCxLmur_fsiRTnX79aZ/s400/working+things.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I'm still fiddling with that red floral pattern piece. </td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="p1" style="text-align: left;">
I might even try some cagework. Yipes!</div>
<div class="p1" style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="p1" style="text-align: left;">
I would like to thank Brenda Sue Lansdowne for hosting this class; I've learned <b>SO</b> much! Through this class I have come to understand that I'm in an exploratory phase, that I don't need to push myself to bigger business jussssst yet. I'm enjoying the ride. :)</div>
<div class="p1" style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="p1" style="text-align: left;">
</div>
<div class="p1">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">(*We apologize for the unavoidable Monty Python joke.)</span></div>
<div class="p1">
<br />
PS: Ookie is fashionably late, as always.<br />
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYowpJryy-K95cV_17Lar0rrVHYcCXQQWL_DMMHT-JT_vixmwN9qnZcc5ruYg0B6W-5R-JEXjvot0Bu1jCVU4MmlGElENa4MlvJST-xqJ-pI_lIbBkXg0uC4bmrarWnebkMGVvB-9nUMbK/s1600/ookie+pearls.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYowpJryy-K95cV_17Lar0rrVHYcCXQQWL_DMMHT-JT_vixmwN9qnZcc5ruYg0B6W-5R-JEXjvot0Bu1jCVU4MmlGElENa4MlvJST-xqJ-pI_lIbBkXg0uC4bmrarWnebkMGVvB-9nUMbK/s640/ookie+pearls.jpg" width="432" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>I'm playing around, but the idea was too much fun not to try. </i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
Click <a href="http://adorndivinedesigns.blogspot.com/2015/09/it-all-started-with-octopus_9.html" target="_blank">here</a> to see where the idea originated.<br />
It was fun trying to figure out how to anchor strung pearls without making a small strand for each swag. Can you spot the secret?</div>
<div class="p1">
______________________________________________________________________________</div>
<div class="p1" style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="p1" style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="p1" style="text-align: center;">
Thank you for joining me on this adventure, please keep the hop going with my classmates below!</div>
<br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="http://www.bsueboutiques.typepad.com/" target="_blank"> Brenda Sue Lansdowne Jewelry Making Outside the Box</a> --our Host and wonderful Teacher!<br />
<br />
<a href="http://butterflyemporium.indiemade.com/blog" target="_blank">Diana Buynak Butterfly Emporium Ceramic Studio</a><br />
<br />
<a href="http://heartsdezirebyirene.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Irene Hoffman, Heart's Dezire by Irene</a><br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.craftingmagick.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Clare Wells Nemeth, Creative Magick</a><br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.afrayedknot.net/" target="_blank">Mary Reckmeyer, Afrayed Not</a><br />
<br />
<a href="http://auroradesignsjewelryblog.me/" target="_blank">Marcia Tuzzolino, Aurora Designs</a><br />
<br />
<a href="http://wearableartbylizzie.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Elisabeth Wilks, Wearable Art by Lizzie</a><br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.onecanvasatatime.com/" target="_blank">Jeanette Rose Belmont, One Canvas At A Time</a><br />
<br />
<a href="http://lnreeve00.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Lyn Joy Reeve, A Journey From Jewels To Jubilation</a><br />
<br />
<a href="http://thejourneyofjewelry.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Beth Trubman, The Journey of Jewelry</a><br />
<br />
<a href="http://beadsophisticate.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Carole Carlson, Bead Sophisticate</a><br />
<br />
<a href="http://janntague.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Jann Tague, Clever Designs by Jann</a><br />
<br />
<a href="http://slgdesigns.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Shari Gardner, SLG Jewelry Designs</a><br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.fernsplace.org/" target="_blank">Susan Bolton, Fern's Place</a><br />
<br />
<a href="http://noodlepiebracelets.com/" target="_blank">Chris Kemp, Noodle Pie Bracelets</a><br />
<br />
<a href="http://woodsidewireworks.com/" target="_blank">Susan Bowerman, Woodside Wireworks</a><br />
<br />
<a href="http://novegattidesigns.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Pamela Anger, Novegatti Designs</a><br />
<br />
<a href="http://haileyscottage.com/" target="_blank">Joan Donovan, Hailey's Cottage</a><br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.allysbaubles.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Alison Huie, Ally's Baubles</a><br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.sharonsjewelrygarden.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Sharon Palac, Sharon's Jewelry Garden</a><br />
<br />
<a href="https://beebscloset.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Erica Olmos, Beeb's Closet</a><br />
<br />
<a href="https://shatteredtimejewelry.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Erin Whitacre, Shattered Time Jewelry</a><br />
<br />
<a href="https://sittonupfront.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Fran Sitton, Sitton Up Front</a><br />
<br />
<a href="https://lynnleighdesigns.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Ginger Hammond, Lynn Leigh Designs</a><br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.lovelylaylabugjewels.com/Blog.php" target="_blank">Paula Gaskill, Lovely LaylaBug Jewels</a><br />
<br />
<a href="http://theroseswordmdeis.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Mary Deis, The Rose Sword</a><br />
<br />
<a href="http://smallstuffdesign.com/" target="_blank">Renee Webb Allen, Small Stuff Design</a><br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.artjewelzdimensions.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Valerie Tilghman, ArtJewelsandGifts</a><br />
<br />
<a href="http://christinecravens.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Chris Cravens, Vintage Cravens</a><br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.adorndivinedesigns.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Leslie Carver, Adorn Divine Designs</a> you are here!<br />
<br />
<a href="http://jewelrydonna.typepad.com/" target="_blank">Donna Parry, JewelryDonna</a><br />
<br />
<a href="http://tanglestwistsandtreasures.com/blog/" target="_blank">Gina-Marie Hammer, Tangles, Twists and Treasures</a><br />
<br />
<a href="https://wingedwisdomenchantments.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Kelly Wymer, Winged Wisdom Enchantments</a></div>
Adorn Divine Designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11659933752315532357noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6111151075164117731.post-29093375205817307612016-02-26T00:35:00.000-08:002016-02-26T01:06:07.827-08:00Under the Influence....<div class="p1">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<h4>
....of design!</h4>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGxoccpFQXLReUhRjyZjKdLdOsvBJgHi6bCJ7yb8Jp-IzvzWMeC_i4ncrCTMlWSuNFYbcyETdMgoWGcLJT96E6lvIpjH9mDR1r0gDjNnDcPXJO_km58Bsz8D1dBx-yG1RlqQe4JrH-8oMi/s1600/happy+cat.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGxoccpFQXLReUhRjyZjKdLdOsvBJgHi6bCJ7yb8Jp-IzvzWMeC_i4ncrCTMlWSuNFYbcyETdMgoWGcLJT96E6lvIpjH9mDR1r0gDjNnDcPXJO_km58Bsz8D1dBx-yG1RlqQe4JrH-8oMi/s320/happy+cat.png" width="264" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b>
Welcome to the second installment of the <a href="https://www.bsueboutiques.com/" target="_blank">B'sue Boutiques</a> Build A Line Challenge Blog Hops!</b></div>
</div>
<div class="p2">
<br /></div>
<div class="p1">
We got to really thinking about our sources of inspiration this time, and I wanted to share a few. As an artist of multiple media, I never know where inspiration is going to strike, but this class has opened my eyes to something I'd crazily overlooked. I've always been a fan of getting the gears turning watching things like <i>Project Runway</i> and the like, but for whatever reason, I never connected it to trying to find out what was on the major runways to see what that might inspire. <i>Boy</i>, what a treasure trove!<br />
