AJE Component of the month - May reveal

Well here we are on the cusp of a new month and it's time to see what the AJE team and its guest designers have done with this month's component - these gorgeous ruffle beads courtesy of Sue Kennedy of Sue Beads...aren't they pretty.

The bead I received was the egg yolk yellow and turquoise one at the bottom right of the picture. I don't work with yellow very much but the turquoise is such a lovely foil for it and this bead has such a sunny disposition I couldn't help but smile. This was obviously going to be a summer piece and after playing around with a few ideas I decided on a necklace - a very simple design because I think it lets the colours and the shapes sing.

I managed to find some lampwork pumpkin beads that were a perfect match and wired the beads together with bronze wire to create a yoke. I used some pretty little Magnesite rice beads strung on waxed linen to hang the yoke from and completed the necklace with a handmade bronze hook clasp

And that's it - nothing fussy or flashy but very eye catching I think...

While I was working on this the John Denver song 'Sunshine on my shoulders' kept running through my head so I took this as a sign and named the necklace after it.

Sunshine on my shoulders makes me happy

Sunshine in my eyes can make me cry

Sunshine on the water looks so lovely

Sunshine almost always makes me high

 

Turquoise pumpkin beads by Tillerman Beads, yellow and orange pumpkin beads by Pebble Dreams.

We haven't seen much sun here in the UK yet but appropriately we do have blue sky and sunshine this morning so maybe my necklace could be the harbinger of summer - you never know...

Many thanksto Sue for the beads and you can see what the other participants have done with their beads by clicking on the inks below and I hope you all have a happy and sunny weekend.
 

Guest designers

Lorelei Eurto  http://www.lorelei1141.blogspot.com/
Birgitta Lejonklou  http://lejonklou.blogspot.com/
Heidi Post  http://www.expostfactojewelry.blogspot.com/
Lola Surwillo  http://beadlolabead.blogspot.com/
Kay Thomerson  http://kayzkreationz.blogspot.com/


AJE design team

Jennifer Cameron  http://glassaddictions.com/
Jenny Davies-Reazor  http://www.jdaviesreazor.com/blog
Susan Kennedy  http://www.suebeads.blogspot.com/
Linda Landig  http://www.lindasbeadblog.com/
Melissa Meman    http://melissameman.blogspot.com/
Rebekah Payne  http://www.treewingsstudio.com/ 

                                       Jo Tinley http://daisychaindesignsjewellery.blogspot.com/

Lesley