tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2314054157071121222024-03-05T19:55:21.353-08:00 Sadafulee...always in bloom!Wearable art by Kashmiraaneri_masihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08363429426292603118noreply@blogger.comBlogger144125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-231405415707112122.post-25756975206238062902015-01-26T20:14:00.001-08:002015-01-27T09:33:45.371-08:00 New Earring Monday '15: Weeks 3 & 4 <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Hello all...looks like I am back to designing! And I have my friend, Sarajo of <a href="http://sjdesignsjewelry.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Sj Designs Jewelry</a> to thank for it!<br />
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You see, she tagged me to post something I created for five consecutive days. (She said she had seen enough cake pics or something like that ;) )<br />
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I posted some pics of my older favorites, and I desperately missed my beads and my creating time. It does give me a very different, joyful kind of high!<br />
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A friend of mine wanted one of the older designs I had posted, and she was visiting me last weekend. Perfect inspiration at the perfect time! She was here for a swim meet with another friend, so I made two pairs for both of them.<br />
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Here they are...<br />
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This first pair is made with Heather's <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/humblebeads" target="_blank">Humblebeads</a>, and I realized two days after gifting them to my friend that they were Marsala color!<br />
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This second pair is what my friend had requested. The ceramic beads are by Marti Conrad of <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/humblebeads" target="_blank">Marti's Beads and Buttons.</a><br />
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Well, thanks Sarajo! These were infinitely more satisfying and guilt-free than cake will ever be!<br />
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I have to thank Sarajo yet again for getting me blogging too! She is hosting a year long blogfest called "New Earrings Monday", which this post is intended for. You can find the other entries below..<br />
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aneri_masihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08363429426292603118noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-231405415707112122.post-28450505277940274122015-01-19T11:56:00.000-08:002015-01-26T20:22:37.675-08:00My Big Four-Oh And Kiva<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
All these years, the only time I ever felt like, "oh my, I feel old" was when I started 8th grade. At age 13, I wondered just HOW did I get so far? And that feeling stayed with me for a couple years! But since then it has been smooth sailing, the 20s were welcomed enthusiastically, 30s were mostly ignored: I still looked and felt like I was in my mid-20s. Plus I had three older sisters..who would, well, always be older, consequently making me feel younger. I always believed that I would age gracefully, knowing how to handle it.<br />
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I was absolutely...WRONG! 3 months before my birthday, I got glasses. My eyes were probably weak for a while, I just decided to do something about it only now. While I had been planning my 40th birthday for a while, the realization of what it meant only hit me when I got the glasses. 4 decades! Having had a pretty healthy life so far, the signs of aging took me by surprise. I started having these chains of thought where I would be old and frail with no one to be with me. Pretty intense reaction to getting glasses, I know! The big day is on April 18th.<br />
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I tried to calm down and took stock of life so far. The picture was quite rosy. Loving family, fun and loyal friends, good jobs throughout, sprinkled with a fair amount of travel, and more materialistic things than I would ever <strike>want</strike> need. Absolutely no complaints or regrets here! I thought about what I would like to do that would make this year more meaningful.<br />
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I have always been socially conscious, thanks to my philanthropic parents. I have helped out with donations mostly towards education and children's welfare. I have been disappointed with quite a few of the organizations I have supported (and hence stopped supporting), and right now the number has dwindled to two: <b><a href="http://projectwhy.org/" target="_blank">Project Why</a> </b>and <b><a href="http://kiva.org/" target="_blank">Kiva</a></b>.<br />
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For those that don't know about <b>Kiva</b> (get out from under your rock, NOW!):<br />
It is a non-profit organization that works with microfinance institutes to provide lending services to those most in need! You could lend as little as $25 and make a BIG difference. If you look at the profiles of the borrowers, you can be assured that your loan will make a difference not just to one individual, but to an entire family. It may even turn the course of life for their next generation! All with $25, which you actually get back!<br />
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The repayment rate is <b>98</b>% - and this 2% loss is most often due to currency exchange loss, which the borrower has no control over. I have been lending since 2009. I have put in only $128 so far, which have been going around (repayment and relending) allowing me to help change the lives of <b>40</b> families! The $128 has become equivalent to $1100!<br />
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When I looked at the numbers, I was ashamed that I had only put in $128 in 5 years. To change that, I am going to make a new loan each month. And to supplement that, I have also started a campaign where, YOU can also get into this addictive, feel-good habit! Here are the details of my campaign:<br />
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<a href="http://www.kiva.org/campaign/1207" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">My Birthday Wish</span></a></div>
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Instead of getting gifts this year, I wish to raise $300 in loans by April 19th, 2015. This is a $25 loan by 12 people. You will get the loan back, and you may choose to either keep it or re-lend (I would recommend re-lending...see how $128 provided a $1100 value??)<br />
Someone asked me whether I was hoping to find new "lenders" vs new "loans". I just meant new "loans", if you are an existing Kivan, and wish to make a loan through my campaign, I'll be glad :) <br />
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Here's a touching video that will definitely convince you in case my words did not<br />
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Hoping to raise well beyond my goal!<br />
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aneri_masihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08363429426292603118noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-231405415707112122.post-21020835432677148362014-12-24T03:08:00.002-08:002014-12-24T12:40:36.018-08:00Justice?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span class="dbox-example"><span class="oneClick-link">to</span> <span class="oneClick-link">complain</span> <span class="oneClick-link">with</span> <span class="oneClick-link oneClick-available">justice.</span></span></div>
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<span class="dbox-example"><span class="oneClick-link oneClick-available">Thinking a little bit about all these sources and stories have me confused. I don't know how justice is defined anymore. </span></span><span class="dbox-example"><span class="oneClick-link oneClick-available">It seems it is different for different people. </span></span></div>
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<span class="dbox-example"><span class="oneClick-link oneClick-available">What prompted this post though, was the movie Amar...from 1954. There are three main characters: a well respected lawyer, his educated fiancee and a poor milkmaid. In the first 10 minutes of the movie it is established that the lawyer is morally upright. He advises a rich client that he has committed a crime and he should confess even though there were no witnesses. Why? Because it is the right thing to do. Somewhere in the middle of the movie, this lawyer rapes that poor milkmaid. What led to this? She was trying to escape a local goon who was desperately in love with her and wanted to marry her and ends up seeking refuge in the lawyer's house. The lawyer who had once called her dirty and stinky, rapes her. Which apparently is better than being raped by the goon..who loved her and supported her even after it was known that she was pregnant as a result of this rape. It was 1954, everyone shuns her, but this goon. He still wants to marry her, but she says she's already married (!!!!!!!!!), she prays for the lawyer's recovery when he is ill (barf!) The goon ends up dead in a fight with the lawyer when he goes to avenge her. SHE takes the blame for the murder. And finally the "righteous" lawyer confesses. Does he go to jail? Oh no! He marries the milkmaid...who wanted that all along. </span></span></div>
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<span class="dbox-example"><span class="oneClick-link oneClick-available">HOW??? What logic is this?? The goon's love was wrong because he was a goon, and the lawyer's rape was ok because he was a lawyer? What would have been the outcome had it been the other way round? What if the goon had raped the lawyer's fiancee? Would SHE be glad to marry him? We all know the answer to that.</span></span></div>
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<span class="dbox-example"><span class="oneClick-link oneClick-available">Now moving on to the news reports. The most talked about one is the Nirbhaya case from December 2012. There was a big hue and cry, the rapists were arrested. A commission was set up to inquire into this, and laws were changed. The case went into fast track, and they were all sentenced, some to prison, some were given the death sentence. One even died in jail, how he died is open to speculation. The accused appealed and their death sentences have been stayed INDEFINITELY. Ladies and gentlemen, justice has been served!</span></span></div>
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aneri_masihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08363429426292603118noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-231405415707112122.post-43836023647499012722014-05-23T23:51:00.003-07:002014-05-31T19:02:28.060-07:00Waxed Linen Blog Hop<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I have always loved fiber arts and anything with vibrant colors. In fact, I started making jewelry because I wanted to crochet some earrings. While making them, I realized how intimidating threads actually are to work with...other than with needlework and embroidery. I just was not comfortable finishing them, kept feeling everything will open up and fall apart. I did make jewelry with it in spite of my fear, but never got comfortable with it. I bought books and read all about it, I read tutorials and saw other people do it, yet, I could not trust that my work won't fall apart. Until the bead cruise...when I met <a href="http://erinsiegeljewelry.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Erin Siegel</a> and took a class with her. She made it all look so easy. While I am still not as skillful as I would like to be with it, my fear is definitely gone.<br />
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Another friend I met on the cruise, <a href="http://www.suburbangirlstudio.com/" target="_blank">Suburban Girl - Diana Ptaszynski</a>. She was helping Erin with her class and fell in love with waxed linen as well...and thus happened this blog hop! She asked who else wanted in on all the waxy, lineny fun, 42 folks rsvp'ed for the party, and here we are :-)<br />
