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)