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Monday, February 22, 2016

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?

12 comments:

  1. Luv the stacking bracelets, each unique into themselves but can all be worn together. I too hope he issues her another challenge, lol.

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  2. These are really interesting, I've never seen guitar strings used like this! Good job!

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    1. I've been playing with all kinds of way to use guitar strings. Thank you for paying me a visit.

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  3. What a unique idea to use guitar (and bass!) strings for the base of your bracelets. My favorite is that last one with the shells... but I love how the three go together! Thanks so much for playing along with me this month!

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    1. I like the shell one best too...anything that reminds me of the beach :) Thanks for stopping by!

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  4. I love your bracelets!!!! What a fun mix of ideas (that I am sure look incredible stacked on top of each other) now I need to not only make earrings, but some fun bracelets too!!!! My first one to try will be the wire wrapped seed bead bangle! Fun!!!!

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    1. You should blog about your seed bead bangle when it is done! Thanks for stopping by!

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  5. How incredibly clever, using guitar strings like that! I love the way that the bracelets look together--just like the photo--but they're also so lovely on their own. Lovely work! :)

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  6. What a fun and unique idea! My favorite is the original one with the brown telephone cord! I love it! My favorite bead you used is the rusty starfish, it ads to the whimsy of the trio! And I can't believe you can wrap seashells with wire around wire... My world of ideas is open up as I type this!

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    1. lol, Thank you Alison, glad you got a little inspiration. Thanks for stopping by.

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