Head to Head Challenge Reveal!!

Well the big day has finally come.....the day to show you what I created in my Head to Head Challenge with my friend Sweet Freedom.  When I sign up for challenges, etc. I usually go ahead and do a blog post that has the title of the blog and set it on a schedule to post on the morning of the reveal.  Last night while in bed with my fever and achy body it dawned on me that my post was going to show up in blog world at 6am with only a title.  I jumped on the kindle and moved the post till 6pm, thinking I would do it first thing in the morning.  Well being sick I did not get out of bed until close to 2pm today.  My sweet Husband, who is sick too, stayed home and took care of our sick 2 year old.  I got up and took Jacob to school and got back in the bed. I could not believe how late it was when I actually got back up.  We then went and picked Jacob up from school and Mommy duties stepped in.  As a parent your job never ends, sick or not.  I am praying that Jacob will continue to evade this nastiness that is going around in our house.  Well with our further ado here is my reveal....



The challenge was to create a piece using this triangle and some free-form peyote bead weaving.

 

I was not sure what I was going to do and my first thought was to make a necklace.  Part way in and I changed my mind to making a bracelet.  I learned how to bezel around the triangle bead.  It took me about 6 or maybe even 8 times, but I DID IT!!! I am so proud of myself and have the bug to bezel around more and more things.

It was after doing this part on the right that I realized that my piece was not going in the direction of a necklace.

 

This is a close up of center of the bracelet.

 
Finished piece on my wrist.  I really like the way it turned out.  For my second time, not bad.  So much better than my first attempt at free-form.

The bracelet lying flat.  It does not look like it would wear well, but it actually does.

I just adore beaded toggle clasps!

 

 

 

 

Please head over to Sweet Freedom's blog and see what she created, I KNOW you will not be disappointed.   I have not seen it yet, but know it is STUNNING!  She does such amazing work.  I have said it before, she is my Jedi Master!

 

Phantom of the Opera Blog Hop

Pam of The Crazier Sister decided to have a Phantom of the Opera blog hop.  We were to create jewelry based on this very famous opera.  If you would like more information please visit this site..
This is one of my very favorite operas, so I just had to join in the fun.  My necklace is for Christine.  I can picture it on her while she is in the Phantom's lair, or while with Raul and they are singing "All I ask".

The red represents love and the white pearls represent her innocence.



I did bead weaving for the center piece, I used Swarovski crystals and fresh water pearls for this piece.  This was my first time doing a bezeled rivoli, I will be making many more.  I also stitched the toggle clasp.  Please visit Pam and the other participants in this blog hop. Thanks for taking the time to see my interpretation.  I still have more ideas and may just have to make a few more pieces based on this opera.  Thanks Pam!

The Crazier Sister- the hostess!
http://crazycreativecorner.blogspot.com/


Amanda - http://craft-o-licious.blogspot.com/
chicandfrog - http://chicandfrog.wordpress.com/
Andra – http://creezpentrutine.blogspot.com/
Dana Lang - http://tumblestonehandmakery.blogspot.com/
Shelley Graham Turner - http://shelleygrahamturner.blogspot.com/
SueBeads - www.suebeads.blogspot.com
Lp’S Jewelry - http://lpsjewelry.blogspot.com/
Sonya -  http://dreaminofbeads.blogspot.com/    ***you are here
Kelli Jacobson - http://creativemoonjewelryandthings.com/
Therese Frank - http://www.theresestreasures59.blogspot.com/