Saturday, April 19, 2014

JKD Seventh Jewelry Do Over Challenge Reveal.

Drum Roll Please!


Jeannie Dukic is a talented artist who has a seemingly never-ending supply of older jewelry pieces that she designed years ago, and never found a market for. She sends them to her Challenge participants, and we transform them.

Here is what I received from Jeannie:


It's a sweet little charm necklace, with two charms made into dangles, but not attached to anything. The pearls are a peach color (hard to capture in a photo) and the charms, and the spacers are silver. Jeannie suggested that we include an art bead or beads in our design, but I was just not feeling that. Because what I saw when I looked at those components was a charm bracelet - but not an ordinary one. 



I used memory wire, and added some royal blue dyed shell beads and it practically made its self. I loved the two long spacer beads as ends on the new bracelet. 

The only part I did not use, because I just didn't need it, was the clasp. I like the way it turns into a sort of faux stack of bracelets. The dark blue of the shell beads really compliments the glass pearls, don't you think? 

A variation on the "Loaded Charm Bracelet."

Here are the other participants, have fun hopping!! 


14 comments:

  1. "never-ending supply." You make me laugh. HOLY SMOKES! that bracelet is smoking hot and bravo of using all the beads. The contrast of the light pearls and dark shells are stunning. I do love the illusion of stacked bracelets. Thank you Beti for joining me, always a pleasure. Looking forward to the next one.

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  2. That is one lush and beautiful charm bracelet. I really love how you used memory wire for it. Great idea.

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  3. Oh great bracelet. I love its simplicity and wearability. The color combo is great too!

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  4. What a perfect solution! I would have stayed with a charm bracelet, too. But you took it to a new level with the blue. Well done my dear!

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  5. This is so pretty and fun. I love the blue with the pearls and silver. Such a great summer beach bracelet!

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  6. What a lovely design - I love the deep blue that makes the silver elements pop!

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  7. Beti your memory wire bracelet is beautiful. The blue shell beads fit nicely with the peach pearls and sea themed charms.

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  8. That is so yummy, the blue with the silver and pearls, I am going to have to try memory wire now, I have never used it.

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  9. That blue is sumptuous and, combined with the pearls, is so very pretty. Your memory wire bracelet is truly stunning. Christie

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  10. Love your piece - it is very challenging to work with a very limited supply and make it work - your work is beautiful. Well done!

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  11. What a great bracelet! I am always in awe of folks that can get the balance just right with the memory wire.

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  12. Oh man....I love the bracelet! So Caribbean looking! Great job!

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  13. This is the perfect summer inspired bracelet! Love that you used memory wire---great variation of a charm bracelet.

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