Echo Creative Club - June

Happy Monday!
Today is the reveal day for the Echo Creative Club.



I received 5 - 16mm Fractured Art Beads with white inlay from Jeannie Dukic of Jewelry by Jeannie
These beads are a great large size which might be intimidating to some (I know I used to be afraid of big beads) but these are super lightweight so they are not scary at all.

I knew I wanted to use them separately so I made a pair of earrings and a necklace.

I started with the earrings first. I cut 2 pieces of heavy gauge copper wire, hammered the heck out of it and made the sticks. Then I wire wrapped the beads onto the sticks I just made. I added ear wires and now I have the perfect pair of earrings for pairing with anything and everything in my closet. I love yellow and love to pair it with everything so these are the perfect pair of earrings to throw on with shorts, dresses, jeans, whatever.

Then I tackled the necklace. I found this cool chain at Michael's on clearance so I bought 2 strands. Each strand has 4 links and I wanted a beefier necklace so using big 'ole jump rings I used both chains right in the front.

Then I added 2 of the art beads and a vintage lucite bead to one side and the remaining art bead to the other. Up the back of the necklace I wire wrapped white vintage lucite oval beads.
I wanted to keep the look mono-chromatic so I used white and red in the beads and gray wire which goes perfectly with the red and gray meshy chain I found.

Hope you like what I made, stop by the rest of the group to see what beads they received and what they made.

Shannon Chomanczuk  http://www.formysweetdaughter.blogspot.com <--That's me :-)

Jeannie K Dukic  http://site.jkdjewelry.com/blog  

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

Beth Emery  http://storiesbyindigoheart.blogspot.com

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

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

Lola Surwillo  http://www.beadlolabead.blogspot.com

Sonya Ingersoll-Stille  http://dreaminofbeads.blogspot.com/

Hope you are having a great Monday!

~Shannon

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

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