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AE Component of the Month for April -- Jennifer Stout Cameron

The component of the month for April was provided by Jennifer Cameron.  She made these awesome textured dichroic silver glass sparkly focal beads for us!


Yes, as usual, I didn't take a photo of mine before I worked on it!  I made this great focal piece.

I used a silver clay headpin from Andrew Thornton, urchin style bead caps, and a great pinch bail.  I had purchased some hand-dyed ribbon from Amy Kuczewski which arrived Monday in the mail!


Please check out what everyone else made, and thank you Jennifer for a great focal!

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Comments

bairozan said…
The silver combines perfectly with the colors of the gorgeous lampwork bead, that's a stunning focal!
This is beautiful! Very elegant with the silver headpin and bail-it really showcases the bead.
The ribbon arrived just in time! That looks fantastic! I love keeping focal beads simple and love how you offset it with the art headpin and the silver urchin endcaps. love it!
Unknown said…
Really pretty, love how well the blue shows up!
Caroline said…
That's perfect, it really shows off the focal!
Karen Totten said…
Wow - really pretty!
CraftyHope said…
I love that you really kept it simple and let the bead shine, all while incorporating some beautiful elements in their own right. Awesome!
Laney said…
Love that Sue, really beautiful.
Lesley said…
Great treatment Sue - the colours really pop with the silver.
Jenny said…
The shiny silver elements are stunning with that bead!
Niky Sayers said…
Beautiful Sue, it really show cases the bead perfectly!
Deb said…
The silver treatment really lets the bead shine! I love it Sue.
Sarajo Wentling said…
Perfect timing on getting that ribbon! I love the silver components that you added for simple perfection. (And I also appreciate that I'm not the only one who always forgets to take a picture of the component of the month first!)

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