Total Eclipse

Did I tell you Karlene is having an Eclipse extravaganza over at her blog?  This Friday it is my turn to be the contest sponsor. My sponsorship just might have something to do with this:

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I Need Ideas

Ok, I have a friend that likes to go on road trips, hold give-aways and extravaganzas.  This year she is holding an extravaganza in conjuction with the realase of the movie Eclipse from the Twilight series.

 Did you see where she said, "lots of totally cool prizes from our ever-growing list of sponsors" ?

And did you see where she has me listed as a sponsor in the sidebar?
CustomScentsOnline
Inksplasher
Jess
Kristen Landon
LibrisPro
Nichole Giles
Rebecca Talley
Sandra - The Dance
Sarah M. Eden
Suan - Life Is Good
Tristi Pinkston
 
Yes, I told her I would donate an Eclipse themed bracelet for the Extravaganza. Then I told her I would donate a set of 3 Twighlight themed bangles for the gift basket at the end of the extravaganza. But I have no idea what I want the bangles to look like.
 
Jess and I have been kicking around a few ideas, but I have not settled on any one of them as what I really want the bangles to look like.
 
So I am coming to you to get some help. I need to have the bracelets done before my turn to post so that everyone can see it and want it. So if you were going to design a bracelet- either for Eclipse or for the set, what would it/they look like?
 
In the next couple of days, I will be posting some more on my jewlery blog and in my etsy shop so you can look at them if you want to see what I have done in the past.
 
 

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Organization

The boys and I made this on Friday. Here is Brandi doing her best Vanna White impersonation after we are all done. I bought too many cross pieces and not enough "t" joints but we improvised and it works. I don't think my "laundry room" (alcove in the family room made by bookcases) has ever been this clean in the last 17 years! It is so nice to have everyone's baskets off of the floor.

I even have one that we labeled "Deal With It" If I find it on the floor or am not sure who's it is, I put it in this basket. If it is still there when I go down the next day to do laundry, too bad because the basket gets emptied into a DI (thrift store) bag. Why didn't I get to this earlier?

You can see I was doing laundry as we worked, so it was put to immediate use

I included this close up shot just in case you want to make one because I'll tell you a secret if you promise not to tell anyone else. I had a hard time figuring out how he did the braces that go front to back and cut the risers wrong. Lucky for me, all I had to do to make it right was cut them in half. I felt like we were playing with giant Tinker toys.

Then I did a bit more playing around with bangles.

I saw these stickers and just couldn't resist. They were so cute.

Calypso Blue

I'm pairing it with the blue beads and hoops and shoes I bought this weekend to go with the yellow dress I also bought this weekend (Jess, Matt and I went shopping, bought 8 shirts, 5 pair of jeans, the above mentioned jewelry, 2 pair of shoes and spent less than $200. Yay for clearance sales)

Jess sparked this idea when we were talking about some beads we want to make using the comic papers.

I was having a hard time getting a good shot of this one. The inside is my favorite part. This bangle seems to be the favorite of all of them this weekend.

Another try

Here they are all together.

I didn't get a shot of the travel sticker bracelet by itself.

I was going to post a short video of Jordan, but I am having problems getting it into the right format to post. I'll work on that some more tomorrow, right now I have some abnormal psych waiting for me.

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Bangles

Just something I was doodling around with this weekend. We have so many ideas running around here of things we would like to do with the unfinished bracelets. There is no way I could ever wear all the bracelets we have ideas to make. I think I may need to open an Etsy shop.

This one is my favorite.
I am for sure keeping this one and the flower one.

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