Do you know the muffin man?

I decided to join the muffin tin challenge put together by Heather of Humblebeads.

I set out to get my tin muffin pan and found

that one of my kids borrowed them and never brought them back.

After trying to call around to see who has them,

I came up with the idea to just put my beads for the six projects in a compartment type

container.

(I hope this counts)

 

How the challenge works is like this.

You get together focals, beads, findings, chain and any other

goodies you would like to use for each project.

You have to make anywhere from 6-12 projects. 

I will be doing 6.

I have to say, I have more blue or turquoise type beads than

anything

which made it hard to have a variety.

But turquoise and melon are my favs to work with.

So come back on the 15th when I reveal what I have made with my

goodies.

Have a great day!

Chelle

My Prize from Saraccino

Happy Thursday everyone!

I think it was back in the end of Oct. or the beginning of Nov.

Claire Fabian of saraccino

had a giveaway

& 

yes I was the lucky winner.

Here is what I received =)

I really love the case it came in

& already have an idea what to do with it.

 "The stash"

This is the prize that was being given away.

The extras

I know that I have fallen behind on my blogs

and projects, but better late than never.

I will say this I can not wait to hammer and patina those washers ;)

A super big thanks to Claire for her giveaway and the goodies.

I will definitely share my creations when they are finished.

Have a great day!

Chelle

AJE Component of the Month Reveal

Every month Art Jewelry Elements chooses readers to play with the 

Component of the Month.

I was lucky enough to be chosen.

Linda Landig created these beautiful ceramic flower

components.

Here is what I got.

When I received mine I knew instantly what I wanted to do with

it.

I have been making sun catchers for a few weeks now

and wanted to switch it up a bit.

So instead of a crystal,

I used the component.

Here is how it came out.

And another shot.

Thank you so much for allowing me to play along.

I really had fun.

Here is a list of the other players.

Have a great 4th of July weekend.

Mischelle

Guests

Ann Schroeder 

Mischelle Andrade Fanucchi  Here you are!

Therese Frank

AJE Members

Susan Kennedy

Diana Ptaszynski

Linda Landig

Lesley Watt

Melissa Meman

Caroline Dewison

Francesca Watson

Jenny Davies-Reazor

Rebekah Payne

Kristen Stevens

8th Bead Soup Blog Party is Here!!

I had to take a break for a bit from my blog because of

life.

But what better way to come back,

than Lori Anderson's 

8th Bead Soup Blog Party.

My partner is Mary K McGraw

from

MK Creative Musings

Here is what I made....

I then found some cute cultured sea glass in the soup

and created a pair of earrings.

I had no clue what to do with the starfish beads

until.....

And the last pair of earrings

I still have a huge amount of beads left to play with so I guess

a to "bead" continue is in order.

I want to thank Lori for putting on the blog party  &

thank you to Mary K for being my partner.

Now to find the rest of the partiers

you can go to

Bead Soup Participant List

~Mischelle~

Bead Ruckus Reveal

It's that time again...

To reveal my piece from the Bead Ruckus kit.

The first necklace I am actually proud of... lol

I also made a matching bracelet and earrings to go with it.

Check back here on November 1, 2013 to see what our 

next kit will be.

Until then,

Have a great week.

Bead Ruckus Kit #6

Yep.. It is time to see what was picked for 

kit #6.

I am so excited to get started on this. 

I am pretty sure I know what I am gonna do with these.

If you would like to check out the blog to find out where to buy the kit and

to share photos of the piece you made, click here

Have a great day!

Mischelle.

Znetshows Giveaway Winner

Back in July Znetshows blog was hosting a giveaway.

So of course after joining them in 

Artisan Whimsy's 5 x 5 challenge I had to get in this giveaway.

I love their products 

and who does not love to win free beads??

I am not quite sure how many prize packs they had, but I 

ended up winning two of them.

Imagine my surprise when I found out.

H A P P Y!!!!

Here are the prizes that were sent to me :)

Prize Pack 1

Prize Pack 2

Both together.

I have no idea why my camera came up with a blue background

*sigh*

I think it is just time to buy a new one!

Anyhow, I want to thank Znetshows for the giveaway and 

for the wonderful prize packs that were sent to me.

I am going to try to find some time to create and 

will show you all what I come up with :)

Have a beautifully blessed day.

Mischelle

Bead Hoarders Blog Hop Reveal

The amazing Lori Anderson  put a call out for all Bead Hoarders

to dig into their stash

and create some beauties using those 

beads.

 I, once again, decided to join in.

Not because I think of myself as a Bead Hoarder,

but because I love to save beads for a rainy day, or in this case

a hot, sunny day.

Unfortunately I came down with food poisoning and was 

in bed for about 9 days.

Sooooo....

I was only able to get a pair of earrings made and start on some pendants.

I had saved some lovely sea glass type rings from what Lori sent me

for the Bead Soup blog hop.

