Sue Beads

Erin Prais-Hintz , that wonderful woman, hosts quarterly challenges and November is the month for the Challege of Color !  I was lucky enough to be included in the hop, and I chose Algerian Abstract out of the two palettes she sent me.   The palettes came from the US Geological Service from their LandSat Project:   "Our Earth as Art: A Landsat Perspective" is a collection of spectacular satellite images acquired by the Landsat 7 satellite.  These remarkable portraits of earth were selected for their aesthetic value. The color enhanced satellite images show astonishing patterns and abstractions of vivid colors and fantastic shapes. The collection was originally developed to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Landsat program -- the United States' oldest land-surface observation satellite system that captures remotely sensed images of the earth's land surface and surrounding coastal regions. A series of satellites have been launched since 1972, with Lan...

Over at Art Jewelry Elements , we have a Component of the Month Challenge each month. The members of AJE can play along, and a few people are selected from comments!  This month, Lesley Watt   is the host of the CoM challenge!  She has the most wonderful things in her Thea Too shop, you really do need to check it out.  I have several items of hers that I have not used because, well, I'm a bead hoarder just like you! This is the focal she sent us - a beautiful bronze snowflake!  I thought long and hard about what I wanted to do with it.  Since I wanted to add a bail, and it would be permanent, I did not want to be hasty.  I used E6000 and glued the bail on!  There, that wasn't so hard, was it?  This is not exactly the color scheme I had in mind.  Nor the amount of strands I wanted to use.  I was thinking of an earth-toned color scheme, and it was going to be a six-strand necklace all with small seed beads.  However, t...

Thank you to everyone who was able to participate in the 7000 bracelets blog hop - I know it's a very busy time of year!  I didn't get to everyone's blog on Sunday because I had a migraine over the weekend!  I just finished hopping, and if I missed commenting on your blog, please let me know!  It was not intentional!  I just got new glasses (bifocals - yuck!) and am trying to get used to using the computer with the glasses on! Thanks again everyone!

Today is the day for the 7000 Bracelets Blog Hop! Back in October I posted about a call for more Blue Bracelets!  You can read that intial post here !   In essence, Lisa James of Global Genes Project was in need of some more blue bracelets to give their families who have a member with a rare genetic disease!  I decided it would be fun to do a little blog hop, to get them some exposure and donations! Here are the bracelets I made. I made the closures adjustable, with chain, because the wrist size of the recipient is not known.  I had fun making them and I hope they have fun receiving them! Here's a link to their donation page if you feel you can donate a blue bracelet for the cause! Global Genes Bracelet Donation Page! And here's a list of all the participants!  Please stop by their blogs and give them a little love and support!  And THANK YOU to all who participated!  SueBeads Jewel School Friends Silver Rose Designs ...

Shop the finest Component and Jewelry Designers For the 2012 Holiday Season Many of our artists have published work & sell their beautiful pieces nationally and internationally. Fabulous Handmade Component and Jewelry Pieces. The largest Artisan shopping event for Cyber Week...Ever!!  It starts this Friday, Nov. 23rd thru Friday Nov 30th. All participating jewelry designers will be offering a discount on their stores & will be promoting a giveaway .   Winners will be chosen individually by the blog owners. I will be offering 20% off in my SueBeads etsy store! For event wide discount code use:  AWHOLIDAY My giveaway is this gorgeous set of Cameo Beads in Plum worth $25!  Please comment on this post and I'll choose a random comment as the winner! We will be hiding Three Exciting Giveaways  throughout our participants blogs.   When you find them, follow the directions to be entered!  AND! Bookmark ArtisanW...

Check out Art Jewelry Elements blog tomorrow for all day posts, fun information and giveaways as well as a special holiday coupon code you can use in all the Art Jewelry Elements contributors' stores!  And Happy Thanksgiving to all!

Shop the finest Component and Jewelry Designers For the 2012 Holiday Season Many of our artists have published work & sell their beautiful pieces nationally and internationally. Fabulous Handmade Component and Jewelry Pieces. The largest Artisan shopping event for Cyber Week...Ever!!  It starts this Friday, Nov. 23rd thru Friday Nov 30th. All participating jewelry designers will be offering a discount on their stores & will be promoting a giveaway .   Winners will be chosen individually by the blog owners. I will be offering 20% off in my SueBeads etsy store! For event wide discount code use:  AWHOLIDAY My giveaway is this gorgeous set of Cameo Beads in Plum worth $25!   We will be hiding Three Exciting Giveaways  throughout our participants blogs.   When you find them, follow the directions to be entered!  AND! Bookmark ArtisanWhimsy.com for Future Artisan Jewelry Shopping Opportunities! ...