angels in the architecture preview

As some of you already know, the December EBW Challenge theme is Simon and Garfunkel.  I've been a big Paul Simon fan since I was little.  I still particularly love his Graceland album.  One of my favorite lines from You Can Call Me Al (which is on that album) is "Angels in the architecture/spinning in infinity."  That's what I'm using as the basis for my challenge piece.  I got my angel charms in the mail earlier this week and started laying out the piece.

I'll have more information about the song and about the actual beadweaving/jewelry constructing process later.  I just wanted to give you some background for this piece so you weren't left wondering what all of these angels had to do with Paul Simon.

I'm going to combine some beadwoven pieces with some charm bracelet style links, completed with a toggle clasp.  I have never put anything like this together before.  So far it's shaping up nicely, but it's hard to know exactly how this is going to go.  I may hit a snag in the process, but I'm determined to finish this before the deadline.  I can't miss a Paul Simon challenge!

I may post some more progress pictures or sneak peaks along the way, but I'll leave you with this for now.

still in the wrong season

I never seem to list things in the appropriate season.  I just listed my spring piece last week, and now I'm listing a summer piece.  I don't think that these colors necessarily have to be limited to summer, though.  This is also another random links piece.  Since I won't have another ocean one up as soon as I thought (not an in stock one anyway), I thought I should list the other newest version that is available.  Here's my Beaded Bracelet - Silver Links - Summer.

I made this piece with my seed bead mix from my Square Stitch Cuff Bracelet - Embellished - Summer piece.  This is not a color combination that I wear a lot, but I have fun working with it and hope that others will find it an appealing edition to their accessory collection.

One of these afternoons that I'm home and make time for pictures before it gets dark, I'm going to take pictures of the newest stash of buttons that I got from my mom over the weekend.