I had no idea what I wanted to do with them.

Until I remembered that I had won some awesome fibers in a contest last year.

So I grabbed them and some green sea glass beads I had left over from

the 5x5 challenge.

I right away knew what I was going to do with them ;)

(that is a first.. lol)

Here is what the bottom looks like.

I then started to wire wrap a couple pendants,

but did not get the beads on them :(

But here is what they look like.

Yep, kitties :)

I have not decided if I want to make pendants or pins.

But either way I will post when they are complete.

Lori, thank you soo much for putting this on.

You truly amaze me with everything you have going on and 

still can get us together.

Now here is the list of the other designers who dared to take the challenge :)

Please check out their blogs and see what beautiful designs

(or gorgeous beads they have been hoarding)

Have a great weekend.

1.  Lori Anderson, Pretty Things

2. Nancy Dale, NEDBeads

3. Roxanne Mendoza, Roxi Designs

4.  Melissa Trudinger, beadrecipes

5.  Rana Lea, Rana Lea Designs

6.  Perri Jackson, Shaktipaj Designs

7.  Rita Avila, Jewel School Friends

8.  Linda Anderson, From the Bead Board

10.  Erin Guest, Renlish

11.  Joan Williams, lilruby jewelry

12. Diane Hawkey, Diane Hawkey

13.  Jo-Ann Woolverton, It’s a Beadiful Creation

14.  Sue Kennedy, SueBeads

15.  Lisa Cone, Inspired Adornments

16.  Kari Asbury, Hippie Chick Design

17.  Nichole Byers, Nichole Byers

18.  Lori Jean Poppe, Adventures in Creativity

19.  Linda Landig, Linda’s Bead Blog and Meanderings

20.  Lori Schneider, Bead Addict

21.  Molly Alexander, Beautifully Broken Me

22. Cece Cormier, The Beading Yogini

23.  Niki Sayers, Silver Nik Nats

24.  Elsie Deliz-Fonseca, Eliz-Eliz and All That Craft

25.  Amber Dawn, Inventive Soul

26.  Heather Powers, Humblebeads

27.  Sarah Goode, Pookledo

28.  Monique Urquhart, A Half-Baked Notion

29.  JJ Jacobs, Coming Abstractions

30.  Cheri Reed, Creative Designs by Cheri

31.  Robyn, Museiddity

32.  Catherine King, Catherine’s Musings

33.  Jacquie, Bead Gypsy

34.  Janet McDonald, Singing Woods

35. Kay Thomerson, Kayz Kreations

36.  Tanty Sri Hartanti, TJewellicious by Tanti

37.  Hannah Rosner, Good River Valley

38.  Rochelle Brisson, A Creative Chelle

39.  Nelly May, Smelly Nelly

40.  Skylar Bre’z, Brising Beads

41.  Beti Horvath, Stringing Fool

42.  Christie Murrow, Charis Designs

43.  Leanne Loftus, First Impression Design

44.  Valerie Norton, Hot Art

45.  Judy Riggs, Rigglettes

46.  Crystal Thain, Here Bead Dragons

47.  Terry Carter,  Tapping Flamingo

48.  Sue, Mid-Life Great Expectations

49.  Nan Smith, Wired Nan

50.  Miranda Ackerley, MirandAck Arts

51.  Marie Covert, Creating Interest

52.  D’Arsie Manzella, This Here Now, Mamacita

53.  Stephanie Haussler, Pixybug Designs

54.  Lori Bergmann, Lori Bergmann Design

55.  Johanna Nunez, The Lovely One Design

56.  Mary Govaars, MLH Jewelry Designs

57.  Becky Pancake, Becky Pancake Bead Designs

58.  Alicia Marinache, All the Pretty Things

59.  Debbie Rasmussen, A Little of This, A Little of That

60.  Nat, Grubbi Ceramics

61.  Marjorie Savill Linthwaite, Bennu Bird Rising

62.  Cheryl McCloud, One Thing Leads to Another

63.  Heather Otto, The Crafthopper

64.  Candida Castleberry, Spun Sugar Beadworks

66.  JuLee Wolfe, The Polymer Penguin

67.  Ginger Bishop, Lil Mummy Likes

68.  Karen Mitchell, Over the Moon Design

69.  Jeannie Dukic, Jeannie’s Blog

70.  Dini Bruinsma, Angaza by Changes

71.  Birgitta Lejonklou, Create With Spirit

72.  Shalini Austin, Jewellery by Shalini

73.  Jayne Capps, Mama’s Got to Doodle

74.  Ile Ruzza, Ilenia’s Unique Beaded Jewelry