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My first entry is this pair of earrings.<br />
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Simple earrings that go with this necklace. I made it before I signed up for the hop, so they are not officially part of the reveal, but here it is for the sake of completeness..<br />
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I took the necklace me on the cruise to get some input from Erin about the closure. I had made this necklace for a friend who has a young baby, and he likes to yank all the pretty colorful things she wears. I needed to make it baby proof. And Erin did show me how to reinforce it. But I don't have a picture :(<br />
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Moving on...I made a knotted necklace to match a pair of earrings a friend bought from me. The earrings were purple and yellow, and I found the perfect lavender cord in my stash to make the necklace with. I made it, and added a loop like Erin had taught me. But I am not a good student. And I am also a very <strike>stingy</strike> economical person. I hate wasting materials, and ended up cutting less cord than I needed for the loop. Ended up with this super ugly loop while trying to add more cord to what I already had. Don't even ask what I did. It was so wrong!<br />
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But I trudged along and finished the necklace. Only to see that it was too long. I wanted to make a choker and what I ended up with was just not right. So I tried opening the knots. Yes, I know, laugh away. I didn't even manage to open a single one. I had used up all the beads I had, so I had to cut each bead out of my work (all the while the miser in me cringing about the wasted cord!). I did it all over again, and this time made a different loop. Just strung some small seed beads instead of doing the half-hitch knot. Here's the final product..<br />
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I really like this necklace for two reasons:<br />
1) I had wanted to make a color-blocked piece for the longest time, and this is just a perfect example.<br />
2) I hate the luscious colors of the cord sometimes get lost in a design. It can be seen very nicely in the yellow section, so that goal also achieved :)<br />
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And then I had this cord lying around. It had come with a gorgeous marble pendant which I made a fitting necklace for (that's for another challenge, so can't show it here). And I had the pendant all wrapped and lying around for a while too. So I put the two together and made this:<br />
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The pendant is from Southern Gals Designs. It is a gorgeous pendant, lots of details and colors in there. I should say it "was" a gorgeous pendant. I wore it today on my trip to New Mexico. I admired it my entire flight. And somewhere between Albuquerque and Santa Fe, my worst fears were realized. The knot opened up, and the pendant fell off. I didn't even realize it! Am so so sad about it. The necklace looked fantastic.<br />
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Oh well...<br />
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There's more...the best one!<br />
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Diana, Erin and I visited our friend <a href="http://secondsurf.com/" target="_blank">Barbara Bechtel</a> of Second Surf when our ship anchored in Florida. Barbara gave each one of us a little box of beads which came in a cute little bag, which was tied shut with a handmade wood pendant, which was strung around cord. Her stepfather cut them for her from different hardwoods from his wood pile in Pennsylvania, and Barbara wood-burned them. So its a very special pendant!<br />
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I used a thicker cord for this...added African bone and brass beads, seed beads and my favorite part: little brass bells! Yes, they jingle! A friend has already claimed this necklace and I will be making matching earrings as soon as I get home from New Mexico.<br />
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A big thanks to Diana for hosting this party! I know its a lot of work and its much appreciated :)<br />
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Here are the other participants:<br />
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aneri_masihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08363429426292603118noreply@blogger.com49tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-231405415707112122.post-12728075136241772772014-05-09T21:00:00.000-07:002014-05-09T21:00:01.592-07:00The 8th Annual Bead Soup Blog Party! Party Time!!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Annnd....its reveal time!!<br />
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First off...a HUGE thanks to Lori Anderson of <a href="http://www.prettythingsblog.com/" target="_blank">Pretty Things</a> for hosting this hop in spite of all the health issues she has been having in the past few months. Thanks, hugs, and lots of love, Lori! <br />
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This is the third time I am participating in this blog hop, and it keeps getting better every time!<br />
For those of you new here...Lori pairs up partners, and we exchange bead soups. The soup must contain at least one focal and one clasp, and we need to use them both in our creations in some way or another.<br />
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My partner this time around is the super talented Miss Kari Asbury..<br />
Here's a recap of what she sent me:<br />
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Kari sent me two clasps and whoolllllleeeeeeeeeeeeee lot of focals! I knew right away that I was going to use the peacock focal. And of course the wonderful key clasp.<br />
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I went to the bead cruise right after I got these beads, and took them along...to see the Bahamas, you know ;)<br />
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I worked on the pieces a bit over there...and used some of the door prizes and goodies I got on the cruise for my creations. Here's me in a mini pajama party in my cabin with Diana (<a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/suburbangirlbeads" target="_blank">Suburban Girl Beads</a>), <a href="http://erinsiegeljewelry.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Erin</a> (she's behind the camera) and Terri :-)<br />
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This is what I made at the pajama party...I used one of the ribbons Kari sent me. Paired it with a house bead by <a href="http://www.humblebeads.com/" target="_blank">Heather Powers</a>.<br />
I know...this is too simple...hang on..it gets better ;-)<br />
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And then we had a costume contest, where I was runner up...I won a big bag of beads! And then we had door prizes...where I won some beads from Ema Kilroy :-) (<a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/EmaKDesigns" target="_blank">EmaKDesigns</a>) And I learned some hammering techniques...And I used them all to come up with this:<br />
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I used one of the clasps that Kari sent. And the little spacer beads are part of Ema's door prize.<br />
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I hammered a bail for it...and used Ema's beads again in the rings that hold it all together.<br />
The chocolate pearls (they are a dark brown..the color is not showing up right here :( ) are from my win from the costume party.<br />
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And here it is in all its glory :-)<br />
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Yeah, I know ya love it ;-) Am bummed about the chocolate pearls not showing up properly :(<br />
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Moving on...<br />
The clasp had me stumped for a while. I had suggestions of making a bracelet out of it, but it looked too big on my wrist. And in my world, everyone is my size, and likes what I like. So..that idea didn't work.<br />
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I had taken a knotting class with <a href="http://erinsiegeljewelry.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Erin Siegel</a> on the cruise, and not sure how, but I ended up deciding to make a knotted necklace with it. I used wood and metal beads (some of the metal ones are leftovers from her class) to maintain the rustic feel of the pendant (yes, we shall now call it a pendant, not a clasp)<br />
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So here it is:<br />
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I could not quite remember what Erin had said about how much length of cord I need to use (some formula based on what the end length is to be) and fell short of cord, so will have to rework this a bit. I will not say what's wrong with this, if you can find it...shhhh...don't tell ;-)<br />
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Here's a few more pictures of the necklace, I was just having fun with photos :)<br />
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So that's what I have so far! Thanks so much Kari! I know I am going to have so much more fun with the rest of the things you sent me!<br />
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And now you (who are not Kari), go on over to her blog to see what she's been upto:<br />
Kari Asbury of Hippie Chick Designs (<a href="http://hippiechickdesign.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">blog </a>/ <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/HippieChickDesign" target="_blank">etsy</a>)<br />
In case you would like some of these tiles for yourself, here's the link to Kari's component store: <a href="http://asburyavenuedesigns.etsy.com/">Asbury Avenue Design</a>s.<br />
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And here's who else is partying with me!<br />
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aneri_masihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08363429426292603118noreply@blogger.com113tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-231405415707112122.post-19398721335344541592014-03-19T09:53:00.002-07:002014-03-19T09:53:31.129-07:00Creative Spark!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Hope Smitherman of <a href="http://craftyhope.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Crafty Hope</a> and Bill Zhang of <a href="http://www.znetshows.com/" target="_blank">ZnetShows </a>have truly given me back my Creative Spark.<br />
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I had been in a creative slump for the longest time...pretty much most of this year. Hope emailed a bumch of us late February asking if we would like to participate in this quarter's design team. Bill would send us all beads and we were to create something with them, and Hope would put all our work into a beautiful magazine. A total win-win for me, right?<br />
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So here's what I got:<br />
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What a brilliant way to welcome Spring...with chinese crystals and sea glass in just the right colors.<br />
I am so very tempted to show you right here what I made with them, but I'd rather you go look at it in the Glossi Hope put together. It has designs from a lot of other designers, book review, tips and tricks and also some funnies. Its even got videos!<br />
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aneri_masihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08363429426292603118noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-231405415707112122.post-56823618622194002922014-03-15T15:21:00.001-07:002014-03-15T21:42:39.430-07:00Bead Soup Blog Party 8 ~ Soup ingredients are here!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Hello all...am back after a super long hiatus!<br />
