Driftwood, Sea Glass and Pearls, Oh My!

Happy Thursday everyone!

Today I have been busy trying to combine 3 of my favs:

Driftwood

Sea Glass

and

Pearls.

I finally completed two pieces.

 A necklace with olive green pearls and driftwood.

A broach made with fresh water white pearls, driftwood and
green sea glass.

Have a blessed day!

Chelle

Dia de Los Muertos

Every first Thursday of the month, we have an art hop here in Fresno.

Every month is themed and Novembers is

Dia de Los Muertos!

I love this theme for several reasons, but the top reason would definitely be

the colors.  So bright and vibrant.

Plus, who doesn't like sugar skulls.

I won this lampwork bead in a contest a few years back and was saving it

for some reason.

And when I wanted to have my outfit match the art hop,

I knew I needed to use this bead.

I had a huge bag of seed beads in various sizes and colors.

They just matched the skull bead perfectly.

Here is what I came up with...

I also made an eight strand wrap bracelet to match.

I think it is safe to say I will not be working with seed beads any time soon. lol

Have a blessed day y'all!

Chelle

Art Elements Theme Challenge for June - Sunflowers Reveal

     I can not even believe it is the end of June already..... It's been one crazy and busy month. I wanted to join in on June's Art Elements theme challenge.  Susan picked this months theme of Sunflowers.  One of my favorite flowers. I just love the brightness of the colors.

      One thing that is pretty cool in my area is a Sunflower Maze.  If you are ever in the Fresno area, you will be A-Mazed!!! The Sunflower Maze in Centerville is so much fun and it’s Free! Location: 16155 E. Kings Canyon., Sanger.
Parking is at the Centerville Fruit Stand.






     I really wanted to get more done than just this... But, this month just flew right by. Literally.  Here is a pair of earrings I made for the challenge.

     I took some cultured sea glass, patina'd washers and wire wrapped them with some sea glass I had found in Monterey, California at the beginning of the year.  I did texture the washers and then applied the patina.  I like how these came out.  I just have not added the ear wires yet.  But I did finish them..

     I also started this pair but as you can see, I did not get very far in putting them together.. lol  This is my first attempt at using the tin from a soda pop can, adding some patina and then adding the yellow beads to them.

     Thanks for stopping by and here is a list of the other participants.  Make sure to stop by and check out their beautiful creations.

Guests

Alysen

Anita

Cat

Divya

Jill

Kathy

Linda

Linda

Mischelle

Norma

Raven

Sarajo

Tammy

AE Team

Caroline

Cathy

Claire

Jenny

Laney

Lesley

Sue

Have a wonderful weekend everyone!

Chelle

Happy Ground Hog's Day and the Friday Fav

Happy Friday Everyone!

It seems like the weeks are just flying by.

Ground Hog's Day seems to have given us 6 more weeks of winter.

Blech!

But I think we are safe here in California.

Last night at 7 pm it was still 60 out.

Today's Friday Fav is a beautiful Starfish bracelet that is made with 

some recycled glass, silver spaces and a fun Starfish connector.

It is marked down for the weekend...

& if you purchase this bracelet this weekend,

you will receive a FREE pair of matching earrings.

You can find it here

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend.

Chelle

Sale.......Sale.......Sale.........Sale

By the title of this blog,

I guess it is safe to say I am having a sale over at

my facebook group.

Salted SeaChelle Designs

All earrings are $4.00

Bracelets are $8.00

Necklaces are $15 and under

Random items are $2.00

These include wine charms, window décor, book thongs, book marks & zipper pulls. 

I will be adding items daily and everything will be on sale til the end of the year.

I really want to get everything sold to make room for new items in my shop.

So stop by and take a look.

I do have a contest going on til tomorrow night, so check that out too.

And share with your friends.

Have a great evening!

Chelle

New Things Happening This Month

I am quite embarrassed to say the least that it has been

such a long time

*coughs* March

since my last blog post.

But I definitely had some issues going on that I just needed

to take care of me first.

BUT I A BACK!!

Lots of projects going on:

Name change for my designs, YouTube channel up and running,

changing my inventory in my etsy,

I am working full time now and

getting ready to be moving in with my love.

Plus the holidays are upon us, so I am trying to get my shop up

before Black Friday and Cyber Monday.

Will have more details as the next week ends.

So watch out for more blogging, pictures, designs and fun.

Have a beautiful weekend my loves.

Chelle

Micheladas Musings Feature Friday

Happy Friday

&

Happy 4th of July!!

