SOCIAL MEDIA

11/30/11

Challenge of Color Blog Hop

A big thank you goes out to Erin of Tesori Trovati Jewelry and Treasures Found: Inspiration is Everywhere blog fame for hosting a fabulous blog hop today.  Each of us were given a specific color palette to work within to design a piece of jewelry.

I chose "Brown" as my general color choice, and here is the palette Erin chose for me:

Palette courtesy of: Design Seeds


Aren't those colors just so rich and beautiful?  Here's what I made:



I love the earthy feel of the colors, and was able to pull in some gorgeous river rock beads, beautiful Picasso-finish Czech roundels and small wood rounds to combine with antiqued copper wire and handmade copper headpins.  I made the mosaic focal specially to match this color palette, using stained glass and a pre-made bezel.





The colors of the beads and rocks compliment the stained glass mosaic focal beautifully and the little dangly charms and lucite leaf add whimsical elements to the design.


 


Take a few minutes and check out the other participants' blogs to see what they did with their own palettes:

18 Tari Kahrs ~ Orange ~ Citrus Tones
23 Amy Severino ~ Orange ~ Winged Tones
28 Linda Landig ~ Green ~ Cacti Dark
35 CJ Bauschka ~ Teal ~ Teal Air
41 Jenni Connolly ~ Gray ~ Paw Tones
Jenni said...

Love how you did the focal...and the addition of the stones is just genius. Love the little pop of red that sparks up the very earthy palette. A really gorgeous look.
Jenni

Pips said...

This is so beautiful!! I love the focal so much. Wonderful!

T... said...

stunning creation, wonderful rich colours and love how the little beads in your piece resemble the pepper corns in your palette....love the focal

Alice said...

I love your stained glass focals! Your necklace is just lovely with all the wonderful elements and beautiful, earthy colors.

Tanya said...

Molly, that is just beautiful. I love your focal. All the beads just come together so seamlessly.

Anonymous said...

I love the stained glass focal! Beautiful creation.

jeannieK said...

Excellent! Did you make the focal? It's so unique.

lunedreams said...

Oh it's so peppery! Love it! Love the big bold ball headpins, and how you used the oval rolo chain links. Inspired and inspiring!

Cynthia said...

I love the eclectic feel of your necklace. Great job matching the peppery palette.

Heidi Post said...

So that pendant was a coincidence??? Great job! I love the headpins.

Holly said...

Oh, Molly! What an incredible palette you received, and your necklace is just beautiful! That pendant is stunning...

Amy S. said...

The focal on this is just amazing! YOu really captured your palette perfectly!

I LOVE color! said...

Love your design I would wear this one anywhere.
Be blessed to be a blessing

Kathleen Lange Klik said...

Your design is fantastic! I really like the incorporation of wire work and I love, love, love the stained glass pendant that you created! Really beautiful!

Dawn Doucette said...

Molly, I really was excited to see what you were going to design with this color palette. You certainly brought your A game! Love the simplicity of your design while being true to the colors! Gorgeous!
{Hugs!}

4His Glory Creations by CJ said...

I just recently did a class on stained glass mosaic pendents, yours is terrific. Love your color pallet. Your piece flows. Love it!

Mary K. McGraw said...

Your pendant is fabulous and really show cases your color palette. Of course I am real partial to brown so really like your piece.

Maneki said...

Lovely necklace! I really like those little seed bead dangles with the red ends. The pendant looks very nice too. I really like the mini mosaic. Great job!

Shai Williams said...

I never would have thought that brown could be so beautiful. I just love the necklace.

KayzKreationz said...

I love those earthy colors. And the way you incorporated the river rock/beads in with it. Great job.

Bobbie said...

How beautiful! The mosaic is just perfect - bravo!

Unknown said...

OMG I am in absolute LOVE with your mosaic focal. Your wirework is outstanding and frankly I am in complete awe!

Shirley said...

Miss Molly, you are outstanding! This is such a beautiful piece in so many ways. I'm totally blown away by the focal, and love, love, love the river rock. So thrilled to get to see this!

SoulsFireDesigns said...

Aw, Molly, how do you do that?! You always surprise me with our creations! Absolutely lovely, that stained glass pendant is just so wonderful! Great palette and you did an amazing job.

My Life Under the Bus said...

This is gorgeous those headpins totally mimic the tiny pepper berries! This is stunning!

Shannon Chomanczuk said...

Beautiful, I love your mosaic!
Shannon C

Anonymous said...

Molly, I love the flow of the necklace, the pendant caught my eye and I couldn't wait to take in the whole design!! Absolutely GORGEOUS! I love the earthy vibe! Outstanding as always!!

Regina said...

What a beautiful pendant you made! Love the various elements peppered throughout your necklace. Great job!

Anonymous said...

I am speechless, the mosaico focal is gorgeous!
Great job!

Ambra

CraftyHope said...

OH MY GOODNESS!!! You really did a fabulous job matching up to your palette. And, you made something that is just awesome. That mosaic focal is simply inspired. Just, wow!

Maria said...

Love this piece! So Beautiful, simply beautiful!

Jo said...

That is lovely! What a great idea to use mosiac to pull all the colours out.

Amy F said...

That is stunning! I love those stones and that pendant!

Starstruckbooks said...

That is the most lovely pallette, so warm! Lovely interpretation of it too. The stones throughout really ground the piece. Stunning.

SueBeads said...

WOW! Your focal is fantastic! Amazing job!

Lori Bowring Michaud said...

Oh Molly, I absolutely LOVE your necklace. The small beads mimic the peppercorns and the focal is PERFECT! Love it!

Unknown said...

That focal is gorgeous!