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I am participating in Lori Anderson's Bead Soup Blog Party again this year.<br />
Lori paired me up with the wonderful Kari Asbury of Hippie Chick Designs (<a href="http://hippiechickdesign.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">blog </a>/ <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/HippieChickDesign" target="_blank">etsy</a>)<br />
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I have known Kari for a while now through Facebook forums, and am SO glad I was paired with her. I have been lucky with all my partners so far, they all make their own unique, super gorgeous components! Kari makes the prettiest ephemera components and thoroughly spoiled me.<br />
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Here's what I got...<br />
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(I was too impatient to see what was inside the package to take pics of the package itself)<br />
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Aren't you floored!!! I knew I would get some cool wood pendants but this is beyond imagination.<br />
I did tell her I usually get stumped with large focals, and she sent a sweet note, that in spite of the warning, she could not resist sending me the peacock. I am so glad she could not resist, it is drop dead gorgeous! And I think I am definitely going to make something with it...since it shows up in my dreams pretty much every day now!<br />
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She sent me two clasps..both made by her. The toggle clasp is so so so cool! The key has been attached in such a innovative way! I will take another picture when I make something with it...so its a mystery for you right now ;-) And the red brass clasp is very well made, and well-timed for me, since I have been wanting to make something like that. Now I have a sample to learn from.<br />
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I am having a hard time picking a favorite, they are all so beautiful!<br />
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In case you would like some of these tiles for yourself, here's the link to Kari's component store: <a href="http://asburyavenuedesigns.etsy.com/">Asbury Avenue Design</a>s.<br />
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And then she sent me these co-ordinating beads, also artisan made:<br />
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The sari ribbon is from <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/designtalentedone" target="_blank">Design Talented One</a>, ceramic beads from <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/gaea" target="_blank">Gaea</a>, and the lampwork and boro beads are from <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/pinkbeach" target="_blank">Pink Beach Studios</a>, <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/artbylisi" target="_blank">Art By Lisi</a>, <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/firelily" target="_blank">Firelily</a> and <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/LyndasLampwork" target="_blank">Lynda's Lampwork</a>.<br />
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This picture also has the back of one of the ephemera pendants...even the back is so pretty!<br />
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Thanks SO much Kari, you're the best!<br />
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aneri_masihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08363429426292603118noreply@blogger.com26tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-231405415707112122.post-33726741073303017852013-09-27T21:06:00.001-07:002013-09-27T21:09:51.049-07:00Creative Bead Chat Thank You Blog Hop<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Hmmm...so what is Creative Bead Chat?<br />
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<i>"A home for creative component and jewelry designers to share new creations, tool tips and help build our creativity and <span class="text_exposed_show">sales
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<span class="text_exposed_show">It was started by <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/ORRTEC" target="_blank">Melinda Orr</a> and <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/marlasmud" target="_blank">Marla James</a>, and supported by a LOT of my friends! What started as a Facebook group has grown into a ning website of its own, called <a href="http://artisanwhimsy.com/" target="_blank">Artisan Whimsy</a>. It has great learning resources, contests, challenges, giveaways and even a marketplace! The latest addition is a magazine of its own. And the magazine is ah-ma-zing! Like, seriously! You can read the <a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=3&cad=rja&ved=0CDkQFjAC&url=http%3A%2F%2Fglossi.com%2Fartisanwhimsy%2F26759-august-2013-bead-chat-magazine-by-artisan-whimsy&ei=Y1ZGUsmYF47IqQHco4CQAQ&usg=AFQjCNGp8Jgkjusc7CLH1wKpZ0fGPaS0HA&sig2=cD9V7sZjEhmyoMebjmN1Jg&bvm=bv.53217764,d.aWM" target="_blank">August issue here</a>.</span><br />
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<span class="text_exposed_show">The best part though, is the camaraderie and friendships being made there everyday!</span><br />
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<span class="text_exposed_show">The latest giveaway was hosted in July to mark the Facebook group reaching 2000 members! Over 50 components and finished jewelry pieces were given away! I had put my name in the hat, but didn't win anything. Nevertheless, I do want to participate in this blog hop to say thanks to everyone who helped make this happen!</span><br />
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<span class="text_exposed_show">I will start off with a pair of earrings I made a few minutes ago, last minute creation, of course :) The photos are not the best, but I wanted to make it to this hop, and so here they are!</span><br />
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<span class="text_exposed_show">These earrings feature components by <a href="http://sadafulee.blogspot.com/2013/02/my-bead-mommy.html" target="_blank">my bead mommy</a>, Sharyl McMillian-Nelson. You can look up that post to see the cool stuff I have received from her. What I love about her is that she is always evolving, making new components, adding on to what she learned and there is <b>always</b> something different and new in her shop <a href="http://www.artfire.com/ext/shop/studio/SharylsJewelry" target="_blank">Sharyl's Jewelry</a> .</span><br />
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<span class="text_exposed_show">The polymer clay beads are a gift from my friend <a href="https://www.facebook.com/WestStreetStudios" target="_blank">Lisa Caryl</a>. She makes the most fantastic polymer clay beads and will be opening her shop on etsy soon! </span><br />
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I bought these headpins from <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/HeidiKingmanElements" target="_blank">Heidi Kingman</a> after I saw them on the giveaway, and didn't win. I love them a <b>lot</b>, and hence they are being hoarded :)</div>
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And now I will share jewelry I have made with components from other donors:</div>
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<a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/marlasmud" target="_blank">Marla James (Marla's Mud)</a></div>
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Marla has gifted me a <b>whole</b> lot of cool components, I am still working my way through them. Here's a necklace I made with an "arrowhead"</div>
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<a href="http://www.jkdjewelry.com/" target="_blank">Jeannie Dukic (Jewelry By Jeannie)</a></div>
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I received this blue focal bead as part of her Echo Creative Club. Its still available in my shop (click on the picture to go to the listing)</div>
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<a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/torisophia" target="_blank"><span class="text_exposed_show">Shelley Graham Turner of Tori Sophia</span></a><br />
<span class="text_exposed_show">Shelley gifted me these cute little turquoise beads :) I super love these earrings!</span><br />
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<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/118862715/dimpled-turquoise-polymer-clay-donut?ref=shop_home_active" target="_blank">Marti Conrad of Marti's Buttons and Beads</a><br />
This focal was a gift from Marti. The bracelet is available in a second shop where I sometimes list my items. Please click on the picture to go to the listing.<br />
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<span class="text_exposed_show"><a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/JLynnJewels" target="_blank">Janice Everett of J-Lynn Jewels</a></span><br />
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<span class="text_exposed_show">This art tile was an instant hit! I bought these at her holiday sale last year. Am looking forward to the next one so I can stock up!</span><br />
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And finally, one of my favorite people, <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/apolymerpenchant" target="_blank">Emma Todd of A Polymer Penchant!</a> </div>
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She gifted these discs to me along with an order I had placed. These are available, but not yet listed, do let me know if you are interested!</div>
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Sandra - <a href="http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fskyescreativechaos.blogspot.com&h=PAQE1F6QB&s=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://skyescreativechaos.blogspot.com</a><br />
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My buddy Michelle of<a href="http://misheldesigns.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"> MishelDesigns</a> is a treasure trove of knowledge as far as pearls go (and I bet she knows a lot about a lot of other things too!)<br />
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Exactly a month ago, she announced a blog hop to celebrate her beloved pearls (she has a diploma in pearls from the Gemological Institute of America!). The challenge was to design something with pearls...any kind (there are so many, I get dizzy just thinking about them!), real or imitation, as many or as little, and any form of jewelry. For the reveal, she requested the design and the source of the pearls.<br />
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I jumped in, not quite sure what I would do. Maybe a ring? Since I have not really ever made one?<br />
And then happened my dead-internet-saga and I forgot all about it until I received an email from the lovely lady giving us further details about the hop.<br />
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Shamefaced, I thought I was too late, and will have to bow out of it. But then last night I decided I had to make at least something! She didn't put too many rules in, and I have used them before, not as a main focus, but yeah, I have used them.<br />
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Then my brain dug up the visual of a bracelet I had thought of a looooong time ago, when the components all just happened to sit next to each other (I was not even using them for what I was doing at the time!)<br />
I heaved a sigh of relief and quickly whipped up this....<br />
