It’s reveal day for this month’s Art Elements Challenge and the theme for July is flowers. I have plenty of floral beads in my stash, but with not much time to make, I thought I would use a couple of pairs of ceramic charms from Natalie Fletcher-Jones. She has been making some fun new styles featuring petals, which she sells through Facebook at a few different groups.
For each pair, I have kept things simple, letting the charms be the hero of the design. The first pair drove me crazy trying to wrap the little teardrop beads, until I realised I had some fine jumprings that I could thread through the holes. Phew!
And for the second pair, I went even more minimalist, just dangling the charms from a coordinating bead. Easy-peasy but quite sweet.
Please forgive the somewhat dark photos, there wasn’t much light left by the time I took these pictures!
This challenge is a blog hop with plenty of other designers joining in. Please visit them if you can!
Here is a list of the Visiting Artists:
Alysen
Cat
Divya
Evie and Beth
Jill
Hope
Kathy
Linda
Louise
Martha
Melissa
Michelle
Rozantia
Sarah
Sarajo
Tammy
And the Art Elements Blog Contributors:
Caroline
Cathy
Claire
Jenny
Laney
Lesley
Marsha
Susan
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Very pretty, summery earrings
I would wear both pairs in a heartbeat!
Super cute earrings đŸ˜€
Thank you for participating this month Melissa! I love that you use artists pieces in your work and that they only need just a bit of magic to make them into quite lovely earrings instead of sitting around in a bead bin waiting for their day to be used. Well done! đŸ™‚
Both pairs are as pretty as flowers, I especially the addition of the teardrop dangles in the first one – they reflect the light beautifully!
The first pair is super cute and charming
Both pairs of earrings are wonderful but the last pair is absolutely my favorite. I would wear those all the time!!
Cute designs, I love the components you chose!
Both of your designs are so pretty, but those second ones steal the show for me. I do have to say, thank goodness for those finer gauge jump rings!!
I love these!
My favorite is the first. The colors and the ceramics are wonderful–perfect for the summer.
Ooh! Gorgeous ! Both the components AND what you did with them! Glad you could join us this month!
Oh yes, I love those flower charms! Great earrings!
Both sets of earrings are just fabulous!
Love both pairs! Those charms are just lovely… thanks for introducing me to a new art bead maker. I feel your pain on those tiny teardrops. Jump rings are definitely the way to go!