Last week's Monday Moodboard colour scheme was zesty orange combined with cool turquoise. Need a recap? Here ya go...
Clockwise from top-left: Door, Turquoise...Nice orange...Turquoise! Fiestaware!...Orange Explosion.
Here's what the team made. Sarah has gone for a beautiful warm orange with lampwork discs and swarovksi crystals on a gold plated chain...
Maria chose a wonderful mixture of materials and textures for her very first necklace using tiger tail. Blue howlite, carnelian, wood, glass and plastic lead down to a very pretty enamel flower...
I've been meaning have a go at double St Petersburg chain for ages, I love the V shape you get from working up the one side and then down the other. I went for a turquoise mix for the main beads, transparent orange for the accents and used an artisan lampwork bead to make a simple closure. I followed instructions from issue 91 of Bead & Button so I've made use of one of my old magazines too...
Been inspired by this weeks colour scheme? Email your photos to me at liz@thecrimsonmoon.co.uk or add them to our Flickr group pool and I'll show them on the blog.
Monday 30 August 2010
Monday Moodboard Reveal - Orange & Turquoise
Wednesday 25 August 2010
Wednesday's Wear It Or Frog It
This week's Wednesday Wear It Or Frog It is this Maia bracelet that I made several years ago. I used to wear it all the time but somehow it got consigned to bottom of the jewellery box, probably just by adding new pieces on top of it!
The pentacle is pewter and the semi-precious nuggets are rose quartz, new jade and clear quartz, all wire wrapped to a sterling silver bracelet. I was a bit concerned about using silver plated wire to add the beads but I'm really pleased to see how good it's looking, with just a few places where it's tarnished a little. Definitely not one for frogging, I'll be wearing this piece a lot more now that I've rediscovered it!
Monday 23 August 2010
Monday Moodboard - Orange & Turquoise
This week's Monday Moodboard is a funky combination of orange and turquoise. Use subtle shades or go all out with the brightest beads you can find...the choice is yours! Don't forget the textures and materials too: stone, wood, ceramic, shiny and rough.
Clockwise from top-left: Door, Turquoise...Nice orange...Turquoise! Fiestaware!...Orange Explosion.
We'd love to see your creations here! As always you can email your photos to me at liz@thecrimsonmoon.co.uk or add them to our Flickr group pool (you'll need a Flickr account for this).
Wednesday 18 August 2010
Wednesday's Wear It or Frog It.
So I dug through the stash and found some 12mm grey glass pearls and 6mm black fire polish beads and restrung on beading wire, using a sterling silver magnetic clasp that I have had in my stash for 2 years, so I am glad to have used that too! I wear lots of black/white/grey, so this should get worn a lot more often & if not you may well see it in another Wear It or frog It Wednesday. I still have 1 beaded spiral bead left, so if you have any suggestions on how to use it, please comment on this post!
Monday 16 August 2010
Green and Purple Reveal {Monday Moodboard}
Last week's Monday Moodboard was a combination of green and purple with your pick of any shades. Here's a reminder...
Clockwise from top-left: Purple and Green...macro green eye with purple m.a.c. and ben nye eyeshadow...morris minor...Purple and Green.
Here's what the team made.
Sarah chose two beautiful bold shades for her fabulous hoop & dangle earrings...
And I couldn't pick one shade so I used them all in this freefrom peyote bracelet...
Have you been inspired by this week's moodboard? Send your photographs to liz@thecrimsonmoon.co.uk and I'll post them on the blog!
Wednesday 11 August 2010
Wednesdays Wear It or Frog It
Have you found any hidden treasures in your jewellery boxes lately? We'd love to hear about them if you have, you can e-mail us at ottbs@hotmail.co.uk
Monday 9 August 2010
Green and Purple {Monday Moodboard}
I'm sad to say that the lovely Clair has had to leave us due to other commitments. I'll be taking over the Monday Moodboard from today and this weeks Moodboard is one of my very favourite colour combinations - green and purple.
But it's not simply green and purple, there are lots of different shades that you can use in your project...amethyst, lilac and violet for the purples...emerald, apple, lime, mint and olive for the greens. Don't forget the shapes...circles, curves and straight lines. And materials which include glass, metal, stone and rubber.
Clockwise from top-left: Purple and Green...macro green eye with purple m.a.c. and ben nye eyeshadow...morris minor...Purple and Green.
I'm really looking forward to seeing what you come up with! You can email your photos to me at liz@thecrimsonmoon.co.uk or add them to our Flickr group pool (you'll need a Flickr account for this).
Wednesday 4 August 2010
Wednesday's Wear It Or Frog It
Monday 2 August 2010
A Passion For Purple Reveal {Monday Moodboard}
1. ultra violet, 2. Concert flyer, 3. nina_brosh_nina07, 4. Purple
Inspired by the colour paletter and the fun, funky retro circles in the mosaic, Liz has been busy making this addition to her beautiful series of Fairground Attraction Pendants.
And, inspired by the netted gloves on the model in the top right corner (and the only purple beads I could find in my stash!) I've revisited one of my all time favourite necklaces and have made a new version especially for a friend who has been admiring it for quite some time.
But what about our lovely readers? Have any of you been inspired by the moodboards? We'd love to see what you've been creating, even if it isn't 'on time' for the fortnightly reveal, so do drop us an e-mail at ottbs@hotmail.co.uk or pop your photographs into our OTTBS Flickr Group.