The weather was beautiful today, so I snapped a few pictures and listed Keep the Sap Flowing, my entry for the Sap Moon Art Dare. The colors in the leaves should carry you through Spring, Summer, and Autumn. I love versatility in my jewelry!
For more great FAE Team dare results, see this post at our official blog. Most everyone else went for the Crow Moon theme, which I still hope to make something for before the month is over! I do so love corvids, and I have the perfect Green Girl bead for it (Oh Green Girl, is there any challenge that you don't make the perfect bead for?).
I'm almost done with my Sap Moon bracelet, but I still need to decide just what I'm doing for Crow Moon, the moon I most want to interpret. Last week, my friend Theresa posted this awesome painting called "A Murder of Crows" which I think is the perfect inspiration. The crows look so ominous, and then there's that cardinal, who clearly thinks he's some sort of badass. You should visit Theresa's She Loves Shiny blog to see more of her work and little treasures she has found.
I never seem to get these mosaics to load up at a size I like! It would probably help if I did HTML instead of using the basic blogger thingie, but if I took the time to learn HTML, I would have less time to bead, dance, and write.
Anyway! Voting has begun for the Temptation challenge! There are 35 gorgeous items to choose from. Click Here to view the mosaic at a more realistic size, visit all of the item listings, and cast your vote.
April's theme is Time Machine. I can't wait to get started on that! I might even put off my BFAC project, in order to have more time to dedicate to the Challenge. If I can settle on an idea, that is.
Last night, at around 11:45pm, I finished Moonlit Seductress, my entry for the Etsy BeadWeavers' March Challenge, "Temptation." Given that it had to be completed and listed by the 5th (you know, yesterday), I was really, really cutting it close. I had planned to finish it on Wednesday, but Wednesday ended up being a bad day and I didn't bead at all. In a way, that was for the best, because the ideas that I woke up with yesterday are better than the ones I'd been toying with all week. I didn't come up with the cab edging or the idea to stitch beads onto the edge of a ribbon until I was finishing the embroidery around the cab yesterday afternoon. I wish that the pictures were better, but let's face it, this is what happens when you finish a project 15 minutes before it has to be listed on Etsy.
In other bead and jewelry related news, the 2009 Layne's Legacy -- Beading For A Cure auctions are under way! All photography and auction descriptions by yours truly. All beadwork by around 70 incredibly talented artists. It's a couple weeks yet until my Locked Away necklace goes up for bids, but by all means, you should visit the rest of the auctions and see if there's anything else you'd like to bid on. Remember, all proceeds (minus our small operating expenses) get donated to the National Colorectal Cancer Research Association. Bid early, bid often!
I changed my mind on the Temptation theme project. I will still be making a necklace with the faerie button and dichro cab, eventually, but not for this challenge. I decided that the faerie in question wasn't tempting enough (I gave the pin-up girl faerie button to a friend), but the nude mermaid cab that I have is very tempting. So I glued her down, and tomorrow I get to start beading.
While the glue was drying, I made a cute little necklace with a nice brass filigree piece that I got at gem show, some brass chain, and a few beads. I made matching earrings, too, because the chain was longer than I needed. I think it's a cute set, and I'll try to get it photographed soon.
After I finish the mermaid necklace (probably titled Moonlit Seductress), it's time to start on my BFAC project! I know pretty much what I want to do, and I think it's going to be called Iris's Star.
Speaking of BFAC, auctions start this weekend. Woohoo!
That's what I've got slated for tomorrow. Badgeholders. I was supposed to make them today, but I got sidetracked and only got as far as picking out the beads. The fact that one of them has to be pink and grey, a color combination that I have no love for, is probably what caused me to put it off. That's the problem with custom orders -- oftentimes, they're just not appealing. But it's good to make some sales, so I'm not going to complain.
After I finish those, I have a few other projects that I want to work on. There's several things that I bought at gem show that are demanding to be played with, and I need to come up with an entry for the March Etsy Beadweaver's challenge. The theme this month is Temptation, which allows for a lot of interpretations. A few of my teammates have already turned out some great items, so I know I'm going to be seriously outclassed as usual. I just want to actually complete something this time! I was just now struck with the inspiration for another faerie button necklace, this one accented by one of the dichroic cabs that I bought at gem show.
The weather was beautiful today, so I snapped a few pictures and listed Keep the Sap Flowing, my entry for the Sap Moon Art Dare. The colors in the leaves should carry you through Spring, Summer, and Autumn. I love versatility in my jewelry!