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The focal is a very interesting ceramic tube bead by Marti Conrad of <span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/MartisButtonsnBeads"><span style="font-family: Georgia,Times New Roman,serif;">Marti's Buttons-n-Beads.</span></a></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">She had sent it to me as part of the gift from the <a href="http://sadafulee.blogspot.com/2013/02/one-lucky-month.html" target="_blank">bead fairies of Project Bead.</a></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The pearls are keishi pearls (I am giggling as I write this, as I have a Japanese friend by that name at work), gifted by Marla Gibson of <a href="http://spiceboxdesigns.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Spice Box Designs</a>, also as part of Project Bead. The silver spacers are also gifts from my bead fairies!</span></span></span><br />
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I was really tempted to add some color to this...maybe bright yellow or green, but thankfully, better sense prevailed.<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The bracelet is 7.5 inches long and looks super pretty :) </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">And as is always the case with my designs, some beads I bought from Emma Todd of <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/APolymerPenchant" target="_blank">A Polymer Penchant </a>were just sitting there doing their own thing, and I ended up making these...</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The beads I used here are gifts from her :-) Yeah, I have super awesome friends! I am blessed that's for sure!! </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The earrings on the daintier side...just shy of 1.5 inches from the top of the earwire.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">There are whole bunch of super talented ladies who joined this hop. Pearls are so versatile, they can be used and strung and coiled and done-whatever-you-want-with! All these ladies have very unique styles, and its definitely a visual feast! So go on and have a look!</span></span></span><br />
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Get moving and a grooving this week!<br />
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aneri_masihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08363429426292603118noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-231405415707112122.post-76700368120867783532013-09-11T19:29:00.003-07:002013-09-11T22:58:26.904-07:002nd Annual Challenge Of Travel ~ Santa Clara County and California in general!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Gosh, I am SO late for this one!!!! The reveal was on August 31st, and I finished making my piece a couple weeks before that. I was all set (and excited) for the reveal, and some time around August 21st, my home internet connection decided to die. It was resurrected only yesterday, so here I am with my post!<br />
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<a href="http://treasures-found.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Erin Prais-Hintz of Tesori Trovati</a> had put out a call in the beginning of August to join the "staycation" edition in her "Challenge of Travel" series. We were to explore what our hometowns had to offer for visitors. Hometown could be anything...the town you grew up in, the town where you live now, any place you call home.<br />
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I was torn about "where" home is! In my heart, its always, always, always going to be India (and in my mind, when I say, I want to go home, I will always mean I want to go to India) But in reality, and for all practical purposes, home is California. So this is about California! And it is more about the history of California than present day California. Hope that is ok!<br />
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Narrowing down to where I live...Santa Clara. Silicon Valley. We have so many tech companies headquartered right here. Google, Facebook, Apple, Cisco, eBay, PayPal, LinkedIn...just to name a very select few. I guess being a tech hub is what my hometown is well known for. But I would like to step back into history and speak about the actual street that I live off of.<br />
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El Camino Real ~ The Royal Road! Before I begin singing its glories, I have to admit that I <b>hate</b> driving on it. With that taken care of....<br />
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This is a historical road, stretching from San Diego in Southern California to Sonoma in Northern California, connecting 21 Franciscan missions. However, the road’s importance and its name recognition have far outlasted that of the missions it originally served.<br />
Here is more information about the road: <a href="http://www.grandboulevard.net/about-us/history-of-el-camino.html" target="_blank">History Of El Camino Real</a><br />
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<i>*this part of my post is copied from wikipedia*</i><br />
In 1892, Anna Pitcher of Pasadena, California
initiated an effort to preserve the as-yet uncommemorated route of Alta
California’s Camino Real. Given the lack of standardized road signs at the time, it
was decided to place distinctive bells along the route, hung on supports
in the form of an 11-foot (3.4 m) high shepherd's crook, also described
as "a Franciscan walking stick."<br />
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These bells have always fascinated me...and are a very prominent part of my design.<br />
Here's a picture of the bell over at the mission in Santa Barbara. This is the only picture of the bells that I have managed to click. <br />
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Here's a better version, not clicked by me. Click on the picture to go to original website:<br />
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Next thing that I took inspiration from for my piece...is the land here! My neighbor, who has lived on this street for close to 60 years now, says that the region was all orchards! Oranges and plums and figs! Even now, the soil is rich and extremely fertile. There used to be a huge orange orchard near my office, actually right across the street from a big Sony campus. It was a gem in the middle of the city, oranges for as far as the eye can see. I bet you noticed the past tense here. Yeah, its gone, there are apartments there now :((<br />
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Here's a picture of my own orange tree...<br />
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And the last bit of inspiration...I thought about this for a long time...what is my state known for? What does it say on the license plates? Golden state! So yeah...the last bit is the gold :) Although, I don't know of any gold panning being done where I live...I had use this bit of info about my state :-)<br />
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So...here are my earrings that I made for this challenge :-)<br />
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These are for sale, although not on my shop. Please send me a message if you are interested :)<br />
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There was an inlinkz code for this, but since I am late..its closed :((<br />
Please visit Erin's blog to see the other entries<br />
<b><a href="http://treasures-found.blogspot.com/2013/08/2nd-annual-challenge-of-travel-stevens.html" target="_blank">http://treasures-found.<wbr></wbr>blogspot.com/2013/08/2nd-<wbr></wbr>annual-<span class="il">challenge</span>-of-<span class="il">travel</span>-<wbr></wbr>stevens.html</a></b>.<br />
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aneri_masihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08363429426292603118noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-231405415707112122.post-56405834810376663602013-08-21T23:37:00.000-07:002013-08-22T11:16:28.727-07:00Lets Learn Together ~ Polymer Clay ~ Conditioning<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<a href="http://sadafulee.blogspot.com/2013/08/lets-learn-together-polymer-clay-lessons.html" style="background-color: white; color: #993322; text-decoration: none;">Lets Learn Together ~ Polymer Clay ~ The Lessons</a></div>
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<a href="http://sadafulee.blogspot.com/2013/08/lets-learn-together-polymer-clay.html" style="background-color: white; color: #993322; text-decoration: none;">Lets Learn Together ~ Polymer Clay ~ The Essentials</a></div>
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Last night, I got "all" my essentials in place and thought I would condition my clay.</div>
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That's my tile (not completely white, but this is all Home Depot had, and I did not have the patience to shop around), my clay (I had a pack of Sculpey III that I bought a few years ago, and I thought of trying it out before buying the Premo.), my pasta machine, my notecard is outside the frame, but its there.</div>
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I started off with cleaning the tile with 409, and then I assembled the pasta machine.</div>
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The instructions were very simple. 1 is thickest setting, 9 is thinnest. Pass some wipes through the machine before first use to clean up any dirt in the rollers.</div>
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Now I realized I did not have wipes. So I decided to improvise. I sprayed some 409 on a paper towel and passed that through the machine. Towel came out clean, so I was happy.</div>
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Then I picked the clay. The colors are nothing exciting, so I decided to make something black and white. Picked out the white first. Cut it with the tissue blade.</div>
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<u>Mistake 1: </u> I should have cleaned the tissue blade as well before the first use. The clay had small black streak where it was cut. But I did not notice this at first. I cut the block into three sections...umm...cross-sectional pieces (sorry, don't have pics, will take pics with the next batch) and passed it through the roller.</div>
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<u>Mistake 2:</u> I had not clamped the machine down to the table. So I had to use one hand to hold the machine. I could have used it to guide the clay properly instead.</div>
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<u>BIG Mistake</u>: See for yourself!</div>
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Yup! The machine was <b>DIRTY</b>!!!</div>
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But my lazy brain said...oh well...you wanted black and white beads, didn't you? Yup, a true blue lazy brain! It also said, this bit is ruined anyway, so just work with it and see how you can condition Sculpey III. I suppose there is a point to that argument.</div>
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So well, I continued. I passed each of the three sections through the machine, then two together and then all three together, then folded them in half and passed them through the machine, maybe 3-4 times. I must say, the clay was really soft. Much softer than the Premo that I worked with in my class. I am going to attribute that to a very hot day (and the hard Premo to AC turned up really high at the class)<br />
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I rolled my clay at setting 3. Not the thinnest, since I didn't really need it to be super thin. The sheet in the picture above is probably taken after the final run (you can tell, I don't do instructions very well :( )<br />
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The next step was to roll this into a log, making sure it was a tight roll and no bubbles.<br />
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I rolled it up and then just rolled the log some more on my tile. Yeah, I know its ugly and dirty.<br />
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I cut off some clay from the narrow end and made a nice round ball out of it. The clay was super soft so I had no issues forming it. Ok...so far, going ok, But at this point all I had was a dirty white ball. What to do with it, what to do with it? Ok, lets flatten it. Done. Now I have a dirty white disc. So then I thought of stamping something into it. So I did that.<br />
