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Showing posts with label echo creative club. Show all posts

Thursday, October 25, 2012

Echo Creative Club Reveal



I used a Marsha Neal Studio Pendant, one of my etched copper pendants, the blue round bead in the front and back are from Jeannie, a lampwork glass bead from That Bead Girl and vintage lucite and Czech glass.

I hope you visit the rest of the bloggers:

Shannon Chomanczuk  http://www.formysweetdaughter.blogspot.com/ -you are here :-)
Jeannie K Dukic http://site.jkdjewelry.com/blog - our fearless leader!!!!
Cindy Cima Edwards http://www.cindycima.com
Charlie Jacka http://clay-space.com


Happy Hopping!
~Shannon

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Tuesday Tips and Echo Creative Club Reveal

Today is a Tuesday Two-fer :-)
Here are a set of nails I did this week:

These are like Pink and White acrylic nails but I replaced the White acrylic with a Black acrylic mix I made myself. The mix has black acrylic, black glitter, hologram glitter and some clear acrylic to make it a bit less messy.

Now for what I made with the piece I was sent for this month's Echo Creative Club:

How beautiful is that flower? I was tickled pink when I opened my envelope!

Here is the bracelet I made with that awesome flower. 
I added the ceramic bird and ceramic round bead on either side of the clasp. 
They are both from Gaea Cannaday.
Then I found these pretty peach, pink and white potato pearls in my bead box so I made a double strand into a single strand bracelet.
At the clasp is a glass flower, a glass bead and a single pearl dangle.

Thank you Jeannie, I love this flower and I think the bracelet is pretty darn great too ;-)

Visit Jeannie here.
and the rest of the bloggers here:
Charlie Jacka  http://clay-space.com/
Cindy Cima Edwards http://www.cindycima.com/
Shannon Chomanczuk http://www.formysweetdaughter.blogspot.com/ <--that's me!


So what do you think?
Would you wear black nails? yes, no, why or why not?
Do you like the bracelet? Too sweet or just sweet enough?
~Shannon

Saturday, August 25, 2012

Echo Creative Club - August

It is reveal day for the Echo Creative Club. Jeannie sent each of us beads and we were to make something with them. You can check out Jeannie's shop here.
I was sent the most awesome package of beads this round. I was so excited I squealed in delight.




I opened both packages and from my stash I found this beautiful lampwork egg from Kelly Wentzel and got creating. I wrapped the filigree piece around the bottom of the egg, attached the key and the word tag to the bottom.


Then I wire wrapped the crystals and connected them to the polymer clay beads creating this long necklace. I added 2 lampwork glass beads which I also wire wrapped.


I also made this matching pair of earrings because I was lucky enough to get a ton of beads!
Thank you again Jeannie, I was so excited to play along the month. I had so many thoughts of what to do with these beads. I keep seeing a triple strand bracelet in my head so I may have to order more beads :-)

Here are the other participants:


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

Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Echo Creative Club - July

Today is the reveal for the Echo Creative Club.
I was going to burst with excitement over the beads I got this month. I immediately made 2 bracelets and have been dying to show them off since.

I started with this bracelet. I has a Tom Holtz number tag, hand wire wrapped crystals and the polymer beads I was sent by Jeannie. I loved the mix of purple, gold and silver.




Then I made this bracelet. I love it because it is simple. There are 10 purple beads and a cross so this could be worn as a prayer bracelet or just as a reminder of your faith. 
The cross is from Fallen Angel Brass.





Then came this necklace and earrings set.
The earrings are very simple chain and gemstone drops.


The necklace features the same gemstones and chain. Jeannie sent me this cute bird bead which I had to wrestle away from my 3 year old a few times. I wanted to give the little bird a house so I etched a piece of copper with the word loved and forged a piece of copper wire into a house shape and soldered the 2 pieces together. I then wire wrapped the polymer clay egg, from Secondsurf, onto the house.
This necklace is extra long measuring almost 30 inches






I love how this necklace turned out. It reminds me of the picture frame my sister bought for me when I was pregnant, which holds a sonogram picture of my daughter. It says - So Little, So Loved. 
~Shannon





Here are the other participants:
Cindy Cima Edwards  http://www.cindycima.com/
Jeannie K Dukic http://site.jkdjewelry.com/blog <--- our fearless leader
Shannon Chomanczuk  http://www.formysweetdaughter.blogspot.com/  <--you are here

Saturday, July 7, 2012

Echo Creative Club Beads

So in today's post I wanted to share with you the super cute beads I got for the Echo Creative Club challenge.
But first let me start off by apologizing for totally missing the Finally Friday post 2 weeks in a row!
I think the holiday got me all sorts of mixed up.
Why don't we start all over again.
I am loving these posts but I am not sure if Friday is a good day for them.
I am thinking Saturday or Monday so everyone has the whole weekend to work on them.
So I am thinking of changing the Finally Friday posts to Manic Monday's.
What do you think? Let me know in the comments.

Okay now onto the beads. It's all about the beads isn't it?
I received these purple beads (so many of them too!) and this tiny bird. I love the bird bead so much!!!


So stop back on the 25th to see what I made for the Echo Creative Club.
Have a great Saturday!
~Shannon

Monday, June 25, 2012

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
Sonya Ingersoll-Stille  http://dreaminofbeads.blogspot.com/
Hope you are having a great Monday!
~Shannon

Friday, June 8, 2012

My Cutie

My 3 year old loves to sing.