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGIHbbaZ1SlcsI7hpaAkUfcTJwsLrr9FIIwbvsdShlFRMG4MQdn5kG79nj32IRrLt3uDhbWyUFSVgK9zuKSS2HY_1LRKx9A7VFnpvpwTZIVPQMjpIraRjUapYdTYPwSp_Q_lxrAc9W_e7k/s1600/collage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGIHbbaZ1SlcsI7hpaAkUfcTJwsLrr9FIIwbvsdShlFRMG4MQdn5kG79nj32IRrLt3uDhbWyUFSVgK9zuKSS2HY_1LRKx9A7VFnpvpwTZIVPQMjpIraRjUapYdTYPwSp_Q_lxrAc9W_e7k/s640/collage.jpg" width="561" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Dolce and Gabanna top, Reem Acra bottom left, Naeem Khan center and right bottom.</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br /></div>
<div class="p2">
<br /></div>
<div class="p1">
I wanted to treat my Black theme as the Black Dress, a foundation on which to build. Not letting it get lost, not letting it get too heavy, or too cliché. The wonderful pops of color this year, patterns…all inspired me to think what might go with some of these lovely dresses, and what might I pull from them if I wanted the general feel without going over the top. It's been great to feel that rush of creativity again with "what can I do with this?"</div>
<div class="p2">
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikXEwBzDhdwtV2x0Nnon5smNs_uR0H-MXg7NCwvByw7jcFDD8Mr02Q58kZ5Npnj91jzXFVRT09rSWpQM63ujjbh0-GMwipsLGhTsf0T7VqLmAmRBEqeiZ4DE-8cO7rIjh0sdimnog7VoDQ/s1600/red+cab.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikXEwBzDhdwtV2x0Nnon5smNs_uR0H-MXg7NCwvByw7jcFDD8Mr02Q58kZ5Npnj91jzXFVRT09rSWpQM63ujjbh0-GMwipsLGhTsf0T7VqLmAmRBEqeiZ4DE-8cO7rIjh0sdimnog7VoDQ/s320/red+cab.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
One of my experiments, a plain clear cab, given a silver back and a little color. Work in progress.</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="p2">
<br /></div>
<div class="p1">
I <i>love</i> working this way, putting it all out in front of me and just seeing where it goes. It began to flow, and I'm loving what's happening so far. I would love to show you the bigger pile, but that gives away too much! </div>
<div class="p2">
<br /></div>
<div class="p1">
<div style="text-align: center;">
I <i>can</i> tell you I need to go get more of <a href="https://www.bsueboutiques.com/product-p/blk09504.htm" target="_blank">these</a>, so save me some!</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQHfm12IFhV4lP5QzdYobSZLvz2_9I7dmTqSMZjrnF2yck5qcGjTgCPHOVe2fJv7x4l9Aj8AFKyNY1jp8sAvxeUpJN6Bepdks34GGCF1668k9U3Vr2ycKJmREPcmyVnsa50059g3Gni-eX/s1600/BLK09504-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="191" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQHfm12IFhV4lP5QzdYobSZLvz2_9I7dmTqSMZjrnF2yck5qcGjTgCPHOVe2fJv7x4l9Aj8AFKyNY1jp8sAvxeUpJN6Bepdks34GGCF1668k9U3Vr2ycKJmREPcmyVnsa50059g3Gni-eX/s200/BLK09504-2.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
A lovely B'sue Floral Sprig!</div>
</div>
<div class="p2">
<br /></div>
<div class="p1">
I have given thought, as I dove into my pile headfirst, as to which of the categories we've talked about in the class that I thought I fit into: the hobbyist, the maker, or the designer. Volume and income wise, I know I'm qualifying as hobbyist, but the way I'm gathering things and planning is the mind of a maker. </div>
<div class="p2">
<br /></div>
<div class="p1">
<div style="text-align: center;">
Does that make me a <i>Mabyist</i>? </div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOXCUhWVG26yvwnkwJrLrJgrBNhD1qk6dc60sclk_PSS-gHcb68-X0_Ak3FPEZMFAcsFMT65BGNmuEVPNOG5GcqV-pg25XzRGtkzttGWgoSxQ0L8LpIPv6B8st44hh2Eb34HPoGzdfWOIq/s1600/ponder+kitty.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOXCUhWVG26yvwnkwJrLrJgrBNhD1qk6dc60sclk_PSS-gHcb68-X0_Ak3FPEZMFAcsFMT65BGNmuEVPNOG5GcqV-pg25XzRGtkzttGWgoSxQ0L8LpIPv6B8st44hh2Eb34HPoGzdfWOIq/s1600/ponder+kitty.jpg" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
As in "maybe I'll sort this out?" </div>
</div>
<div class="p2">
<br /></div>
<div class="p1">
I realized today I'm in Explorer Mode right now with all these new ideas, feeling it all out, seeing where it goes. I need to give myself room to see how I work best, without the pressure; I've been too hard on myself with the business end. In fact, I actually realized it's been the thing that's kept me hopping around so much design wise; too much pressure to find what worked for the market, leaving myself out of the equation too much. That's not good for creativity!</div>
<div class="p2">
<br /></div>
<div class="p1">
Speaking of creativity, this lovely lady has been popping up for me everywhere I go lately, no kidding!<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVj_P4YXCxip_pRnfDEvhdTf9H9fuQcpJNTjSlgQa37xOIht4m09LR1n44lZ3IbKS2Esmpdf9thyrz061Dcsj2cUhT4IYmVXnpHN-tEkoKseM6Yppc-uBg9x58w-4oxSqBUy93zya_RoK5/s1600/frida.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVj_P4YXCxip_pRnfDEvhdTf9H9fuQcpJNTjSlgQa37xOIht4m09LR1n44lZ3IbKS2Esmpdf9thyrz061Dcsj2cUhT4IYmVXnpHN-tEkoKseM6Yppc-uBg9x58w-4oxSqBUy93zya_RoK5/s1600/frida.jpg" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Artist Frida Kahlo</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
From wall murals down the street, to random people's teeshirts… she even showed up in class! Wow! She's good inspiration, too, so I'm taking it as a sign.</div>
<div class="p2">
<br /></div>
<div class="p1">
<div style="text-align: center;">
And yes, Ookie is still here. </div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLaEGzh1r7DjmFRqrkn4rb1WMB0XGYQ8boTP0cX2RvHVHFh9PlayPXq37D0IX1n2taVPOnn5gK0BWQhawbt_UhffrRHykqRT4Q9DnUBAcweccp1ORq60UTY1QWD3w-jJMp4GprFnwusoKv/s1600/blk05090-2T.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLaEGzh1r7DjmFRqrkn4rb1WMB0XGYQ8boTP0cX2RvHVHFh9PlayPXq37D0IX1n2taVPOnn5gK0BWQhawbt_UhffrRHykqRT4Q9DnUBAcweccp1ORq60UTY1QWD3w-jJMp4GprFnwusoKv/s200/blk05090-2T.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
He's in his finest ink, and we're taking him out on the town. All gets revealed April 1. Stay tuned!</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="p2">
<br /></div>
<div class="p1">
Thank you for stopping by; onward to my other classmates!</div>
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="http://www.bsueboutiques.typepad.com/" target="_blank"> Brenda Sue Lansdowne Jewelry Making Outside the Box</a> --our Host and wonderful Teacher!<br />
<br />
<a href="http://butterflyemporium.indiemade.com/blog" target="_blank">Diana Buynak Butterfly Emporium Ceramic Studio</a><br />
<br />
<a href="http://heartsdezirebyirene.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Irene Hoffman, Heart's Dezire by Irene</a><br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.craftingmagick.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Clare Wells Nemeth, Creative Magick</a><br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.afrayedknot.net/" target="_blank">Mary Reckmeyer, Afrayed Not</a><br />
<br />
<a href="http://auroradesignsjewelryblog.me/" target="_blank">Marcia Tuzzolino, Aurora Designs</a><br />
<br />
<a href="http://wearableartbylizzie.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Elisabeth Wilks, Wearable Art by Lizzie</a><br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.onecanvasatatime.com/" target="_blank">Jeanette Rose Belmont, One Canvas At A Time</a><br />
<br />
<a href="http://lnreeve00.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Lyn Joy Reeve, A Journey From Jewels To Jubilation</a><br />
<br />
<a href="http://voguerocks.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Belinda Reed-Ingle, Vogue Rocks</a><br />
<br />
<a href="http://thejourneyofjewelry.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Beth Trubman, The Journey of Jewelry</a><br />
<br />
<a href="http://beadsophisticate.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Carole Carlson, Bead Sophisticate</a><br />
<br />
<a href="http://janntague.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Jann Tague, Clever Designs by Jann</a><br />
<br />
<a href="http://slgdesigns.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Shari Gardner, SLG Jewelry Designs</a><br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.fernsplace.org/" target="_blank">Susan Bolton, Fern's Place</a><br />
<br />
<a href="http://noodlepiebracelets.com/" target="_blank">Chris Kemp, Noodle Pie Bracelets</a><br />
<br />
<a href="http://angelskeepbandbdotcom.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Barbara Kelley, Angels' Keep</a><br />
<br />
<a href="http://woodsidewireworks.com/" target="_blank">Susan Bowerman, Woodside Wireworks</a><br />
<br />
<a href="http://novegattidesigns.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Pamela Anger, Novegatti Designs</a><br />
<br />
<a href="http://haileyscottage.com/" target="_blank">Joan Donovan, Hailey's Cottage</a><br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.allysbaubles.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Alison Huie, Ally's Baubles</a><br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.sharonsjewelrygarden.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Sharon Palac, Sharon's Jewelry Garden</a><br />
