Monday already?

Whew! Monday already? I dunno bout yous guys, but my weekend just flew by! What did I do? Well, first of all, I took some photos of a necklace I made a while ago for my sister. I call it "Pearl Play". It's not made with pearls, but with semi-precious stones, however, it looks like one of those cute little retro pearl necklaces just with brighter colors. I also submitted it to Lark Books. They are going to publish a book called 30-minute necklaces and they have a call for submissions out right now. Here's the link: 30-Minute Necklaces The bad news is that the deadline is today, but the process to enter is pretty easy, so if you've got the time and a quick project on your hands, go ahead and send it in, it couldn't hurt to try.

Pearl Play

I also submitted my entry for the Beadwork Pattern Play Challenge. My inspiration was a shirt that I purchased at Old Navy. I loved the bright colors, and the seahorses. :) I bought the shirt long before Beadwork issued the challenge, and I had planned for a long time to make a bracelet to go with it, but when I got the info about the challenge, I kicked my butt into gear and used a variation of circular peyote/brick stitch to create beaded circles based on the ones in the pattern. I also used hook and eye closures to fasten it so that it looks seamless when worn. I think it turned out well! We'll have to see what the Beadwork editors think. I tell you what, I've seen some entries from other similar competitions, and there are some SUPER creative people out there. So, good luck to all.

Have a great day! (I'll probably spend at least an hour of it streaming an episode of Seaquest from Netflix with my mom. Anybody wanna join?)