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Yup, super soft clay with a large thumbprint. And the bead had gotten kinda thin at this point, and I didn't know what else I could even do with this. So I poked a hole into it and called it done. I should have waited for it to harden a bit, it was, I think I did mention this, super soft).<br />
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This much got done very quickly. So I cut off another piece of clay from my log, and made another dirty white ball. Figured I will carve something on it. All I managed to do was poke some holes with my bead reamer. And the clay was super soft (oh, right, I did tell you that already), so every time I turned the bead to poke a hole, I got a small flat surface on the bottom. End result was an accidental faceted look :) But that felt like cheating, so I smoothed it back into a nice round dirty white ball. Here it is...<br />
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I have not baked these yet. Didn't feel like heating up the oven for just these two little things.<br />
Not sure what I will do with them once I bake them, but I think I should.<br />
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So here are the lessons I learned:<br />
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<b>Clean </b>everything! Tile, hands, knife, roller, pasta machine...evvvvvverything!<br />
Clamp the pasta machine. This one is a bit funky, as in the handle went below the bottom of the machine. So I had to have it hanging off the edge of the table. Not comfortable!<br />
Watch the temperature of the room and my hands and all that...<br />
Plan on what I want to do before rolling out that poor clay. I had no clue what to do next after I had my sheet!<br />
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I did buy some wipes today, so I should be ready for the next round.<br />
I think I will try some color mixing or marbling technique next.<br />
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Here's a video on color mixing<br />
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Am not able to link it here, but here's the URL:<br />
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I have not yet watched these videos completely, just skimmed through them. They looked good.<br />
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Until next time....seeya!<br />
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aneri_masihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08363429426292603118noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-231405415707112122.post-9196602488396860952013-08-19T12:26:00.001-07:002013-08-22T11:16:58.981-07:00Lets Learn Together ~ The Essentials Follow Up<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<a href="http://sadafulee.blogspot.com/2013/08/lets-learn-together-polymer-clay-lessons.html" style="color: #993322; text-decoration: none;">Lets Learn Together ~ Polymer Clay ~ The Lessons</a></div>
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Before I get into the post, let me apologize for not following up sooner.<br />
The internet connection at home has decided that it will work only from Monday-Friday, 9am to 5pm! Not really sure why, and we (we being the hubby) will hopefully call AT&T today to get it fixed. I was kinda okay with not having internet after work hours. It "felt" different. I could see other chores that needed doing and so on. But enough of that break! I need my connectivity back!<br />
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So...moving on. There were a lot of good comments and questions coming in after I posted the essentials. Will sum them up here.<br />
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First, a BIG thanks to Emma Todd for writing up a whole blog post for us with some of her tips.<br />
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Now on to comments:<br />
<b><u>About rollers and pasta machines</u></b>:<br />
From <b>Val Tilghman</b>: We can use <b>acrylic brayers</b> for rolling! And the big tip: Michaels and JoAnn accept coupons from other art and craft stores!<br />
From <b>Gina Hockett</b>: <b>PVC pipe</b> works just as well for rolling out clay!<br />
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<b><u>About clay:</u></b><br />
From <b>Monique</b>: I mentioned that I thought Kato clay was very hard to work with. And she said this:<br />
<i><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">The old Kato formula was extremely firm, but I think all brands have gotten a little softer across the board when a certain questionable ingredient was removed. Different brands suit different people. For example, I have really warm hands and I am quite rough with my PC, so Premo gets very soft after this torture. To the point where I have trouble keeping canes from turning to mush </span><img alt="Emoji" src="https://a.gfx.ms/Emoji_1F629.png" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">. So it is best to be patient and give Premo lots of resting time between stages, so you will get a better result. Keep a freezer pack at your worktable to cool your ceramic tile, or refrigerate several tiles to always have a cool work surface.</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This reminded me of my class. I have freezing cold hands, and the other student had very warm hands. My beads took a while to form, and hers were mush in no time! Teacher suggested her to have a cold water bath next to her to cool her hands down. And me? I guess hot chocolate!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Marlene</b> has sent me a whole document describing various clays and their properties. I will put that up in a separate post. Thank you, Marlene!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><u>About Wax Paper:</u></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Marlene </b>said this:</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #330000; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"><i>When your instructor mention wax paper, I think she must have meant deli paper. Regular wax paper has too heavy a coating which can react with your clay. Also plastic containers or drawers that have a 2 rating on the bottom (all plastic should be rated) are perfectly safe to store Polymer Clay in. Use them all the time.</i></span><br />
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<b><u>About Storage:</u></b><br />
<b>Emma</b> said this:<br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #330000; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"><i> I am not picky about my polymer being stored in airtight containers since it doesn't dry out. More important that it be covered. For instance I have some sitting on what amounts to a covered shelf, for years, dust follows gravity, unless you interrupt so as long as it's covered it's good, in my books</i></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #330000; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><i>There are lots of glazes out there, just like brands of clay. Kato glaze is considered to be the "glossiest' and clearest(also the pricest). Sculpey has two glazes, High Gloss, and Satin, which both work well for the "finish" you are looking for. A lot of people sand and buff their creations to a high sheen and don't add anything further, and still others swear by the use of Pledge acrylic Wood Floor Care, which use to be know as Future Finish.</i></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 18px;">I have also seen Liquid Polymer Clay and nail polish mentioned, but I have not researched it yet. I bet when I do though, I will find what Marlene said :-)</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 18px;">That's that for now, peeps!</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 18px;">I am hoping my pasta machine arrives today!</span><br />
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Previous posts in the series:</div>
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<a href="http://sadafulee.blogspot.com/2013/08/lets-learn-together.html" style="color: #993322; text-decoration: none;">Lets Learn Together ~ Polymer Clay!</a></div>
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<a href="http://sadafulee.blogspot.com/2013/08/lets-learn-together-polymer-clay-lessons.html" style="color: #993322; text-decoration: none;">Lets Learn Together ~ Polymer Clay ~ The Lessons</a></div>
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<a href="http://sadafulee.blogspot.com/2013/08/lets-learn-together-polymer-clay.html" style="color: #993322; text-decoration: none;">Lets Learn Together ~ Polymer Clay ~ The Essentials</a></div>
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aneri_masihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08363429426292603118noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-231405415707112122.post-5819406608976287792013-08-19T10:53:00.002-07:002013-08-19T10:53:49.369-07:00Focus On Life ~ Week 33 ~ In Season!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Am laaaaate posting this, but better late than never, right?<br />
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This week Sally asked us what's in season where you live?<br />
Lots of things!!<br />
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Flowers and fruits....this is my neighbor's front yard. Can you believe those big pomegranates! And the pink flower is as big as my head!<br />
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Bikes (and garage sales!)<br />
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Convertible cars....that's my nephew in my beloved car that I sold off last month...<br />
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Boats! Yeah, yeah, I know it should be on water and not parked like this on the street. I bet its on its way though ;-)<br />
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Colorful clothes!<br />
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And lastly, the big thing for me right now...walking as I try to get my knees back in shape!<br />
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aneri_masihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08363429426292603118noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-231405415707112122.post-44778103376453876522013-08-16T10:10:00.000-07:002013-08-22T11:17:31.485-07:00Lets Learn Together ~ Polymer Clay ~ The Essentials<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Alrighty....so....what do we need to get started? The very basic, essentials, must-haves?</div>
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Number one on the list is going to have to be, yeah, you guessed it, <b>CLAY</b>!</div>
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<u><b>What to buy: CLAY</b></u></div>
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There are a lot of different brands available, all with different properties.</div>
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These websites have a good description of everything that is out there...and both conclude that <b>Premo! Sculpey</b> is the best one out there.</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://monsterkookies.deviantart.com/journal/Battle-of-the-Brands-The-Polymer-Clay-Conundrum-214216577">
Battle of the Brands - The Polymer Clay Conundrum </a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.polymertutorials.com/catalog/polymer-clay-types-tutorial.php">http://www.polymertutorials.com/catalog/polymer-clay-types-tutorial.php</a> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">The picture above goes to Amazon. Amazon has been my go-to place for most of my supplies. But you can also get it at Michaels, Hobby Lobby, JoAnn, etsy, eBay, and any other art and craft shop.</span></span></div>
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<b><u><span style="font-size: small;">What to buy: Work Surface</span></u></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">My teacher, Eriko Page, recommends a <b>ceramic tile</b>. A white one. These are easily available at home improvement stores such as Home Depot, Lowes, etc.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">One other recommendation I have seen is a sheet of glass with sanded edges. This helps when you want to do image transfers. But for now, I think I will go with ceramic tile.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Another essential is <b>notecards.</b> These need to be blank, unlined. These are to be used for when you need a <b>non-stick</b> work surface, like then cutting canes, laying out pieces you have already worked on and are waiting for baking. It is also needed for placing in the oven.</span></div>
