Finally Friday

Hello, it's Finally Friday time!
Here is the inspiration from Design-Seeds:



I chose to make this post a twofer. Okay, it was a happy accident. I designed this bracelet Saturday and was hoping to make some other things for today's post but had a horrible week at the salon and never got around to making anything else.

I am a member of the Allegory Gallery Design Team and I used beads from the package of beads I was sent- the prettiest yellow colored glass cubes.

Leaf chain from Lima Beads

Etched copper I made

Lampwork Glass bead from Kreations By Karen K

Jasper and Vintaj Natural Brass

The Allegory Gallery Design Team:

Peggy Li

Sally Russick

Penny Neville

Cindy Cima Edwards

AJ Reardon

Amy Cousin

Genea Crivello-Knable

Brenda Salzano

Shannon Chomanczuk

Charlene Sevier

Jess Prill

Rebecca Anderson

I also made this lovely pair of earrings:

Lampwork beads from Cheryl's Art, forged ear wires and soldered copper rings made by me

Here is the inspiration for next week:

   

The rules:

Look at color palette.

Be inspired.

Gather supplies inspired by that color palette.

Create something wonderful.

Anything, jewelry, clothes, a painting, even a big 'ole mess.

Take a picture.

Post on your blog.

Link palette to Design Seeds.

Add link here.

Play again the following week!

So did you make anything inspired by this weeks palette? Be sure to add your link below.

Thank you for stopping by, I really do appreciate you reading my blog and I hope you will join in next week.

If you liked today's post please share it with your friends,  pin any of the pictures on pinterest, tweet or share on facebook and google+, but most importantly leave me a comment below.

~Shannon

Challenge of Literature Blog Hop

Welcome to the Challenge of Literature Blog Hop reveal!

When I saw Erin's call for participants I sent her an e-mail immediately.

I knew the exact book I wanted to use for the challenge.

It was a book I read almost 100 times while I was in grade school.

I would always cry at the end of the book and yet I read it again and again.

Say Goodnight, Gracie by Julie Reece Deaver

From the back cover:

Seventeen-year old Morgan Hackett and her best friend Jimmy have known each other all their lives.  They hang out together. Best friends for life. As they break into the Chicago theater scene to pursue their goals as actors, however, the're discovering that they're on the brink of something more than just friendship. So how could life be so right and then so wrong? After a terrible accident, Morgan suddenly has to face life alone. Without Jimmy around, though, it's like the best part of her has died. How could he do this to her? As she begins a downward spiral into depression, she wonders how she will ever cope without the one person in the world who understands her.

I didn't have a copy of the book when I signed up for the blog hop. I hadn't read the book in a while and I wanted to be in the brains of the character's before I made anything so I went on Half.com and bought the book. I read it in less than a week. I cried in all the same spots, I can remember how I felt when I read the book when I was young. I remembering wanting the be their friend.

I decided to make a bracelet using my most memorable quote in the book:

"Knowing what you have to lose, but risking the loss anyway."

I wanted the bracelet to be lightweight and simple because that is what would suit Morgan's personality. I can picture her playing with the heart and key dangle while waiting for the train into the city. I can hear the charms dangling as she rehearses for a play. I can see her running her thumb over the stamping thinking of Jimmy.

Thanks for visiting!

Here are the rest of the participants:

Erin Prais-Hintz

Rebecca Anderson

Rose Binoya

Lori Bowring Michaud

Shannon Chomanczuk-ME

Marlene Cupo

Jenny Davies-Reazor

Kim Dworak

Beth Emery

Therese Frank

Amy Freeland

K Hutchinson

Jennifer Justman

Susan Kennedy

Linda Landig

Lisa Lodge

Lisa Lowe

Kirsi Luostarinen

Beth McCord

Melissa Meman

Sharon Misuraco

Tracey Nanstad

Melinda Orr

Kashmira Patel

Alice Peterson

Sally Russick

Niky Sayers

Pam Sears

Amy Severino

Tracy Stillman

Emma Todd

Melissa Trudinger

Lesley Watt

Shai Williams

Buttons

Here she is all ready to go to the Stormville Antique and Flea Market

She loves to go shopping and especially loves Stormville. She find really cute things too!

We went on Saturday and it was Hot! The cool part was the TV station HGTV was there filming for a show Flea Market Finds. I can't wait to see the show because everywhere we went that day there was someone with a camera. I was pouting though because a cabinet I wanted was bought by the show :-(

I didn't buy this tool chest but isn't it cool? We must have walked by it 20 times.

I scored this awesome tin of old buttons and have been having so much fun filtering through.

