August Pretty Palette Reveal

For the August Pretty Palette Erin Prais-Hintz drew inspiration from some unique graffiti art.  Click here to see the beads and palette.

I went to Michael's immediately to gather the beads that I needed to begin creating.  I dragged my husband with me which I assure you that he loved ;)  Most of the beads I came across quickly, however, I had trouble finding the bronze beads.  I found some that were the same color but flat rather than a rondelle shape so I went with those. Also, I am sometimes a little cheap and I couldn't bring myself to pay for the red bead clusters.  So I used this as an opportunity to work on some of my beading skills.  I bought red coral beads for about 1/4 the price and made little clusters myself.

When I got the beads home I started cutting apart the strands to start laying out different ideas.   I have to admit I'm always a little scared of pinks and reds together.  I felt part of the challenge was harmonizing those colors.

I started digging through my home supply to see what I could find to compliment what I had bought. I found some great bronze chain that I had bought at Michael's a while back and some cream and brown colored beads that I love.

I ended up making a couple of necklaces and a bracelet and earrings with all the beads I had.

Here is the first necklace:

I separated the beads at the bottom with jump rings and wrapped a couple of the bronze beads within the links of the chain.  The problem was I really liked the way this looked without the red beads so I thought I would make another necklace that had all of the elements. 

So, for the second necklace I created individual beaded elements that I incorporated with different lengths of chain.  I also brought in some deep green freshwater pearls.

I really liked the feel of the individual components so it inspired me to make more of those and make a bold, funky bracelet.

There were so many beads that I went ahead and made a pair of earrings that can really be worn with either necklace:

I fought with this thing and for some reason it really wanted the picture to present the earrings horizontally.  It was late and I was tired so I let it win.

I had a great time participating and can't wait to see what everyone else did.  Looking forward to the next one :)

Have a great day!

Sarah O