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One Crayon Color Challenge Reveal!

My favorite color as a child was bittersweet orange.  Sally Russick of The Studio Sublime came up with idea for a blog hop/challenge just using one color (and its various hues) from a basic crayon box.



I managed to finish two bracelets and a necklace.  The top bracelet is a right angle weave orange seed beads embellished with 3mm cubes in shades of orange.   The necklace is done with orange cat eye beads, fire opal crystals, adventurine, and ice beads in shades of orange.  The second bracelet is a leather wrapped, copper bangle which used up most of the leftover beads.  This was a lot of fun!

Hosted by:

Red

Orange

Renetha Stanziano http://lamplightcrafts.blogspot.com (You are here!)

Yellow

Blue

Alicia Marinache http://allprettythings.ca

Green

Jenny Davies Reazor http://www.jdaviesreazor.com

Purple

Jennifer Judd Velasquez http://jenjuddrocks.blogspot.com

Brown

Black



Comments

  1. AliceMay 5, 2012 at 8:40 AM

    I love the beautiful colors! My favorte is the necklace with the gorgeous stone beads!

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  2. Bits of LearningMay 5, 2012 at 9:42 AM

    Beautiful work! All those orange hues are so lovely, the leather wrapped bracelet makes me think of orbiting suns! I especially love the right angle weave bracelet, I never know what to do with those square beads, the bracelet is lovely and I would love to wear it while hopping around the blogs!!! :)
    Renetha, thank you so much for participating in the crayon challenge!!

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  3. CraftyHopeMay 5, 2012 at 10:16 AM

    Your contributions to orange are super! I'm especially smitten with that leather wrapped bracelet. Very cool!

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  4. Jean A. WellsMay 5, 2012 at 10:31 AM

    Beautiful pieces. I love the bracelet with the leather. Great job!

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  5. AntiquityTravelersMay 5, 2012 at 10:46 AM

    oooh very pretty. really like the leather wrap bracelet - very nice!

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  6. Therese's TreasuresMay 5, 2012 at 10:56 AM

    Renetha,
    I love all three pieces they are gorgeous! The RAW bracelet is awesome and so is the leather wrapped bracelet, but my favorite is the necklace it is beautiful!
    Therese

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  7. AliciaMay 5, 2012 at 12:01 PM

    Lovely pieces, I love all... the beautiful colours are so well defined in each piece, and they are very warm and inviting!

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  8. Pretty ThingsMay 5, 2012 at 12:18 PM

    That leather bracelet is so creative! I love all the pieces you made -- each very distinctive.

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  9. LoriFMay 5, 2012 at 1:02 PM

    Wow, Renetha, these are absolutely gorgeous! I'm not an orange kind of a girl, but these I would definitely wear. Nice job!

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  10. HollyMay 5, 2012 at 1:10 PM

    Beautiful pieces! That last, the bracelet, particularly calls to me! Orange is such a great color...

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  11. TanyaMay 5, 2012 at 1:33 PM

    Those are all lovely. The beadwork in the first one is awesome. I really like the chunkiness in the necklace. It looks like it would be so much fun to wear. Using the left over beads in the bracelet was smart and produced another wonderful piece. :)

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  12. SueBeadsMay 5, 2012 at 2:38 PM

    Yep, ditto to the leather wrapped bracelet being so great!

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  13. JoMay 5, 2012 at 2:48 PM

    Beautiful and summery - just what we need for this washed-out spring over here in the UK!

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  14. Patti VanderbloemenMay 5, 2012 at 3:02 PM

    The square beads in the first bracelet are so unique! I really love that design! Necklace is gorgeous, as well, but that leather-wrapped bangle is so cool!

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  15. EB Bead and Metal Works, LLCMay 5, 2012 at 4:36 PM

    All the pieces are fantastic!

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  16. ShirleyMay 5, 2012 at 5:19 PM

    Well, I came over to see your vocal focal, but couldn't get the link to work. Then I got to see your beautiful crayon creations. Way to go! I adore that last piece, the wrapping is awesome!

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  17. UnknownMay 5, 2012 at 8:44 PM

    I love all your designs each one being very unique. I love the cracked agate and your RAW beadwork is beautiful!

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  18. CindyMay 5, 2012 at 9:00 PM

    Renetha, you really had a wondeful creative streak going on! I cannot imagine making anything beyond that right angle weave bracelet, as it looks as if it must have taken a very long time - wow!!! It really boggles my mind when I see seed bead work like this. And I especially love the wrapped leather bangle - that is really pretty and so perfect to wear all summer long. :-)

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  19. UnknownMay 5, 2012 at 9:30 PM

    Love the way you put this together...it looks great!

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  20. BobbieMay 5, 2012 at 9:36 PM

    Boy, you were busy! It's easy to see that this was a color you like -- each piece is like a burst of sunshine.

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  21. TracyMay 6, 2012 at 2:43 AM

    These are beautiful, I love your use of orange. If I had to pick a fave it would be the leather wrapped bracelet.

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  22. aneri_masiMay 6, 2012 at 2:45 AM

    Oh wow! Everything is so pretty! Am loving the bracelets!

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  23. LolaMay 6, 2012 at 8:32 AM

    I love the darker hues you selected. All three pieces are beautiful, but I'm in love with that top bracelet!

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  24. Heidi PostMay 6, 2012 at 12:15 PM

    Oooh that first orange bracelet is so much fun! I can't do beadwork, so I really appreciate seeing what others can come up with :)

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  25. Angel WhispererMay 6, 2012 at 1:28 PM

    All those 3 are very striking and lovely!
    I would like to see more pictures to show Your work with those wonderful colors!

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  26. AnonymousMay 6, 2012 at 2:41 PM

    I like all three - the first one is my favorite. I would wear all of them with pride!

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  27. Karen WilliamsMay 6, 2012 at 4:45 PM

    I missed your first bracelet in the first pass, until you mentioned right angle weave in your write up, then went back and looked. It's really fun how you used the square beads for embellishment - made me think of patchwoork.

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  28. JLYNNJEWELSMay 6, 2012 at 11:20 PM

    Such beautiful designs - all of them! I love working with orange and you did a fabulous job on all your different techniques :) ~JLynn

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  29. ShelMay 7, 2012 at 9:56 AM

    I'm loving all your designs! Especially that first bracelet because it always amazes me to see people's bead weaving work - such a labor of love working w/those tiny little beads!! And, your necklace and the leather wrapped bracelet are super delish, too!!

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  30. dreaminofbeads / SAS Jewelry DesignsMay 7, 2012 at 7:32 PM

    Wow you were busy and I love all three of your creaations! The right angle weave bracelet is my fav!

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  31. ReginaMay 7, 2012 at 7:38 PM

    My favorite is the leather wrapped bracelet! Lovely designs.

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  32. RebekahMay 9, 2012 at 2:34 PM

    I'm totally in love with your second bracelet! :-) Beautiful pieces!

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  33. JennyMay 11, 2012 at 12:17 PM

    Wow! You were busy! So bright and vibrant...

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