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This necklace brings together a soft color palette that is a bit unexpected for the vibrancy of autumn. I love the special touches of fiber and the varied metal beads that…

This focal jumped right off my computer screen and grabbed a hold of me. I wanted to reach out and touch it, to see that texture close up and to marvel…

Since it is so early in the month, I was not sure that there would be anyone who was up to the challenge so quickly. But there was this one necklace,…

I have a tendency to over complicate my designs. I am often guilty of the ‘just one more’ school of thought on beading design. So it is always refreshing to me…

What I like about this piece from our friend Karin in France is that it is very simple and rustic, yet it has a complexity to it. The brick red deerskin…

There is a certain peaceful simplicity in everything that Miss Dawn of LaTouchables makes. I always stand in awe. I aspire to have this level of confidence in my own voice.…

This is the motherlode of beady goodness! When I was perusing the entries for this month, I couldn’t click on this image fast enough. The colors are in those perfectly muted…

This necklace looks like it crawled right out of the sea! The organic shapes of the shards are meant to mimic sea urchins and are spaced with turquoise chips for a…

This bracelet focal has just the right shades of coral and pink in it for this month’s challenge painting. I like the asymmetry of this style and the fact that it…