The playful artwork for August evokes the feeling of walking in a park in the fall. The trees seem to be alive with color and almost dancing. Same is true for this beautiful bib style necklace from WinterBirdStudio. The…
Isn’t this month’s challenge artwork fun? I love the playful abstraction of the park and trees. But what I couldn’t help notice about this month’s inspiration was how on trend it is with the Pantone color palette for fall.…
My muse is torn between wanting to hold one to those last few weeks of summer and looking ahead to the fall season. So somewhere in those long, hot days of August I’m reminded of teenage summers at the…
Our Wonderful sponsors for the August Challenge. We will have 2 Lucky Winners this Month! Swoondimples Heather Millican of Swoondimples creates inspirational and wonderful beads, pendants and jewelry. Her polymer clay style rustic and beautiful. Hop over to her…
“Park Near Lu” By Paul Klee, 1938 Oil and coloured paste on paper on jute; original frame strips 100 x 70 cm About the Art “Park near Lu.” was created when Klee was stimulated by an impression of nature…
Congratulations to the July Monthly Challenge winners! 2 winners was chosen randomly from all the challenge entrants. Winner of a month of advertising on ABS from the Monthly Challenge Bead category. ::: Our First lucky winner is Shaiha Williams/Shaiha Designs. She has won a…
Whether you were inspired by the color palette (light blue shaded to dark blue, creamy yellows, inky blacks, slate grey and the vibrant pop of reddish-orange) or the subject matter (water, bridges, boats, stars, fireworks), this month’s challenge inspiration…
There are some things that are just meant to be. Like when Alison looked into her stash and found the exact right pendant for this month’s inspiration. Fireworks are often named for flowers so that makes this pendant perfect.…
Once again these were the components we had to work with, Michelle of Fire Fly Design Studio provided the the earthenware discs and tiny beads. Anne of Gardanne Handcrafted Enamel provided the enameled long ovals. I just read Michelle’s…
It is time for the big reveal….Michelle from Firefly Design Studio and Anne from Gardanne each started with identical ceramic and enameled pieces and thought it would be fun to see what each comes up with. Here is a…