Iam a Suburban Girl!

Yes I am "A Suburban Girl!"  I was selected by Diana to be a part of the Suburban Girl Studio Design Team.  How utterly cool is that?  Well.......if you are me then it is awesome and totally terrifying at the same time.  Now being that this is April Fool's Day I was thinking I could play some kind of trick but alas I am not that quick witted.  Although there is a totally distinct possibility that Diana will take one look at this and think it is a total joke.  Seriously I had a nightmare that she wanted her bead back after she saw what I did with it. 

Okay I have to tell you that I totally forgot to take picture of the beads (yep there were two) Diana sent.  I received one of these gorgeous pendants

and a beautiful lampwork bead by Jan at Molten Mayhem. So.....from the moment I saw this gorgeous flower my mind started working.  I keeps seeing ruffles.  Yes I said it girly frilly ruffles.  Yeah I am not so much into them but drawing inspiration from Jill Devon's "klimet's collar"in the Feb/Mar issue of Beadwork and Marina Nadke's Ruffled Rings in the Peyote Stitch workshop by Bead and Button.  I set off to adapt them for my needs and style.  Oh Oh there was an extreme amount of froggy stitchin...you know rip-it rip-it. AND I had to work on my tension and for those of you who have been reading for a while KNOW that this is a major issue for me.  Well let me tell you for the first time I also had to totally overcome my ADD and work on this for the last two weeks.  You know I love orange and all the blends of it's goodness but I have to say this was a very hard orange to match.  I even had to order some (which caused a totally delay in creating) BUT  Here is where I blame this all on DAWN!  Yes it is all her fault!  I was going wayyyyyy out of my normal and creating a more "artsy" piece than I ever have.  She said I could do it.  I checked with Nancy too and she gave me tips I needed to move forward and of course Shirley was there with the oohhhh's and ahhhhs when I needed it!  Thanks Girls because of you I went with it and now I present you all with .........

Coral Anemone

This is a close up of Jan's bead.  I love love the funky touch it adds!

This is my favorite!!!!!!

Last night I sent Dawn all my pictures because of all the support and she rocked me by editing them all!  Now everyone I expect (as always) brutal honesty.

Thank you so much Diana and Jan!  I really love being a part of this team!

Please check out every one's take on this awesome beady combo!  I can not wait to see them all!

Diana Ptaszynski http://www.suburbangirlstudio.com/
Jenny Davies-Reazor http://www.jdaviesreazor.com/blog
Kristen Stevens http://kristen-beadjourney.blogspot.com/
Jan Onipenco http://moltenmayhem.typepad.com/
Marla James http://marlasmudmoments.blogspot.com/
Sandra Basara Miller http://www.sandra5461.blogspot.com/
Michelle Buettner http://misheldesigns.blogspot.com/

Hugs and Blessings

KK