I am so glad to be blogging again.

I decided that I wanted to do some promoting.

So I came up with the idea to feature one etsy store every Friday.

This week's feature is

Michelle Shackett Potter of 

Baby Girl's Creations

Michelle has always done some kind of crafting. 

When her daughter, who had ADD, was at home,

she did not have the time to craft.

After her daughter graduated high school & moved out

Michelle decided to start creating again.

She says she has found herself.

Baby Girl's Creations has a little bit of everything,

but does specialize in travel items such as

seat belt covers, car organizers, iPad headrest holders and more.

She also takes custom orders, too.

Here are a few items that I absolutely love

 a Black and white Geometric iPad cover.

I also liked the Black and white Geometric Seat Belt cover

and I love this floral baby car organizer

And if you shop with Michelle today you can get 10% off of your order with this code

Welcome10

You can also find 

Baby Girl's Creations on facebook here.

I hope you all have a wonderful Fourth of July weekend.

~Mischelle~

Where Did the Time Go???

Wow!

I can not believe it has been since the end of Nov since my last post,

but then again, I can believe it.

My family and I have been going through some rough times and 

I had to step back from my blog for a bit

and tend to real life.

I am still creating when I can and trying to get my etsy

built up.

Doing workshops, working on photos and trying to get keywords to get my

product out there.

But I am enjoying it.

Here is a pair of earrings I just finished up last night.

I love the fun, beachy type earrings.

You can purchase these here

The Friday Fav over at Micheladas Musings

is up....

Purchase the lapis earrings and receive a custom made pair of earrings free.

Just convo me the color you would like the other pair.

That is it for now.

Have a beautifully blessed weekend.

Mischelle

Handmade Black Friday to Cyber Monday Sale

Hey everyone.

Before I get into these two birds

I wanted to let ya'll know I am going to be partaking in the 

Black Friday, Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday festivities.

Use this code for 20% off... HOLIDAY13

at Micheladas Musings

I am going to have specials all weekend long so make sure to check out 

my facebook page for those as well.

If you would like to join in the fun, just click on the banner at the top of 

this post and you will find everything you need to know.

Have a wonderful Turkey Day and 

Happy Shopping!!

Mischelle

Friday Fav at Micheladas Musings.

Happy Friday!!!

I know I have been mistreating my blog lately and

for that I am so sorry.

I am definitely going to try to be better at updating my blog weekly.

I mean some days I do have some pretty amazing things to say

and no one to listen to me.  HA!

Every friday at the Micheladas Musings facebook page

I have a Friday Fav.

This can be either an old or newer listing

but it has a twist..

Free shipping, free pair of earrings, 50% off..

You just never know what you are going to get.

Here is my Friday Fav for today!!

Today Only...

If you purchase this listing, 

 you will get free shipping on it as well as a pair of holiday earrings.

You have til midnight tonght =)

EMERALD GARDEN BRACELET

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!!

Hugs,

Mischelle

Check out the Flip Flop Scavenger Hunt.

** If you are looking for my Summer Elements Blog Hop post, click here.**

Audrey of Audrey's Cozy Crochet is hosting a scavenger hunt 

in her etsy store

The grand prize is worth $50.oo

Here is what you get::

GRAND PRIZE:

Set of Coasters from www.accrochet.etsy.com ($20)

Cowl/Neck Warmer from www.accrochet.etsy.com ($20+)

Crocheted Dishcloth Set ($9)

Bar of hand made soap from one of my favorite Etsy shops ($5)

Contest is going on til the 30th of June

Winner will be picked on July 5, 2013

Good luck =)

Pay It Forward Handmade

Hey Hey everyone.

I know I have not been blogging as much as I would like to. With the boys going to school && looking for a job, I really have not had time.

Anyhow, today I was in the Bead Soup Cafe && 

I was going through the posts when I came across this post from Terra Beadworks && her latest blog sounds 

cool.

Here are the rules:

I will send a surprise gift to the first three people to comment on this post. The gift will be a handmade surprise by me and I will send it to you sometime in the next 365 days. All you need to do is the following: 

Leave me a comment and include your email address (if your profile doesn’t link back) so I can get in touch with you about your mailing address and some other information about yourself. 

To complete signing up, you MUST play along too by blogging a similar post and pledging to make a surprise for the first 3 people who comment on it. 

So, do you want to play along? Comment below, and I’ll send a thoughtful gift to the first three people who do.  

Have a wonderful week =)

Mischelle