Back to School Blue, Falling for Pink, Trick or Treat Orange

The blue has light blue matching flower beads on it..the pink one has a pink flower on the loose ribbon and the orange one has trick or treat bead.

CHALLENGE! Let's make Clippies!

This week's challenge is to get ideas moving in the direction of fall, cooler weather, and Halloween!  So, we aren't going to do earrings this time around ~ we're going to learn and make some alligator clips for little girls!  The twist to this challenge .. well, why just go with one twist .. there are more rules to follow ~

Three different clippies -  must be handmade and not floral (can be bows or corkers just not flowers)
Must be fall colors
Must have beads or buttons as part of the theme

AND - these will be traded (in the mail) at the end of the week.

Must be suitable for infant to 2 year old

Lots of ideas are out there on youtube, ebay, etsy etc ..

Finished clippies gotta be posted by Sat, Sep 4 .. open to anyone beginner to expert .. these challenges are just for fun and to see what gets created - as we learn.

Anyone wanting to play with us - email rockstarmlove@aim.com .. yeehah!

Ready, Set, GO

Peace...Recycle...

I thought these would be cute! Each side has 12 disky beads...

21 Beads and One To Grow On

This challenge was hard!  21 Beads minimum .. so 21 beads it is .. but then in the old spanking days, there had to be one extra one .. to grow on!  So 22 beads it is!  What did I learn this time around?  Well, for one .. Swarovski beads break apart easily .. drat it all .. soldering is 'hot' .. and wrapping a bead 'briolette' style ain't so easy!  But sure was fun .. bring on the next one ~ ;o))))

21 and One To Grow On!

Challenge #2 Earrings (Melissa)

For the second Challenge, I was going to do CandyLand...but August 20th was what should have been my best friend's 22nd birthday. She passed away in 2006. We used to paint each other's nails ALL THE TIME..I don't think my nails were ever plain during our whole friendship. So I made a pair of earrings and used our favorite colors to color them :)

Challenge #3 ~Happy 21st Bead Day!~ (8/23-8/28)

Today is my 21st birthday :)!!!! So since I am 21 now, the challenge is to make a pair of earrings using no less than 21 beads. You can use any theme, color, bead, whatever....BUT you have to use 21 beads.

The deadline is Saturday August 28th.

Happy Beading!

Yahtzee! What a fun family game ~

YAHTZEE!!!

Oh this was such a fun game on winter nights sitting around the dining room table . . . after supper .. family and friends .. and we learned it before the 'real' game came out with score pads and fancy dice.  Lots of memories in this challenge .. maybe this is one of more sets of earrings .. what next?  ;o)

Challenge #2: Looking back

It's that time again! Challenge time! This challenge begins today (August 17th, 2010) and ends August 21st, 2010.  I got this idea while driving in my car yesterday afternoon. I was listening to Miranda Lambert's song "House that Built Me", when Sara (http://essexcottagecapers.blogspot.com/) sent me an IM to my phone asking about this weeks Challenge. Then it came to me!

This challenge will have each of us (yes us. I didn't realize that I was to be apart of these challenges, I thought I just created the posts LOL..I was wrong!) looking back on our childhoods. Think of a favorite game, place, memory...anything, from your childhood and turn it into earrings. Since, this challenge can stir up many ideas, stories, and fun times; the minimum requirment is going to be ONE pair. You are more than welcome to make more, but that is up to you.

Have fun and happy beading!!!

~Melissa, Sara and Laurie~

My Montage 8/14/10 at OneTrueMedia.com

And here is ENVY .. music called Weekend in New England - where it's cool and quiet ..

Make an on-line slide show at www.OneTrueMedia.com

GREED - Affects us all in one way or another . . harrumph!

Okie Dokie .. hmmmmmm .. GREED .. I can definitely see how this could lead to being deadly . and we sure do see an excess of this particular SIN on a daily basis .. jeepers creepers .. just turn on TV and watch one of the news channels .. money seems to drive so many issues .. personal, professional, political .. or wait a minute .. is it a LACK of money that causes us to be greedy? 

I sure don't know the answer but this was a fun pair too .. had to learn a new trick ;o)  Once again, found the dollar sign beads at Three Sisters Crafts .. BUT they were in silver .. and I wanted green for money (gee, imagine that huh?)  so after thinking about this one .. had to go and ask about paint for metal .. and here is where I turned green myself - my fingers that is!  There is such an animal as metal paint .. and it worked great!  Used Diamond Glaze to give them a little dimension and shine .. then of course had to tap tap tap in impatience waiting for them to dry.  It's really a good thing impatience isn't on the sin list .. I'd be in huge trouble. 

I think I might have to do ENVY .. as in I sure do envy people that manage to take great pictures of beads and capture the sparkle.  Oh well .. if I learn to be greedy I can lust after money and by the time I actually get a super dooper camera .. well .. I might be in trouble cause all the sins along the way would be deadly.  Boy, this stuff really does make ya think!!  These are actually a very pretty green with tiny swarovski crystals to sparkle in the light. 

Glutton - And it ain't about Ice Cream!!

The first pair of a very difficult challenge!  These earrings are intended to represent "Glutton" .. and yes, I did my research on this one .. commonly a PIG is associated with this sin, and the color ORANGE .. but I think my pig is only partly a sinner so she gets to have some pink and neon pink with her orange to remind her that if she doesn't quit this sin she will become increasingly orange .. and who ever heard of an orange pig? 

The poor pigs (commercial here .. is a pig a boy and a sow a girl?) came from a super store in O'Fallon IL

 http://threesisterscrafts2010.blogspot.com/

and so did the colored disks.  Had to get out my dremel and figure out how to make it work with the teensiest drill bit in creation .. harrumph .. thank goodness for online manuals and the ability to access them for directions that I managed to lose!  Not knowing what the contents of these pigs tummies consisted of .. I wasn't surprised to see some kind of 'stuff' coiling out of them .. so maybe now I qualify as a butcher .. but seriously, no damage to them and most definitely learned a few tricks doing this challenge ..

Now, on to the next SIN . . which one should I try . . ho hum!

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First Challenge

Okay ladies~

Your first challenge is to make three pairs of earrings, that symoblize three of the 7 deadly sins.

-Wrath
-Greed
-Sloth
-Pride
-Lust
-Gluttony
-Envy

You can choose any of the three from the list. Today is Monday August 9th, 2010. The deadline for the three earrings is Saturday August 14th, 2010. You must provide a picture of each pair and a short explaination of why you chose that sin and how your earring represents that sin.


Happy Beeding :)

Hi!

Welcome to your blog :)

So this is pretty much just the start of the blog. I do need to fix the picture on the page, it lines up wierd. I can change and/or add anything that you two like (music, video..ect) that you might like to add as a widget. I have set the font and colors for the post text, so you don't have to worry about that. The blog will automaticlly do that for you. You can each (if you chose) add to the about me section, I am leaving that up to you and what you want. If you do find another background that you would prefer let me know and I can redo it.

I have sent you each an email with the info to log on and what not.

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