(If you're looking for my BSBP Reveal post and design click HERE) Recently Diana of Suburban Girl studio issued a Waxed Irish Linen blog hop. The participants were to use waxed irish linen and preferably art beads to create a piece of jewelry. I had been wanting to try a tutorial I'd been eyeing so I felt like this was the opportune time to sign up for this. As usual I forgot to take a before picture of the linen and the art beads I got to use to try this. But I think you'll be able to tell what all they are in the pictures. I chose 2 different colors of linen, a tan and teal combo linen and got these great art beads on Etsy (I think it was from Sherry Stokey). I love the little beach house and the conch shell beads. This is a wrap bracelet, which I've been wanting to try for quite a while. I've had quite a few challenges since signing up for this blog hop. I had non-stop company for almost a month, have had to be out of town several times when I wasn't planning it and seem to be developing arthritis in one of my thumb joints. But I've been working on it and finally got it done. Also, the instructions weren't quite as clear as I felt they could have been. I used to do macramé back in the 70's and used all of these knots, but had forgotten the half-hitch and had a little bit of a problem understanding how it was being described. But I googled the know and finally got instructions that I could understand. I enjoyed getting back to some macramé and will be doing this wrap bracelet again with changes to it to make it my own design. I love the colors in the waxed linen and the numerous opportunities with macramé to make unique jewelry and other items. (I've even used macramé with my Stained Glass, Mosaics and Fused Glass kreationz like this piece below)
So here is my reveal for the Waxed Linen blog hop. Hope you enjoy it. And be sure to check out all the other participants in the hop either below or at Diana's blog, Suburban Girl Studio. (Hopefully I got the links all right)
Diana Ptaszynski - Suburban Girl Studio
Kelsy
Vincent - Jill of All TradesCraft
Susan Kennedy - Suebeads
Linda Landig - Linda Landig
Kashmira Patel - Sadafulee
Jenny Davies-Reazor - JDaviesReazor
Vanessa Gilkes - Culturezine
Sandy Huntress - KeepSakeCrafts
Kay Thomerson - KayzKreationz - (you are here)
Sarajo Wentling - SJDesignsJewelry
Kari Asbury - HippieChickDesign
Rebecca Anderson - SongBeads
Melissa Trudinger - BeadRecipes
Ann Schroeder - BeadLove
Shai Williams - ShaihasRamblings
Blanca Medina - Peru-MeDesigns
Cheryl Brown - DragonFlyBeads
Johana Nunez Rivera - Artincendi
Lori Bowring Michaud - ArtfullyOrnamental
Kelly Morgan - SilverParrotDesigns
Barbara Bechtel - SecondSurf
Kelly Morgan - SilverParrotDesigns
Barbara Bechtel - SecondSurf
Kristen Stevens - Kristen-BeadJourney
Kathy Lindemer - Bay-Moon-Design
Lesley Watt -TheGossipingGoddess
Susan Kolovson - BeadInspired
Michelle McCarthy - FireFlyDesignStudio
Cynthia Deis - ShinyLittleThings
Karla Morgan - TexasPepperJams
Erin Siegel - ErinSiegelJewelry
Becky Pancake - BeckyPancakeBeadDesigns
Kelly Hosford Patterson - TravelingSideshow
Sharyl McMillian-Nelson - SharylsJewelry
Inge von Roos - IngeTraud
Sandi Volpe - SandiVolpe
Toltec Jewels - JewelSchoolFriends
Michelle Mach - MichelleMach
Jen Cameron - GlassAddictions
Dorothy Winchell - Winchell-Clayworks
And if you're interested in any of my Stained Glass, Mosaics or Fused Glass kreationz for your Home or Garden, check out my shop, KayzKreationz. Thanks. Happy hopping.
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