A random advice

Act, do not react.

Love it!

And the winner is…

April is gone and do you know what it means? Right! We have to see who won this bracelet!

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Here is the list of participants.

The basic rule “the more you share, more chance you have to win” explains why some names appear multiple times in the list.

So, are you excited? Well, let’s see who is the winner!

Congratulations Sofie! You are the winner!

To all the others, I want to thank you all for joining this giveaway. All your sharing and comments meant a lot to me! Thank you!

P.S. Pinning Sunday

 

 

Do you Polyvore?

I decided to explore Polyvore today and I have no idea how it works.

I think there are something like 1.235.658.006.958.652 millions of things that I still need to figure out, but in the meantime I made a set.

Do you recognise the earrings?

What do you say? Do they match the outfit?

Giveaway!

Big news today!

I have decided to host my first giveaway! This is something completely new to me, so I want to keep it simple.

First of all, I’ll show you what you can win, so in case you are not interested you can immediately stop reading (please don’t!).

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It’s a memory wire-bangle-style bracelet in bronze and blue, and it’s perfect for spring/summer.

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To win it, leave a comment to this blog and an additional comment if you:
1)Like Chic and Frog on Facebook;
2)Link to this blog post on your Facebook wall (please, provide the link to your wall);
3)Talk about this giveaway in your blog (please, provide the link to your blog);
4)Follow my blog;
5)Subscribe to my Da Wanda shop.

The giveaway will close on the 30th of April.

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And don’t forget to include your mail, so that I can contact you!

Thursday with colours

Today I want to show you a pair of earrings that would be perfect for a dinner out in an elegant restaurant.

I found these glass beads in a vintage open market some time ago and I instantly felt in love with them.

The gold, the black and the gray meet and melt into each other in a way that reminds me of water colours.

There is a sort of fluidity in that pattern, don’t you think?

If you want to see more photos, click here!

Thursday with colour

When you make something it can happen that you have the feeling that something in you piece is off. It’s not that you are not happy with it but… B-U-T.

It’s just a “but” in your mind, nothing more specific or helpful.

 

When I made these earrings, I felt that something was wrong, the overall composition didn’t work for me, but I couldn’t tell exactly what was out of tune.

I set them aside and I almost forgot about them, since last weekend when I decided that it was time to do something.

 

 

I changed the bronze disc with a lucite bead in the shape of a leaf and added some green glass beads.

 

I think that there is more light now, they are more lively. Basically, I think that they are finally over.

And you? Which version do ou prefer?

 

Photo a Day Challenge: week 4

Wow! These photos mark the end of November and the beginning of the new month.

Four weeks of challenge and it really doesn’t seem like that. This is a great thing as it means that I am living this challenge with the right mood: no pressure, no stress, just fun.

As always, these were the prompts for this week:

Week 3 – A photo a day

And that’s what I captured:

#26

Pasta, pasta and more pasta

#27

A little tree full of yellow leaves
and red berries

#30

A special birthday wish on my wall

#1

I cannot start a day without
some coffee

Are you curious to know what else will bring December? Here is the complete list that Chantelle put together for us!

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Challenge of Color

This year, for the 3rd Annual Challenge of Color, Erin Prais-Hintz of Tesori trovati thought really big!

Along with Brandi Hussey of Brandi Girl Blog, a real color guru, they selected the 40 images taken from the Earth As Art image gallery to use in the challenge.

Erin sent each of the 80 participants two palettes, so that we could choose the one we liked the most.

I received these two colors palettes.

1:

2:

Do you recognize Brendi style when we talk about palettes? She is really unique!

After some thinking I selected palette number 2: Lake Amadeus, a salt lake in Australia as I found out later. Honestly, it was really hard to take a decision, but in the end it was my resolution not to buy new beads that made the difference.

I have a lot of brown beads or stones in my stash, but no white or grey ones. Also I never used any blue beads in my pieces, so I thought this was the perfect occasion.

Picking up the colours was pretty easy: blue, lime-green and light violet.

The blue focal is a wonderful cuff connector from Heather Powers of HumbleBeads, then I used round amethyst beads and lime-green jade beads.

You know, I would have never thought to match blue and lime-green, but now I am enchanted by this combination. These two colours look wonderful together.

That’s why I like to join this challenge as the Bead Soup Blog Hop© challenge, because you are somehow forced to experiment and to work with new tools.

Now, are you ready to hop? I cannot wait to see what the other participants made!

