Green Girl Studios Give Away

Head on over to the Art Bead Scene and enter to win this

great group of mermaid beads donated by Green Girl Studios.

Don't forget to enter in the ABS monthly challenge too.

All kinds of great give away stuff going on over there!

June ABS Challenge

Farbstudie Quadrate (Color Study of Squares).

Wassily Kandinsky, born in Russia in 1866. He is credited

with painting the first modern abstract works.

This is the painting chosen for this months ABS challenge.

And what fun this is gonna be...color, color and more color!

Any and every crayon color in the box can be used. Three

great prizes from three great ceramic artists. Monday is

the first Featured Designer of the Week. So get your

entries in...you could be featured!

Waterlilies

I couldn't let the ABS challenge go by without
using an art bead by Humblebeads. Soft New Jade
and faceted yellow jade accent the focal bead.
Nuggets of a blue stone ( I would call it Dumorite)
and Bali silver rondells.

A beautiful leaf clasp to finish it off.

Now we are off to play! Bailey is doing her early morning
stretches outside. We watched the deer along the wood
line eating grass and munching leaves. They watched us too,
then slipped silently away. Almost like ghosts....I'm gonna
slip away today and enjoy the afternoon with my Geary.
Yesterday was our 28th anniversary. My one true love,
may we share many more happy years.

Wisteria Lane

A gift for a friend. Seems I like the dragonfly theme a lot.

Dragonfly pendant from Earthenwood Studio.
Water colored silk cord from Jamnglass.
Lots of Vintaj brass and chain.
Size 11 seedbeads, and vintage Czech glass flowers.
Another entry for ABS?

May ABS entry

Two months in a row! That has to be a record.
This is my May entry for the ABS contest.
Monet's Water Lilies...my interpretation of.
Our pond has waterlilies, but in our pond the water is a
shade of brown and dark blue, not vibrant like Monet's.
Lots of dragonflies too.

I went with the more earthy tones. A dragonfly focal made
by me. A water colored silk ribbon from Jamnglass, a leaf
from Earthwood Studios and a Vintaj clasp from Bello Modo.
I wire wrapped jade stones and used chain from the local
craft store. The rings around the silk were just wire wrapped
as if to make jump rings and then cut to size.

Art Bead Scene Entry

It's finished! And wouldn't you know it.
Today is the day with the least amount of sunshine possible.
The picture doesn't begin to do it justice, ah well such is life.
The art bead was made by me, in Heather's (polymer clay)
class on the bead cruise. It was just so perfect for this month's
challenge. I added a strand of pastel button pearls,
galvanized size 11 one cuts and a strand of size 8 seafoam
green seedbeads. In that strand I added a few mother of pearl
flowers and some sterling. I think Venus would approve.