Button Swap Reveal

I had my niece & nephew w/ me when my buttons came, so I can't say for sure who was more excited to open them. So excited in fact, I forgot to take pictures of everything before I started making my pieces!My neice claimed the first set of buttons, telling me she wanted a hair clip w/ one of them. I countered w/ a matching ring using, the biggest button of the set.

She picked out the ribbon.

 When I saw this button I couldn't believe how similar it was to one I had used earlier in the year. I decided to make a ring for a 'set'

 I haven't done anything w/ this set yet, but I really like the metallic lacy design.

This is the special button & I'm torn. It could top a collage box or be part of a little pillow, I can't make up my mind. It's too beautiful to rush into something, that's the one thing I'm sure about!

 I'd like to thank my partner Kim for the great stash, I loved working w/ these buttons. Another big thanks to Cindy for putting this swap together! Here's the list , enjoy!

Alice Peterson  and Kim Bender

Angie Blasingame and Billi R.S. Rothove

 Billi R.S. Rothove and Angie Blasingame

 Birgitta Lejonklou and Pam Farren

 Bonnie Coursolle and Tania Hagen

 Brenda Salzano and Hope Smitherman

 Cat Kerr and Heather Powers

 Cece Cornier and Jeannie Dukic

 Celeste Thurston and Christine Damm

 Christine Damm and Celeste Thurston

 Christine Stonefield and Dana James

 Cilla Watkins and Lori Bowring Michaud

 Cindy Wimmer and Mimi Gardner

 Cynthia Machata and Julia Johnson

 Cynthia Riggs and Lori Finney

 Dana James and Christine Stonefield

Diana Ptaszynski and Erin Prais-Hintz

 Emma Thomas and Rebecca Anderson

 Erin Prais-Hintz and Diana Ptaszynski

 Erin Siegel and Sharon Borsavage

 Heather Powers and Cat Kerr

 Holly Westfall and Sally Russick

 Hope Smitherman and Brenda Salzano

 Jayne Capps and Kim Dworak

 Jeannie Dukic and Cece Cornier

 Jenna Meyers and Kristi Harrison

 Jenna Tomalka and Karen McKillip

 Jenny Davies Reazor and Sandi Volpe

 Julia Johnson and Cynthia Machata

 Kalaya Steede and Kylie Dickman

 Karen McKillip and Jenna Tomalka

 Karen Mitchell and Renetha Stanziano

 Karla Morgen and Mary Govaars

Kay Thomerson and Shannon Chomanczuk

 Kim Ballor and Laurel Steven

 Kim Bender and Alice Peterson

 Kim Dworak and Jayne Capps

 Kim Roberts and Partner unable to participate at this time.

 Kristi Harrison and Jenna Meyers

 Kylie Dickman and Kalaya Steede

 Kym Hunter and Lynda Moseley

 Laurel Steven and Kim Ballor

 Linda Djokic and Patty Gasparino

 Line Labrecque and Teri Baskett

 Liz DeLuca and Lorelei Eurto

 Lorelei Eurto and Liz DeLuca

 Lori Anderson and Niky Sayers

 Lori Bowring Michaud and Cilla Watkins

 Lori Finney and Cynthia Riggs

 Lynda Moseley and Kym Hunter

 Marianna Boylan and Tracy Statler

 Mary Govaars and Karla Morgen

 Mary Harding and Stacie Florer 

 Maureen Baranov and Tracy Bell

 Melissa Martin and Theresa Fosdick

 Michelle Hardy and Peggy Johnson

 Mimi Gardner and Cindy Wimmer

 Nicole Valentine Rimmer and Niki Meiners

 Niki Meiners and Nicole Valentine Rimmer

 Niky Sayers and Lori Anderson

 Pam Farren and Birgitta Lejonklou

* Pam Ferarri and Stefanie Teufel (will share their reveal on a later date)