<br />
<a href="https://beebscloset.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Erica Olmos, Beeb's Closet</a><br />
<br />
<a href="https://shatteredtimejewelry.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Erin Whitacre, Shattered Time Jewelry</a><br />
<br />
<a href="https://sittonupfront.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Fran Sitton, Sitton Up Front</a><br />
<br />
<a href="https://lynnleighdesigns.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Ginger Hammond, Lynn Leigh Designs</a><br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.lovelylaylabugjewels.com/Blog.php" target="_blank">Paula Gaskill, Lovely LaylaBug Jewels</a><br />
<br />
<a href="http://theroseswordmdeis.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Mary Deis, The Rose Sword</a><br />
<br />
<a href="http://smallstuffdesign.com/" target="_blank">Renee Webb Allen, Small Stuff Design</a><br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.artjewelzdimensions.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Valerie Tilghman, ArtJewelsandGifts</a><br />
<br />
<a href="http://christinecravens.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Chris Cravens, Vintage Cravens</a><br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.adorndivinedesigns.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Leslie Carver, Adorn Divine Designs</a> you are here!<br />
<br />
<a href="http://jewelrydonna.typepad.com/" target="_blank">Donna Parry, JewelryDonna</a><br />
<br />
<a href="http://tanglestwistsandtreasures.com/blog/" target="_blank">Gina-Marie Hammer, Tangles, Twists and Treasures</a><br />
<br />
<a href="https://wingedwisdomenchantments.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Kelly Wymer, Winged Wisdom Enchantments</a></div>
<div class="p2">
<br /></div>
<div class="p1">
<br /></div>
<br />
<div class="p1">
<br /></div>
Adorn Divine Designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11659933752315532357noreply@blogger.com26tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6111151075164117731.post-85588999696696792802016-01-29T00:33:00.000-08:002016-01-29T10:19:12.188-08:00B'sue Boutiques Build A Line Challenge Blog Hop Post #1--What's Your Theme?<div style="text-align: center;">
<i>It's time for the first hop!</i></div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<img alt="B'Sue Boutiques Build A Line Master Challenge Class 2016" border="1" src="http://bsueboutiques.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8348f44da53ef01b8d174c654970c-800wi" height="384" width="225" /><br />
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
I LOVE this class!! (In fact, I've <i>already</i> learned <i>so</i> much, I realized I have <i>way </i>too much for one post (or three)! So, I'll be spreading my thoughts out between hops in order to get right to the meaty goodness today.)</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
This was starting my point--a collage of previous pieces I've made:</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIQiU2lDbcjrSSWkWLm-18lVG-U9eoOrvQLygfraaF9O3JOmEVh9eKbo-60Ncv9qenKgkpnnU7gUAQuHo46YGesF5PWK2ZLeLZxIhfL2T99X67wgxBklcIEB7qSZEn2JxUyRLkuqKYMYtN/s1600/bsue+collage.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img alt="Who made all of these? Okay, it was me." border="0" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIQiU2lDbcjrSSWkWLm-18lVG-U9eoOrvQLygfraaF9O3JOmEVh9eKbo-60Ncv9qenKgkpnnU7gUAQuHo46YGesF5PWK2ZLeLZxIhfL2T99X67wgxBklcIEB7qSZEn2JxUyRLkuqKYMYtN/s640/bsue+collage.jpg" title="" width="640" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<i>"Lovely bunch of designers, isn't it? Wait, it's all one person?"</i></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
Over the years, I've done a lot of different things, as you can see, but I've never created a <u>jewelry line</u> <i>on purpose</i> with the intent of presenting pieces as a group. Especially reproducible ones. As a result, my customers may have experienced both the good and the bad side of never knowing what to expect from me.<br />
<br />
I draw from so many things, enjoy so many techniques...where would I start? What to keep, toss, or transform? Who is my customer? Who am I? It can get pretty introspective pretty quickly, but you learn so much just by asking yourself these things. (Now you know why I need more than one post to tell you about what I've discovered, stay tuned!)<br />
<br />
I've joined the <a href="http://www.bsueboutiques.com/" target="_blank">B'sue Boutiques</a> Build A Line Challenge this year in the hopes to sort some of this out.<br />
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
One challenge here is for me to learn the practice of creating a set of pieces that have elements that tie them together; that look like they all came from the same person, that all sing the same song...even if I don't have my style "voice" nailed just yet.</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br />
<i>"You're singing right now, aren't you?"</i><br />
Maybe. I do have that "teach the world to sing" song stuck in my head now, though.</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
Those of us in the class each picked a theme that would be at the center of our lines, and for this first blog hop, we get to reveal them! So here is mine:</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjm8s_JkwWrm9hr9ut8xaooLHNfm3MfAD0vll8ya8cIRyDFNVhyHL5zNV-hWiL61cAlZ3UNjIQQpFgqTOOdSrpT2gpMkNuZpMqlfW8YTIkzPh2-p68Rk95y-aoR1RCGFoHOg8DoIgX4Ten/s1600/black+theme.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="367" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjm8s_JkwWrm9hr9ut8xaooLHNfm3MfAD0vll8ya8cIRyDFNVhyHL5zNV-hWiL61cAlZ3UNjIQQpFgqTOOdSrpT2gpMkNuZpMqlfW8YTIkzPh2-p68Rk95y-aoR1RCGFoHOg8DoIgX4Ten/s400/black+theme.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<i>"Wait, what? Did you drop ink on your B'sue order?"</i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
No, no...my theme is BLACK. I've been gathering supplies and feeling out some ideas.</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<i>"You're making mourning jewelry? When did you go full-on Goth?"</i></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
Well, no. There's going to be more. It's more like "Black & Something."</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<i>"That's not a good name for a line."</i></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
We're working on that.</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
As I've been nosing about researching historical periods and peeping in on current runway shows (and boy at the posts that'll be coming out of <i>that</i>), I realized my theme has given me a great gift...and a challenge unto itself. If black is the thread that weaves the line together, I can meander around different styles to a degree--do some experimentation, even, and it will all still work together. I could <i>technically</i> use <u>anything</u>.</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYNPqsWTwWOdCVSV2LR8ReDWtRHP-mFA47ouPTs2DVTG4WDA7Yli7vcJtwqOwJnhVnovTIgbj86JgioE6ls7z0QyYyzOcjwSHOlE6g_OJL5kSALHTg16EXoy40uULJIEDTNJHJS_Sm77my/s1600/blk05090-2T.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYNPqsWTwWOdCVSV2LR8ReDWtRHP-mFA47ouPTs2DVTG4WDA7Yli7vcJtwqOwJnhVnovTIgbj86JgioE6ls7z0QyYyzOcjwSHOlE6g_OJL5kSALHTg16EXoy40uULJIEDTNJHJS_Sm77my/s200/blk05090-2T.jpg" title="https://www.bsueboutiques.com/brass-octopus-matte-black-64-x-54mm-p/blk05090.htm" width="200" /></a></div>
<div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<i>Anything?</i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
Anything.<br />
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
So much to explore... I can't wait to see where this goes! The blog hop, though, goes onward!<br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b>Check out my classmates' blogs and see their themes!</b></div>
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="http://www.bsueboutiques.typepad.com/" target="_blank"> Brenda Sue Lansdowne Jewelry Making Outside the Box</a> --our Host and wonderful Teacher!<br />
<br />
<a href="http://butterflyemporium.indiemade.com/blog" target="_blank">Diana Buynak Butterfly Emporium Ceramic Studio</a><br />
<br />
<a href="http://heartsdezirebyirene.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Irene Hoffman, Heart's Dezire by Irene</a><br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.craftingmagick.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Clare Wells Nemeth, Creative Magick</a><br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.afrayedknot.net/" target="_blank">Mary Reckmeyer, Afrayed Not</a><br />
