Summer Lovin' Challenge - REVEAL !

Summer lovin' had me a blaaaaaast~

Summer lovin', happened so faaaaaaaast~

 Oh ? You're here for the reveal of the Summer Lovin' challenge, not my horrible singing ? I should have known !

Just as a reminder, this is what I started with...

And this is what happened !

But Audrey, I hear you say. That isn't summery at all !

Well, im not going to deny. But take a closer look, will you : What cute little leaves do you see on that adorable little tree up in there ?

MAPLES LEAVES. That's what. Perfectly warranted. Woop woop.

Save for the chain links, the maple leaves and the daisy spacers, everything I used here came from Amy's kit. 

I do not usually do mixed metals... But the focal was more or less begging for it. I made my own chain from links off a brass chain I had laying around, brass jump rings and silver wire. The leaves were clear lucite leaves, that I colored with gilders' paste - one of my earliest loves - in colors silver and inca gold.


To finish wish, I ended it with some sari ribbon. I like the almost grungy look of it... Contrasts with the elegance of the chain a bit :>


But by the end, I had two links left over..

Problem solved !


Hope you've enjoyed this, and please visit the other participants ! :D

Renetha LampLightCrafts

Lori B.

Kepi   A little of this, a little of that...

Shannon Falling Into the Sky

Maryanne Zingala's Workshop

Shirley Beads and Bread

Dawn Designs by Dawn Marie

Therese Therese's Treasures 

Vimala The Bead Diaries

Ginger lilmummy likes...

Linda Lindy's Designs

Kristen My Bead Journey

Lois ¿Que Onda Q'town?

Lucy K.

Debbie Beechy Beetique

Tanya A Work in Progress

Audrey Dreams of Absolution <== You Are Here

Sandra Stories from the City of Brass

Mary MLH Jewelry Designs

Color Surprise Challenge, Summer Lovin', and what's in a name ?

((Don't forget that I have a giveaway going until June 24th, midnight EST ! If you havn't entered yet, please don't forget to do so ! <3))


The Bead Soup Blog Party partners are going out as I type this ! Again, I need to tip my hat off to Lori for her dedication to this swap, and all of the effort she is putting into it... You rock, lady. What a superstar <3

As of today I am one week + a day (I work next saturday. BOOOO.) away from my vacation. And oh lord do I need this vacation. The east coast has been good and toasty and humid for the last two week and here up north is no exception, so I am poooooped. I also do not take any vacation in the winter, so I have more or less been working non-stop (with a looooot of overtime, thank you flaky co-workers) since last august.

I am certainly due. And I have a whole month off work coming to me. WOOOOO !

I will keep busy, of course. Im not a big traveller - I don't drive, which doesn't help there - and depending when my brother does get his vacation, I might not go anywhere at all. That means loooots of biking, looooots of pool time... and a lot of beading !

Certainly nothing wrong with that, no sir.

I am currently taking part in three other challenges, two of which involves kits. I got the kit for the second one today, so I figured I would slide in a word about them, through sadly neither kit challenges are still open for more people. I believe the written blog hop is still accepting people !

The first blog hop is a simple one. Shelley of Fabric Of My Life wants to know - what's in a name ? The name of my blog, of course ! Now, im keeping my lips zipped on this - no use giving away the punch ! But I will simply tell you that the answer is a little more personal than one might think.

Shelley is still taking participants and the posting date is July 17 - her birthday ! Come play with us ! <3

Then next...

Lisa of Pine Ridge Treasures came up with a fun way to run a destash - turn it into a challenge ! The Color Surprise Challenge is aptly named because each one of us brought our kits blindly - knowing roughly what we would get, bead-species wise, but not what color we would get ! I got blue, which is... kind of funny, because I was so afraid I would end up with yellow and not know what to do with it. Doesn't that focal look yummy ? And that turquoise ? Oh, yes. I will do yummy things with that delicious set indeed. It will be glorious.

The reveal for the Color Surprise Challenge will be July 21 !

And finally, for now...

This is the Summer Lovin' challenge, held by Amy of Amybeads Sandra was the one to find this, and well... look at that focal. I did not need much convincing at all to leap into this <<

I have a few ideas already.... I fear my piece will not be very summery.  BUT ! It will be lovely. It will be lovely indeed. Yummy silvers and golds and... lucite ? That's all you're getting out of me. 8D

The reveal date for the summer lovin' challenge will be August 1. See you all on these dates !