December Echo Creative Club Reveal

Welcome to my reveal for the Echo Creative Club December blog hop.  I would like to thank the very talented Jeannie Dukic (JKD Studio) for allowing me to participate.  It has been a very positive experience - one which stretched my creative muscles a lot more than I had anticipated.  It's an honor to have an artist send you their creations and put their trust in you to create something from that.  I was ever mindful of the fact that I was not only making a piece of jewelry but I was being given an opportunity to make another artists creation shine in the process.  Thank you for that Jeannie - for the experience I have gained and for the chance to work with your art.

Now on to the reveal.  I was given some pretty little half lotus blossom charms to work with this month.  

From the very beginning, when I pulled them out to take a picture for the first blog entry, I knew what I wanted to do with them.  I had purchased some beautiful hand dyed silk ribbon at the Bead Fest in Philadelphia earlier this year.  The colors were perfect for these little cuties. 

I used some 12 gauge brass wire to create a bangle, which I then wrapped with the silk.  I secured the silk with some 26 gauge brass wire and wrapped some delicate little micro faceted amethyst beads with the brass wire.  

I added some yin/yang charms and some sun charms to accent the half lotus blossoms......they add to the overall bohemian feel of the bracelet.

Thanks again Jeannie! 

Please visit the other participants in the December Echo Creative Club blog hop:

Dagi http://www.kokopellidesign.blogspot.com/

Jeannie K Dukic http://site.jkdjewelry.com/blog

Lola Surwillo http://www.beadlolabead.blogspot.com/

December Echo Creative Club tease..............

It's time once again for the "tease" post.  I received these cute, colorful little half lotus charms made by the enormously talented polymer clay artist Jeannie Dukic (www.jkdjewelry.com). As in previous months, I am only showing what I received to incorporate into my design........

I pulled out some of my hand dyed silk, some pretty little faceted amethyst beads and some brass wire - as before, I am not sure what I am going to create - I let the pieces sit on my bench for the month while I play with other things that *could* go with them.  

Aren't those half lotus charms just adorable?  Oh, and you'll just have to check back to see what I create with them........come back on the 25th for the big reveal!