Winner and Your Color IQ...

Congrats to Viki who FINALLY was able to correctly guess the plan for my giant stash of fabric...a duvet cover! This French Lagoon button is on its way to her.... I'm sure it would have helped your guesses if I would have told you that there's 12 yards of the fabric (math error...should have only bought 6 yards but I wanted to make it reversible and listened to the fabric store employee who cut 6 yards of each fabric rather than 3 of each). Needless to say, there will be accent pillows happening as well!

Thank you so much to everyone who commented with their opinion on glazed vs unglazed button backs...You definitely reinforced my usual button/pendant back glazing habits so I will continue to do so (even though it can be quite a bugger at times). There were 20 different commenters for the giveaway so courtesy of random.org here is the winner....drum roll please....

#9 which belongs to Michelle Mach! Congrats Michelle!! I'll send you an email today so we can figure out what you'd like to claim for your prize!

I leave you with a fun little task for the weekend...
Check out the Color IQ test, where you organize color chips by hue to determine how accurately you perceive slight color differences. If you miss any it gives you a breakdown of the areas where you have more difficulty discriminating between the hues. Not that I'm competitive or anything (cough, cough) but I did happen to get a perfect score :) The hubster scored 15. Try it and let me know how you did!

What is YOUR signature color?

Can't you just hear Julia Roberts in Steel Magnolias? "Pahnk is mah signatchuh culah!" :)

I remember hearing that line, thinking at the time, that's silly, who the heck has a signature color?? Well, apparently I do! As a jewelry artist or beadmaker, do you find yourself drawn to one certain color, or color scheme? If you've seen my work, you know I love earthy and rustic, but have you noticed all of the turquoise? (Lucky for me it's supposed to be one of THE colors this Fall. It just pulls me in like a magnet. All shades of blues and greens do, actually. My sister attributes it to being a water sign, Pisces. I think I just like the tranquility.

After so many recent shows, I've placed quite a few orders for beads and components the last couple weeks to restock. Tonight I had 2 especially wonderful packages to open. (Don't you just LOVE opening up new beads you've ordered!! ) One from our own LMAJ artist, Barbara Lewis the other from Gaea. I actually laughed out loud when I laid them out on the table. I just knew I'd found my Friday blog post.

Funny, huh? No, I didn't order them all to match. And yes, the first thing I thought of was "Spring", Easter eggs, baby chicks, bunnies..... But aren't they beautiful!!!

These are the other wonderful, enameled beads that arrived from Barbara, which are going to work wonderfully with beads I already have on hand from Mary Ann Carroll and Elaine Ray.

Are you still laughing about my Spring color palette of beads? Well, fear not. I will be able to pair them with some earthier, warmer colors that will work for Fall.

So, what is YOUR signature color?

Charm of the Week: Fun Rainbow Dangle Anklet

I love bright, lively colored jewelry pieces. Especially when the outfit allows it to pop! This anklet is to make sure to make your pedicure do the same.  A mixture of frosted glass beads and bright rainbow e beads are used. And I love the starburst spacers I found.  I think they really add a lot of sparkle to the anklet. The rings dance around your ankle.  I hope you enjoy!

Fun Rainbow Dangle Anklet