Thursday, March 31, 2016

BALC 2016 Final Blog Hop

It's here...finally! Time for the big reveal

My theme for BALC is Birds and Nests

I designed the following pieces, in five different colors and metals:
Earrings, ring, bracelet, choker, and long (convertible) necklace

It all began with the earrings, using one of my favorite B'Sue Boutique's findings. I colored them with Lumiere paints, and distressed them. The birds are also from B'Sue. I hand made the nests, and filled them with Spectra bead "eggs" in corresponding colors, with matching bird nest rings.




The next step was the bracelets with another B'Sue finding. I colored them with alcohol ink pens. Each centerpiece has similarly colored flowers, leaves, and green rim. The birds are in corresponding colors to the earrings. B'Sue's Spectra beads are wire wrapped and bead-capped to make up one strand of the bracelet. The other strand is chain in various metals. They are each adorned with a dangling bird's nest



The chokers proved to be much more challenging. I took the B'Sue scalloped blanks, etched them and colored them each to match the metal of the corresponding B'Sue book chain.
I used micro screws to attach the B'Sue hummingbird centerpieces, after I painted and distressed them. I tried to use the same components in each bracelet, varying the colors and metals. 





The long necklaces are convertible, in that a portion can be removed that will shorten the necklace and serve as a bracelet. B'Sue Boutique's luggage tag, my ALL time favorite finding, is the centerpiece. Each is a different metal (I had to double up on silver), and adorned with a ceramic rose, leaf, and B'Sue pinwheel flower with inset faux pearls. 








17 comments:

  1. Alison, your line is so beautiful! I especially like the bird's nest bracelets. They are so colorful and springy!!! Nice job!!!

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  2. You have a great line of beauties here Alison. Noce blog post and great job on your line.

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  3. Alison, we are birds of a feather, aren't we? Your line is stunning, I love how you pulled your theme together yet still having variety to choose from. Great marketing strategy!

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  4. Great jewelry line .. love all of your pieces

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  5. Fun line - I love your use of color and the spectra beads!

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  6. Fun line - I love your use of color and the spectra beads!

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  7. Love your line of jewelry! It is so wearable and colorful. Great job!

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  8. A very happy collection Alison, and a whole lot of work. Well done, and congrats!

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  9. Nicely done! I REALLY love the oval bird motif bracelets. Those are total winners, you should really sell many of those. Keep up the great work and thank you so much for being a part of the class this year. I am so glad you joined us!

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  10. You have a lovely cohesive line! I made a comment for this post on the March 31st post. I was confused where the comments were for this post.

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  11. You have a lovely cohesive line! I made a comment for this post on the March 31st post. I was confused where the comments were for this post.

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  12. Such a happy and colorful line. Love the bird bracelets! Ingrid

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  13. Beautiful colors, Allison, and great designs! You did a wonderful job on your line, so cheerful!

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  14. Lovely, colorful line of jewelry Alison! Best wishes.

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  15. Really love your bracelets! The little birds nests are adorable! Wish You all the best as you enjoy your creative journey!!!

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  16. Such a pretty line! Beautiful work!

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  17. Such a pretty line! Beautiful work!

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