Recreating a Favorite

It's been a good day here in One Artsy Mama-land.  Noah and I got to go out shopping with my grandmother, who wanted to buy him some shorts and t-shirts for the warmer weather {that apparently can't decide if it wants to stick around for good or not}.  She took us to Kohl's and Children's Place, and to lunch at Panera, then I convinced her to stop by Michael's so that I could pick up a few supplies: some wire, some head pins, and a few beads.  Then, when we got home, she and Noah watched a movie, which gave me a chance to play for a little while.

As much fun as I've had making earrings, I think I like bracelets even better!  Here are a few that I've made in the last two days.  This first one, along with the matching necklace charm, was a gift for my mom.  She loves turquoise, and she generously bought me some beads and other supplies last weekend, so I figured it was a good repayment.

Here's a purple/pink one:

A blue/turquoise version:

I added some green in this one for contrast.  Meanwhile, I'm really starting to think about setting up an etsy shop.  The only trouble is, some of these beads are only one or two of a kind from a big pack, so I can't really recreate some of these designs.  Which means I can't post a pic of something I want to keep for myself because I can't duplicate it...I just have to put up photos of things I'm actually willing to sell.  I figure I'll start making some things and setting them aside specifically for the shop...this bracelet is the first thing I'm putting aside in the hopes of maybe selling it.

My other challenge today was to try and recreate the basic look of some of my absolute favorite jewelry.  I've mentioned before how much I love Poppi, created by Dawn Benedetto.  These are the 3 pieces of her jewelry I own.

I just think they're soooo fun!

I wanted to create something similar using some of the fun beads I bought in Alexandria this past weekend.  It's not exactly the same, but this was my take on it:

What do you think?

My other exciting news of the day is that I was featured for a second time on the Sunday Showcase link party at Under the Table and Dreaming.  Stephanie Lynn liked my Mother's Day gift idea {can't say what it was...there are grandmas reading...} from this post!  I feel so honored!

Well, hope you all had a great day too.  I'm hoping for some sunshine and some warmer weather tomorrow so Little Crafter can get to the playground.  He was so forlorn all morning since it was raining, and then this evening he insisted, "It not cold.  It NIIIIICE outside.  No cold.  Noah go to the playground."  It's 52 degrees and windy...but we did make a brief stop so he could "go down da biiiig slide."  The things I do for love...