Inspiration Wednesday

I love this color palette. 

I kept dreaming of being on a beautiful island somewhere warm surrounded by clear blue water.

I was inspired to make this mixed media necklace:

The pendant is porcelain from MarshaNealStudio

Going up the necklace is handmade lampwork glass, enameled, nut, brass and ceramic beads.

Then up the back of the necklace are tiny white etched glass teardrop beads.

Here is the color palette for the next challenge:

Wow, this is such a beautiful photo I cannot stop staring at it.

Okay, so the reveal date will be December 12th.

Here are some items from the Hudson Valley Etsy team for inspiration:

TickledPinkKnits

EntropicGrace

Be sure to link up below if you made anything inspired by this week's palette.

~Shannon

For My Sweet Daughter

Inspiration Wednesday - Autumn Swirl

Design-Seeds Autumn Swirl

I can't get the sound of the wind out of my head. I am hoping that you are safe, warm and dry in the wake of such a horrible and devastating storm. I couldn't have known 2 weeks ago when I chose this photo what we were going to be presented with these last few days.

I got the time to make this necklace. I really like how it turned out. It is fun, flirty. I love the movement, it is really comfy and lightweight. The blues and creams make it easy to put on with almost any outfit where jeans are involved.

Lots of wire wrapping and chain

The ceramic beads are from Gaea. The dangles at the side aren't just pretty they are also an extender for the necklace so the wearer can choose their most comfortable length.

the button is from Artisan Clay, the etched copper I made.

Here is the theme for TWO weeks:

Design-Seeds - Mineral Hues

Here are some items from the Hudson Valley etsy Team for inspiration and wow does our team love purple!

TickledPinkKnits

MyStitchInTime

 If you made something inspired by the color palette Autumn Swirl please link up using the Linky Tool below.

Have a wonderful week and I will see you next Wednesday with a few more items from the team.

~Shannon

ForMySweetDaughter

Inspiration Wednesday - Chameleon Tones

Design Seeds- Chameleon Tones

I am so proud of myself for picking a challenging color palette for this week and actually making something with it!

Here is the necklace I created:

I started with the beautiful handmade porcelain pendant. It has flecks of green, yellow and blue in it so I thought it was the perfect starting point for this palette. Then I found in my bead stash the lime green enameled round bead, perfect when paired with the lime green porcelain button. To finish up that side of the necklace I wire wrapped a yellow porcelain donut, a porcelain heart and a porcelain bead. 

For the other side of the necklace I had these vintage lucite beads that look like wood which I thought was a perfect touch with the flower in the pendant. In between each "wood" bead I wire wrapped more porcelain round beads. I finished up the necklace with chain so it would be long but not too heavy.

I think I am going to start giving you guys 2 weeks to work on something  inspired by the color palette's I select. Don't worry though because I will be back next week to post some more inspirational pieces from the members of the Hudson Valley Etsy team to get you motivated to play along.

Here is the color palette for inspiration - the reveal will be October 31st:



Design-Seeds Autumn Swirl


Here are some items from the Hudson Valley Etsy Team for inspiration:

GetGlassy

Make an item or choose materials inspired by the palette and write a blog post about it, post the item for sale, or post the item on your website. Add the link to your blog post, shop or website in the comments in two weeks, to be featured as part of next weeks post please e-mail me at formysweetdaughter(at)me(dot)com before 6pm the night before.

The only rule is that if you use the Design-Seeds palette you must link directly to Design-Seeds.com.

Have fun and I can't wait to see what you make!

~Shannon

For My Sweet Daughter

Inspiration Wednesday - Produced Color

Produced Color

Happy Wednesday!
I am not really a purple girl (crazy I know) but I really enjoyed this challenge. I again made several pieces but I am only going to share one.

