Wings And Beads: Vintage Jewelry

Thursday, July 21, 2016

Luna Moth Challenge

Today is the Reveal of the Luna Moth Challenge sponsored by Allegory Gallery's own Andrew Thornton. I purchased the Kit which includes a premium mix of czech glass(my fav) new and vintage, vintage Lucite, vintage acrylic, waxed linen, jade, wood, swarovski crystals, vintage seed beads, vintage glass leaf dangles, a strand of new jade chips, and a luxury bead blend. A mystery component is also enclosed which is a Polymer focal designed by Andrew.

I created a Parure of Jewelry. Earrings a short pair:

and a long pair. Love the Butterflies in the kit and the New Jade color just awesome.

I don't like matchy matchy, so a coordinating bracelet wire wrapped and brass components added:

And to complete my set a Necklace using Andrew's focal, Jade and glass from the kit, my brass from Bsue Boutiques.

Luna Moth Parure

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Thursday, August 13, 2015

Dreaming Tree Challenge

Today is the reveal for the Dreaming Tree Challenge. I'm so late. I could't get the pictures to up load right side up. All of a sudden My Phone Camera has a top and bottom and I don't know which end is up. SMH

Dreaming Tree challenge is sponsored by Andrew Thornton of Allegory Gallery in PA. He puts together about 20 of these kits for sale and you are challenged to create and then participate in a blog hop.

Included in this kit is a full strand of fluorite chip, a baggie of Dreaming Tree Luxury Bead Blend, waxed Irish linen, vintage lucite, African glass, crystal, vintage Czech glass, Czech glass, vintage plastic, and fluorite.
I was truley challenged all I kept seeing was earring pairs. So I started with these dangly earrings with Leverbacks from www.bsueboutiques.com and Flourite, Amethyst chips, Czech beads and seed beads from the kit

Then a dangly chain (exscuse the Photo) to match. I used beads and chips from the kit, added some hand wired spiral elements for chain and glass Spectra beads to add and form a tassel.

Next I went into my private stash of goodness that I have from Bsue's where I found one of my favorite Vintage pieces of Brass, a Luggage tag. I colorized the tag to match the handcrafted Tree of life focal made by Andrew attatched them together.