<br />
<a href="http://auroradesignsjewelryblog.me/" target="_blank">Marcia Tuzzolino, Aurora Designs</a><br />
<br />
<a href="http://wearableartbylizzie.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Elisabeth Wilks, Wearable Art by Lizzie</a><br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.onecanvasatatime.com/" target="_blank">Jeanette Rose Belmont, One Canvas At A Time</a><br />
<br />
<a href="http://lnreeve00.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Lyn Joy Reeve, A Journey From Jewels To Jubilation</a><br />
<br />
<a href="http://voguerocks.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Belinda Reed-Ingle, Vogue Rocks</a><br />
<br />
<a href="http://thejourneyofjewelry.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Beth Trubman, The Journey of Jewelry</a><br />
<br />
<a href="http://beadsophisticate.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Carole Carlson, Bead Sophisticate</a><br />
<br />
<a href="http://janntague.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Jann Tague, Clever Designs by Jann</a><br />
<br />
<a href="http://slgdesigns.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Shari Gardner, SLG Jewelry Designs</a><br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.fernsplace.org/" target="_blank">Susan Bolton, Fern's Place</a><br />
<br />
<a href="http://noodlepiebracelets.com/" target="_blank">Chris Kemp, Noodle Pie Bracelets</a><br />
<br />
<a href="http://angelskeepbandbdotcom.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Barbara Kelley, Angels' Keep</a><br />
<br />
<a href="http://woodsidewireworks.com/" target="_blank">Susan Bowerman, Woodside Wireworks</a><br />
<br />
<a href="http://novegattidesigns.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Pamela Anger, Novegatti Designs</a><br />
<br />
<a href="http://haileyscottage.com/" target="_blank">Joan Donovan, Hailey's Cottage</a><br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.allysbaubles.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Alison Huie, Ally's Baubles</a><br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.sharonsjewelrygarden.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Sharon Palac, Sharon's Jewelry Garden</a><br />
<br />
<a href="https://beebscloset.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Erica Olmos, Beeb's Closet</a><br />
<br />
<a href="https://shatteredtimejewelry.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Erin Whitacre, Shattered Time Jewelry</a><br />
<br />
<a href="https://sittonupfront.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Fran Sitton, Sitton Up Front</a><br />
<br />
<a href="https://lynnleighdesigns.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Ginger Hammond, Lynn Leigh Designs</a><br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.lovelylaylabugjewels.com/Blog.php" target="_blank">Paula Gaskill, Lovely LaylaBug Jewels</a><br />
<br />
<a href="http://theroseswordmdeis.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Mary Deis, The Rose Sword</a><br />
<br />
<a href="http://smallstuffdesign.com/" target="_blank">Renee Webb Allen, Small Stuff Design</a><br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.artjewelzdimensions.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Valerie Tilghman, ArtJewelsandGifts</a><br />
<br />
<a href="http://christinecravens.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Chris Cravens, Vintage Cravens</a><br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.adorndivinedesigns.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Leslie Carver, Adorn Divine Designs</a> you are here!<br />
<br />
<a href="http://jewelrydonna.typepad.com/" target="_blank">Donna Parry, JewelryDonna</a><br />
<br />
<a href="http://tanglestwistsandtreasures.com/blog/" target="_blank">Gina-Marie Hammer, Tangles, Twists and Treasures</a><br />
<br />
<a href="https://wingedwisdomenchantments.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Kelly Wymer, Winged Wisdom Enchantments</a></div>
</div>
Adorn Divine Designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11659933752315532357noreply@blogger.com31tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6111151075164117731.post-8380014959296159562015-09-25T01:33:00.000-07:002015-09-25T01:33:59.851-07:00It's Here! The B'sue Boutiques September CHANGE IT UP Vintage Flair Challenge Blog Hop Big Reveal!<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">That's a mouthful!</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">You've seen a LOT of great designs today. Thanks for hanging in there this far! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">As you probably know by now, we all had to choose at least one from these four pieces below to use for the challenge (available for sale <a href="http://bsueboutiques.com/" target="_blank">here</a>): </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEils8KZpl9ZmZLnuslN2mnW3vuNdG2T9RKI73zPkffWPn4HlL-CUoj1m7HpGUJEp1uIwtIOme-K5tFvowzPVC-bU4f46RDrj6kQua9haibDAFi_gOzGhRozeafym_1Uk4dXPymRGQJo2a01/s1600/6a00d8348f44da53ef01b8d15d16f5970c-800wi.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEils8KZpl9ZmZLnuslN2mnW3vuNdG2T9RKI73zPkffWPn4HlL-CUoj1m7HpGUJEp1uIwtIOme-K5tFvowzPVC-bU4f46RDrj6kQua9haibDAFi_gOzGhRozeafym_1Uk4dXPymRGQJo2a01/s320/6a00d8348f44da53ef01b8d15d16f5970c-800wi.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I ordered more than one, because I had no idea where I was going at first. Thankfully, when we were given a link to the wonders of Joseff of Hollywood, the gears started turning. By the time my order arrived and I combined it with my <strike>stash</strike> hoard, I almost had too many ideas to know where to start!</span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig_IxjSrmfQsb94LRUuhJ2kp1i2hLkKvq6tN60esIvRR8uFMCnK1RNOeiCHZm4PlGmFEfD9dwtxl1wrexkDVXxZRirBR0of7BHeEJhp_wunvfdyH23lcyvEoNxkVcQZjuHLbkthYj1rPsx/s1600/hop+supplies.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig_IxjSrmfQsb94LRUuhJ2kp1i2hLkKvq6tN60esIvRR8uFMCnK1RNOeiCHZm4PlGmFEfD9dwtxl1wrexkDVXxZRirBR0of7BHeEJhp_wunvfdyH23lcyvEoNxkVcQZjuHLbkthYj1rPsx/s320/hop+supplies.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I wound up saving that tie for strategic steampunk purposes. </span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">As you can see, the first thing I did was cut the cuff in half. I picked out some vintage from my <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/bsueboutiquesupplies" target="_blank">B'sue Etsy store</a> orders and made the base for two necklaces. </span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsJz8AWd5KDiV6dmVzbUq3Yv6swirMpkPdLsgl_B_LZRxxTpbgFYMdDKmuxTeEgHd72VE1U3Ed-v74DjA2_PeNe-nAraAtu3bQEnQA9vAh43UQrLFcgHJ96f12vA2xqbeo6mKDifNxwqkc/s1600/neck+cuffs.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsJz8AWd5KDiV6dmVzbUq3Yv6swirMpkPdLsgl_B_LZRxxTpbgFYMdDKmuxTeEgHd72VE1U3Ed-v74DjA2_PeNe-nAraAtu3bQEnQA9vAh43UQrLFcgHJ96f12vA2xqbeo6mKDifNxwqkc/s640/neck+cuffs.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I let things go bling crazy for the one on the left, which resulted in this piece:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzaI9rB1XWROe6ZkcNrpoK8lumkPrDhKhWPzRcze91zQLjkaF_AGkVI-iIDe4MyI26snQKElUrpNSZlg8iMnMIauzblUPoSo37k-UG-gEyqtnwLXo4aKE8ZAFbD3BGCjdt6yZ2G7ktssW7/s1600/fancy+necklace+full+bust.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzaI9rB1XWROe6ZkcNrpoK8lumkPrDhKhWPzRcze91zQLjkaF_AGkVI-iIDe4MyI26snQKElUrpNSZlg8iMnMIauzblUPoSo37k-UG-gEyqtnwLXo4aKE8ZAFbD3BGCjdt6yZ2G7ktssW7/s640/fancy+necklace+full+bust.jpg" width="586" /></span></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK6oTIzu4cXNoPQMuvB2H8hQHCjmmke5c51BREtgF3H9zAsmg6ykcIQgO55JYe6qlk006xqdQOtNimq95VLdoVIq8HDmVXKE__dcuAR8q8FQy_DRLIx1-Mw6ZPnGh81JuwVnZ5qKKfEXAb/s1600/fancy+close+bust.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="553" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK6oTIzu4cXNoPQMuvB2H8hQHCjmmke5c51BREtgF3H9zAsmg6ykcIQgO55JYe6qlk006xqdQOtNimq95VLdoVIq8HDmVXKE__dcuAR8q8FQy_DRLIx1-Mw6ZPnGh81JuwVnZ5qKKfEXAb/s640/fancy+close+bust.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I needed sunglasses to photograph it!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">But you can't really see the main element, so while this can get filed under "Vintage Flair," it's not quite changed from how I might use it otherwise. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">No....This is a job for <i>two</i> elements. Actually two and half, but we'll get to that in a minute. I bent the floral component (upper left of our choices) all sorts of ways and pondered a bracelet, but it wasn't satisfying on its own. I sat it down on the remaining half of the cuff piece, and knew what I needed to do. