The Art Bead Scene posted a call out to beady folk everywhere to join the 2011 Ornament Blog Hop and I tossed my name in the hat! There are some amazing pieces being featured in this hop! First up we have my group shot:
Then the rings by themselves – these were older beads I’d had for a bit. They finally got used! Yay! Happy beads. One is just a big gold bow at the top of the ring. The other has sparkly ribbon woven around and around. The last has little wire squiggles and red glass beads tied on.
The final one is my little poinsettia wreath. I made a few small loops of brass wire and then wrapped the last of my poinsettias on (there’s a few in my shop yet but last in my box of play with beads, sigh). I added a few leaves and a ribbon at the top. If I do this one again, I’ll use a much thinner gauge of wire to bind the beads on and add pearls!
Don’t forget to have a look at the other blog hoppers:
- Humblebeads
- Suburban Girl Studio
- Spirited Earth
- Garden Path Beads
- Life in the Lyon’s Den
- Blog by Salla
- It’s Been a While
- Sue Beads
- Artist At Work
- Modern Nature Studio
- WireWorked
- Tooaquarius
- Artfully Ornamental
- Gem Rose Designs
- Jewels by Ine
- BeeTree by M.E.
- Islandgirl’s Insights
- Angela Lund-Logan
- Gem’s PC Corner
- Summers Studio
- Sandy Volpe
- The Next Bend
- Skye Jewels
- Janina Grigore
- Elysian Studios
- Jeannie’s Blog
- Art Bead Scene
23 Responses
Looks totally intriguing!
You are the one person I have had the pleasure of meeting in person on this bloghop! LOVE the little poinsettias, what lovely ornament they made!!
WOW!! I’ll I can say is STUNNING!!! I’m in amazement at how life like and beautiful the poinsettias are and the colors!!! GORGEOUS!!!
Same back Marie! Eventually I’m sure we’ll meet a few of the others!
Thanks so much Sally! I have a lot of fun making flowers that are at least a little based on the real thing
Love your little wreaths! They are just lovely! Great job!
Those poinsettias are stunning! Love them!
Wow, these are so elegant! I just love the simple design- beautiful!
Love the mix of colors on the wreath beads!
I love that they feel like tree decorations, or like people decorations! wonderful!
I just LOVE the beads and what your did with them..
Lovely!
Beautiful I love those poinsettas!!!
They are all fantastic, but my fave is the last one too. Those poinsettias are amazing!
Oh, how very, very unique and special. They are all terrific, but I absolutely LOVE the pointsettia wreath!
Beautiful poinsettias! Happy Holidays!
Beautiful ornaments! Your beads are gorgeous too. My favorite is the poinsettia wreath! Your tree will be very happy!
For some reason, I didn’t catch on to the fact these were beads at first, until you said so! They looked to me like pieces of gathered fabric or a grass-like textile of some kind. I was still working it out, when you mentioned “beads” and then I could finally “see” them as clay beads! Ha, I can only laugh at myself! The entire ornament is unique and lovely, no matter how I look at it!
Oh wow! You ornaments are gorgeous and the colours are so beautiful! I ♥ the poinsettia wreath 🙂
Those poinsettia beads are so gorgeous! I am off to check out your site. Thanks for sharing!
Enjoy the day!
Erin
That little poinsetta wreath is really cute!