The Beads:
The Design Challenge:
Feel free to create in any way you wish, using your bead as inspiration for your colorway, theme, technique. You are welcome to use additional Color of Dreams beads in your design, as well as artisan beads and gems and anything you like. You are not limited to jewelry.
You may share a dream that has come true, one you are working on now, or one you hope for in the future. The one goal of the hop: we'll focus on our dreams as entirely possible, with the idea, "If we can dream it, we can achieve it." So, try creating "from the end" -- as if your dream has already come true -- using your jewelry design to do so.
When my bead arrived....we sat and looked at each other for a while...then some more....then again....I turned it all kinds of way...but the one thing that stood out to me what that the colors looked like flower petals....Soooooo I tried again and again to get a flower out of that bead...no go....finally.....we started to get in tune with each other....petals...flowers...garden...gardener.......GARDEN FAIRY!!!!
Finally, I didn't think we would make it....but ta da...below is my garden fairy. She is strung on green cotton cord to look like a vine with some purple flowers and green leaves. The chain that hangs as her skirt, represents the flower petals and the yellow beads in the middle the stamens. She is wearing a purple flower shawl, and a yellow flower hat with a crown....I have already tried her out and she was the hit of the party.
I couldn't be happier with the bead I got!!!! Can you find her in the picture above?????
To see what the rest of the group received and created hop over to Jewel School Friends and check them out....Thanks for looking.
How cute and clever! Very nice for spring!
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Vera your fairy is adorable. She is a very creative design. Her bead is right above mine in the pic.
ReplyDeleteAdorable!! She also looks like an Hawaiian hula dancer. Is that your secret dream? hehehe Love the colors!!
ReplyDeleteI LOVE your garden fairy! Very unique in a clever way!!! Good job!
ReplyDeleteNeat idea!!
ReplyDeleteI love it! What a unique way to use the bead as a focal.
ReplyDeleteOk, I vote your fairy to be the mascot for this blog hop! What a wonderful, happy sprite! Love your creativity and design process!
ReplyDeleteHow adorable!!! Cute Cute Cute!!! Love it! Have a Blessed Day!!!
ReplyDeleteDear Veralynne--now that is perfectly beautiful! I love your design! xox jean
ReplyDeleteVery cute idea! Well done!
ReplyDeleteYour piece is very cute , love it!!
ReplyDeleteOMgosh, she is a real charmer, Vera! What an imagination you have :) Love her!
ReplyDeleteWhat a gorgeous little creature that has emerged from your bead - the stuff of dreams indeed!
ReplyDeleteShe's bead-i-ful! One of my ideas was to do an angel with mine. But it just didn't work out for me. I love how you transformed your bead not only into a work of art but a garden fairy. Just as some of us look into the sky and see cats chasing butterflies in the clouds above.
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ReplyDeleteShe is wonderful!!!! I love fairy's and you gave her so much personality!!! LOVE!!!
Oh, I'm in love with your fairy!! It is mind-blowing how everybody took a complete different approach from anybody else... I haven't seen 2 similar designs or ideas so far :) I just love your beautiful Garden Fairy, bright, bold, and so beautiful!
ReplyDeleteOMGoodness! How creative! I LOVE it! =) Adorable, indeed!
ReplyDeleteWhat fun! I would have been challenged by your pillow bead but you definitely met and surpassed the challenge with your sweet garden fairy.
ReplyDeleteOK now that is really cute! I love fairies and this one is gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteOh, wonderful! I love what you made with your bead--so whimsical and happy. Thank you so much for sharing!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fantastic garden fairy. I love how you put all the pieces together with the colors in the bead. So lovely and creative.
ReplyDeleteI love your garden fairy! She would look so good hanging from my rear view mirror! That way I could play with her everyday! She looks so fun & whimsical!
ReplyDeleteI love the color and whimsy of your piece. Colorful as Garden, light and airy.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Shirley -- she is our mascot for this blog hop! Adorable and darling, as well as clever and beautiful! I love her tropical feel, like a garden fairy right here in Orlando, playing in my Hibiscus! You knocked it out of the park with your jewelry art! Enchanting and smart, sweet & full of the magic dreams are made of! Bravo!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for creating a lovely sprite and sharing your gifts with us all in our hop! You are as beautiful an artist as your sweet garden fairy is fabulously fun! xxoo Rita
A very interesting design; colorful and creative.
ReplyDeleteYep, your bead is 2nd row about 4 over. What a great idea. She is adorable. What a great way to have your bead with you everyday.
ReplyDeleteLove the Garden Fairy! She's very special and beautiful. A very original souvenir of this Blog Hop :-)
ReplyDeleteWow, that tassel ! It's like a party on a necklace ! <3 Sorry this comment took so long, this week has been a little heretic.
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