Were you a child of the 80s? I was, and when I was looking for inspiration for Art Jewelry Elements’ Eye Love Beads challenge this month, the song Temptation by New Order kept running through my mind.
Oh, you’ve got green eyes
Oh, you’ve got blue eyes
Oh, you’ve got grey eyes
And I’ve never seen anyone quite like you before
No, I’ve never met anyone quite like you before
Thankfully, Melissa Gabelle, aka The Clay Hen, popped up at the right time with a trio of head pins featuring eyes, in fact one blue eye and two greenish grey eyes. But I wondered how I would put them together. In the end I used the blue eye and one of the greenish grey eyes, a pair of vivid aqua blue lamp work bead from a bag of orphans I got from Sue Kennedy a couple of years ago and an eyelash fringe of black waxed linen completed a pair of same-same but different earrings.
Keep an eye out for the final eyeball from the trio, I have plans for it!
Thanks for the fun challenge AJE. And visit the blogs of the other participants to see what they’ve made:
Guests
Melissa Trudinger of Beadrecipes <– you are here!
AJE Members –
got green eyes!
pretty interpretation, as always!
These are so much fun Melissa! LOVE!
Eye love these! I especially love that you used the waxed linen like eyelashes!!!
Now I have an ear worm. LOL. The earrings are fun, and I look forward to seeing with your third eye…. (New Age pun intended) Thanks for joining us!
They’re wonderful Melissa… I love the eyelash fringe!
Super fun earring design. The “eyelash” fringe is the perfect finishing touch.
totally cool! (in my best 80’s valley girl voice) I love that little extra touch with the ‘eyelashes’!
Fantastic Melissa! I love those eyes! Thank you so much for playing along with us this month!
These are GREAT. A real conversation starter. Simple, fun and artsy!
These are fabulous! The beads you’ve used with the eye beads are perfect, and I love that eyelash fringe!!
Great eye earrings, Melissa, and I love New Order! thanks for playing!
What cool head pins Melissa and cute design!