Saturday 19 April 2014

7th Do Over Challenge Reveal

I decided to give the 7th-do-over-challenge hosted by Jeannie of JLD Studio a try. Jeannie ships you an older piece of her jewellery and your challenge is to redo the piece. Thanks for the challenge Jeannie.

Pieces I received ....

 
 
I received a piece created with dark blue and black paper beads, light blue plastic flower beads. silver spacers and wire wrapped silver beads. The instructions said it was OK to create one piece from all the pieces I received. Since I like "weightier" necklaces I decided to combine the paper and the silver wrapped beads, add some black vinyl heishi and some African glass donuts. I used the original silver toggle and added some silver spaces to complete the piece.
 
detail with challenge beads

 
Thanks for visiting. Enjoy!
 
And one more this ----- here is the list of participants. Hop around and see where creative inspiration has struck.
 
Jeannie K Dukic
Dagi
Judy Campbell
Veralynne Malone
Christine Murrow
Shai Williams
Lola Surwillo
Christina Hickman
Katrina Taylor
Becky Pancake
Roxanne Mendoza
Charlene Jacka
Inge von Roos
Mary Govaars
Penny Houghton
Beti Horvath
Ginger Davis-Allman
Molly Alexander
Linda Britt
 


27 comments:

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    1. Thank you for your comment and for visiting. It is always nice to have you drop by.

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  2. What a great change! The weight and feeling are so different, but the original beads shine though.

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    1. Thank you for visiting - I had a fear that the original beads were not noticeable enough. I appreciate your opinion that they still stand out ---- That was my decision as well. I appreciate your comment.

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  3. I love how you made such a nice chunky piece. It's lovely.

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  4. Your new necklace is beautiful.

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  5. Like you, I prefer a heavier necklace with more visual weight. And I love that you stayed with the blue theme. Wonderful result!

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  6. That is so striking! You've done a lovely job of giving this piece a brand new take on life. Christie

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    1. I appreciate your comment - If I remember correctly I loved your piece as well :)

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  7. I love the transformation - the paper beads look fantastic with the heishi and African glass - beautiful job!

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    1. Thank you - I found the paper beads hard to work with but have since found some of my own and have begun work on another piece.

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  8. I love the necklace you created! It has a modern feel now and I feel like blues can be worn with so many other colors. Great job!

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  9. What a fun necklace you made!

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  10. Oh that's one gorgeous re-work. I would wear that everyday!

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  11. Ahhhh, I love blue! Great do over!

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  12. AH YES, MUCH BETTER. I like how the paper beads are peeking out of the heishi beads. This is really gorgeous! Thank you so much for participating. Looking forward to the next one.

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    1. Thank you for visiting and for your kind words. As well thanks for hosting such a great challenge - it was hard work but so satisfying -- I love all the results as well. Although I am not sure all the pieces needed redoing LOL

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  13. What a change! Very nice job and I like the touch of paper beads.

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  14. Great necklace! That is so one I would wear and often.

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  15. WOW!! Now that is a statement necklace! Great job! Love it!

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