Art Bead Scene Blog

Hi Art Bead Sceners! Are you having a good week? Has Spring reached you yet? Have you entered our giant birthday giveaway yet? (Hop over and do so if not!). There's so much going on with ABS at the moment - giveaways, new members of the team - Mary Harding, Claire Lockwood, Ema Kilroy - collaborative projects that are going on behind the scenes (yes indeed, watch this space!)....it feels energetic and like we are ready for our 8th year of Art Beads! Are you ready to come along for the ride? Are you? We hope so!

This week, we're still on with stringing materials, and I thought it only apt that I share some of 'new girl' Claire's beautiful hand-patinated chain.

Violet

Verdigris

Lagoon Blue

Isn't it rather special? Claire is currently sold out of this lovely stuff - but I bet if you gave her a wee nudge, she might be able to whip you up a custom order or two.

Here are a couple of pieces of jewellery created using Claire's chain ~

Seahorse Necklace from Buttoned Up Beads

Hop to it from Songbead (me!)

I would love to see some other creative uses of this fun chain! Share your pictures either in link form in the comments, or post them on our Facebook page.

Next week is the Monthly Challenge Recap so the next time you see me for Monday's Musings, it will be April, can you believe! And April is a special month for me, because it's my birthday month. (Feel free to send beads and cake, by the way ;-) ) It's also the first of that famous saying....April Showers bring May Flowers.....so I think we've got our next two monthly themes sorted! Water beads is our new theme for April....I can't wait to see what you will find. They can be directly water-inspired (raindrops, sea swirls, clear pools etc) - or why not think out of the box - creatures that live in the water, plants that grow in the water.....see what you can find.

And now for the BeadBlogger Links. Have a great week!

A Bead A Day
Special occasion jewelry can also provide comfort. Lisa created a colorful and sparkly bracelet to focus on while flying!

Art Bead Scene
Celebrate Art Bead Scene's 7th Birthday with are mahooooosive giveaway!!!

The Writing and Art of Andrew Thornton
To celebrate National Craft Month, Fusion Beads is hosting a month-long challenge! Get an overview of what Andrew has made for the first fifteen days! (And play along if you're game!)

Resin Crafts Blog
With a week of posts featuring Nunn Design new components it was hard to choose a favorite, but this pearl filled bezel does stand out.

Carmi's Art/Life Blog
With my collection of vintage linens finally sorted and displayed I made some time to make a new necklace featuring the embroidery from one tablecloth.

Felt Peep Bunnies
Cherie shares some Peep bunnies she made out of felt.

Preserving Memories: Creating "This is Cartegena" Digital Scrapbook Paper
The instant Eileen saw this graffitied wall in the old city of Cartagena, she said to her husband, "I could make a scrapbook paper of that!" Then she snapped away.

A Creative Dream
June is celebrating the arrival of spring by giving away a bouquet of flowers!

Get Hopping!
The Crafty Princess participated in a fun Dazzle-It blog hop. See what she cooked up with the jewelry supplies they sent her.

Mixed Media Artist
Here's a quick, easy, and useful project you can do with your scrap papers...scrap magnets!

Beading Arts
Cyndi has had the chance to play with some new products from Fire Mountain Gems, and she came up with a crazy little pair of brightly colored mixed media earrings for the spring!

Snap out of it, Jean! There's beading to be done!
Jean writes about the 8th Bead Soup Blog Party hosted by Lori Anderson and what she received from her super wonderful partner Jen Purple--wow!!!

Rebecca is a Scottish jewellery designer, currently living in Belfast, Northern Ireland. You can read more about her and her work at her blog, songbeads.blogspot.com and see more of her jewellery at songbead.etsy.com. She also has a supplies shop at thecuriousbeadshop.etsy.com.