Pretty Palettes Challenge Reveal

Welcome to The Pretty Palettes Reveal,  If you have been around last week I posted how excited I am that Erin of Treasures Found and Halcraft USA asked me to play along this month.

Here is the palette again, From Design Seeds

These are the beads she choose,

I have to say I jumped in with both feet immediately.  Sometimes that works for me but other times it ends in a block.  These both happened to me this time.  I started out playing with these trying to keep in mind I wanted to use all the beads in one piece.  Some of my trys I will show you others I will not.

Here was my first thought.

I did not like the boxy look of this one, the green beads did not play well and frankly I REALLY wanted to use the 3 hole links.  So it was scrapped.

Then it hit me I may not be able to use all the beads in one piece and I was putting a bit too much pressure on myself.  With that out of the way this next piece literally flowed from my fingers.

I love the vintage look and feel of this and the color is perfection.  Honestly this only took me 2 evenings to finish so it worked up fast too.

Then the block came.  I really really wanted to use the green but everything I tried wasn't looking like I wanted it to.  I even thought I would make a link.

It just did not have it for me.  I set the green aside again and this happened.

Fun to put together but I did not like the way it felt on my wrist.  Then in the 11th hour almost literally it hit me.  I changed up the seed bead and Monday evening this came to me.

I am loving the look and feel of this necklace and as you are reading this I am working on finishing it.
I can not wait to wear it!  I feel bad this is not completed but as in my normal crazy life my sweet husband pinched his sciatica and I have been nurse maid since then.

Thank you so much Erin for challenge me this month I truly enjoyed playing!

Hugs,
KK

Pretty Palettes Challenge

It is awful late in posting but I have to tell you about this.  My sweet friend Erin of Treasures Found is also a blogger for Halcraft USA and a few weeks ago she contacted me and asked if I would take part in her "Pretty Palettes" challenge she does for them each month.  You can imagine that I was taken back because even thought Erin does not work in seed beads I am totally and completely enthralled with her work.  Well you know I could not say no.

For Aprils challenge she choose this palette from Design Seeds, which if you are not familiar you need to go there after reading this post as the palettes are truly amazing to see and offer a boost if you are in need of one.

Then she choose the beads.

96345 – Silver plated floral spacers, 3x14mm
59350 – Purple glass AB 4mm round
80197 – Sapphire glass faceted cube 5mm
80343 – Silver glass luster oval 9x12mm
56841 – Peridot 8x11mm faceted oval

What an amazing selection and since I have been feeling a bit stagnent in my designs they are offering me quite the challenge in a good way.  And I have been working on my designs ever since.

Make sure to stop by on April 29th for the reveal!

Hugs
KK