Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Art Jewelry Elements October Component Blog Hop

Hi Y'all,

Back on September 27th, Kristen Stevens of My Bead Journey announced the October Component on the Art Jewelry Elements blog with a giveaway of two extra sets.  I was not one of the lucky winners, but I was able to purchase a set so I could participate in the blog hop.  Unlike the other participates I was able to choose the set I wanted. I chose the mustard colored set the forth set on the top row.


It took me a little while to know how I was going to use these cute little components in a piece.  Kim Hora of  kimmykats blog told me about Monomint in Etsy, so of course I had to go and check it out.  I found a lot of nice tutorials and I purchased the beaded bead tutorial that I used in my piece.


I made the beaded beads with 6 mm green bicone crystals, 6 mm Quartzite and copper bead caps strung on 18 gauge copper wire.  I also strung the beaded beads in the set from Kristen on the 18 gauge copper wire with the 6 mm green crystals. I then pieced them all on a copper chain.


The pendant I made with a copper filigree square and I put the beaded leaf with a dangle made with 2 3 mm Lt. Topaz crystals and 1 6 mm green crystal.  I connected the pendant to the copper chain with the same combo as the dangle. 



I call this piece Aspen Trails, because the color of the beaded components remind me of the golden yellows of the Aspen trees in the fall.

Thank you for stopping by and taking a look at my piece, now please go and visit the Art Jewelry Elements blog to see what the others created with their October components.

Happy beading Y'all,
Therese




27 comments:

  1. Hi Therese,
    I love beaded beads and how you used them in your piece! The colors look wonderful with the copper.
    You did a great job, as always. ;0)
    Sabine

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  2. Oh Therese I am so happy with this! I Love how you pulled it all together. I can never thank you enough for showing me what they can do!!!

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  3. Therese, this turned out beautiful! I love those beaded beads complementing Kristen's. All the components you chose make up a wonderful design. Great job, my friend! (and thanks for the link to Monomint!)

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  4. Yes, your design conjures images of me sipping hot buttered rum and gazing out the window at the aspens turning all shades of golden - what a beautiful necklace! I love the beaded beads!

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  5. This is so pretty Therese - I just new you would do something gorgeous with more seed beads and you have. A prefect compliment to Kristen's beads and very aptly named!

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  6. Therese, that is beautiful! I love your layered focal and the other beaded beads are perfect with Kristen's.

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  7. Therese, it's gorgeous, and your beaded beads are great! I love your focal as well!

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  8. Oh, like this. And the title. I can just smell the Rockies in Fall, hiking along, viewing the gorgeousness. Wonderful job!

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  9. I love how it worked out- the details (I mean beaded beads), the fall colour, the metal details. Just wonderful how you incorporated everything:)I love the name as well.

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  10. What a rich, warm color palette! The layered focal really works, it looks like it would have a wonderful drape.

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  11. what a sweet necklace Therese, I love it

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  12. What gorgeous beaded beads you made to complement Kristen's! They also echo the filigree of the pendant, which I LOVE. Gorgeous piece! Thanks for visiting AJE and participating in the challenge.

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  13. OOOOOOH! I love this piece and the way you really did a spectacular job coordinating your beaded beads with Kristen's components! WEll done!!! Love the name too.

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  14. You made your own beaded beads to go with the ones your received???? I'm amazed! Of course I always wait until the last minute to do a challenge piece so there is no time to learn a new technique.

    I love your beautiful necklace. The colors are wonderful and your layered focal is perfect. I love the name you chose.

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  15. I love your beaded beads, very beautiful. I love the design and how everything compliments each other.

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  16. Holy cow! Tell me, is there any jewelry technique that you HAVE NOT mastered? I think not! Your beaded beads - combined with Kristen's beaded beads - is one heck of a piece of art! Beautiful!

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  17. Stunning! I love that mustard color! That is a piece that I would happily wear everyday!

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  18. How cool! The beaded beads you made are reminiscent of exquisite seed pods! Lovely!

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  19. Ms Therese you just blow me away!!! Oh I love the color and yes it does make me think of the beautiful Rocky Mts I grew up visiting....the aspens near our cabin actually had the shape of a heart on one mt. I am so glad your pocketbook survived the trip to Monomint! Now I am going to have to go back there shopping! Do you change you necklace at noon so you can wear all your lovelies??? I really do need directions to your house...call me the cat burgler...looking for pretties...

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  20. That is a very cute piece. I love the beaded beads you accented it with. And the color yellow is so nice with the brass chain.
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  21. Really beautiful Therese, lovely and soft!

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  22. I just love your necklace! The colors just sing of fall!! Beautiful, Therese!

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  23. Love these colors Therese! and the beaded beads are awesome - really beautiful piece

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  24. Beautiful work on the beaded beads Therese! I love the result! The necklace screams fall. I love the yellows and golds we see at this time of the year (but now they are almost gone). :(

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  25. This is so beautiful! Absolutely Aspens in the fall~you always make gorgeous pieces, Therese :-)

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