Saturday, September 6, 2014

Blue Fantasy Blog Hop - 2014


Again, Lisa Lodge of A Grateful Artist has given us a challenge using blue beads.  

What I received from Lisa:




























The first piece of jewelry I made is a bracelet.  I had purchased these 3 tiered dark blue and light blue bead sets several months ago on line, though I don't remember from where. I have been wanting to use them. First I tried to do a triangular piece with them but they were to stiff to do what I wanted so I used the pearls and crystals from Lisa to create the bracelet below. The little square blue beads are acrylic with tiny rhinestones set in them...It has a lobster claw closure, though I think I may change it to a magnetic closure. The beads are strung on silver tone wire. The little blue filler beads are size 8 glass seed beads I had on hand. 





























The second piece I made is a necklace. At first I didn't put the 3 tiered crystal pieces on the dark blue sea glass pieces...but it looked soooo naked! So I asked my daughter and she suggested the crystal pieces.  They are attached with size 26 silver tone wire.  Each one is a little different as I did free form wire wrapping. Then around the lighter blue seas glass bone shaped beads I did tiny wire wrapping with tiny curls on each end of the wires.  I used the silver spacers with the bone shaped beads at each end and one is in the middle of the light blue crystal beads hanging on the leaf. I used the silver tone toggle closure with silver tone chain. Each bead section is connected with jump rings attached to the end of eye pins that run through each bead set. 




























For my last piece..and I still have beads left over but I have plans for them with some others I have received from Lisa....will post that piece later. Anyway, this last piece is just a simple necklace using the dark blue sea glass leaf and the light blue crystals from Lisa.  I also had some light blue glass flower beads that I used along with light blue glass leaf beads. I strung them along with matte and shiny blue glass seed beads.  I joined it to gold tone chain and a lobster claw closure. Very simple and light. 


























I hope you have enjoyed my BLUE offerings. For more stunning pieces jump over to Lisa's page at Gratefulartist. Make sure you comment so we know you have visited. And as always...THANK YOU Lisa for the great challenge!



14 comments:

  1. Good job! The wire wrapping adds an interesting touch to the pieces.

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  2. Great pieces, I love the bracelet, full of sparkle and very sophisticated.

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  3. Hi Vera,I like all of your blue pieces but the last necklace with the leaves is my favorite.

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  4. Great designs! I am really partial to the last necklace with all those leaves.

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  5. Veralynne - you have created a lovely collection of blue jewelry! The last necklace with the blue leaf pendant is my favorite. I also like how you have the light blue beads hanging on the silver leaf pendant. Thanks for being in the hop!

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  6. Vera!..what a GREAT! idea 'blinging-up' with those wrapped crystals! I never would have thought to do that...your wraps are so neat and everything sparkles! I love the bracelet..more bling is always good! The leaf necklace is perfect for a beautiful summery dress or a chunky sweater.

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  7. I love what you did with the bone shaped beads. Those really stumped me. Now I'm going to try wire-wrapping the leftovers. Beautiful work.

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  8. Love how you attached the 3 tiered crystals, they add a wonderful texture to the design.

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  9. Your lovely three strand bracelet and feather necklace remind me of something classic that would be worn with a simple black dress. The crystals with the silver add a lot of shimmer and shine. The leaf and flower necklace is chunky but delicate at the same time and would steal the show no matter what you wore it with!

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  10. All great pieces. I really like the fun leafy one at the end!

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  11. All of your designs are great but my favorite would be the necklace with the wire wrapping. Thanks for sharing.

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  12. Love all of your designs - I think the leafy one is my favorite. Your wire wrapping is beautiful.

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  13. nice all around. This is my first peed at one of Lisa's challenges, so I was curious to see what she sent out and how easy or hard it was to design around. Your little square beads with the rhinestones were precious, but your necklace was the best of the show

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