Add Spice To Your Life With Orange
I love color! The tagline for my business is: Luscious Color. Lasting Quality. Its color that makes my heart sing! So when I read that Sally Russick, of The Studio Sublime ,was hosting a color challenge blog hop, I signed up right away!
While playing with some crayons, Sally got the idea to host this color challenge. Participants each chose one color to work with – and one color only! We could use all shades and variations of our chosen color, but no other colors. For someone who designs for the joy of rich color combinations, being confined to just one color was, indeed, a challenge.
I chose the color orange and had the good fortune of having been given a number of orange art beads recently. I received orange spacer beads from Erin Siegel in a bead swap at the Philadelphia Bead Fest in April. After the bead swap we had a drawing for door prizes and I won the fantastic orange polymer clay heart by artist extraordinaire, Staci Smith. The two enamel beads near the pendant are by Barbara Lewis of Painting With Fire. There’s also one small lampwork bead by Radiant Mind. The remainder of the necklace consists of artisan and commercially produced ceramic beads, handmade Indonesian glass, pressed glass, copper and brass.
“Orange You Glad I Love You?” necklace
I wanted to challenge myself a bit, so I strung the pendant and beads on cotton cording. I’ve only done a few necklaces and earrings with cording and I’m having fun experimenting with it. I’ve recently started making some of my own clasps. The clasp on this necklace is hand formed and forged of brass and it hooks into an orange resin ring.
“Orange You Glad I Love You?” necklace, with handmade clasp
I haven’t had time to add this to my shop yet, but if you are interested, contact me or leave a comment below.
Thank you, Sally! This was a great idea for a challenge!
“Orange You Glad I Love You?” necklace
The links to all the other participants are listed below.
Hosted by:
Sally Russick http://thestudiosublime.com
Red
Therese Frank http://theresestreasures59.blogspot.com
Rochelle Brisson http://acreativechelle.blogspot.com
Lisa Lodge http://pineridgetreasures.blogspot.com
Malin de Koning http://beadingbymalindekoning.blogspot.com
Bobbie Rafferty http://beadsong.blogspot.com
Orange
Linda Landig http://LindasBeadBlog.com You are here!
Cherrie Fick http://designsinthelight.com
Beth McLarnan http://threetrees-art.blogspot.com
Cece Cormier http://thebeadingyogini.com
Renetha Stanziano http://lamplightcrafts.blogspot.com
Tanya Goodwin http://pixiloo.blogspot.com
Jean Welles http://jeanawells.blogspot.com
Amy Severino http://amybeads.blogspot.com
Rebekah Payne http://treewingsstudio.com
Lola Surwillo http://.beadlolabead.blogspot.com
Judy Turner http://silver-rains.blogspot.com
Yellow
Jennifer Justman http://soulsfiredesigns.blogspot.com
Rose Brisson http://ahteesblog.blogspot.com
Kim Bender http://www.kimmykats.com/
Heather Powers http://humblebeads.blogspot.com
Shelly Joyce http://www.aujourlejour-shelly.blogspot.com
Blue
Cherie Reed http://creativedesignsbycheri.blogspot.com
Rebecca Anderson http://songbeads.blogspot.com
Hope Smitherman http://craftyhope.blogspot.com
Patti Vanderbloemen http://myaddictionshandcrafted.blogspot.com
Michelle Buettner http://MiShelDesigns.blogspot.com
Alicia Marinache http://allprettythings.ca
Charissa Sloper http://blog.obsidiansoda.com
Sonya Stille http://dreaminofbeads.blogspot.com
Maria Grimes http://mariagrimes.blogspot.com
Nancy Saccoccio http://risingdesigns.blogspot.com
Sandi Volpe http://sandivolpe.com
Joanne Tinley http://daisychaindesignsjewellery.blogspot.com
Catherine Pruitt http://boobeads.blogspot.com
Green
Mary Harding http://maryhardingjewelrybeadblog.blogspot.com
Karin Gilman http://www.qaygee.blogspot.com/
Jayne Capps http://mamasgottodoodle.blogspot.com
Lorelei Eurto http://lorelei1141.blogspot.com
Melissa Meman http://melissameman.blogspot.com
Alice Peterson http://alice-dreaming.blogspot.com
Jenny Davies Reazor http://www.jdaviesreazor.com
Cynthia Machata http://antiquitytravelers.blogspot.com
Melissa Essenburg http://chinookdesigns.blogspot.com
Regina Santerre http://reginaswritings.blogspot.com
Lauren Streets http://ornthoughts.wordpress.com
Elizabeth Auld http://beadsforbusygals.com
Purple
Tracy Mok http://bumblebeadsdesigns.blogspot.com
Jennifer Judd Velasquez http://jenjuddrocks.blogspot.com
Marti Conrad http://marticsclay.blogspot.com
Lori Anderson http://prettythingsblog.com
Donna Bradley http://strandedbeads.blogspot.com
Courtney Breul http://beadsbybreul.blogspot.com
Linda Younkman http://lindysdesigns.blogspot.com
Susan Kennedy http://www.suebeads.blogspot.com
Lisa Liddy http://Lisaliddy.wordpress.com
Tracy Stillman http://www.tracystillmandesigns.com
Dawn Doucette http://designsbydawnmarie.blogspot.com
Brown
Diana Ptaszynski http://suburbangirlstudio.com
Shannon Chomanczuk http://formysweetdaughter.blogspot.com/
Janice Everett http://JLynnJewels.blogspot.com
Karen Williams http://Baublicious.blogspot.com
Black
Kashmira Patel http://sadafulee.blogspot.com
Heidi Post http://expostfactojewelry.blogspot.com/
Birgitta Lejonklou http://lejonklou.blogspot.com/
Holly Westfall http://silverrosedesigns.blogspot.com/
Karin Slaton http://backstorybeads.blogspot.com
Oh this is luscious! Beautifully done – the perfect beads and colors!!
