Saturday, 4 May 2013

Hats off Challenge the reveal.


 Today is the day!!  Thank you to Bobby, from BeadsongJewelry for organizing this challenge. 
 
The idea is to be inspired by hats from Ascot or the Kentucky Derby.  Having never been to America, yet, and only ever seen the hats from Ascot on the telly - but I have driven past the race course in the pouring rain - my piece is actually a bit of a cheat, but don't tell.
 
I doodled and sketched hats for days, and nothing seemed to be right, then I remembered by necklace I had made for my brothers wedding on Valentines Day, this year, and that I had made a hat necklace.
 
So here is my piece for the challenge, I don't think I could have made a better piece, even if I wasn't cheating!


Featuring by beloved Golden Retrievers, Iz and Defi, who else?  Iz is properly dressed for a day at the wedding or a day at the races, in her racing colours of red, black and gold, her hat is a suitably English garden affair.





for more hats inspired pieces please visit the list below, I am sure no one else has cheated quite as much as me!
 
Bobbie Rafferty www.beadsong.blogspot.com
Susan Nelson Bowie www.susanbowie.wordpress.com
 
Laney x
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22 comments:

  1. AntiquityTravelers4 May 2013 at 14:01

    WOW what a fun piece and wonderful beading!!

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  2. Unknown4 May 2013 at 14:43

    So much fun! A perfect race hat! Your bead work is phenomenal and makes a very pretty necklace!

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  3. Liz4 May 2013 at 15:10

    You're allowed to "cheat" as long as you can come up with something soooooooo great. Your piece made me smile ear to ear!!! It doesn't get any better than that.

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    1. Laney5 May 2013 at 08:00

      Hi Liz, thank you, I do love to hear that my beads make people smile :)

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  4. Bobbie4 May 2013 at 15:21

    What a perfectly fun and whimsical necklace! I love Iz's hat, and she's so beautifully framed by your lovely beadwork. Thank you for being part of the challenge!

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    1. Laney5 May 2013 at 08:01

      Hi Bobbie and thank you, I really enjoyed the challenge, even if I did cheat!

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  5. Jean Katherine Baldridge4 May 2013 at 15:35

    Oh how marvelous to see your creativity expressed with your adorable dogs! I love dogs so much, and you are simply fantastic making art glass beads and working with seed beads as well! I love your necklace more than I can express!
    Thank you for sharing!
    jean yates

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    1. Laney5 May 2013 at 08:02

      Hi Jean, thank you for your lovely compliments, I do love my dogs :)

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  6. Christine Altmiller4 May 2013 at 16:37

    what fun and whimsy! Love it!!!

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  7. Kepi4 May 2013 at 19:42

    Cute, so fun and creative.

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  8. Therese's Treasures4 May 2013 at 22:08

    Hi Laney,
    I would not say that you cheated, because you did make the necklace and it has a beautiful hat and falls into the whimsical category. I think it is a beautiful piece and a conversation starter too.
    Therese

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    1. Laney5 May 2013 at 08:04

      Hi Therese and thank you, after all the doodling I did I just could not come up with something different to what I had created, just glad I made it within a few weeks of the challenge :P

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  9. Empty nester at last5 May 2013 at 00:10

    I agree with Therese. It is fab, fab, fab! I love the dogs on it! Great piece!

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  10. Dry Gulch5 May 2013 at 03:23

    Very whimsical, love the dogs, cute as can be!!! There's no cheating here, just a very creative mind.

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    1. Laney5 May 2013 at 08:04

      Hi Dry Gulch, I like your thinking :) Thank you.

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  11. Unknown5 May 2013 at 09:20

    There's a lot to see in this imaginative necklace, it's so much ♥fun!!!

    Dini, co-participant, you find me @ http://angazabychanges.blogspot.nl instead of @ the FB address in the list :-)

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    1. Laney5 May 2013 at 13:49

      Hi Dini, thank you, I couldn't get your other link to work so will try that one, thanks Lx

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