See the buckle like piece in the back? There were about 5 or 6 of those, they are Mother of Pearl and I am envisioning layering them with some etched copper... hmmm

and here is my cutie again, she wanted to show off her Leopard when she saw I was taking pictures of the buttons she said take my picture mommy. 

Hope you are having a great week!

~Shannon

Echo Creative Club and Finally Friday

Hello :-)
I have a 2 part post for you today.
Today is the reveal for the Echo Creative Club and it's Finally Friday time!

I am going to start with the Echo Creative Club reveal.


I made a simple pair of earrings with the 6 beads I was sent. I am loving the style of earring I made during the button blog hop so I decided to make a similar pair for this post too. They are a great little pair of swingy earrings and would be perfect with jeans.

Here are the other participants:

Keri Lee Sereika  http://www.pinklemonade.typepad.com

Cindy Cima Edwards http://www.cindycima.com

Courtney Breul http://beadsbybreul.blogspot.com

Dagi http://kokopellidesign.blogspot.com

Our fearless leader--> Jeannie K Dukic http://site.jkdjewelry.com/blog 

Kristen Stevens http://kristen-beadjourney.blogspot.com

Malin de Koning http://beadingbymalindekoning.blogspot.com

Molly Alexander http://www.beautifullybrokenme.blogspot.com

Shannon Chomanczuk http://www.formysweetdaughter.blogspot.com   --Me :-)

Today is also Finally Friday. Here is the palette from last week:

Design-Seeds

 I created this necklace from one of my etched copper pendant and beads from Humblebeads.

Here is the palette for next week:

  

The rules:

Look at color palette.

Be inspired.

Gather supplies inspired by that color palette.

Create something wonderful.

Anything, jewelry, clothes, a painting, even a big 'ole mess.

Take a picture.

Post on your blog.

Link palette to Design Seeds.

Add link here.

Play again the following week!

So did you make anything inspired by this weeks palette? Be sure to add your link below.

Thank you for stopping by, I really do appreciate you reading my blog and I hope you will join in next week.

If you liked today's post please share it with your friends,  pin any of the pictures on pinterest, tweet or share on facebook and google+, but most importantly leave me a comment below.

~Shannon

Bead Star 2012

Voting for Bead Star 2012 is open and I have 2 bracelets in the running.
If you have a second I would love it if you would check out the contest and place your votes.

Here are my pieces:

Gin Blossom

Bird Song

Hope you are having a great Wednesday!

~Shannon

Anklets, a Chipmunk and a Dress Form

Cryptic title I know but I have several things I wanted to share with you today. 

First, I got a dress form a couple years ago. She was pretty beat up, hey for $3.00 what do you expect. She didn't have a stand and I really wanted her to have a stand. 

So, the joy of having a carpenter husband is that when I ask for things like this they show up eventually.

This little guy scared me when I was sitting at the beading table the other day. 

He climbed the screen door!

So cute, but please stay outside

What have I been working on?

ANKLETS

Tons of anklets :-)

This first anklet is cool, it's a necklace...

It's an anklet...

It's a necklace :-)

Another anklet

Fringy shells

So flirty and cute

You can stamp an initial or a heart, star, flower or I could just hammer the little copper disc. 

Looks really cute layered with the fringy one too :-)

Seahorse, Chalcedony and pearls could it get any more summery?

This one has one of my soldered, hammered copper rings. Love it!

Well that's all for now.

Hope you are having a great weekend. 

We are potty training my almost 3 year old so I am sure it will be interesting  :-D

~Shannon

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Finally Friday 5/18/2012

Oh my gosh I completely lost track of days!
It's Finally Friday palette inspiration time :-D

Here's the palette I revealed last week:

and here is the bracelet I made from that beautiful palette:

I started with these beautiful frosty blue Czech Glass beads

then I added some snow quartz

an etched copper bar with music notes on it

some Czech glass flowers on handmade copper ball headpins

and finally I added my super duper, totally awesome, handmade copper clasp. 

I love making these and you will be seeing them in almost everything I make now :-)

Here's the palette for next week:

Design-Seeds

The rules:

Look at color palette.

Be inspired.

Gather supplies inspired by that color palette.

Create something wonderful.

Anything, jewelry, clothes, a painting, even a big 'ole mess.

Take a picture.

Post on your blog.

Link palette to Design Seeds.

Add link here.

Play again the following week!

So did you make anything inspired by this weeks palette? Be sure to add your link below.

Thank you for stopping by, I really do appreciate you reading my blog and I hope you will join in next week.

If you liked today's post please share it with your friends,  pin any of the pictures on pinterest, tweet or share on facebook and google+, but most importantly leave me a comment below.

~Shannon