Oh, better late than never!! I always have a run in with life when I'd like to be beading. There are times that I think of beading and just can't get to it, but it's always on my mind in a design sense.
I have been working on my design for the Winter Enchantment theme for the Artbeads Design Partner's Project, and can finally say that I've gotten it finished!!
First of all, no matter what I'm thinking when I pick out my initial selection of beads from Artbeads.com it's never what I end up making in the end. I always change my design idea when the beads arrive. I think it's just the artsy part of me. I should just pick out things like spinning the roulette wheel! :) That way I just make whatever when it arrives anyway.
When I received my package (Mind you, I love love love the little purple tissue wrapped packages that come from Artbeads!) the first thing that I saw was the beautiful White Opaline Swarovski elements. The pendant was gorgeous and for a magpie like me, it was quite hypnotic! The out came the furnace glass beads. That was just as beautiful. So many blues and white and stripes and round and triangle and square....oh my! They were part of the Hand Blown Fire Design Furnace Glass Mix. Great selection and there were quite a few beads left over. I got a lot of mileage from the bead selection, I got a necklace, bracelet and two pairs of earrings with leftovers. Might even be enough for another mix n match bracelet!
I didn't match well when I ordered the beads, and I picked out blue seed beads to go with my Furnace beads selection. I ended up making some bead soup! I had the tail end of about 3 different projects with blue mixed seed beads laying around in small baggies. I dumped them together in a larger container and shook the heck out of them. They made the perfect stormy blue mix I wanted to go with my pearly white TOHO seed beads for my herringbone rope portion of my necklace.
I enjoyed this challenge! Bring on the next one! :)
**Note that I was provided the materials free of charge to make a piece of my choosing. I was not compensated for my opinion nor am I a paid employee of Artbeads.com.
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