Anklet Blog Hop Reveal!

Finally, its reveal day :-)

Before anything else, a big THANK YOU to all the super talented participants. Thanks for the participation, the encouragement, the interaction, everything!

For those who don't know...this is the first ever blog hop I am hosting. I got the idea when I saw a colleague sporting a really delicate one with super cute polka dotted ballet flats :)
It went smooth enough, and here is the big day! I have already sneaked a peek at some of the designs, and am humbled by the gorgeousness I saw. Mine definitely pale in comparison. But...this is not a competition, just a fun addition to our summer wardrobes, so here goes.

I made three (actually four, but have pics of only 3) anklets, and converted one from a bracelet to an anklet this morning because it kept falling off my wrist ;-) I will start with the last one first.

This one, I started off with aqua cotton cord, then white cotton cord, then silver chain, and finally this...which I like a lot. I reallllly wanted to use the little dolphin bead for a beach themed anklet, and hence all those iterations.

I loved the black chain with the little dolphin. But I did not have a black clasp, so I added the silver and blue accents and added silver clasp. I spoke to Cynthia the day I started this, and she mentioned bells. And that just gave me this sudden urge to add bells to mine too!
 

I realized only after I took these photos that the two larger beads are not matching! But I like this one enough to keep it for myself. Which means I can be lazy and let the beads be ;-)

The next one is nothing great design wise, but pretty nonetheless. I wanted to use the purple bead with a gold center, and came up with this. My sister gave me a strand of these beads.

And finally, the star! I wanted to do something different, something "un-anklet" like, and this perfectly fits that!

I made this from a pair of earring dangles Melinda Orr sent to me as a gift. Adding the chains turned out to be quite a challenge. I did not want to use plain jumprings, so I made very tiny figure 8 links. The chain is very fine, so the links had to be miniscule, and exact in size. But I did it :) Am thrilled with this one :) *pats-self-on-the-back*

Here are a few other pics I took of them all together...a happy family ;)

 

There were two parts to this challenge:
1. There has to be color - check
2. Make a polyvore set (optional) - not done :( I will add it tomorrow. Trouble with that is, I don't know how to upload an item to polyvore. It has to be there on some website so you can clip it. And I couldn't add the pics because they are a big secret! But I will make them this weekend and do a post with them. Promise!

Another optional part (which I think some of the participants thought was mandatory, and am not going to correct them now, teehee), are modeled pics of the anklets. I have those :) Ugly pictures, but I have them! So I will show you :p

Well...that was fun! Do visit all the other participants, I promise there is some serious eye-candy there!

Kashmira Patel	http://sadafulee.blogspot.com
Kaushambi Shah	Will post on Kashmira's blog - am waiting for her entry
Jean Wells	http://jeanawells.blogspot.com/
Mischelle Fanucchi	http://micheladasmusings.blogspot.com/
Shellie Grindie	http://www.creativeeclectica.com/
Ginger Bishop	http://lilmummylikes.blogspot.com/
Monique U	http://ahalfbakednotion.blogspot.com
Cynthia Machata	http://antiquitytravelers.blogspot.com
Susan	http://libellulajewelry.blogspot.com/
Kay Thomerson	http://www.kayzkreationz.blogspot.com/
Mimi Gardner	http://othercuriosities.blogspot.com/
Anindita Basu	http://alankarshilpa.blogspot.com/
Rita (Toltec Jewels)	http://www.jewelschoolfriends.com/
Gina Hockett	http://freestyleelements.blogspot.com/
Tammie Everly	http://ttedesigns.blogspot.com
Dyanne Cantrell	http://deelitefuljewelrycreations.blogspot.com/
Ema Kilroy	http://www.emakdesigns.com/blog
Emma Todd	http://www.apolymerpenchant.blogspot.com/
K Morgan	www.TexasPepperJams.blogspot.com
Sharyl McMillian-Nelson	http://sharylsjewelry.blogspot.com/
Cheri Reed	http://creativedesignsbycheri.blogspot.com/
Rochelle Brisson	http://acreativechelle.blogspot.com/
Michelle Buettner	http://www.misheldesigns.blogspot.com/
Sandra McGriff	http://www.skyescreativechaos.blogspot.com/
Stephanie Weiss	http://uniquelymebwd.blogspot.com/
Shelley Graham Turner	http://shelleygrahamturner.blogspot.com/
Lynda Carson Roxanne Mendoza Dagi	http://freshbakeddesigns.wordpress.com/ http://roxidesigns.blogspot.com/ http://kokopellidesign.blogspot.com/