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I took all the skills I've been gathering from my Etsy ventures; my <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/purplemercurycat" target="_blank">rosary making</a>, my <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/fortunatesky" target="_blank">assemblage</a>, <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/adorndivinedesigns" target="_blank">my metal bending and coloring</a>...and threw them at this piece. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I tried the pearl cabochon you see in the stash photo, but it seemed to get lost. Then I remembered; I've had this magical big blue gem since I was a kid. Never had anything it seemed to go with. It's been sitting in a baggie in one my bins forever and a day. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoWwzszRsv1rDGKBBh5IaEEAAWc9jqLN6FxjshuXkDuZ5h_MDD2-TgUSNjBdFDFyg4ffN9ApgwC87ONVT2OROgZbuBiPjmWSSIIqfwNW64HkAj0zOe8F5SMzD7lPDCB5pez9apGcEhpFkh/s1600/il_fullxfull.194251802.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoWwzszRsv1rDGKBBh5IaEEAAWc9jqLN6FxjshuXkDuZ5h_MDD2-TgUSNjBdFDFyg4ffN9ApgwC87ONVT2OROgZbuBiPjmWSSIIqfwNW64HkAj0zOe8F5SMzD7lPDCB5pez9apGcEhpFkh/s200/il_fullxfull.194251802.jpg" width="200" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Not this exact one, but to give you the idea what it looks like.</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">On this day, it got its time to shine. It needed to be cradled completely, and my one flower bit didn't do the job, so I had to get creative.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4YRs95g_kB67rx2nOh4fohZNy3D-5HdbkTTNV_HdZu1xXKQaXDdI3heKCW6-ElCdIVUh-1JIQaM6v_F0RZ-chnuM6078yX_6wDBwK2tGmaR0XMptNuzeidYD4siB_82JMSCSvpmziaNyt/s1600/cut+floral.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="222" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4YRs95g_kB67rx2nOh4fohZNy3D-5HdbkTTNV_HdZu1xXKQaXDdI3heKCW6-ElCdIVUh-1JIQaM6v_F0RZ-chnuM6078yX_6wDBwK2tGmaR0XMptNuzeidYD4siB_82JMSCSvpmziaNyt/s320/cut+floral.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">*snip!* Good thing I've got a bunch of these!</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I stared at all the bright brass looking back at me. Needs something. Despite already being assembled, I needed to be creative again:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPYIPuMC8sC-iOUTa3a2HBSxqj-kNm_frNtM91cD9vTPrvVyN4sMiGbrE7UFpKAKMhQhNYHaeLPncWcgbkA8w58U4Wmmq4Tvo5OJjLtSKGnA6tk2TVV0ZQ9waScelyHU4XFNxrnp00qLGR/s1600/floral+paint.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPYIPuMC8sC-iOUTa3a2HBSxqj-kNm_frNtM91cD9vTPrvVyN4sMiGbrE7UFpKAKMhQhNYHaeLPncWcgbkA8w58U4Wmmq4Tvo5OJjLtSKGnA6tk2TVV0ZQ9waScelyHU4XFNxrnp00qLGR/s320/floral+paint.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Testing 1-2-3...</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">"Hmm the bottom needs something. What's that? Tassels are a thing again? Say,...."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Without further ado, here she is:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixcqQxtTGTUAy7MWE6Ijy3dq8rxdSIBOptsdPwIYXx5gpgh_KsEHAgKl9L6byJP4hqvpBMs4Lpt98nqxgdL1DLevqk4-p99qcSMkIz9q0nyjB3xxKj1WURnyIvkWCqEqOcy0zE4h8eI59b/s1600/fancy+blue+bust.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixcqQxtTGTUAy7MWE6Ijy3dq8rxdSIBOptsdPwIYXx5gpgh_KsEHAgKl9L6byJP4hqvpBMs4Lpt98nqxgdL1DLevqk4-p99qcSMkIz9q0nyjB3xxKj1WURnyIvkWCqEqOcy0zE4h8eI59b/s640/fancy+blue+bust.jpg" width="540" /></span></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNS3ajXvDr2OTMzdhILLVrQ76THRDHvoQ9nzswksBXNNPx4zbMK138ZLYtfA2KoF-ucssD19bGFB7DJ5Cx1rmlL7nyf8Ln7cJbAYt2KkXtBUB8vuaXX84FA-6kd4Cq9_5wpNb57iAe65mY/s1600/fancy+collage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="382" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNS3ajXvDr2OTMzdhILLVrQ76THRDHvoQ9nzswksBXNNPx4zbMK138ZLYtfA2KoF-ucssD19bGFB7DJ5Cx1rmlL7nyf8Ln7cJbAYt2KkXtBUB8vuaXX84FA-6kd4Cq9_5wpNb57iAe65mY/s640/fancy+collage.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Whee! Thank you <a href="https://www.facebook.com/brenda.s.lansdowne?fref=nf" target="_blank">Brenda Sue Lansdowne</a> for the inspiration and fun (and <a href="http://bsueboutiques.com/" target="_blank">all those goodies</a>).</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Now it wouldn't be a blog hop if I didn't give you the list of all of us you can visit, so here it is!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">You may have started with Brenda's blog <a href="http://bsueboutiques.typepad.com/bsue_boutiques_jewelry_su/" target="_blank">here</a>. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Here's the rest of us:</span></b><br />
<span style="background-color: #ead1dc; color: #444444; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: 21.6px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Mary Deis</span></span><br />
<div style="clear: none; color: #444444; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 11px;">
<span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: 21.6px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The Rose Sword</span></span></div>
<div style="clear: none; color: #444444; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 11px;">
<a href="http://theroseswordmdeis.blogspot.com/"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">http://theroseswordmdeis.blogspot.com/</span></a></div>
<div style="clear: none; color: #444444; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 11px;">
<span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Jann Tague</span></div>
<div style="clear: none; color: #444444; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 11px;">
<span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: 21.6px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Clever Designs</span></span></div>
<div style="clear: none; color: #444444; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 11px;">
<a href="https://janntague.wordpress.com/"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">https://janntague.wordpress.com/</span></a></div>
<div style="clear: none; color: #444444; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 11px;">
<span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Lori Beekman</span></div>
<div style="clear: none; color: #444444; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 11px;">
<span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">B.Accessorized</span></div>
<div style="clear: none; color: #444444; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 11px;">
<a href="https://baccessorized.wordpress.com/"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">https://baccessorized.wordpress.com/</span></a></div>
<div style="clear: none; color: #444444; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 11px;">
<span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Renee Hong</span></div>
<div style="clear: none; color: #444444; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 11px;">
<span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Fine and Dandy Jewelry</span></div>
<div style="clear: none; color: #444444; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 11px;">
<a href="http://www.fineanddandyjewelry.blogspot.com/"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">http://www.fineanddandyjewelry.blogspot.com/</span></a></div>
<div style="clear: none; color: #444444; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 11px;">
<span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Cynthia Wainscott</span></div>
<div style="clear: none; color: #444444; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 11px;">
<span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Exotic Peru Jewelry</span></div>
<div style="clear: none; color: #444444; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 11px;">
<a href="http://exoticperujewelry.blogspot.com/"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">http://exoticperujewelry.blogspot.com/</span></a></div>
<div style="clear: none; color: #444444; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 11px;">
<span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Dana Hickey</span></div>
<div style="clear: none; color: #444444; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 11px;">
<span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Magpie Approved</span></div>
<div style="clear: none; color: #444444; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 11px;">
