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Let me start out by mentioning that my chicklet is orange. When I got it it made me laugh because orange is a color I think I hate yet if given a choice of colored objects, i always choose orange.
Of course, I misplaced the chicklet. I searched everywhere and couldn't find it. I panicked and posted about it on Linda’s new site"Bead Peeps" and to my surprise I got an email from Toltec Jewels that Sue Kennedy had heard of my plight and offered to replace the bead. Of course, by then I had found the bead again.(It was with a collection of orange beads I had put together to go with my orange chuckle 0t But how kind Sue was to offer to replace the bead.
Next I came up with a grandiose scheme, I would make a butterfly and use the bead under to attach a flower to it. After three attempts to producee a butterfly, I managed to come up with oner,f,rom a Katherina Kostinsky design: Catopsilla Solstitia,which I mangled,, but which still made a spectacular butterfly. Three more attempts to get the freeform flower done and I managed to produce a posie. It consisted of a left-over butterfly wing and a green stem with leaves that I stiffened with wire. After producing this orange confection, I found there was no place for my little chicklet to go on it.
So with only a few days left I had to come up with a new idea, which was not easy. I ended up redoing a bracelet I had made before, with elastic stringing material and some sort of white jasper bead with a what looks like black writing with splashes of orange on them, and half the bracelet done as a flat spiral, in orange, of course. Unlike the butterfly, the bracelet is very wearable.
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| 14 colors of bead for the butterfly |
I managed to provide myself with a lot of drama. I had a purpose to direct my beadwork. I learned a lot, new skills like: sort of reading a peyote chart graphic, and I tried things that my skill level wasn’t quite up to before. In many ways I enjoyed this challenge more that the bead soup blog hop, where my desires in no ways matched my skills. Now I've become a bit more competent, more able to get the beads to do what I want them to do. I am planning to try another butterfly, using more uniform beads and I will wear my little bracelet with pride.
18 comments:
You are much braver than I, to take up such a complex seed bead pattern for this challenge.Even if you didn't end up using it with your chicklet, it was clearly a good experience for you. I adore the bracelet. It's a fun color scheme.
what a fun design! it does look like you got the same chicklet that I did and wonderful to see how everyone is designing with their beads
So much for the best laid plans, but what a beautiful butterfly and such a fun bracelet. And you learned new skills. wonderful
It's always fun to see process and know we are not alone in how things sometimes to work out as planned. I find your butterfly and flower quite impressive. I like that you regrouped for this challenge and made a lovely bracelet. Have fun wearing it!
Love that you shared your process, learned a few things and your final design is wonderful! Great job :)
I enjoyed going on your design process with you. I am always impressed by people that can work with those tiny beads. The finished bracelet is fun and one that is easy to wear. Great job.
I admire you for the many butterfly attempts.
The chicklet looks great on the bracelet. And your pictures are wonderful.
~cryssT
I love your chicklet bracelet, the colors just pop and really enhance the chicklet, great job!
We have so many ideas, don't we? Good job!
What a great bracelet. I love how you wove the seed beads around the larger beads. I've never seen that before. Seed beaders amaze me!
OH WOW! What a creative use of your chicklet, even if it had flown away for a while. =) You did a great job, even if it wasn't your first choice and you had the opportunity to make another piece! Hooray! =)
Linda A.
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The concept was a great idea and to attempt it WOW. I like how the white of the beads and the orange of the seed beads compliment the chicklet!
Great bracelet! I loved reading about your process.
Very special♥ bracelet. I admire you because of finishing the 'process of making' that ♥♥♥butterfly! It ended really beautiful as I see in the picture...
Thanks for sharing the story of your process in making your bracelet. I think we all learn from one another when we share about how we begin a project, redirect, and come up with something different but wonderful too! I really like your bracelet design. The white beads you chose to go with your orange chicklet are just ideal!
Beautiful piece. I love how the white and black with a splash of orange really made your bead pop and then the orange beading around it. And like you, I like to use the challenges to "challenge" my self to try different techniques. Excellent job!
My friend Lesley Rogalski (yep, name dropping here -- she is THE Beads Bauable & Jewels seed beader & former editor of Beadwork & has great books on stitches) would go WILD for your bracelet -- the black & white with a pop of color is her favorite style! And no wonder -- it looks absolutely fabulous, Sheila! Very cool, modern artistic design. You did a wonderful job! And your butterfly is gorgeous too! So inspiring. Thank you for sharing your gifts with us & joining in! And bravo & thanks for your blog title too -- I laughed out loud! You rock!
Happy Hopping, xxoo Rita
Very pretty bracelet! Your seed bead work is fantastic! You definitely challenged yourself & came out successful. :)
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