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Sunday, September 15, 2013

Earring Challenge, Reveal 17, Weeks 35&36

It's that time again! For another Art Jewelry Elements earring challenge reveal. This pair is a tribute to autumn, but with a girly flair! Lots of rose, mauve and lilac, with a splash of cinnamon to prove I'm serious about the whole autumn thing:

The lovely enameled oak leaf charms are from Gardanne Beads, and provided the color inspiration for these earrings. I had lots of delicious moukaite ovals from Lima Beads to pick up the colors in the leaves, and had the perfect pair of peachy pink lampwork spacers from Michelle at The Spacer Bead Shop. I recently bought some whiskey-colored Czech glass roundels from BobbiThisnThat that picked up the cinnamon-colored moukaite nicely (it was all fate!):
You can see a little better in this picture on the enameled leaves how there are splashes of almost terra cotta on a lilac background. Anne's enamel is always a two-fer, at least!--A base color with little sprinkles of complimentary colors that can inspire a whole color palette.

Check out the other participants' creations below!
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3 comments:

  1. AliceSeptember 15, 2013 at 12:35 PM

    Oh so beautiful! Of course I love anything that looks like Autumn. Wonder choice of beads!

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  2. Dry GulchSeptember 15, 2013 at 2:26 PM

    I think we are all feeling as though Autumn is around the corner! Your earrings are lovely!

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  3. GardanneSeptember 15, 2013 at 2:59 PM

    Thanks so much Keirsten, your ears must have been ringing this weekend customers were loving your earrings at the show.

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