<a href="http://magpieapproved.blogspot.com/"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">http://magpieapproved.blogspot.com/</span></a></div>
<div style="clear: none; color: #444444; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 11px;">
<span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Mary Beth Quigley-Spiker</span></div>
<div style="clear: none; color: #444444; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 11px;">
<span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Q Settings</span></div>
<div style="clear: none; color: #444444; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 11px;">
<a href="https://qsettings.wordpress.com/"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">https://qsettings.wordpress.com/</span></a></div>
<div style="clear: none; color: #444444; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 11px;">
<span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Karen Eaton</span></div>
<div style="clear: none; color: #444444; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 11px;">
<span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">KJewelry Creations</span></div>
<div style="clear: none; color: #444444; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 11px;">
<a href="http://kjewelrycreations1.blogspot.com/"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">http://kjewelrycreations1.blogspot.com/</span></a></div>
<div style="clear: none; color: #444444; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 11px;">
<span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Shari Gardner</span></div>
<div style="clear: none; color: #444444; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 11px;">
<span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">SLG Jewelry Designs</span></div>
<div style="clear: none; color: #444444; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 11px;">
<a href="https://slgdesigns.wordpress.com/"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">https://slgdesigns.wordpress.com/</span></a></div>
<div style="clear: none; color: #444444; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 11px;">
<span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Alison Huie</span></div>
<div style="clear: none; color: #444444; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 11px;">
<span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Ally's Baubles</span></div>
<div style="clear: none; color: #444444; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 11px;">
<a href="http://allysbaubles.blogspot.com/"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">http://allysbaubles.blogspot.com/</span></a></div>
<div style="clear: none; color: #444444; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 11px;">
<span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Pamela Anger</span></div>
<div style="clear: none; color: #444444; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 11px;">
<span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Novegatti Designs</span></div>
<div style="clear: none; color: #444444; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 11px;">
<a href="http://www.novegattidesigns.blogspot.com/"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">http://www.novegattidesigns.blogspot.com/</span></a></div>
<div style="clear: none; color: #444444; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 11px;">
<span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Carole Carlson</span></div>
<div style="clear: none; color: #444444; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 11px;">
<span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Beadsophisticate</span></div>
<div style="clear: none; color: #444444; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 11px;">
<a href="https://beadsophisticate.wordpress.com/"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">https://beadsophisticate.wordpress.com/</span></a></div>
<div style="clear: none; color: #444444; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 11px;">
<span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Cindy Peterson</span></div>
<div style="clear: none; color: #444444; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 11px;">
<span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Howling Dog Jewelry</span></div>
<div style="clear: none; color: #444444; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 11px;">
<a href="https://howlingdogjewelry.wordpress.com/"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">https://howlingdogjewelry.wordpress.com/</span></a></div>
<div style="clear: none; color: #444444; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 11px;">
<span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Marcia Tuzzolino</span></div>
<div style="clear: none; color: #444444; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 11px;">
<span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Aurora Designs</span></div>
<div style="clear: none; color: #444444; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 11px;">
<a href="http://auroradesignsjewelryblog.me/"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">http://auroradesignsjewelryblog.me/</span></a></div>
<div style="clear: none; color: #444444; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 11px;">
<span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Charlotte Smothers</span></div>
<div style="clear: none; color: #444444; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 11px;">
<span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sea Horse Ranch Life</span></div>
<div style="clear: none; color: #444444; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 11px;">
<a href="http://seahorseranch.blogspot.com/"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">http://seahorseranch.blogspot.com/</span></a></div>
<div style="clear: none; color: #444444; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 11px;">
<span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Catherine Shattuck</span></div>
<div style="clear: none; color: #444444; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 11px;">
<span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Victorian Rose Boutique</span></div>
<div style="clear: none; color: #444444; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 11px;">
<a href="https://vrbrose.wordpress.com/"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">https://vrbrose.wordpress.com/</span></a></div>
<div style="clear: none; color: #444444; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 11px;">
<span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Clare Wells Nemeth</span></div>
<div style="clear: none; color: #444444; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 11px;">
<span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Papercrafting Magic</span></div>
<div style="clear: none; color: #444444; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 11px;">
<a href="http://papercraftingmagic.blogspot.com/"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">http://papercraftingmagic.blogspot.com/</span></a></div>
<div style="clear: none; color: #444444; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 11px;">
<span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Erin Whitacre</span></div>
<div style="clear: none; color: #444444; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 11px;">
<span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Shattered Time</span></div>
<div style="clear: none; color: #444444; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 11px;">
<a href="https://shatteredtimejewelry.wordpress.com/"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">https://shatteredtimejewelry.wordpress.com/</span></a></div>
<div style="clear: none; color: #444444; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 11px;">
<span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Lynda O'Mara</span></div>
<div style="clear: none; color: #444444; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 11px;">
<span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Lomara Creative</span></div>
<div style="clear: none; color: #444444; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 11px;">
<a href="http://www.lomaracreative.com/"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">http://www.lomaracreative.com/</span></a></div>
<div style="clear: none; color: #444444; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 11px;">
<span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Ginger Hammond</span></div>
<div style="clear: none; color: #444444; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 11px;">
<span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Lynn Leigh Designs</span></div>
