WIP for EBWC for March

My entry piece for the Etsy Beadweaver March challenge: "Am I blue" ** This is actually my theme idea. :D I really should enter it. I just hope I can finish this in time. Wish me luck that I can finish on time!

Etsy Beadweaver Challenge Theme: Warmth

February Etsy Beadweavers Team, challenge theme "Warmth": Think of whatever it is that makes you feel warm on a long February night, and turn it into a cozy warm beaded piece. Voila, my entry. I like to create things that are different, This is my entry for February's Etsy Beadweavers Team, challenge theme "Warmth". When my first boy was born, we were given a beautiful genuine Pendleton wool blanket for him to have through out his life because they are not only warm but durable and most of all BEAUTIFUL! :D (Google Pendleton blankets for the awesome colors they come in!) We have continued this new tradition when our second boy was born and he too has his own Pendleton blanket to have throughout his life time and hopefully pass on to his own children. I wanted to use the many colors used in the Pendleton patterns because they are bright and they just add to the sense of warmth when you snuggle under these thick, heavy blankets on a cold night or rainy day. This pendant was beaded together with seed beads ranging from size 11s to 6s as well as Fire Polish Czech beads and woven with the circular Peyote stitch. It holds it's own form and can easily be strung onto your own silver chain, silk ribbon or leave it on it's own beaded necklace. The necklace is the Russian Spiral stitch using 15s and 11s and has matching beads on the inside to reflect the color of the pendant. The Pendant itself measures 1 3/4 inches long by 1 1/4 inches wide; the necklace is 20 inches long and together with a leaf motif clasp. ...::+::... ...::+::... ...::+::... ...::+::... ...::+::... ...::+::... ...::+::... I am a proud member of the Etsy Bead Weavers Team. For more great items from this teams very talented members please search EBW Team in Handmade. Please visit Etsy Beadweaver's team blog, http://www.etsy-beadweavers.blogspot.com between the 9th and 15th of February, 2014 to have a chance to vote for your favorite "Warmth" Challenge entry.

New bracelets

Made these over the last few days. Russian Spiral with Czech beads and a new super duo pattern I found.

Are you Blue?

So it's been handed down to me to come up with a challenge for the Etsy Beadweaver's Team Challenge theme for the month of March, 2014. This after having won the team's challenge for the month of November, 2013 entitled, "Out of this World". This was my entry, entitled "Exotic Alien Skin". I was and truthfully still am, thrilled to have won!

Now if you know Raven at all, then you *KNOW* how much I LOVE the color blue. So I've been pondering and plotting a way to include Blue into this challenge. After many a Google search, I think I have come up with a decent Challenge Idea. Now the Birth Stone for the Month of March is Aquamarine.

Just look at the many shades it comes in! Aquamarine is very pretty, yes but then so is Turquoise! AND...!!! Just look at Tanzanite Can you guess where I'm going with this theme yet? :D Now look at them all together and be in awe! lol!

And how well they can bring out other colors,

Here's my theme proposal, Are You Blue? Use Aquamarine (March's birthstone), use Turquoise and use Tanzanite; use the colors individually, or two of the colors together or better yet! All three together because the more Blue, the better! Raven. :D =============================== You can visit and view the many and awesome contributions to the Etsy Beadweavers either on Etsy Here: https://www.etsy.com/teams/6309/etsy-beadweavers or here at the Blog spot: http://www.etsy-beadweavers.blogspot.com