Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Special Forces Warrior Foundation Challenge - week 2

wow!  There is a LOT about the kit components that i don't get.  The mix of colors - wait! the pinks don't match!  The nothing-but-crystal and pearl beads - what no stones? too girly! And they are all so different that i am stymied by how to combine them. 
My latest favorite technique is knotting so, naturally, i tried that.  mmmm...has potential but it doesn't excite me.  Good fallback technique if all else fails.  Simple stringing....oh wait! there's more i don't like!  I can't get a pleasing symmetrical pattern with these beads.  Melissa reminds me that it's a CHALLENGE.  Well, i'm feeling challenged alright!  And have you seen the company i'm keeping?  Yikes!  They're scary good!  Real beaders with vast repetoires of technique!  I want my contribution to bring in lots of auction dollars for the Craft Warrior Foundation, too!
Then inspiration strikes!  Not too long ago, i dangled a bunch of oddball glass beads from six inches of chain and added enough of a length of multi-strand seed beads to make a necklace.  Customers loved it!  That's what i'll do!  And it'll be great!  What do you think?  




  

Saturday, March 26, 2011

Special Forces Warrior Foundation Craft Challenge

Well..here's the first blog post for BeadBoutiqueKC!  I'll start with a photo of the Special Forces Warrior Foundation Craft Challenge kit components and i'll include a link to Craft Warrior's etsy site so you can read more about this event.  All the elements are Swarovski beads. 

The black heart is a 30mm Wild Heart bead; there are 14mm, 8mm and 6mm pearls, 2-hole bars, rounds and teeny bicones, and those black faceted square beads are drilled through each side.  Hmmmmm!!

Click here to visit Craft Warrior's etsy site.

Check back to watch our progress on this piece.  We only have a couple of weeks to get 'er done!