<div style="clear: none; color: #444444; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 11px;">
<a href="https://lynnleighdesigns.wordpress.com/"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">https://lynnleighdesigns.wordpress.com/</span></a></div>
<div style="clear: none; color: #444444; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 11px;">
<span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Ingrid Anderson</span></div>
<div style="clear: none; color: #444444; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 11px;">
<span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Lilis Gems Artisan Jewelry</span></div>
<div style="clear: none; color: #444444; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 11px;">
<a href="https://lilisgems.wordpress.com/"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">https://lilisgems.wordpress.com/</span></a></div>
<div style="clear: none; color: #444444; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 11px;">
<span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Deb Beechy</span></div>
<div style="clear: none; color: #444444; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 11px;">
<span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Beetique</span></div>
<div style="clear: none; color: #444444; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 11px;">
<a href="http://www.beetique56.blogspot.com/"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">http://www.beetique56.blogspot.com</span></a></div>
<div style="clear: none; color: #444444; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 11px;">
<span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Harry Wood</span></div>
<div style="clear: none; color: #444444; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 11px;">
<span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Oscar Crow</span></div>
<div style="clear: none; color: #444444; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 11px;">
<a href="http://oscarcrow.blogspot.com/"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">http://oscarcrow.blogspot.com/</span></a></div>
<div style="clear: none; color: #444444; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 11px;">
<span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Delyssa Maxwell</span></div>
<div style="clear: none; color: #444444; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 11px;">
<span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Past Time Fancies</span></div>
<div style="clear: none; color: #444444; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 11px;">
<a href="https://pasttimefancies.wordpress.com/"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">https://pasttimefancies.wordpress.com/</span></a></div>
<div style="clear: none; color: #444444; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 11px;">
<span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Paula Gaskill</span></div>
<div style="clear: none; color: #444444; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 11px;">
<span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Lovely Layla Bugs</span></div>
<div style="clear: none; color: #444444; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 11px;">
<a href="http://lovelylaylabugjewels.weebly.com/blog"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">http://lovelylaylabugjewels.weebly.com/blog</span></a></div>
<div style="clear: none; color: #444444; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 11px;">
<span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Irene Hoffman</span></div>
<div style="clear: none; color: #444444; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 11px;">
<span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Heart's Dezire by Irene</span></div>
<div style="clear: none; color: #444444; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 11px;">
<a href="https://heartsdezirebyirene.wordpress.com/"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">https://heartsdezirebyirene.wordpress.com/</span></a></div>
<div style="clear: none; color: #444444; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 11px;">
<span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Alexandra Sefton</span></div>
<div style="clear: none; color: #444444; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 11px;">
<span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Imaginary Jewelry and Altered Art</span></div>
<div style="clear: none; color: #444444; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 11px;">
<a href="http://wilywolverine.blogspot.com/"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">http://wilywolverine.blogspot.com/</span></a></div>
<div style="clear: none; color: #444444; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 11px;">
<span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Leslie Carver (Hey, that's me!)</span></div>
<div style="clear: none; color: #444444; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 11px;">
<span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Adorn Divine Designs </span></div>
<div style="clear: none; color: #444444; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 11px;">
<span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a href="http://adorndivinedesigns.blogspot.com/">http://adorndivinedesigns.blogspot.com/</a> (You are here!)</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<i><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Thank you for joining us! </span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<i><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Come join <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/bsueboutiquescreativegroup/" target="_blank">The Creative Group on Facebook</a>!</span></i></div>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />Adorn Divine Designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11659933752315532357noreply@blogger.com26tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6111151075164117731.post-71415050037134024102015-09-18T19:29:00.000-07:002015-09-21T19:50:07.423-07:00Ever had an idea that just wanted out?<br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I had several of those <a href="http://www.bsueboutiques.com/butterfly-pendant-nymph-raw-brass-57-x-57mm-p/fig07730.htm" target="_blank">butterfly fairies</a> fluttering about my worktable.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcy-0jZbNkl7KrCAp_E-HYEkx3oBFrN6FaRIZ94zGfERuCTU6xFyH6GwrfIwTIYpb0UjfywG_35E028c5RsojDxwXRWpbzcqqGNzNJqH7rq9qBjkHQcpzuQxNbSZUh76zTosJNVsfxD9w6/s1600/fig07730-2T.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcy-0jZbNkl7KrCAp_E-HYEkx3oBFrN6FaRIZ94zGfERuCTU6xFyH6GwrfIwTIYpb0UjfywG_35E028c5RsojDxwXRWpbzcqqGNzNJqH7rq9qBjkHQcpzuQxNbSZUh76zTosJNVsfxD9w6/s200/fig07730-2T.jpg" width="200" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">They were just <i>asking</i> to have something interesting behind them, but I didn't want to just attach them flat. If you've seen <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/245713650/chocolate-oxidized-bronze-copper" target="_blank">my wing earrings</a>, you know I've gotten into bending things lately, so sure enough I found myself twisting them all sorts of ways. Here are two that came out of the adventure: </span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwgPfyLFxkZqSDmwkMrOGMS4ZBfe7ZEuDvtIViACZEi1avPU42h-tAcNINn8nR0HX0hTf5ZqB5MbqKhDppiYtpC4eSFfKt6xPQdshYP6owdIVez3dbFyHKt8U3Va8WmLu5nzla7mBFpdaF/s1600/combined+bent+butterfly+wm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwgPfyLFxkZqSDmwkMrOGMS4ZBfe7ZEuDvtIViACZEi1avPU42h-tAcNINn8nR0HX0hTf5ZqB5MbqKhDppiYtpC4eSFfKt6xPQdshYP6owdIVez3dbFyHKt8U3Va8WmLu5nzla7mBFpdaF/s640/combined+bent+butterfly+wm.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">One of my butterflies was silver plate, so I had to give its raw brass backing a silver treatment. Wound up treating the bead caps, too. I need to remember to look up suggestions for doing that, since it's not so much fun chasing tiny things around on a plate! Funny enough, finding the right beads to match the reddish pink faux-opal effect of the cabochon was the hardest part. "Colors between the colors," indeed!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">But "Best in Show" for this lot was definitely this one:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC7-tQhjgfQhcCa4fwBu8dZbTHGhLzUtTHJlQEP6TCMGJhHvgLWaXHnFUcQosyi63wlmHErozBpJmxinaNBQ0I682vIk8-uElqAAkRbCHYDO7DQe3VTNfrjq_iz8icSZqy191KyfLBNhLd/s1600/chocolate+butterfly+bust+wm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC7-tQhjgfQhcCa4fwBu8dZbTHGhLzUtTHJlQEP6TCMGJhHvgLWaXHnFUcQosyi63wlmHErozBpJmxinaNBQ0I682vIk8-uElqAAkRbCHYDO7DQe3VTNfrjq_iz8icSZqy191KyfLBNhLd/s640/chocolate+butterfly+bust+wm.jpg" width="468" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Not so easy to get that opal like effect to show on camera, but you get the idea. I got in some good wire wrapping practice here. </span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I'm working steadily now on my pieces for the September "Change it Up" Challenge and blog hop on September 25!</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="http://bsueboutiques.typepad.com/bsue_boutiques_jewelry_su/2015/08/come-join-us-for-the-change-it-up-blog-hop-in-september.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><img alt="B'Sue Boutiques Change it Up Blog Hop" border="1" src="http://bsueboutiques.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8348f44da53ef01bb08650f3c970d-800wi" height="384" width="225" /></span></a></div>
