Here's this month's inspiration and what Eric had to say about it:
On our recent trip to Georgia, we were treated to a tour of the Athens campus by our good friend Kathleen. On that tour we discovered a small hidden park and this little guy! I spent a good amount of time photographing this little Anole lizard, and suddenly he decided to get randy and started to show off his throat wattle. And here you go!
I just love these little lizards and spent many an hour chasing and sometimes catching these guys. I feel a tiny bit guilty now for having terrorized the poor creatures, but none were ever physically harmed and they were always returned to about where I found them.
I'm pretty impressed with how well Eric captured this little dude. Kathleen and I were just wandering the gardens talking away and didn't notice where he had disappeared to. The anole looks so proud of himself here!
Anyways, he is such a striking and vibrant green, I knew I had to do something with that. My first design feature some fun pieces from Gardanne in a striking green that is not quite as loud as his little body, but still pretty groovy and bright. The black stripes on the sides kind of tone it down a little bit while giving visual interest. I added niobium ear wires right to the tops of the charms and then dangled a mix of Czech glass beads in green and black from the bottom. These are going to be such fun to wear!
Despite his bright green body, the most striking thing about this anole for me is that bright red wattle of his. I just had to make something inspired by that! Another pair of enameled charms by Gardanne to the rescue here! They are meant to be pomegranates, but the holes in them and their color reminded me of the spots on his throat. I added some Czech glass beads to dangle from the bottom, but the charms are the stars... as it should be!
Now don't laugh, the first thing that I thought of when Eric showed me this picture was strawberries! I remembered that I had a pair of tiny strawberry charms from Inviciti hiding in my stash and went digging for them. I kept this design pretty simple... I just added some cool vintage glass tube beads in deep red. I love the texture on those beads!
Now it's your turn! Please add your links to your own creations below. I love seeing what everyone else is making too.
Due to an incredibly busy June (Bead & Button followed almost immediately by a 16 day trip to Great Britain... gulp), We're going to take a little break from the Honey Do List. Since we figure Eric will have tons of new inspiration after those trips, we're going to skip the June challenge and resume for July.
That little lizard is adorable and it definitely looks like he/she swallowed a strawberry! Your earrings fit Eric's challenge to a T. Sorry, but I had to laugh out loud when I saw the strawberry earrings! :) My husband and I are also going to B&B in June and taking some classes. I sort of know what you look like from your blog so I will keep my eyes peeled!
ReplyDeleteYou did a wonderful job of capturing both the texture and colors of this vivid Anole lizard. The “pomegranate” earrings are my favorite, but they are all wonderful!
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