February 2016 Honey Do List Challenge

A few weeks ago I came across this from SJ Designs Jewelry:





"My husband has issued his February "Honey Do List" challenge and it's one that anyone could play along with! He's taken one of his photos and pulled a color palette from it.

If you're interested in playing along as part of a blog hop, shoot me a message and we can do a list of blog links... otherwise, feel free to share your creations in the comments of my reveal post. Reveal date will be Monday, February 22... I hope you'll join me!"


What a great idea! And I love the photo! I love to be challenged, and this challenged me quite a bit. Rarely do I use these colors in my designs, but as I started playing around with my stash of beads, I wonder why I haven't. They really go well together.

So, what did I come up with? Well, I knew I wanted something that was different, outside of the box. I decided to make a set of guitar string bracelets. As I studied the colors in the pallet, I saw a familiar color...

I had this guitar string bracelet already made. I had it in my "Maybe I'll put it in my Etsy shop stash." I made this by wrapping the guitar string with Sari ribbon and then wrapping old brown telephone wire around it. I then added a bit of lace for a feminine touch. I decided to use this as my base piece. I needed two more bracelets.

This next one, I used a bass string and then wrapped with copper wire. I wrapped green, brown and amber beads around the bracelet.

Now for my last bracelet. I used one guitar string, and decided to use some of my signature items on it...stuff from the sea! I wrapped some of the beads I used from the bass bracelet and added shells.

All was done, except for one color. The rusty orange. Now, at first I figured the copper wire could represent that, but it is really not that noticeable, so I needed something else. Then, I remembered I had some rusty orange starfish beads....perfect!

And there you have it. My rendition of this beautiful piece of photography....Set of Three Guitar String Bracelets February 2016 Honey Do List Challenge.

I had a lot of fun doing this, and hope she gives us another challenge....maybe next month?