Adorn Divine Designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11659933752315532357noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6111151075164117731.post-78137977663049123692015-09-09T17:16:00.000-07:002015-09-21T19:50:53.316-07:00It all started with an octopus...<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">...this one to be exact:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTzs-wA_Y5T5nvYc9dDxxWc0SYvWNSk58qg2uJ9omv8mL_ijE77u4CfcePwKx8-VbX8rJgHhVjkPVXkMma6hn5paj9zYi-FugfSEOxvkYWPJp7z0uFkD9JlJ52sqwXkZnjEQwXt6FaKcoM/s1600/rb01526-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><img alt="http://www.bsueboutiques.com/product-p/rb01526.htm" border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTzs-wA_Y5T5nvYc9dDxxWc0SYvWNSk58qg2uJ9omv8mL_ijE77u4CfcePwKx8-VbX8rJgHhVjkPVXkMma6hn5paj9zYi-FugfSEOxvkYWPJp7z0uFkD9JlJ52sqwXkZnjEQwXt6FaKcoM/s200/rb01526-2.jpg" title="" width="200" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The August Monthly Challenge theme for <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/bsueboutiquescreativegroup/" target="_blank">B'sue Creative Group</a> on Facebook was "End of Summer/Under the Sea." I had a few of these eight-armed fellows hanging around (you can get them <a href="http://www.bsueboutiques.com/SearchResults.asp?Search=octopus&Submit=Search" target="_blank">here</a>) and some strands of beads that reminded me somewhat of seaweed/coral ocean type scenery, so I decided to play around a bit.</span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The oxidized brass octopus got the green beads and nautical looking chain. I'm still debating the starfish on this one. Too much green? Perhaps a little Swellegant is in order here.</span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCk2Buw_K0JelVb94E17OSB7eizkJqdzsjhOwfg8D8bjVk26Ghvok_0MUYmuhxggnz7_PMe_X9aZhncVr6cHiDQ94-439A2c-7REHBA5gFuIOyAkvgdYjGb9dybNyNlND3Ct6dA5AEaT_4/s1600/green+octopus+bust+wm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCk2Buw_K0JelVb94E17OSB7eizkJqdzsjhOwfg8D8bjVk26Ghvok_0MUYmuhxggnz7_PMe_X9aZhncVr6cHiDQ94-439A2c-7REHBA5gFuIOyAkvgdYjGb9dybNyNlND3Ct6dA5AEaT_4/s640/green+octopus+bust+wm.jpg" width="515" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">For the second variation, I used the chocolate octopus above with some of the same beads in ivory. Wow, it wound up looking eerily like bone. I just went with it, and gave him a little skull souvenir. This guy means business!</span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDEPlv920toFNXtUpN9_Bo9h1Lwo5dzN2RD9ZAYjeu_GvdhKkYxNxxSndYisp0ZTudjNsMjNpJW4ARMBy_6goemf-TNaqDcY0XFHzMjzIBy9OIqfPn2gWl4pOuAW5emRFMs1OzwG3fpcGP/s1600/octopus+bust+white+wm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDEPlv920toFNXtUpN9_Bo9h1Lwo5dzN2RD9ZAYjeu_GvdhKkYxNxxSndYisp0ZTudjNsMjNpJW4ARMBy_6goemf-TNaqDcY0XFHzMjzIBy9OIqfPn2gWl4pOuAW5emRFMs1OzwG3fpcGP/s640/octopus+bust+white+wm.jpg" width="536" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">But the winner turned out to be the octopus I gave a little patina treatment to, along with the turquoise version of the beads:</span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4anAofvJIwqde0mWixb-8BAou3QF_izCp7XN3qZNEKoc4QoTJqjDdJf3eoiszcruZexOKPpcS5aEsTJGep5lfmpSwtCrMWm0Ey0lqhUnRUsmJsnyPjGGvK5yY00mSXlupTUN8Kyg05BNL/s1600/august+challenge+wm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4anAofvJIwqde0mWixb-8BAou3QF_izCp7XN3qZNEKoc4QoTJqjDdJf3eoiszcruZexOKPpcS5aEsTJGep5lfmpSwtCrMWm0Ey0lqhUnRUsmJsnyPjGGvK5yY00mSXlupTUN8Kyg05BNL/s1600/august+challenge+wm.jpg" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This one wound up being my August Challenge entry. He won me a spot in the <a href="http://bsueboutiques.typepad.com/bsue_boutiques_jewelry_su/" target="_blank">B'sue Boutiques Blog</a> AND the newsletter, which was a first for me, and very exciting!</span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Haven't decided if I should be selling these or not. Lots of fun to do!</span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<br />Adorn Divine Designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11659933752315532357noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6111151075164117731.post-63085785495565873262015-08-24T13:25:00.001-07:002015-08-24T13:29:43.031-07:00Greetings from the Lab<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Welcome to the Mad Scientist Laboratory (aka Worktable 1).</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMVw5tX_pUSXG_MlA6v1sfmJF2IfkpTCSoQ02H4rCs2CZY5cQX-fMjQiL_svziaW0SyMtAJ1RFtwFvrJVktaCxkbHbDDwolO1sGRIi1oVYd-pdGkAjcDar13lt4Xo2ByqZL9lfAhQK-fR6/s1600/worktable+1+a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="273" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMVw5tX_pUSXG_MlA6v1sfmJF2IfkpTCSoQ02H4rCs2CZY5cQX-fMjQiL_svziaW0SyMtAJ1RFtwFvrJVktaCxkbHbDDwolO1sGRIi1oVYd-pdGkAjcDar13lt4Xo2ByqZL9lfAhQK-fR6/s320/worktable+1+a.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">(in a rare moment of order!)</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This is where I've been collecting various means to color and patina metals, opening the doors to a lot of design elements I've not tried before.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Today's experiment has involved an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphonse_Mucha" target="_blank">Alphonse Mucha</a> style stamping. I could only find it in this silver color, and I needed a brass/gold finish. The results:</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuJifuFf1UgV_xZR3-7KnHD6IhcC37HGgTSBycNohPPqdF29FNbjiQNZyKqdQzdyTdeDPWxU0sCCDpEIPKAovvmHEzzk9S8vZpzgVgfTsgCNMR499TQPgBYQySgccNGrgWJccKyRup-2aL/s1600/mucha+experiment.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuJifuFf1UgV_xZR3-7KnHD6IhcC37HGgTSBycNohPPqdF29FNbjiQNZyKqdQzdyTdeDPWxU0sCCDpEIPKAovvmHEzzk9S8vZpzgVgfTsgCNMR499TQPgBYQySgccNGrgWJccKyRup-2aL/s320/mucha+experiment.jpg" width="304" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">At first, I tried the Brass Swellegant metal coating as the base layer. The details for this piece are so fine (the stamping is only 1.25 inches), the coat was very thin, and didn't want to play well with the Gilders Paste, despite being sealed. The Iris Blue has a lot of green undertones, which cooled the color of the brass finish appreciably.</span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">On a second stamping, I decided to try the highlight color as the underlayment, using the Vintaj Patina coating. It took some doing to get it into the details and keep it a thin coat, but it worked. I took a stiff dry brush, held it sideways, and gently applied the gold Gilders. Much closer to the look I wanted, so I now I know to work "backwards" when I want this kind of effect. </span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I've got to get back over to the jewelry worktable (we'll save that photo for another day) so I can finish something "seaworthy" for the August Design Challenge over in the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/bsueboutiquescreativegroup/" target="_blank">Facebook Creative Group page</a> for <a href="http://www.bsueboutiques.com/" target="_blank">B'Sue Boutiques</a>...join us!</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
Adorn Divine Designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11659933752315532357noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6111151075164117731.post-29100349105395362352015-08-18T06:28:00.000-07:002015-08-24T13:27:41.034-07:00Hello, there.<br />
<br />
This is the new blog space for Adorn Divine Designs.<br />
<br />
Please pardon our dust while we get set up. Thanks for stopping by!<br />
<br />Adorn Divine Designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11659933752315532357noreply@blogger.com0