MiShel Designs

Happy Easter!

May you be surrounded with

beauty, peace and love today

Until Next Time,

Peace. Love.

~Shel~

I'm linking up with
I Heart Macro today, too.

Dreaming,...

I'm dreaming of beautiful colors today.

What are dreaming of?

Linking up with This or That Thursday

over on Deb Duty's Blog today.

Care to join me?

Click to enlarge any of the photos

Until Next Time,

Peace, Love and Sweet Dreams!

Cheers,

~Shel~

BTW,...

It's Bead Table Wednesday,....

I just finished one of my "Shel's Ribbons" in pink for a client and I'm working on a ton of ear wires for clients and a bunch of other things today, too.

What's on your Bead Table Today?

Check out the Bead Table Wednesday Group

over on Flickr and see what's happening!

Shel's Ribbon - MiShel Designs

Until Next Time,

Peace, Love and Busy Wednesdays!

Cheers,

~Shel~

What's Your Color, Baby?!

Have you heard the news?

Sally over at Studio Sublime is having a

One Crayon Color Challenge.

Oh - How Fun Is This Going To Be?

Hurry on over and sign up for the fun - there's only going to be 50 spots open.

Oh my - all the lovely colors we're going to get to feast our eyes upon,.....I'm already drooling!

Until Next Time,

Peace, Love and What Color Am I Going To Be?!!

Cheers,

~Shel~

Suburban Girl Studio Design Team - Spring Reveal

Wow - this has been so much fun!

Some of you might remember back here, when I mentioned that I was luckily selected as one of Diana's members for her Suburban Girl Studio Design Team?

Well, today's the reveal date for Spring 2012.

Here's the lovely items that Diana over at

Suburban Girl Studio so graciously sent me.

Beautiful, right? The glass bead was made by fellow Design Team member and talented lampwork artist Jan over at Molten Mayhem and the Sunset Orange Porcelain Flower Pendant was made by Diana herself.

I can't tell you how many times I tried this and I tried that. I put things together and pulled things apart. I tried Irish waxed linen with seed beads, but the ones I really wanted to use, which were the perfect color, were way too small and the cord wouldn't fit through them. Not to mention that the design did nothing to highlight either the pendant or the glass beads,....man, it was starting to look like I might not have a design that I was pleased with finished in time for the reveal.

But,...at last, it came together. Here's the finished design.

My son remarked this week that my design colors are usually "blacks, greys, blues, silvers and stuff like that". And he's right - so these colors were a real treat! They're bright and cheery and definitely remind me of spring; especially with everything blooming and colors popping up everywhere here in the desert.

I love using recycled Sari Silk in my designs.
And then of course, true to my usual style,
(if you could even say that I have a specific style)
is the use of silver with the addition of the chain
and beaded dangles.

And, notice how I could wear this to a PHX Suns game and be loaded with yummy team spirit?

Yeah Baby!!

Please be sure to check out the other
Design Team Members
by clicking on their names in the list below to see the amazing items they've created.

You'll be glad you did!!

Special thanks to Diana for so graciously setting up this Design Team and sharing her lovely art pendants and beads with us and to Jan this season for giving us all one of her lovely glass beads - you two are amazing!!

2012 Suburban Girl Studio Design Team

Diana Ptaszynski
Jenny Davies-Reazor
Kristen Stevens
Jan Onipenco
Marla James
Sandra Basara Mille
Michelle Buettner

Peace, Love and Design Team Spirit!

Cheers,

~Shel~

Fun Things,...

I really wanted to tell you all about a few amazing things happening on some of the blogs I follow.

1st up, over on Brandi Girl Blog

(you know you LOVE her blog as much as I do!!)

Brandi's offering her new Photoshop Elements class

at a super incredible price.

If you have PS Elements and need any sort of help, Brandi's your girl! I have Photoshop CS (and don't have a clue how to really use it other than to crop, lighten up, and put a couple of words on a photo!) and I'm thinking of getting Elements just so I can take Brandi's class and finally start to understand some things and get a little un-techno challenged! So, click on over and read all about it. You shouldn't miss this great opportunity, okay?

Next, Lori Anderson is having an incredible give-a-way over on her blog Pretty Things.

Lori Anderson - Pretty Things

Again, this is one you don't want to miss out on and she's announcing winners on Sunday, April 1st - so get your bum over to her blog and check out the amazing Scott David Plumlee DVD's she's dishing out.

Holy cow are they fabulous!!

And, last but not least today, I wanted to tell you about the "Wrapped, Stacked and Layered Challenge" over on

Tracy Statler's blog, Make Bracelets.

I love making all sorts of wrapped and stack-able bracelets. I usually have my leather knotted pearl bracelets stacked and layered on my own wrists (check out my right arm here in this video) and so I'm super psyched for this challenge!

Plus, the reveal date is Saturday, April 21st which is the same day my sis and I are hosting our next jewelry party over at her house, so this is prompting me to make some extra bracelets for that! You only have until April 2nd, which is Monday, to get signed up. Whatcha waiting for?

Go on over and sign up, baby!!

Beaded Wrap Bracelets by MiShel Designs

I know there's a lot more going on out there in blogger land than I can post here right now, so please take the time to read down my "Links" list and my "Blogs I Follow" list too.

That way you won't miss anything like I did this last week or so!

Until Next Time,

Peace, Love and Super Cool and Fun Stuff Going On!!

Cheers,

~Shel~

It's My Birthday!

I'm taking the day off (yeah, I wish!)

I'm not really a cake person.

I prefer cheesecake or
Misha's homemade apple pie.

So I'll leave you with this yummy picture.

Oreo Cheesecake by Julie Janecki via Pinterest

Enjoy!

Until Next Time,

Peace, Love and Yummy Birthday Goodies!

Cheers,

~Shel~

BTW - Bead Table Wednesday

Okay - I've been slacking off with the blog posts since returning from vacation, but I wanted to get back in the swing of things here and show you what's on my table today for Bead Table Wednesday.

I got these gorgeous beads in the mail today from Jeannie for the Echo Creative Club Design Team Reveal that's happening again on the 25th of next month - pretty huh?

I have no idea what I'm going to create with them, but it's going to be fun!

13mm Peeled Pain Variegated Copper Leaf
Beads by Jeannie from Jewelry By Jeannie

Don't forget to set the alarm and get back over here on Wednesday, April 25th and see what the other team members have created, too!

And, well, here's the bead table today ~ All kinds of little goodies on the bench.

Shelly's pile of goodies on her bead table today!
(Click on any picture to enlarge it)

There's the way cool pendant that I received from Diana over at Suburban Girl Studio for the 2012 Spring Design Team. (De-Lish!)

Come back on Sunday, April 1st - yes, this Sunday - and you'll get to see what I created with it!!

And, I've got a few other little goodies on the table, too - like one of my "Shel's Ribbons" for a client who wants me to put a pink Swarovski Crystal dangle off one end and tie a pink ribbon to it because she's a breast cancer survivor (yeah!!) and some nice Irish Waxed Linen from White Clover Kiln over on Etsy,...and some seed beads and other things,....

So, what's on your bead table today,...or your work table, your 'to-do' table,....whatcha up to??

Hop on over to Flickr and see what everyone else has on their Bead Table today won't you?

Until Tomorrow,....yes, tomorrow,.....(It's my birthday!)

Peace, Love and Fun at the Bead Table!!