So maybe it wasn't a banner day....

My days always seem to run amuck when least expected. I should stop planning and just do...
So remember that challenge box I got in my Charm group? March Challenge was to make something from a shell casing..she gave us two but we didn't have to use two. I thought about cutting it into a flower and bending the petals back, but my cutters wouldn't cut the brass fine enough..scrap that idea...While several things ran through my head, I was a bit pressed for time so this is what I did...

There is a black faceted bean you really can't see, followed by a crystal bead which is followed by a millefiori bead. Included in the "use any time " packet was some white fabric daisies, so I coppered them up to make them part of the brass casing. I met the challenge that's all I was worried about.Of course if I could use my own stuff, I would have went wild with Steampunk.
The I DARE YOU challenge in my group was Dare to make something from a pop top. Lots of idea's there but no time, so again I went with a pendant with a seashore theme.

All pendants swing freely. I used copper wire to accent the piece and small black faceted beads. Then hung a pearl on one hole, a turquoise tear drop in the next space and from the bottom I hung a seahorse accented with turquoise, hung from a green glass beaded chain. LOts of movement.
One of the charm swaps was game pieces. I used plastic scrabble tiles and filled the backs with playing card faces, topped with ice resin. Considering I couldn't see what I was doing (another story) I like the way they look.

The last swap also with the charm group was a theme for an altered key. Key to the Garden gate..it has to include things you find in a garden. I drilled a hole in the key and hung a turtle and a leaf (found in a garden) and topped the key with a butterfly, my favorite thing to find in my garden.

I had to fore go the working alarm clock, although it is something I will still do. It took more time then I had. I have a book that is so much fun, almost ready for display so that will probably be the next thing you see. I also want to make a tutorial for the type hinge I want used for a coaster book we will be making in my group. So stay tuned....
Oh I also signed up for a Christmas in July swap, we have to make 25 ATC's, then package them with our number, then each day in July we will open a different card..I'm thinking about making a special holder for them so I can bring them out comes Christmas....I have an idea for them, so stay tuned.
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