This year, my husband Eric has decided to issue me a design challenge each month to get me out of my comfort zone and to help clear out my bead stash... we're calling it the Honey Do List. I know that I'm not the only one who loves a good design challenge, so I'm inviting folks to play along!
Here's this month's inspiration and what Eric had to say about it:
This month's challenge piece is an amazing sunrise just outside of our housing development. I did some crazy photoshop action to turn it into a tiny world surrounded by Saturn-like rings. I thought the effect was fun and the colors should lend themselves well to a jewelry making challenge. Good luck!
I've always loved the colors and cloud patterns of sunrise and sunset... nature has the most amazing paintbox! When Eric told me what he was up to with his Little Planets photo challenge, I was excited to see what he came up with and it did not disappoint. While I'm more of a fan of natural, unadulterated photos, this effect was really cool. I love the soft colors and the silhouettes of the tree limbs against the sky!
I was in an earring making mood for this challenge again this month! I had some perfect beads in my stash in just the right colors. First up, I grabbed a pair of Firelily lampwork glass beads from a strand of orphan beads I snagged a while back. I felt like the magic colors of this borosilicate lampwork glass really reflected the colors of the photo... complete with black spots near the surface that remind me of the trees! I really wanted the earrings to be a little bit longer so I added a jump ring between the beads and the ear wires... but that seemed too stark and boring so I added a few decorative jump rings with seed beads in two different colors and shapes on them.
To play off the the silhouettes of the trees, I picked out a pair of Green Girl pewter dragonfly wings (at least that what's what they look like to me!) and paired them with some sweet Humblebeads disks. I guess the lacy outlines of the wings, remind me of the way the bare tree branches intertwine. I added some black and magenta Czech glass beads nestled into a leafy little bead cap on the top.
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Yay! I finally got a chance to join in on your challenge <3
ReplyDeleteLoving the colors you were able to pull out, especially in the first pair!
Good job as always my love!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! The beads you chose are just perfect to match the photo... Simply lovely!
ReplyDeleteI'm working on making something, too... I'm a little behind due to my grouchy wrist, but I'll sure to add my link once it's posted! :D
Gorgeous pieces!
ReplyDeleteSo beautiful!
ReplyDeleteThose beads look like they were made for the challenge! Great assemblage!
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