76.  Annita Wilson, AW Jewelry 

77.  Sherri Stokey, Knot Just Macrame

78.  Hannah Trost, PZ Designs

79.  Linda Inhelder, Must Haves Jewelry

80.  Miri Agassi, Beadwork

81.  Hope Smitherman, Crafty Hope

82.  Dyanne Cantrell, Dee-Liteful Jewelry Creations

83.  Susan Bowie, Susan Nelson Bowie

84.  Megan Milliken, MaeMaeMills

85.  Menka Gupta, Menka’s Jewelry

86.  Ambra Gostoli, Chic and Frog

87.  Lori Lochner, Bloghner

88.  Gerda Jurimae, Gerda’s Crafts Blog

89.  Susan, Mistheword

90.  MaryLou Holvenstot, MaryLou’s time2cre8

91.  Mary Shannon Hicks, falling into the sky

92.  Karin King, The Sparklie Things Blog

93.  Christa Murphy, Adventures of One Beady Woman

94.  Jenny Davie-Reazor, Jenny Davies-Reazor

95.  Donetta Farrington, Simply Gorgeous

96.  Mallory Hoffman, Rosebud 101 – For the Love of Beads

97.  Danielle Kelley, Imbue the Muse

98.  Kym Hunter, Kym Hunter Designs

99.  Dolores Rami, CraftyD’s Creations

100.  Marcia Dunne, 13 Alternatives

101.  Marlene Cupo, Amazing Designs

102.  Emma Todd, A Polymer Penchant

103.  Wendy Holder, Jewelry by WendyLea

104.  Michelle Escano, The Cabby Crafter

105.  Louise Glazier, Lily and Jasmine Treasures

106.  Dana Hickey, Wind Dancer Studios

107.  Lennis Carter, windbent

108.  Anne Betenson, Crystal River Beads

109.  Audrey Belanger,  Dreams of an Absolution

110.  Lisa Stukel, Carefree Jewelry by Lisa

111.  Janine Lucas, Travel Stories

112.  Claire Lockwood, Something to Do With Your Hands

113.  Kathy Engstrom, Catherine’s Dreams

114.  Paula Hisel, Simply Beadiful

115.  Karla Morgan, Texas Pepper Jams

116.  Mischelle Fanucchi, Micheladas Musings

117.  Kim, Cianci Blue

118.  Linda Sadler, Ida Louise Jewelry

119.  Karen, Spokalulu

120.  Jennifer LaVite, Dry Gulch Bead and Jewelry

121.  Andrea Glick-Zenith, ZenithJade Creations

122.  Karen Martinez, Fairies Market

123.  Robin Reed, Artistry HCBD

124.  Amy Bright, LABweorc

125.  Jasvanti Patel, Jewels by Jasvanti

126.  Tammie Everly, TTE Designs

127.  Karin Slaton, Backstory Beads

128.  Natalie Moten, Running Out of Thread

129.  Sharyl McMillian-Nelson, Sharyl’s Jewelry & Reflections

130.  Jenny Kyrlach, Wonder and Whimsy

131.  LiliKrist, Handmade by LilK

132.  Jessica Klaaren, The Truth Space

133.  Cynthia Abner, Created Treasures

134.  Beth Emery, Stories by Indigo Heart

135.  Heather Davis, Blissful Garden Beads

136.  Jeanne, Gems by Jeanne Marie

137.  Sandi Volpe, Sandi Volpe

138.  Laren Dee Barton, Laren Dee Designs

139.  Steph, Confessions of a Bead Hoarder

140.  Carolyn Lawson, Carolyn’s Creations

141.  B. R. Kuhlman, Mixed Mayhem

142.  Patty Miller, Cabari Beads

143.  Elizabeth Bunn, Elizabeth Beads

144.  Marianna Boylan, Pretty Shiny Things

145.  Lizzie Clarke, The Need to Bead

146.  Christina Miles, Wings ‘n’ Scales

147.  Patricia, The Color of Dreams

148.  Marde Lowe, Fancimar

149.  Ev Shelby, Raindrop Creations

150.  Sarah Small, By Salla

151.  Perri Jackson, Shaktipaj Designs

152.  Laurie Vyselaar, Lefthand Jewelry

153.  Pam Traub, Klassy Joolz

154.  Lisa Harrison, Daisy Meadow Studio

155.  Anzia Parks, Anzi-Panzi’s Work Shoppe

156.  Ingrid, Lilisgems Handcrafted Jewelry Inspirations

157.  Andra Weber, Andra’s Joyful Journey

158.  Kelly Hosford Patterson, The Traveling Side Show

159.  Adlinah Kamsir, Dreamstruck Designs

160.  Marci, That Nothing Be Wasted

161.  Kris Lanae Binsfield,  Cherish Designs

162.  Stephanie Perry, Mustard Bead

163.  Birgit Klughardt, Gites Beads

164.  Inge von Roos, Inge’s Blog

165.  Rebecca Sirevaag, Becca’s Place

166.  Sandy Markley, Gypsy Spirit Designs

167.  Elena Adams, Lena’s Beady Blog