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Friday, June 29, 2012

Daisychain Flower Bangle Challenge Hop

Today's the day! I was lucky enough to be one of five winners for the super talented Jo Tinley's Flower Bangle Challenge. I was so happy to get the poppy, because even though they're all wonderful - I like the poppy the best. Be sure to check out Jo's blog and etsy to see her gorgeous components and get your own bangle blank!

It took me awhile to figure out what I was going to do with my bracelet. I'm generally not much of a bracelet maker, so it was really a challenge for me. I experimented with sari fabric, and held up my other leathers and fibers, but I ultimately decided I was just going to break out my 24g oxidized copper wire and just start doing something. I started with a coil, threw on a pearl stick, coiled the other side and decided I liked that. Then I remembered some vintage pearl drops I'd received in a past Bead Soup that was sitting on my desk somewhere. I slid that on and made another coil. I was onto something! So then it was just a (multi-day) search of just the right beads to use and more & more coiling. There's an adorable vintage silver bell that I'd been saving for just the right thing, so I had to add that. It's just a mix of old and new, various metals, stones, pearls, and crystals. The coils slide around a bit, but that just adds to the fun and movement of the bracelet.







Make sure to see what everyone else has done!


Jo Tinley -  Daisychain Designs
Sherri Stokey - Knot Just Macrame
Shannon Chomanczuk - For My Sweet Daughter
Jenny - Shyme Design
Keri Lee Sereika - Pink Lemonade
Heidi Post - Ex Post Facto Jewelry

16 comments:

  1. Lovely bangle! A very sophisticated color palette in a fun design...

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  2. This is a very interesting bangle. I like all the different beads on it.

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  3. Love this Heidi -quirky and full of interest, just how I like people to be! :0)

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  4. love all the collection you have added to your bangle..very eclectic! Neat way to display it, too!
    jenni

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  5. Beautiful bangle! A one-of-a-kind treasure!

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  6. That's really cool; I like that design a lot!

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  7. Nifty bangle Heidi! I love the bottle you used to photograph it too, it really sets it off well!

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  8. Pretty, I love the mixing of all the different elements.

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  9. I just feel like this really captures the atmosphere of New Orleans. I've never been there, but this is how I imagine it feels to walk the streets there. Kreol, humidity, old wooden houses, mystic and so on. Do I make any sense at all? Never mind, I really like this bangle Heidi. :-)

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  10. Hi Sherri, I'm so sorry it's taken me until now to leave a comment, but we've had a poorly internet connection most of the day! Typical!
    I really love what you've done with your bangle - all the different beads and charms add up to a really sophisticated design. I like Malin's New Orleans idea! Thank you so much for taking part in the challenge!

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  11. Very cool - it is really fun to see the different approaches everyone took for their bangles!

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  12. I love all the dangles and love that you used stick pearls. That would be so much fun to wear with all the dangles waving about. :)

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  13. Love it! All of you guys took such different approaches with your bangles. I love your retro vintage bling, it's so you. The stick pearls just add that touch of rusticity that it needed - gorgeous.

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  14. PS I totally love the pictures too. Listening to The Pelican Brief (you know I love it ;-)) on audiobook today and thought of yoU!

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