Art Charm Exchange

So you know I love to make polymer clay charms, beads and focals.

When Jennifer Cameron suggested a charm exchange with fairy tales as the theme, I was in 200%.

I made my beads and charms and sent them off to Jen.

Wow!

That's a lot of beads!

I sent sets for each participant.

There is something so decadent about the whole collection, isn't there?

So I sent sets like these to the other participants.

As well as some of these sets...

But then I decided to send some extra bead sets for the auction.

So I sent a Cinderella set.

A Fairy Tale Forest Set.

A second Cinderella set.

Want to bid on any of these sets?

Watch for the announcement of the auction soon...

You can take a peek at the other beads that will be at the auction  by visiting each of the participants blogs:

Caroline Dewison

Angelique Gentry

Alenka Obid

Andrea Glick

Charlene Jacka

Helena Hatten

Cassie Paslick

Catherine van Alphen

Lesley Watt

Leona Smith

Kathy Lindemer

Jennifer Davies-Reazor

Lori Anderson

Michelle McCarthy

Melissa Trudinger

Marianne Baxter

Patty Miller

Vanessa Gilkes

Terri Del Signore

Shai Williams

Jenn Cameron

Sheila Prosterman

Susan Kennedy

Thanks for stopping by...

Art Jewelry Elements: Tree Challenge

I am a huge fan of all the Talent gathered over at Art Jewelry Elements.

I am talking Talent with a capital T.

They generally offer a challenge each month and invite others to play along.  

I have on occasion and am doing so again this month.

The challenge this month is trees.

Well, I knew this would be the perfect challenge for me.

A while back I made a tree stamp from polymer clay.

And here are the new, naked beads.

It is one of my all time favorite stamps to use.

I love how the beads and components look.

So I knew I could use some of those for this challenge.

So here you go....

A Fairy Tale Forest necklace...

Here is one of those tree beads all dressed up...

And a little woodland fox too...

The key focal and magic bead are just what this necklace needs.

But then I had to make a fairy forest too.

   Flowers say fairy to me.

So I added some polymer beads and flower focals made from real flowers.

And last but not least, this little tree has a bee friend and a vintage inspired focal.

Join the team for more tree-inspired goodness:

Jennifer Stout Cameron

Lesley Watt

Jenny Davies-Reazor

Laney Mead

Niky Sayors

Cooky Schock

Cathy Spivey Mendola

Caroline Dewison

And the other guests:

Karin Grosset Grange

Merja Sundstrom

Cindy Martin Shaw

Allison L Norfleet Bruenger

Melissa Trudinger

Kathy Lindemer

Gloria Allen

Shai Williams

Tammy Adams

Mona Arnott

Terry Del Signore

Thanks for stopping by....

Workbench Wednesday...Getting Ready For An Art Abandonment...

It has been some time since I showed you what was on the workbench.

It seems something always is...I just don't always take a picture.

Here is what is going on this week...

These charms and beads are on their way to becoming something extra special...

The beads will be turned into bracelets that will be given as gifts...

There are some people I need to thank and art seems like the natural way for me to do it...

Each bracelet will have a hope bead as well as a few others...

I want to make enough that each person can choose the one they like best...

Of course the beads will have to be dyed...

I am thinking pink, blue, purple....

And then I made a pile of these little charms and beads.

My plan is to do a couple different bracelet designs...

And the charms???

Well, they have a special purpose...

They are destined to be a part of my next art abandonment...

What is that, you ask?

Well, there is a movement in art where artists take the things they make and leave them for others to find and take.

All these little charms will be sprinkled about next week in a place where I know they are needed....

The funny part of this story is that after taking these photos, I took the tray of pieces into my garage where I was going to color them....

The whole try flipped over and the beads and pendants scattered down into a huge pile of paint cans and such next to the sink.

Sigh.

I gathered the ones I could see, but I will be making more soon....

Oh my...

Thanks for stopping by....

And the winner is....

Just a quick post to announce the winner of these earrings....

Lennis C.

If that is you, please get in touch with me so I can get your address and send these out this week.

Congrats!

And thanks everyone for leaving comments and visiting.

Thanks for stopping by...

Woodland Fox Card

As you know, I am a member of the Susan K. Weckesser design team.

I love so many of her stamp sets.

She has a fun, whimsical quality to her designs.

This little fox is one of my very favorites...

Sometimes simple is best.

I stamped the little fox from the Going Wild stamp set on a cork tag I picked up at the Michael's bins on clearance.

And that is all.

I will write a sweet note inside and send it to my daughter soon.

Short and sweet.

Thanks for stopping by....