Whimsical Monkey (Jessica Murray) Earring Swap Reveal

I recently signed up for an earring swap hosted by Jessica Murray of Whimsical Monkey.
Its been good fun! She set up a Facebook group for us to interact and get to know each other, a pinterest board for us to pin our inspirations...lots of help to finish the challenge :-) Definitely a lot of work! Thanks a LOT, Jessica!

Now on to what I got and what I sent :-)

My partner is Stephanir Weiss. Her blog is called UniquelyMe - Beads, Wire and Desire.
Stephanie is a very interesting line of work....she trains recruiters how to find candidates online using deep web searching technique. Although I am a software engineer myself, and have worked in the networking field a good part of my career, the internet still boggles me, and searching and deep searching is a total land of mystery! So I have a huge amount of respect for people who can understand it! I think she is super-duper smart...who else uses Boolean Math As Jewelry Inspiration!


She has the most precious little 7 yr old girl, who is equal parts athlete and debutante, a very generous and gently spirit. I don't have kids of my own, but I believe a child gets almost all her behavioral traits from parents, so I bet, Stephanie is all that too :)

When we were introduced, I asked her for something yellow. I love yellow, but I have nothing in that color, no clothes, no jewelry (I do have yellow shoes, not sure why). So yellow it was! She made something for me the very next day and sent it off too. But UPS decided they liked them as well, and kept them! They never even left the UPS facility! Stephanie made me something again and sent them right on time! And also sent me some goodies (lovely lovely goodies!!)

Ok, enough talking...here is my yellow sunshine :-)
I told her I liked color...a lot of it, so a lot of it is what I got!

I am totally blown away by how perfect each loop is!

I don't think I will ever reach this level of perfection! Totally love it! Now I need to buy a yellow top :) Just looking at them makes me smile :)

And not to forget the sweet gift she sent me...

I like the lampwork ones (there was another purple bead on the other end...I opened it and used it for something), but the ones on the side are too too tooooooo cute! I could just hold them and play with them all day! Thank you SO much, Stephanie!

And this is what I made for her:
Stephanie's only requirements were...no fiber since its very humid here she lives, and not to heavy. So nothing too restrictive. When I was making her earrings, I was also thinking of what to do for the the Hats Off Challenge, and one of the inspiration photos/themes was black and white. So I had brought out these black and white polymer clay beads I have had a for a long time. They were actually given to me by a previous colleague to re-do into something. It was a loooooong necklace of all shapes, sizes and patterns of PC beads. We both left the company, and lost touch, and I still had the beads. So I decided to put them to use.

And this is what I came up with...

I had started off with only the PC beads and the bead cap. But I could not rest until I added some color to it...and in went the tiny red sead bead, and then the ceramic red/black bead on top.
The PC beads had somewhat large holes, so I had to add something to the back as well to stabilize it all...

Cute, right? I wish I could figure out some way to make these reversible....to be able to wear this side showing front sometimes too.

A couple more views...since I have the pictures ;-)

I wish I could wrap as well as Stephanie!!!

So..this is what I have been upto. Thank you SO much, Jessica for hosting this. I totally gained a great new friend :-)

Here are the other participants:

Jessica Murray (Hostess): http://whimsicalweavings.blogspot.com/

Inge von Roos: http://ingetraud.wordpress.com 

 Nancy Smith: http://wirednan.blogspot.ca
Marianne Baxter: http://www.simplyseablimejewelry.blogspot.com/
Leah Tees: http://mybeadylittleeyes.blogspot.ca
Andrea Trank: www.heavenlanecreations.com
Miranda Ackerley: http://blog.mirandack.com/
Cheri Mitchell-Reed: http://creativedesignsbycheri.blogspot.com/
Susan Kennedy: www.suebeads.blogspot.com
Michele Dotson: http://star-jewels.blogspot.com/
Deanna Cox: www.deannaaki.WordPress.com
Shelley Graham Turner: www.shelleygrahamturner.blogspot.com
Ingrid McCue: www.wrappedinsilver.com
Lennis Carrier: http://windbent.wordpress.com
Ginger Davis Allman: http://thebluebottletree.com/
Mary Anne Flesch: www.handcraftedserenity.blogspot.com
Nicole Valentine Rimmer: www.nvalentine.blogspot.com
Stephanie Weiss: uniquelymebwd.blogspot.com/
Silvia Sernicola: http://pipa-the-latest.blogspot.it/
Karla Morgan: www.TexasPepperJams.blogspot.com
Kay Thomerson: http://KayzKreationz.blogspot.com
Paula Hisel: http://simplybeadiful.weebly.com/simply-stated.html
Carol Dillman: http://dillmansdallies.blogspot.com/
Spun Sugar Beadworks: Spunsugarbeadworks.blogspot.com
Tara Plote: http://newbiebeader.blogspot.com/
Rachel Baron: http://rbarondesigns.blogspot.com/
Laurie Keefe: http://treeofliferootedinmysoul.blogspot.com/
Kashmira Patel: http://sadafulee.blogspot.com
Gina Hockett: http://www.freestyleelements.blogspot.com
Shellie Grindy: http://www.creativeeclectica.com/
Shai Williams: http://shaihasramblings.blogspot.com/
Dyanne Cantrell: http://deelitefuljewelrycreations.blogspot.com
Mimi Gardner: www.OtherCuriosities.blogspot.com
Jessica McMullen: http://pheonixgatedesigns.blogspot.com/
Jennifer LaVite: www.drygulchbeadsandjewelry.blogspot.com
Laura Medeiros: http://zoeowyn.blogspot.com/
Alenka Obid: www.pepita-handmade.blogspot.com
Elsie Fonseca: http://www.ladelizchica.blogspot.com/
Cheryl Dunham: www.renaissance-jewelry.blogspot.com
Sandra McGriff: http://skyescreativechaos.blogspot.ca
Tania Spivey: http://moobiegrace.blogspot.com/
Mowse Doyle:  http://mowsemadethis.blogspot.com