She makes up her own songs like "Pj don't be scared, don't be scared, I am on the swing" when her cousin was scared to go on the swings and the ever popular "wash, wash, wash" song when she was washing the bathtub.
I had to laugh this evening though because we still use a baby monitor and from her room you could hear
"I'm chillin' on a dirt road, laid back like I'm George Jones"
"ice cold beer in console"
She is so funny sometimes.


Like last night when she was asking about babies
Emily: "Mama, how did I get in your tummy before I been borned?" (Yup, borned)
Me: "How do you think Emily?"
Emily: "Maybe you thought I was chicken"
I tried not to laugh because she's little sensitive but that was too cute.


This afternoon I took her with me to Marshall's and I was trying on shoes. She started yelling "they don't match, you have 2 different ones on." It was so funny. Oh and at the bank she had on her Minnie Mouse sunglasses and the tellers were saying how cute she looked.
She looks up at me and says "why are they talking to me"
Me: "because they like your glasses"
Emily: "well they can't have 'em."
:-)



Here is the start to a necklace I am working on. I have been drawn to eggs and birds lately. I am not sure if it because it feels like spring here, because we had a little baby Cardinal born in the bush outside our door or if it just because I love birds. I have been working with a graphic designer to revamp my logo, which is 2 birds. When my daughter was a baby she had the tiniest mouth which she would open like a little bird when she was hungry. So my little birds began. My business has grown and so has my vision for my business so I wanted a more upscale logo. I will unveil the new logo soon.



 Here are the beads I was sent for the Echo Creative Club. They are stunning! I am not sure if I will make 2 thing, 1 with the yellow beads -earrings perhaps and another with the red or if I will make 1 piece combining them both.

Stop back the 25th and find out :-)

~Shannon


Friday, May 25, 2012

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:
Cindy Cima Edwards http://www.cindycima.com
Our fearless leader--> Jeannie K Dukic http://site.jkdjewelry.com/blog 
Shannon Chomanczuk http://www.formysweetdaughter.blogspot.com   --Me :-)

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

Monday, May 14, 2012

Monday, Monday

Hello :-)
Happy Monday to you. Looking for the Button Blog Hop, click here.
Ugh, I know but here in NY it's not so bad. I have the front and back doors open and there is a nice breeze sweeping through. My daughter is watching an episode of the Octonauts, which is her current favorite show, and I am here at my beadi.. um, dining room table contemplating what to make with these beads from Jeannie Dukic:



They are the prettiest color blue. The color is so strong and beautiful I had to look twice to make sure they weren't translucent.

So, bracelet, necklace, earrings? A bookmark perhaps? Hmm...
I guess you will have to stop back on the 25th for the reveal.


Also, stop by on Friday for my Finally Friday reveal post. I have already made a bracelet and although I am finding this palette challenging I am going to try and push myself to make a few other pieces.
Design-Seeds

I am still in pricing hell adding up all the material costs involved in making each and every piece of jewelry in my huge collection. I have finished 21 necklaces and a bunch of bracelets so far but have tons still to go. The craft fair is June 16th so I don't have much time.

I heard pricing in batches helps, do you have any suggestions for making pricing easier? Please, leave me a comment below.

That's about all the time I have, the Octonauts is almost over.
Thanks for stopping by, see you soon!
~Shannon

Saturday, March 31, 2012

I Heart Macro


Wow it has been a long time since I have done an I Heart Macro post. I have been so busy but I really loved the details on this bead and wanted to share it with you.


This is the bead that I was sent for the Echo Creative Club sponsored by Jewelry By Jeannie http://www.jkdjewelry.com challenge due at the end of April.

Enchanted Leaf


As of right now I have no clue what this little guy will become but I am loving playing with my letter stamps and copper sheet so I am thinking some sort of word tag, some chain, stones and silk :-)
Can't wait!

Check out what everyone else shot pics of at:



studio waterstone




Sunday, March 25, 2012

Echo Creative Club March Reveal

Hello :-)
Today is the reveal of the March Echo Creative Club.

Echo Creative Club http://site.jkdjewelry.com/blog/echo-creative-club/



Do you remember this post? That post is where I revealed the focal I was sent for this challenge.



Green. Yikes!

Vintaj Natural Brass Clasp

I had that focal lying on my bead table for a while and then all of a sudden it came to me, layer.
So I layered it over the filigree, added the beaded chain and the toggle.
Then I added a 3 bead drop.
I wore the necklace and those beads bothered me. 

Me: What do you need necklace?
Necklace: A tassel!
Me: A tassel?
Necklace: Yup, a tassle.
Me: I have never made a tassel before.

Can't be that hard *shrug*









Yes that big 'ole gin blossom needed a tassel. 
So I made my own.
Here is my necklace with fire polished glass, Czech glass, Vintaj and my very own handmade tassel :-)


This necklace is looong and was hard to photograph and these next 2 are when I was playing with new props, epic fail. Don't laugh. Oh and yes I do realize the first 2 beads are different colors, no I didn't realize that till I was writing this post. Yes I will be fixing that asap! Don't laugh those beads look almost identical.




But anyway I hope you like it and I hope you will check out what everyone else made.

Our Fearless Leader:

Jewelry By Jeannie  http://www.jkdjewelry.com

Participants:

Thank you again Jeannie for a wonderful challenge. I didn't even know I could create something with that color green but I love it!

~Shannon