Erin Prais-Hintz    http://treasures-found.blogspot.com
Rebecca Anderson    http://songbeads.blogspot.com
Kris Auderer    http://strandedinthecity.wordpress.com
Chrizette Bayman    http://beadsoupmix.blogspot.com
Lori Bowring Michaud    http://artfullyornamental.blogspot.com
Courtney Breul    http://beadsbybreul.blogspot.com/
Lynsey Brooks    http://yellowunicorncreations.blogspot.co.uk
Stephanie Buss    http://maxandlucie.blogspot.com
Iveth Caruso    http://www.creativeatelier.net/
Shannon Chomanczuk    http://www.formysweetdaughter.blogspot.com
Lisa Cone    http://inspiredadornments.blogspot.com/
Cece Cormier    http://thebeadingyogini.com
Lori Dorrington    http://lorisglassworks.blogspot.com
Dawn Doucette    http://designsbydawnmarie.blogspot.com
Jeannie Dukic    http://site.jkdjewelry.com/blog/
Kim Dworak    http://cianciblue.blogspot.com/
Beth Emery    http://storiesbyindigoheart.blogspot.com
Janice Everett    http://JLynnJewels.blogspot.com
Pam Farren    http://www.re-maker.blogspot.com
Donetta Farrington    http://simplygorgeous-donetta.blogspot.com
Gloria Ferrer    http://judetaama.blogspot.com.es/
Cherrie Fick    http://designsinthelight.com
Therese Frank    http://www.theresestreasures59.blogspot.com
Patty Gasparino    http://www.mylifeunderthebus.typepad.com
Tanya Goodwin    http://pixiloo.blogspot.com
Ambra Gostoli    http://chicandfrog.wordpress.com <— You are here!
Jess Green    http://tabbiekoshka.blogspot.co.uk/
Denielle Hagerman    http://somebeadsandotherthings.com
Mary Harding    www.maryhardingjewelrybeadblog.blogspot.com
Karla Hartzog    http://www.karlakrafts.com
Kim Hora    http://www.kimmykats.com
Brandi Hussey    http://brandigirlblog.com
Emanda Johnson    http://ArtemisiaStudio.blogspot.com
Jennifer Justman    http://soulsfiredesigns.blogspot.com/
Sue Kennedy    http://suebeads.blogspot.com
Ema Kilroy    http://emakaye.blogspot.com
Lee Koopman    http://Stregajewellry.wordpress.com
Linda Landig    http://www.LindasBeadBlog.com
Kirsi Luostarinen    http://kirsiluokorut.blogspot.com
Cynthia Machata    http://antiquitytravelers.blogspot.com/
Alicia Marinache    http://www.allprettythings.ca
Beth McCord    http://www.ebbeadandmetalworks.blogspot.com
Mary K McGraw    http://mkaymac.blogspot.com/
Karen Mitchell    http://www.overthemoon-design.com
Cheri Mitchell-Reed    http://creativedesignsbycheri.blogspot.com/
Aimee Moisa    http://threecatsdancing.blogspot.com
Karla Morgan    http://www.texaspepperjams.blogspot.com
Penny Neville    http://copperpennydesigns.blogspot.com
Becky Pancake    http://beckypancakebeaddesigns.blogspot.com
Kashmira Patel    http://sadafulee.blogspot.com
Alice Peterson    http://alice-dreaming.blogspot.com
Kayla Potega    http://www.teejewelry.blogspot.com
Debbie Price    http://greenshoot.blogspot.co.uk
Bobbie Rafferty    http://beadsong.blogspot.com
Caron Reid    http://caronmichelle.blogspot.com.au/
Nicole Rennell    http://nicolerennell.com/blog
Cynthia Riggs    http://cynthsblog.blogspot.com
Andrea Ross    http://silvermapledesigns.blogspot.com/
Sally Russick    http://thestudiosublime.com
Annie Scherz    http://www.studioluma.ca
Pam Sears    http://crazycreativecorner.blogspot.com/
Renetha Stanziano    http://lamplightcrafts.blogspot.com
Sandra Stein    http://sannipanni.wordpress.com
Kristen Stevens    http://kristen-beadjourney.blogspot.com
Tracy Stillman    http://www.tracystillmandesigns.com
Sherri Stokey    http://www.knotjustmacrame.com/
Lola Survillo    http://www.beadlolabead.blogspot.com
Kay Thomerson    http://KayzKreationz.blogspot.com
Jo Tinley    http://daisychaindesignsjewellery.blogspot.com
Emma Todd    http://www.apolymerpenchant.com
Cory Tompkins    http://www.tealwaterdesigns.blogspot.com
Pam Traub    http://www.klassyjoolz.blogspot.com
Melissa Trudinger    http://beadrecipes.wordpress.com
Michelle Tucker    http://michellescreativemusings.blogspot.com/
Shelley Graham Turner    http://www.shelleygrahamturner.blogspot.com
Monique Urquhart    http://ahalfbakednotion.blogspot.com/
Rachel Van-Walsk    http://balancedcrafts.com/blog
Patti Vanderbloemen    http://www.myaddictionshandcrafted.blogspot.com
Lesley Watt    http://thegossipinggoddess.blogspot.com
Lynn White    http://lynnwhitejewelry.com
Joan Williams    http://www.lilrubyjewelry.com

Have fun!

Thursday with colour

This year, as last year, I decided to join the Challenge of Color hosted by Erin Prais-Hintz of Treasures Found.

Erin is an amazing polymer clay artist and jewellery designer. If you take a look at her Etsy shop, you will be really impressed by her unique style.

The blog hop for the 3rd Challenge of Color will be tomorrow, and today I want to freshen up your memory by showing you what I made for my first Challenge of color.

For this bracelet I used Swarovski beads in petrol and green shades, wrinkled silk fabric in a neutral pink shade and ceramic beads.

Aaah! Swaroski beads are so nice to touch, I love that feeling!

Anyway, this was one year ago. For the blog hop of tomorrow I can tell you that there will be another bracelet in completely different colors and materials.

As I am a kind person, I am posting a preview… Sorry for the quality of the photo!

Tomorrow I will post better ones, really!