Bluebirds Fly ~ Flap Your Wings Challenge Reveal

Today I'm joining 30 artists in celebrating the life of Judy Glende—a very talented jewelry artist, and a kind and giving woman... she will be missed by all.

The challenge was to create something using the theme "Flap Your Wings" as inspiration—Flap Your Wings was the name of Judy's shop.

Tania Spivey put it so beautifully when she said "I'd like to think of Judy's passing not as LOSING a battle, but GAINING her wings!"

Here's my creation...

Bluebirds Fly

I made the rainbow focal, yellow rose, and the bluebird in polymer clay and combined them with two pretty handmade ceramic beads from Gaea, and some czech glass.


You can find it listed in my shop here. I'm offering free shipping and the proceeds I'll split and donate to the Melanoma Research Fund and the Mustang Alley Horse Rescue in Judy's memory.

Thank you Tania, for hosting this very special challenge!

Flap your wings Judy, and may your memory live on in all our hearts forever!!

Go see what everyone else made:

1. Tania Spivey

2. Lori Anderson

3. Kashmira Patel

4. Gail Accinelli

5. Rebecca Anderson

6. Rebekah Payne (you are here!)

7. Amanda Doyle Tibbetts 

8. Kim Ballor 

9. Rochelle Brisson 

10. Sandra McGriff 

11. Lana Kinney 

12. Kym Hunter 

13.  Terri Wlaschin 

14.  Ginger Bishop

15.  Shannon Chomanczuk 

16.  Kelli Jacobson

17.  Patricia Gasparino

18.  Deana Hager

19.  Erin Siegel

20.  Deborah Wenske Brooks

21.  Lynne Bowland

22.  Alicia Marinache

23.  Pam Ferrari

24.  Shirley Jones Moore

25.  Joanne Tinley

26.  Shanti Johnson

27.  Lorelei Eurto

28.  Antiquity Travelers

29.  Shelly Joyce

30.  Marlene Cupo

31.  Dee Torcherer Elgie

Bead Table Wednesday ~ 3/21/12

It's painting day again! Actually, in my studio it's painting day almost every day! But today, instead of sleepy critters, I'm painting rainbow hearts and roses.

The colors are bright and splotchy right now. I call this the "ugly stage"!

Tomorrow they will look like this:

Ah! Much better! And after a photo shoot they will head to my shop...

Here are a few other things that are on my table today...

Beautiful ceramic beads from Gaea Cannaday. I won them in the Feb ABS Challenge. I don't have many art beads in my stash (that is something I plan on changing this year!) so I can't wait to play with these!

This lovely bracelet is from the uber talented Tania Spivey. She made it with the leftovers from her Bead Soup and then held a giveaway. I still can't believe I won!! It's an amazing thing to hold another artist's jewelry in my hands and to see all the love and attention to detail put into it. And what makes this bracelet even more special to me is the polymer focal Tania made. I love the cute little flowers she makes! And the little copper flower charm is so sweet too... one of her very first I think. Yep, I totally love this bracelet!

And lastly, but certainly not least, I have this necklace to show you...

My very first Lorelei Eurto necklace! If you don't know who Lorelei is, then you must go here to see the lovelies she makes. She's got asymmetry down to a science! This necklace is also a Bead Soup creation. And from the moment I first saw it I just had to have it. It's totally me, and brings to mind my very favorite time of year when the leaves glow bright and there's no sound but the soft patter as they lightly touch the ground. Lorelei was so sweet to swap it for some of my beads. (She makes awesome things with my beads!) She says she's not sure why she stamped the word "quiet" into the center of the wire wheel... I don't think any other word would have suited it... I love it!

...and that's all for now! Thank you Gaea, Tania, and Lorelei for my new treasures!

And thanks to you all for stopping by on this Happy Bead Table Wednesday!

Come back tomorrow for the announcement of the giveaway winners! :-)