Finally got the camera out!

I have been finished with my entry for the EBW Bollywood challenge for quite some time.  I wanted to make sure that I got this one in on time since I had so much fun making it.  But as always I had a hard time convincing myself to drag out the camera and photo tent and tripod, etc, etc, etc.  It will be so nice when I have room to have the all this stuff setup all the time.  So it will be super easy to just snap some quick pictures.  But I digress.

So without further ado, here is my entry for this month's challenge.  I was really excited to do this challenge.  I love the beauty of Bollywood movies.  They are so colorful and beautiful and a little over the top.

I had been playing with my clay recently.  I have boxes of clay and supplies, but have really never sat down and used it.  I have tried in the past, but it just wasn't for me.  But since my lampwork studio is unusable right now, I thought I'd get out the clay and try again.

I just made a couple cabs.  Nothing special, just used some foil I had and made circles and hearts.  Just to see what it would look like and if it would be possible to bead around them.  I've made a cuff with one of the hearts but, I had this one cab that I didn't know what I was going to do with it.  It was huge at about 2 inches wide.  What was I going to do with this large pink cab?  Then this month's challenge was announced and I knew exactly what I wanted to do with it.

So I went to work doing a bead embroidery medallion using silver lined gold beads, copper lined clear beads, and my favorite vintage black AB beads.  I backed the necklace with light brown leather and added purple fossil beads as a fun and colorful beaded edge. 

I have decided that I have plenty of product for shows, so I have decided to push myself and try new things.  So I have decided to try spiral stitch.  And I have to say, I love this stitch.  It makes such a lovely beaded rope for pendents and medallions or just by itself.  And it works up so much quicker for me that my other favorite; circular herringbone.  I have been playing with different beads sizes and type also, and love what is coming out.  I'll have pictures of some of those soon. 

I used the silver lined gold, the copper lined clear, the vintage beads, as well as a transparent pink to bring the color of the cab into the beaded rope.  Then I got a huge filigre button for the clasp.  Love that button so much; it's just so pretty.

And because I'm having so much fun with spiral stitch, I made a little wrap bracelet to match.  It's not exactly the same as the necklace rope because I don't like things that are matchy-matchy.  It's just a fun little extra that matches the necklace and pulls everything together.  

Now I only have the problem of naming this creation and getting it listed on etsy.  I guess I have a couple days still to do this.  But I better get my butt in gear.  That's easier said then done these days.

You can check out my challenge entry piece HERE on etsy.