 Patty Gasparino and Linda Djokic

 Peggy Johnson and Michelle Hardy

 Rebecca Anderson and Emma Thomas

 Rebekah Payne and Sue Kennedy

 Renetha Stanziano and Karen Mitchell

 Rose Binoya and Shanti Johnson

 Sally Russick and Holly Westfall

 Sandi Volpe and Jenny Davies Reazor

 Shannon Chomanczuk and Kay Thomerson

 Shanti Johnson and Rose Binoya

 Sharon Borsavage and Erin Siegel

 Shirley Moore and Veralynne Malone

 Stacie Florer and Mary Harding

* Stefanie Teufel and Pam Ferarri (will share their reveal on a later date)

 Sue Hamel and Terry Carter

 Sue Kennedy and Rebekah Payne

 Tania Hagen and Bonnie Coursolle

 Tania Spivey and Teresa Gagne

 Teresa Gagne and Tania Spivey

 Teri Baskett and Line Labrecque

 Terry Carter and Sue Hamel

 Theresa Fosdick and Melissa Martin

 Tracy Bell and Maureen Baranov

 Tracy Statler and Marianna Boylan

 Veralynne Malone and Shirley Moore

One Crayon Colour Challenge

 I thought this challenge was going to be a piece of cake, a breeze, a no brainer. Pick any colour I want, & use all shades of it? GREEN of course, easy peasy. I loved the orange bracelet in the example & thought I'd try something like that, but as I gathered all my greens I found these four beads & was struck w/ a different vision. 

I'd take the 4 large beads strung on cord, knotted between & on the other half smaller beads & a strand of chain w/ all the colours in an ombre fade. Uh the cord wouldn't fit through my large beads, back to the drawing board. So I decide to just string them, same ombre idea, same big beads one side ,small beads other side.





big beads don't bend



   I have touched, rearranged & fought these beads every day.  I really felt like I was losing! I wanted to stay w/ the ombre,(I'm stubborn that way) so I thought about a multi-strand bracelet

No,just no.



SO I pulled out the memory wire, my long-time friend, who rarely lets me down. I was able to stay w/ my ombre vision, kept the large nuggets & even worked in the neon~y dangles that had eluded me so far.Am I happy w/ it? maybe, I'm wearing it tomorrow so I'll know better then.



the nuggets that started it all



Enjoy the hop!!

                                              Sally Russick  http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=12388920&msgid=164274&act=EO2T&c=1116577&destination=http://www.thestudiosublime.com/

Red

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Orange

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 Yellow

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Rose Brisson    http://ahteesblog.blogspot.com

Kim Bender  http://www.kimmykats.com/

Heather Powers   http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=12388920&msgid=164274&act=EO2T&c=1116577&destination=http://www.humblebeads.blogspot.com/

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Blue

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Rebecca Anderson  http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=12388920&msgid=164274&act=EO2T&c=1116577&destination=http://songbeads.blogspot.com/

Hope Smitherman  http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=12388920&msgid=164274&act=EO2T&c=1116577&destination=http://www.craftyhope.blogspot.com/

Patti Vanderbloemen  http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=12388920&msgid=164274&act=EO2T&c=1116577&destination=http://myaddictionshandcrafted.blogspot.com/

Michelle Buettner  http://MiShelDesigns.blogspot.com

Alicia Marinache  http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=12388920&msgid=164274&act=EO2T&c=1116577&destination=http://www.allprettythings.ca/

Charissa Sloper   http://blog.obsidiansoda.com

Sonya Stille  http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=12388920&msgid=164274&act=EO2T&c=1116577&destination=http://dreaminofbeads.blogspot.com/

Maria Grimes  http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=12388920&msgid=164274&act=EO2T&c=1116577&destination=http://www.mariagrimes.blogspot.com/

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Sandi Volpe   http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=12388920&msgid=164274&act=EO2T&c=1116577&destination=http://www.sandivolpe.com/

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Catherine Pruitt  http://boobeads.blogspot.com

 Green

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Cynthia Machata    http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=12388920&msgid=164274&act=EO2T&c=1116577&destination=http://antiquitytravelers.blogspot.com/

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Purple

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Marti Conrad  http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=12388920&msgid=164274&act=EO2T&c=1116577&destination=http://www.marticsclay.blogspot.com/

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Susan Kennedy  http://www.suebeads.blogspot.com

Lisa Liddy   http://Lisaliddy.wordpress.com

Tracy Stillman  http://www.tracystillmandesigns.com

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Brown

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Black

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