You have created a lovely piece with tones and texture. How fun to be able to use so many artist’s beads in one piece! A very whimsical piece to wear! Lovely
Beautiful job! You used some amazing art beads today! The more creations I see with “tangerine tango”…the more I am loving this color! You did a great job with the cotton cording, too! Beautiful necklace!
Great job with the orange. Lovely piece. Like all the different textures used.
Staci’s heart is PERFECT! I love orange and this piece is stunning. I love the use of cord and chain. Such a happy, bright piece.
A fantastic piece! I love the variety of beads you chose which really draws me in. Your handmade components and the knotting technique is terrific! And the name you chose for this fun piece is so clever!
Thank you Linda for participating in the one crayon challenge and creating a perfectly, spicy necklace!! The beads compliment Staci’s beautiful focal wonderfully. I love how you strung the beads on the cord, it adds such lovely texture and all those beautiful orange hues!! Lovely!!
I’m not usually a fan of orange, but I really like what you have done here. Nice job!
I love color the same way you do and I would have been absolutely intimidated about designing a whole piece in ORANGE. See, most of the time orange and I are polite in mixed company, but when alone with each other we just can’t seem to find anything in common.
Anyway!! YOur orange necklace is really something special. I adore all the art beads and personal touches you were able to use. It really turned out awesomely!
Your necklace is beautiful. I love all the different components – all so different from each other, but yet they tie together so well on the cord. It is a wonderful composition. Great job.
What a beautifully warm design with deep oranges!
Linda,
Your necklace is gorgeous I love all the different shades of orange and the different elements used in your piece. I find that I have been gravitating to orange lately and it is a color I used to dislike.
Therese
Beautiful work, Linda! I love how you mixed all those various media andmade it look fluid and happy, not one ounce busy. The cord is a very nice touch – and the name of the necklace is perfect!
Linda, what a gorgeous necklace! That focal is lovely, and I like how you pulled out the cording to experiment with. What a lovely cornucopia of orange you’ve used too! Beautiful…
What a gorgeous piece, Linda! I, too love orange, and you sure did the color justice with your necklace! And what a great name for the piece!
I love the mix of chain and cording! Orange is a color I have trouble working with and I love seeing what a beautiful job you did with it.
OMG, I love it and I love the name “Orange you glad I love you” how perfect…creativedesignsbycheri.blogspot.com
That is such a wonderful display of orange. I love all the different hues. The necklace is so bright and fun! Wonderful job!
What a lovely necklace! I always have trouble with orange, and to be honest tend to avoid it, but you’ve done beautifully!
It’s gorgeous – I love it! I love Staci’s heart – you did a fantastic job with Orange!
Yay! I love that you used lots of your Bead Fest goodies!
Lovely necklace! Love the different textures and colors of orange you have incorporated!
Very nice Linda! Great colors together!
I love the mix of textures and all the different hues of orange you pulled together in this successful design. I think the knotted work between the beads adds such a lovely bit of texture!
I’ve had a “craving” for orange this Spring too! Most of the beads I’ve bought have been small gemstones. Looks like a bigger, bolder look is in order! These are terrific!
That’s beautiful! Great textures and shades of orange!
Luscious color, indeed! The heart is a gorgeous starting point, and how lucky that you had some many other great orange choices in your collection to work with. This is a show stopper!
The name of your necklace is as amazing as the design of it! I really love it.
Beautiful, it’s definitely luscious colour, and Staci’s pendant is divine, she’ll love what you’ve done with it for sure.
This necklace is beautiful! I love the variety of the beads you used and the awesome clasp!
Hi Linda! Orange will always be my favorite…since the day I first painted my bedroom walls a crazy sherbet mango color.
Love the great bead combination! It’s like a celebration of artistry! Have a great Sunday. 
Jen
Linda, where oh where do you find the time to hook up with all these interesting challenges? I love monchormatic design and appreciate the one color design idea! You created a beautiful bracelet.
Luscious spicy oranges – I see saffron, cinnamon, turmeric, pumpkin. Now I’m hungry! I’d love to wear this to dinner – how those warm tones would glow by candlelight. Enchanting!
Ooh, this is great! So fun & playful
Linda – Every time your are in a blog hop I look forward to seeing what you create – I know that whatever it is, it will be awesome! This necklace is beautiful! Staci’s heart is just perfect. Another great job!
I so enjoy the different elements you incorporated into this necklace, Lovely!
Love the necklace, what a great selection of beads, a wonderful tribute to orange!
Wowee! I love this! Orange was gonna be my color, but I buckled and chose my go=to color green. You did great!
Really incredible necklace Linda – great color and texture!
Mmm! the oranges you chose are my favorites!! What a gorgeous necklace Linda!
I will confess – not a fan of orange. But what you did with different hues, and textures, I really like!