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Week 10 Result: Mellow Rose
I’ve been amassing a hoard of components for this challenge since…week 6, maybe? (The pic below is from March 17th, so about a month ago, yeah.) I saw these beautiful glass beads in my stash and knew I HAD to use them in something soon. Here’s what happened. I’m pretty...

Week 9 Result: Bay
Finally got to finish these! I’ve been waiting to use these green aluminum earwires, and Week 9 offered the perfect opportunity. The beaded beads are flat even-count peyote (curled and stitched to make tubes). The green gemstone is dyed mountain “jade” (I think), which is a dolomite marble from Asia....

Week 5 Challenge: Orchid Hush
Guess what?? MOAR PURPLE Week 4 is still coming along. I have to do some stringing and then put everything together, but here’s what’s happened so far: [ RESULT ]

Week 6 Challenge: Mauve Shadows
…And it’s more purple!! It’s my favorite color, but really, I’m going to have to draw the line somewhere. I’m running out of purple things to craft with, which is something I NEVER thought I’d say. >.< Not sure what I’ll be tinkering with this week. Another set of bookribbons,...

Week 7 Challenge: Lavendula
Another Monday, another shade of purple! (Yeah, I know it’s Tuesday…shush.) Things are just getting silly now. At least this one is a more intense shade, and it matches some acrylic flowers I got a while back. I still haven’t felt inspired by last week’s color. It’ll happen sooner or...