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Card stock: Dollar store, Walmart, Office supplies store, etc</div>
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A <b>pasta machine</b> is highly recommended. It is invaluable for conditioning the clay, flattening it, removing air bubbles, etc. It is not a must, I suppose you could roll it by hand with an acrylic rolling pin. Since rolling out anything is not my passion, I will definitely be buying a pasta machine. In fact, Amazon just sent me an email that this is on its way :-)</div>
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<b>Acrylic or Glass Rolling Pins </b>are also recommended, but I am not sure where to buy them. I bet Amazon has it, will get it if I really need it.<br />
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Amazon or any kitchen appliances store. I thought Michaels had it, but when I went there, they had no idea what I was talking about. JoAnn has it as well, but the one I got on Amazon (click on the pic above) is the best price I found. You could even check your local craigslist or garage sales!<br />
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<u><b>Cutting, Shaping and Piercing Tools:</b></u><br />
I bought a <b>tissue blade</b>, which is a must, from my teacher. This will be used for cutting logs and canes.<br />
An <b>exacto knife</b> helps while carving. I bet there are other cutting tools, but these should be good to start with.<br />
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A wide variety of clay shaping tools are available. I like this set available on Amazon.<br />
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Not quite sure what they will be used for yet, but we will find out soon :-)<br />
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And lastly, piercing tools. The tool set I bought from my teacher included a bead reamer. Which is very good, but I am thinking not quite an essential. You could use just about anything to do the piercing. Here are some suggestions I read in my book: sewing and darning needles for piercing, large tapestry and wool needles for smoothing and sculpting, dried up ballpoint pen refill for making larger holes.<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">A box of <b>baby wipes</b> is what my teacher recommends. Always clean your work surface and your hands before handling your clay.<u><b> </b></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">For storage, she recommends wrapping the clay in <b>wax paper</b> and storing in <b>airtight containers</b>. NEVER wrap in regular paper, or anything porous, it will suck up the "plasticity" of the clay.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">One of the books mentioned that some types of clay react with plastic so it is safer to store in tin containers, but I think as long as they are properly wrapped in wax paper, you are good.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Now this is the most debatable one. To buy or not to buy. I had about 50% folks say a toaster oven is necessary, and the other half say its not. So it really does boil down to a personal decision.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">What did I decide: I decided to use my regular kitchen oven...for the following reasons:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">So what do I do about the "fumes"? Here's an excellent recommendation I got which I used quite successfully:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Place lots of paper on a cookie sheet...make sure nothing is printed on it! Or you can use printed paper and then a layer of card stock on which you will place your items to be baked.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Cover it with a foil pan, and hold it together with binder clips. This is good enough to contain the smells!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I looked up craigslist for the toaster oven and did find some good new-in-box deals. That could be a good source if you decide to buy one.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">The final "essential" step after baking is sanding. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">You definitely want to "wet-sand" your beads! Meaning get the bead wet and then sand them.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I got two recommendations for the sanding material:</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">You definitely want the "Wet/Dry" kind. These are available in auto shops, and also on, yes, Amazon!</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> The other recommendation I got, and I bet this works much better for the beads are these: Micro Mesh Soft Touch Sanding Pads! The name itself sounds so good :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Much nicer, and unfortunately, more expensive :( I will get these once I get better at making beads!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">You don't really need to buy these. You can simply use your old denim to buff up your beads :-)</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">These are recommendations I got from Marlene, I need to check these out SOON!</span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">And finally, the book I have been referencing for writing up this post:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">And lastly, the <b>EXPERTS!</b><u> </u>(in no particular order)</span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><b>Marlene Cupo</b> of <a href="http://amazingdesigns-marlene.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><b>Amazing Designs</b></a></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><b>Emma Todd </b>of <a href="http://apolymerpenchant.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><b>A Polymer Penchant</b></a></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><b>Lisa Caryl </b>of <b>West Street Studios</b> (one of the very few friends I have actually met in person! Need to get her blog/shop address)</span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">All of them have been guiding me (enabling me, lol) ever since I decided I wanted to do this! Thanks for holding my hand, ladies! You rock!!!</span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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aneri_masihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08363429426292603118noreply@blogger.com35tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-231405415707112122.post-69857548337708093422013-08-13T23:41:00.001-07:002013-08-22T11:17:44.595-07:00Lets Learn Together ~ Polymer Clay ~ The Lessons<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b>EDITED TO MAKE THE SCHEDULE MORE DOABLE</b><br />
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Looks like I have piqued the interest of quite a few fellow newbies. Excited much, yippeee!!!<br />
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So this is what I had in mind as far as lessons:<br />
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<li>Week 1 - Gather the essentials + Learn the terminology</li>
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<li>I figured we could get familiar with the tools and techniques and names at least in theory while we wait for our "essentials" to arrive. We will share websites and book recommendations and tutorial links and all other kind of resources.</li>
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<li>Week 2 - Basic Techniques</li>
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<li>Conditioning</li>
<li>Making basic snakes and logs and simple canes (jelly rolls?)</li>
<li>Making basic bead shapes - round, rondelles, disc, bicone, cylinder, cabochon, tube, any other geometric shapes :)</li>
<li>Baking </li>
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<li>Week 3 - Basic Finishing Techniques </li>
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<li> Sanding, Buffing</li>
<li>Sealing - Do we need it? This could be an advanced topic</li>
<li>Make something with the new beads :)</li>
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<li>Week 4 - Advanced Techniques</li>
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<li>Marbling</li>
<li>Color Mixing - skinner blends</li>
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<li>Week 5 - More techniques</li>
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<li>Cutting/Carving - To make faceted beads</li>
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<li>Week 6 - Canes</li>
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<li>Complex cane designs - would be fun if we could make our own patterns :)</li>
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<li>Week 7 - More canes!</li>
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<li>Make canes and use them to stick them on things :)</li>
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<li>Week 8 - Texture</li>
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<li>Stamping</li>
<li>Braiding (manipulating snakes)</li>
<li>Get creative with what you can do with those snakes!</li>
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<li>Week 9 - Embellishment</li>
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<li>Painting</li>
<li>Enamel Effects</li>
<li>Metal Effects</li>
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<li>Week 10</li>
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<li>Bangles and rings!</li>
<li>Learn how to attach wire to your creations to make pendants with bails, headpins, etc</li>
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<li>Week 11</li>
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<li>Show off week :)</li>
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These are just some thoughts I have had while typing up this post, and looking at the table of contents of a book I borrowed from the library today.<br />
<b>Please do chime in and share your ideas and suggestions as to what else we could do here :) All of us are teachers as well as students!</b><br />
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I am also hoping to rope in a few of my friends who have been working with PC for a while and whose work I am in awe of to be the <b>panel of experts</b>. The idea is that you guys will send me questions and I would forward them to the panel, and we can get advice and opinions from all of them, which I would compile and write up into a blog post.<br />
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I will also start a pinterest board to pin tutorials for each week of learning.<br />
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Ok, so I am getting thoroughly excited about this now! Can't wait to start!</div>
aneri_masihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08363429426292603118noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-231405415707112122.post-32853241688946796742013-08-13T09:50:00.003-07:002013-08-22T11:17:59.589-07:00Lets Learn Together ~ Polymer Clay!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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So I have <b>finally</b> been bitten by the polymer clay bug! I had been thinking about it for a looooooong looong long long time, but did nothing but think.<br />
Then, some time in late July, I saw a post by <a href="http://www.unicornebeads.com/" target="_blank">Unicorne Beads</a> on Facebook about a bead show they were going to be at...and one of the venues listed was only an hour away from me.<br />
