I'm officially hooked on this challenge! I am so enjoying seeing the inspiration picture and the beads that
Erin Prais-Hintz posts on the Halcraft
Pretty Palettes site. For January, Erin chose this picture featuring the Pantone color of the year, Marsala.
These colors are gorgeous together, and so, off to Michaels I went, in search of that lovely rich color. However, the selection at our local M's was very limited and I was hard pressed to find anything in the right color family. From the beginning, that beautiful purple gray succulent in the bouquet had caught my eye and when I found these beads below in that color range, I went off on a tangent.
Here are the beads that were used:
94760 Amethyst Glass Mix
91560 Amethyst Czech glass 6mm rondelles
80286 Amethyst stone Nugget Lustre
I added some 26 gauge Artistic Wire, threw in a little wire crochet, and here's the result:
I'm a February baby, so amethyst is my birthstone. Maybe that's why it called my name? At any rate I love the end result.
Hop on over to the
January Reveal post to see what Erin and her guest, Sarah Ostriyznick, created, and links to the other contributors as well.
Hope your day is filled with just a little more joy and grace after seeing all the pretties!
Christie
