turquoise and red is back, and I finally named my purple donut piece

I actually put this first bracelet together back when I made my most recent turquoise and red button charm bracelet.  It keeps getting lost in the jumble of challenge pieces and other recent happenings, but I finally got it photographed and listed.

It's available here.  I haven't made a lot of these simple bracelets mostly because my shop is based around more intricate beadwork and button bracelets.  But they have done pretty well.  I've sold a few in an blue/green and purple/pink.  Obviously I love the turquoise/red color combination so how could I resist making one in this combination?  Hopefully others will like it, too.

I also listed my purple donut design team piece this week.  Naming pieces is not my favorite part of running an Etsy shop.  Back when I did fiction writing, naming my stories was almost always the last thing that I did.  I had a particularly hard time naming this piece, which is why I didn't list it sooner.

It's available here.  I ended up naming it When Purple Meets Champagne, which was a complete late night inspiration out of nowhere.  I felt that it was appropriate because choosing champagne as the neutral was such a key part of making this piece.  I already gave a lot of information about this piece in my reveal post so I won't go into any of that again.

Remember my pastel delicas?  They are now a lovely tubular herringbone bracelet.  I definitely enjoyed working with tubular herringbone again.  I'm planning to make some more of them for Christmas presents this year, as no one has anything like that from me yet.  If you have a color combination that you'd like to see, let me know.  And yes, I am already planning to make one in purples!

challenge title revealed

I finally decided on a name for my 80's bangle for the March EBW Challenge Fashion Through the Ages and listed it on Etsy.  Thank you so much to everyone who gave me suggestions!  Some of the ideas that I got included the following:

I almost called it Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, but I wanted something a little more original.  So it's now known as Beaded Bangle Bracelet - A Material Girl's True Colors for Madonna's Material Girl and Cyndi Lauper's True Colors.

I used the same right angle weave base for this bangle that I do for all of my right angle bangles, but I used so much embellishment that you really can't tell.  The mix and vividness of colors was my main focus was I put beads together.  I didn't find quite as many neon shades as I wanted, but I'm still pleased with the overall brightness.  Of course I also wanted to include some daggers so there are three different colors of small daggers in the mix.  The tear drop shapes are from Shannon (beadsandbabble).  My fellow EtsyBlogger Deb suggested that I make a turquoise bangle like this sometime, which would be awesome, too!

Voting for this challenge will take place on the EBW blog in a couple weeks.  I'll have more information about it then.

Also, Theresa (TiLTcreations) included my Beaded Bracelet - Button Embellished - Green in her Green Etsybloggers treasury this week.  Thanks Theresa!

naming a new challenge piece

As I mentioned last week, the March EBW Challenge theme is Fashion Through the Ages.  I decided to make an 80's bangle because I thought it would be fun to work with bright colors.  I also wanted to experiment with a fully fringed bangle.  I didn't find quite as many neon shades as I hoped I would, but I'm still very pleased with the result.

The only downside is that this lovely (crazy?) piece doesn't have a name yet.  I would like to include an 80's movie or song title/quote or something along those lines, but I'm open to other suggestions, too.  Let me know what you think and if you have any ideas!

March Top Droppers

Thank you once again very very much to all of my regular Entrecard droppers! I am so grateful for all of the support that support that you give me, my blog, and my jewelry. Here are the Top 10 Droppers for March:

1) Alteredevents
2) BeadedTail
3) A Rose By Name
4) Basketball Daily
5) Gems By Jerri
6) Laane Loves
7) Zero
8) Tips and News on Healthy Lifestyle
9) West of Mars - the Meet and Greet
10) Alterity Art

Check out these awesome items from the Top 10 Droppers who are also Etsy sellers:
Gypsy Bride - Nature Goddess - Fantasy - HAIR WREATH by Alteredevents

Lucky Lady - Black Faceted Beaded Bracelet with Red Ladybug Charm by BeadedTail

Orange Squiggles Cuff by A Rose By Name

Pearl Bracelet by Gems by Jerri

Blue Jeans Vintage Plastic Button Bracelet by Alterity

I have a tentative name for my new cuff that I've been posting about this week. I'm going to sleep on it tonight. If I still like it tomorrow, I'll go ahead and list it. If not, I'll go back to the drawing board. Thank you for those of you who have offered suggestions!

I made my first peyote triangle last night. I have wanted to make one for a long time. I got some advice from one of my fellow Etsy Beadweavers and took a shot at it. I'm very pleased with the results. I will get pictures soon. :) I will also be making more of them in the very near future!

Cafe Handmade results, naming a new piece

Thank you so much to everyone who voted for me in Cafe Handmade's Friendly Competition! I just found out tonight that I won! My prize is a week of free advertising on the site. :)

I am having trouble settling on a name for one of my new pieces. I have several ideas, but am interested to see what others think when they see it before offering up my own thoughts.




Ideas? Let me know!