Love this pendant, it is so lightweight. From Nan Emmett on etsy

This necklace is available in my etsy shop For My Sweet Daughter

Here is the palette for next week:

Design Seeds- Chameleon Tones

Here are some items from the Hudson Valley Etsy Team for inspiration:

WishboneLetterpress

UnnamedRoad

Make an item or choose materials inspired by the palette and write a blog post about it, post the item for sale, or post the item on your website. Add the link to your blog post, shop or website in the comments next week, to be featured as part of next weeks post please e-mail me at formysweetdaughter(at)me(dot)com before 6pm next Tuesday night.

The only rule is that if you use the Design-Seeds palette you must link directly to Design-Seeds.com.

Have fun and I can't wait to see what you make!

~Shannon

For My Sweet Daughter

Inspiration Wednesday - Feathered Autumn

Feathered Autumn

Here is the Design-Seeds color palette I was working with this week. It was so inspirational I made 16 new pieces of jewelry this weekend! I am not going to show you all of them here because the page would take forever to load. I hope you enjoy this piece:

The porcelain pendant and silk are from from Marsha Neal Studio

The porcelain beads are from Gaea Cannaday

The Round disc on the side is from Nancy Schindler

I have wire wrapped each of the these handmade beads to the beautiful pedant 

I also wire wrapped a glass bead to the hook clasp

Here is the color palette for next week:

Produced Color

Here are some items from members of the Hudson Valley Etsy Team for inspiration:

VirtuosityClay

DumbBunnyDesigns

Make an item or choose materials inspired by the palette and write a blog post about it, post the item for sale, or post the item on your website. Add the link to your blog post, shop or website in the comments next week, to be featured as part of next weeks post please e-mail me at formysweetdaughter(at)me(dot)com before 6pm next Tuesday night.

The only rule is that if you use the Design-Seeds palette you must link directly to Design-Seeds.com.

Have fun and I can't wait to see what you make!

~Shannon

For My Sweet Daughter

Inspiration Wednesday - Whisked Tones

Design-Seeds - Whisked Tones

I was inspired to make a necklace this week. It features a Vintaj Natural Brass branch which I wire wrapped a porcelain bird pendant (from Marsha Neal Studios) to. I made the wire wrap messy so it was sort of like branches.

I just love this cute little bird.

then I wire wrapped agates, wood and a glass flower

and bronzite beads finish off the back of the necklace. I just love bronzite.

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Here is a lovely hat from HuzzahHandmade inspired by this color palette:

Here is the color palette for next week:

Design-Seeds - Teal Tones

Here are some items from the Hudson Valley Etsy team for inspiration:

ComfortandJoySoapCo

MilestoneDecalArt

Make an item or choose materials inspired by the palette and write a blog post about it, post the item for sale, or post the item on your website. Add the link to your blog post, shop or website in the comments next week, to be featured as part of next weeks post please e-mail me at formysweetdaughter(at)me(dot)com before 6pm next Tuesday night.

The only rule is that if you use the Design-Seeds palette you must link directly to Design-Seeds.com.

Have fun and I can't wait to see what you make!

~Shannon

For My Sweet Daughter

Inspiration Wednesday

Design-Seeds

I had no trouble at all making a necklace and earrings set inspired by this palette. I am SO not a blue girl so I was really worried about it. I try to challenge myself to only pick a color palette from the first page on Design-Seeds.com that way you are seeing the newest color palettes and I am challenged by new and inspiring palettes myself :-)

Here is the palette for next week:

Design-Seeds - Whisked Tones

Here are a few items from the Hudson Valley Etsy Team for inspiration:

mimiandlu

GimmeSunshine

catskillcandyco

Make an item or choose materials inspired by the palette and write a blog post about it, post the item for sale, or post the item on your website. Add the link to your blog post, shop or website in the comments next week.

The only rule is that if you use the Design-Seeds palette you must link directly to Design-Seeds.com.

Have fun and I can't wait to see what you make!

~Shannon

For My Sweet Daughter

Also, I have come up with what I think is a great way to share what our readers are making. If you e-mail be by 6pm the night before (so Tuesday night) I will happily share a picture of what you made and a link to your shop, blog, etc in my post. So make sure to send me an e-mail at formysweetdaughter@me.com before 6pm next Tuesday to have your item featured on the blog.