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I checked it out and decided to go. It was this show called <span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><b> Bead & Boutique Arts Show</b>. It was a 3-day event, and I had decided to go on the Saturday. My knees have been giving me trouble lately, and on Friday night, I was wondering whether I should drive the 1 hour, then walk around all day and drive back. Saturday morning, I was still in two minds, but finally decided to go and not think about it anymore. I looked up what classes were being offered that day, and found a polymer clay one, by Eriko Page. Not someone I had heard of, but decided to sign up in any case. </span><br />
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<span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">Eriko is an excellent teacher, with 15 years of PC experience. I could not find a website for her, but here's <a href="http://www.firemountaingems.com/jewelryartists/jewelryartists_bio.asp?docid=PAGEE" target="_blank">her page on FMG</a>.</span><br />
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<span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">She taught us three styles of beads, flat disc bead, cylindrical and cabochon. Here is what I made:</span><br />
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<span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">The top blue bead is the teacher's sample, and the little flower is from one of her canes.</span><br />
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<span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">So.......now I am hooked, and am wondering who wants to learn more with me?</span><br />
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<span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">I am thinking of weekly<b>"lessons"</b>, with the schedule something like this:</span><br />
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<span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">Week 1 - Gather all the required materials</span><br />
<span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">Week 2 - Learn conditioning, basic canes, skinner blends etc</span><br />
<span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">Week 3 - Basic bead shapes, baking, sanding</span><br />
<span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">Week 4 - Embellishing</span><br />
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<span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">And so on. I have yet to think about how this will exactly go, but am definitely doing it, and would love to have some friends join me in! I have been pinning tutorials and will be checking out books, etc. And posting things that I find interesting...</span><br />
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<span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">So who is in?</span>
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aneri_masihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08363429426292603118noreply@blogger.com36tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-231405415707112122.post-81016395354312566572013-08-04T18:49:00.000-07:002013-08-04T18:49:13.144-07:00Fresh Shop ~ She Flies Again<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Here I am with another "fresh shop", and this time there will be no "disclaimer" of not knowing the artist :-)<br />
A bunch of you from the CBC group on Facebook probably know her. She is a newbie, an extremely talented one, and jumped into jewelry making after she bought a pair of earrings from me, and we started talking about the creative process.<br />
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Ok, enough with the suspense :-) Its our very own Norbel Marolla, and she opened her shop <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/SheFliesAgain" target="_blank"><b>She Flies Again</b></a> today on etsy.<br />
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Her style is rustic and earthy, and she has a amazing taste in picking out artbeads...like in this pair of earrings:<br />
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and has an amazing sense of color...<b>love </b>this necklace..again, made with gorgeous art beads<br />
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Before she thought of starting her own shop, she asked if I would be interested in making this a sort of "collective", where I would also list some of my work. I agreed, and while I don't have anything listed there yet, I do have a few creations I will be adding in here.<br />
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And lastly...about the name of the shop. She had mentioned there was a story behind it, but I did not know what it was before she opened shop today. Its a beautiful story, one you should definitely read!<br />
<a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/SheFliesAgain/about?ref=announce" target="_blank">About She Flies Again</a><br />
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Go on...I know you want to look, and I promise you will be tempted by soooooo much good stuff, at amazingly reasonable prices!<br />
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Here's to you, Norbel!</div>
aneri_masihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08363429426292603118noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-231405415707112122.post-36365051027200871912013-08-02T21:00:00.000-07:002013-08-02T21:21:21.420-07:00Summer Color Inspiration Challenge<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
My bead mommy, <a href="http://sharylsjewelry.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Sharyl </a>is hosting a quick blog hop this week...inspired by the colors of summer. Which are brilliant, vibrant, happy colors :)<br />
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She gave us a bunch of inspiration photos, pointed out the colors in them, and we were to pick one (or more) of them and create something.<br />
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I am on a yellow binge lately, so I picked this one:<br />
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The colors she mentioned were: bright yellow, raspberry and lime. I told her I didn't like the raspberry intruding in here, I want only lemon and lime :)<br />
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And here's what I came up with. I surprised myself with this super simple design (I tend to complicate things all the time ;-)<br />
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Do I like 'em? Love 'em! They are happy happy things! And I think they go well with this necklace...don't they? Its like an entire summer garden, haha :-)<br />
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I wondering if I should change the beads in the necklace and use yellow ones instead! <br />
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Thanks for the inspiration and for hosting, Sharyl :-) These earrings make me happy :D <br />
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Here are the other participants...<br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">Sharyl</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 21px;"> McMillian-Nelson <a href="http://sharylsjewelry.blogspot.com/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Sharyl’s Jewelry</a> <i> (Host)</i></span></span></span>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">Kashmira</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 21px;"> Patel ..... <a href="http://sadafulee.blogspot.com/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">S</a></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 21px;"><a href="http://sadafulee.blogspot.com/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">adafulee...always in bloom!</a> <span style="color: red;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 21px;"><span style="color: red;"><--- you are here</span></span></span></span>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Lisa Lodge ..... <a href="http://gratefulartist.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">A Grateful Artist - Pine Ridge Treasures</a></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 21px;">Tanty Sri Hartanti .... </span><a href="http://tjewellicious.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #888888; line-height: 21px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">TJewellicious by Tanti </a><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 21px;"> </span> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Kathy Lindemer .... <a href="http://bay-moon-design.blogspot.com/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Bay Moon Design</a> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Laren Dee Barton ... <a href="http://larendeedesigns.blogspot.com/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Laren Dee Designs</a> <span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Melissa Trudinger ... <a href="http://beadrecipes.wordpress.com/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Beadrecipes</a> </span></span></span></div>
aneri_masihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08363429426292603118noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-231405415707112122.post-47935805161873512722013-08-02T16:00:00.001-07:002013-08-02T16:00:46.324-07:00Focus On Life ~ Week 31 ~ Hues Of Blue<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Ummm...blue? What can I do with that prompt? I like the color, but its nothing special to me as such. So what could I do...blue sky, blue ocean, blue pool? Meh! Boring. I even have a lot of photos predominantly blue, but the color was never the reason for the picture. <br />
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I had almost decided to skip this one...could not think of anything interesting (but as I write this, I am thinking...blue...of course...denim! Lots of hues of blue...I could have just lined up all my jeans and clicked a picture ;-)<br />
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Anyway....I was thinking of skipping. And then, we had a surprise visitor from India a couple days back. He was here in the area for only that one night, so we had to meet him for dinner and then drop him off to the airport. Any guesses which airline he was taking?<br />
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Hehe, not quite what Sally was expecting, but hey...its blue ;-)<br />
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aneri_masihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08363429426292603118noreply@blogger.com30tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-231405415707112122.post-38223879096529134472013-07-26T23:41:00.000-07:002013-07-27T00:01:27.587-07:00Focus On Life ~ Week 30 ~ Catch The Sun<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I love this week's prompt! Sunshine! It's what I <b>need</b> to be happy! I find it very hard to get out of bed if the sun is not streaming through my windows. And I feel low most of winter...because the sun is not around.<br />
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I had the perfect idea of a picture too...but didn't click it until this evening, when the "view" was not the best.<br />
Then I went out to water my plants and saw the sunlight playing on the flowers....and thought of this picture I had clicked of a hibiscus in the sunlight. Gorgeous photo, so I went to look for it in my Facebook photo albums, and found something <b>so </b>utterly incredible, that I know you will be <b>stunned!</b><br />
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The picture I clicked today...this is a pattern I see everyday on my living room wall. Sunshine in a beautiful pattern...it's not the best view, I was a tad bit late clicking it.<br />
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And then the hibiscus...see how the sun is shining through the flower...this is one of my all time favorite photos.<br />
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And finally...the star! I feel so lucky to have been able to see this. This was clicked on a flight...early morning...sunrise in Minneapolis. Utterly breathtaking. The view, as you can imagine, was mind-boggling...<br />
