We're All Ears April Challenge...

I've just discovered that each month the Earrings Everyday blog does a little inspiration challenge...I really need to pay attention sometimes! Anyway, I happen to catch the post for April's inspiration when I was catching up on the recent posts and decided (at the last minute) it would be fun to whip up some cute earrings and play along.

Seeing the picture I actually had an immediate idea...just had to find the beads in my current disorganization/reorganization...hopefully I'll have a post on that later. You can click here to see the original post including the inspiration for April's design.

Apologies for the somewhat crummy picture...I was experimenting...since my photo cube is unavailable during the re-organziation. Lampwork beads from Pinocean. Enamel leaves from Sue Beads. Ceramic birds from Gaea. They don't have a name yet...I'm not so great at naming my jewelry...so if you have any ideas feel free to help a girl out and post suggestions in comments! :)

Ears To You!

I'm more than a little late on this post...but things have been so hectic! Anyone who visited during the 3rd reveal of the 7th Bead Soup Blog hop will know about my plans to donate several pieces to a couple of wonderful organizations...I am still working on the bracelet donation but several weeks ago I did send off 10 pairs of earrings to Ears to You.

6 pairs were from my bead soup and the other 4 were from my stock of earrings. I plan to send more later this year, maybe around the holidays for an extra special pick me up for these special ladies. I hope you will visit their website and consider donating to this wonderful organization.

I just received my partners for the Art Bead Earring Swap. I am very excited to be participating in the swap. I received my goodies from Martha Eason yesterday and I have several hoarded lovelies from other wonderful artists...so the possibilities are almost endless! 


Now I'm just waiting to hear back from each of my partners so I can start narrowing things down. But for now I'm off to some other projects while I wait. Have a great Sunday!

Sharing Other Artists and Blogs

Martha Eason of Menagerie Studios included me in her blog post today 'New Artist Designs'. I am so pleased that she liked my designs with her beautiful pendant and charms. I am humbled that she enjoyed them enough to include on her blog. Here are the Daisy Heart Earrings and the Heart and Butterfly Necklace Martha was so kind to share, available for purchase in my Etsy shop.

You can also check out Martha's blog post to see the other beautiful designs  she shared today!

Check out Martha's Etsy shop if you would like to add her beautiful pendants and charms to your creations!