April 2017 Pretty Palette Beads Challenge

Pretty Palette beads is sponsored by Halcraft and their beads can be found in Michael stores Nationwide. They are calling this the Happy Spring and the inspiration behind it is Polymer clay Artist Heather Powers of Humblebeads. Heather creates polymer beads and has been doing so for decades.  I discovered Heather from Humblebeads about a 2 years go. She does art work and is also a published writer. This Artwork by heather is April's inspiration and these are the beads chosen by Halcraft:

Here is a photo of my beads as I had some strands already in my stash.

This is the Necklace I created: A brass butterfly I used Gilders paste on to add color

I loved the golden Amber hue of the shell teardrops.  I wanted to try something new for this challenge so I wirewrapped using Purple 20g Parawire.

Hope you enjoyed this whimsical piece.

Thank you so much for your visit. Come back and see what I do for May Challenges.

ABS March Challenge

This is the Inspiration Photo for Art Bead Scene March Challenge

I realized I had purchased new beads in the theme And color of the inspiration photo from Summer Wind Art on Etsy.    So I chose his bead

Summer winds bead is wood burned and hand painted. It is advertised as a bracelet bead but I wanted a long whimsical Necklace and created this layered piece.

Gorgeous Artbead I immediately loved the soft spring colors when shown in a FB group

Birds and flowers go together so well

The Blue gemstones capture the Blue skies

This is my Tassel so to speak. I added a beaded chain and made a layering Necklace which is attached so I would have one piece to grab and here I am sporting the goods.

The little flower is constantly turning and that is why I put a pretty piece of brass on it.  It is pretty which ever way it lays

Thank you for spending this time with me and my newest Piece. Hop over to the Art Bead Scene and catch all the going on.

Beadfest P.A. 2015 Part 1 I Met the Artist's

I was so blessed at being able to attend Beadfest this year. Last year My Van went out of commission a week before Beadfest and I was unable to attend. This year I headed for Artisan Alley right away and look who I met. Ms. Heather Powers of Humblebeads   

 http://www.humblebeads.com 

up close and Personal.

For those of you not familiar with Heather, Heather is a Polymer Clay Artist who creates beads around nature. Her Bird beads and House beads my fav. Heather is a member of ABS and can be found   http://artbeadscene.blogspot.com

  

Here's my little collection, Luv these Houses

Humble Beads Heather Powers (r) and I.

Next look who I met Staci Louise from Staci Louise Originals.

Staci creates Polymer Beads with everything and anything that inspires her. Staci is a Member of Love my Art Jewelry and blogs at 

http://lovemyartjewelry.blogspot.com

https://www.facebook.com/stacilouiseoriginals

http://stacilouiseoriginals.indiemade.com/store

Read her story here:

http://lovemyartjewelry.blogspot.com/2015/08/just-little-bit-about-us.html

More stash from Artisan Alley

Priscilla Decoupage Beads

And of course Gem stone girl that I am, I picked up some gemstones
Look at these pretty gemstones I collected while in Beadfest.  Had to remind myself fall is comimg and I need some deeper richer colors for the up coming season.

Thank you so much for stoping by. Come back Next week and see whom else I met. Stay tuned to see what I create with these collections of Lovelies and leave me a comment I so appreciate them.