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Editing to add a picture of this stranger who became a friend when I made my solo trip to Santa Barbara earlier this year. He is capturing the sun in the truest sense possible! This is "Solar" Brian, and you can see his <b>stunning</b> work here: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/SolarCarving?fref=ts">https://www.facebook.com/SolarCarving</a><br />
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For more bits of sunshine...visit <a href="http://thestudiosublime.com/2013/07/26/week-30-catch-the-sun/" target="_blank">Sally's blog...</a><br />
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aneri_masihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08363429426292603118noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-231405415707112122.post-32153312632835084192013-07-19T19:21:00.001-07:002013-07-19T19:22:34.104-07:00Focus on Life ~ Week 29 ~ Routine<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
This week's prompt: routine. A routine that you look forward to each day.<br />
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This was hard for me. I hate routine. It makes me want to scream doing something day in and day out, over and over. I do not find comfort in it :( And hence, I do not have a daily routine...sure I wake up, brush my teeth and all that. But that's like breathing, you know? I wish I had a disciplined, routine life. And I have tried to get there too, really, I have. But I get this suffocating feeling by day 2. And I go back to living with the flow.<br />
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So I had to think really hard, even discussed it with another blogger, and still could not come up with anything. And then I got in my car, turned it on, (no wait, switched it on, there is no key to turn anymore), and heard some strange sound from the radio. I had tuned into the Indian channel the previous day, and they were hideous. Utterly hideous! When the thought of NPR crossed my mind, I knew I had my answer. I clicked a picture before tuning into Michael Krasny's voice :-)<br />
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Here it is...my routine! NPR! <br />
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Wow...I took a really long break from this challenge! Am back for this one :-)<br />
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Week 28 is Pretty Patterns...<br />
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My favorite pattern <b>ever</b> is polka dots. You want to see how much I love this pattern?<br />
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Yup...<b>that</b> much!<br />
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Here's another pattern I noticed today when our company had an event at the AT&T Ball Park in San Francisco<br />
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aneri_masihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08363429426292603118noreply@blogger.com34tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-231405415707112122.post-24110893273588576232013-07-11T23:38:00.000-07:002013-07-11T23:39:31.234-07:00Pablo Picasso's 'Portrait Of Olga In An Armchair - Artbeadscene July Challenge<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I have been meaning to work on <a href="http://artbeadscene.blogspot.com/2013/07/july-monthly-challenge.html" target="_blank">Artbead Scene Monthly Challenges</a> religiously this year. I look up the inspiration painting every month, even wait for it eagerly, pull out beads and components that might work, but unfortunately, time always slips away, and its the last week of the month, and my pile of components is still sitting where it was in the first week.<br />
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This time was different. The sequence of events was turned around :)Sometime toward the end of June, while looking for beads for the <a href="http://www.sadafulee.blogspot.com/2013/07/black-white.html" target="_blank">black and white challenge</a>, I pulled out a 3-hole bracelet bar made by <a href="http://www.humblebeads.com/" target="_blank">Heather Powers of Humblebeads</a>. I bought it last October when I went for her retreat in South Haven, Michigan, and had been hoarding it since then. I left it out because this time around, I felt like using it. I finished the black and white challenge piece and started working on figuring out what to do with the bracelet bar.<br />
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I decided to use it as a pendant, figured out a design, and laid it all out on my workspace (just a glorified name for the bed in the guest bedroom). I knew what I wanted to do, but was stuck with the "how-to". So I just let it sit there. By then, it was the first week of July, Google Reader was gone, Feedly lost my subscriptions, but I remembered to go check out the Art Bead Scene blog to see the new painting. And I found the beautiful Olga :-)<br />
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And I laughed out loud..with joy. Because this is what I had started to make...<br />
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Can you see serendipity at work here? I had picked out the beads I wanted to use, and how I wanted them arranged, but was stuck on how I could put the middle disc bead (also a Humblebead) there. After much thought, I used two pieces of 24 gauge black wire and wrapped the bead with the other components. The copper charm is by <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/KristiBowmanDesign" target="_blank">Kristi Bowman</a>, have been hoarding that one since over a year! Its a little shinier compared to the other components, but I like that contrast. <br />
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To finish off the necklace, I added some white crystals to the chain and left the rest of it simple. I wanted the pendant to really stand out. Here is another view.<br />
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And here is the full necklace...<br />
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I loved this so much, that I decided to create these cute little earrings to match...<br />
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They are itty-bitty...less than 1.5 inches long, and seriously cute...see...<br />
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Don't they just make you smile? :-)<br />
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Will be putting this set up on my shop soon! Let me know if you are interested!</div>
aneri_masihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08363429426292603118noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-231405415707112122.post-81957655494858596372013-07-09T23:04:00.000-07:002013-07-09T23:09:40.086-07:00Black & White<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
The talented <a href="http://www.thestudiosublime.com/" target="_blank">Miss Sally Russick of The Studio Sublime</a> once again came up with a great challenge...and this one was a toughie! Its the Black and White Jewelry Challenge. The goal is to make something, hopefully fabulous, using only black and white components. She went a bit easy on us mortals and allowed us to use base metals and crystals...but ONLY for accent. And we had to use both black <b>and</b> white, just one color won't do either. And right after I signed up for the challenge, a good friend requested that I make her a pair of black and white earrings. That's the only specification she gave me. <br />
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Now, I have a lot of beads that could be used for this. Black beads with white stripes, white beads with black markings, gunmetal beads (I consider them black ;-)), white shells. But after going through all of them a million times (ok, maybe like 5 times), I still did not even feel like touching them :((<br />
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Thoughts of cheating crossed my mind a million time (ok, maybe more like 10 times), since I have some old stuff I made, without being challenged, that are pure black and white. I tried to be honest till the last week! Plus I had my friend to think of too...<br />
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Then out of a special box, came this set of beads I bought from <a href="http://www.suebeads.etsy.com/" target="_blank">Susan Kennedy</a> last year. I knew I wanted to use them, but they were so special, I needed some really pretty things to go with them. And as if on cue, I saw these black Vintaj Arte Metal leaf charms that another good friend (Norbel, that would be you) gifted to me. Now the task was to put it all together. After a bit of tweaking and a lot of thinking, I came up with this:<br />
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The earrings are super gorgeous in person (you are just going to have to trust me on that), but a pain in the entire body to photograph since there is so much white in there (you are going to have to trust me on that too, and not let the idea of me being lazy come anywhere near your mind ;-))<br />
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Here's another attempt at photographing them<br />
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My original idea was to use a black chain to dangle the crystals, but the shape of the leaves did not lend themselves to doing that. I think I am happy with the end result, and so is my friend (the picture I sent her was even worse, and the sweet woman still liked them!)<br />
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Thank you, Sally, for hosting this in addition to the superhit Focus On Life series! You the wonder-woman!<br />
And here are some more wonder-women!<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #0000d4; font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://libellulajewelry.com/" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Susan F.</span></a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #0000d4; font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://www.suebeads.etsy.com/" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Susan Kennedy</span></a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #0000d4; font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://bay-moon-design.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Kathy Lindemer</span></a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #0000d4; font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://cavecreekbeads.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Paula Kramer</span></a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #0000d4; font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://whimsyswonders.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Lisa Johnson</span></a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #0000d4; font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://www.sandivolpe.com/" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Sandi Volpe</span></a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #0000d4; font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://strandedbeads.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Donna Bradley</span></a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #0000d4; font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://backstorybeads.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Karin Slaton</span></a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #0000d4; font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://jewelrybyjasvanti.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Jasvanti Patel</span></a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #0000d4; font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://stefaniessammelsurium.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Stefanie Teufel</span></a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #0000d4; font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://beadcontagion.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Liz Engriser</span></a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><a href="http://onekisscreations.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Christine Altmiller</span></a></span></span></div>
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