Earring Swap Blog Hop

Doesn't look like much does it!!!!!! 

WELL after the Bead Soup Blog Hop and the Znetshows "Diamonds in the Rough" Design Team Challenge, my muse FLED - like to another state! I even forgot my poor partner for a week or so because LIFE got in the way! Then one day I was sitting in my living room looking at the coffee table with piles of beads & wire MESS and remembered - Earring Swap!!! Oh dear, where was my phone (it was easier to get to than the computer), I needed to check e-mails. Sure enough, our wonderful host, Jessica Murray of Whimsical Monkey, had sent me two e-mails and my poor forgotten partner, Andrea Trank, had also contacted me. Time to get the Creative Thinking Skills in line and moving!!!

It's suppose to be Spring, but the weather has been terribly erratic. First cold (South Texas cold not Canada cold), then hot -in the 90's, then cool & windy, then hot like an oven - 98 with no humidity. Ugh!  :(   Naturally, we've had very little wet, but when it has rained, it's been awful with tornadoes and 50-70 mile hour winds. Of course, Texas weather is always changing from one extreme to another or hotter than you know what.  So I guess we should be used to it. But.....

Anyway, it's suppose to be Spring, so I thought of butterflies and hummingbirds. They're just beginning to come around! In one of her e-mails, Andrea had mentioned she liked copper. We have that in common, because I love wire work, especially copper!

Do you see the butterfly? I made chandelier butterfly earrings with crystals. In the sunlight, they sparkle with color like a butterfly. Andrea, I really hope you like them! :)

Exchange Time

Now that my project was complete and mailed off, I was waiting for Andrea to send me hers. Unfortunately, LIFE has gotten in the way for her as well. She has over-nighted them to me, so hopefully I will receive them tomorrow, Monday, May 20th. I am waiting with baited breath!!!!

Monday 6 p.m. ---- The mail has finally come! Yeah, my earrings are here! Woohoo, Yippee, Yeehaw, Wahoo!!!!!!  AND I LOVE THEM!  Beautiful Peruvian Opals with Beige Glass Pearls & Silver Accents. So very lovely, I will wear them often. Thank you Andrea!

This was such a fun Blog Hop! Thank you Jessica. I know it was a lot of work for you. Please, know we appreciate your efforts greatly & hope you will do this again. :)

Now it's time to view all the other participants:

Our Host - Jessica Murray: http://whimsicalweavings.blogspot.com/2013/05/earring-swap-blog-hop.html

Inge von Roos: ingetraud.wordpress.com Nancy Smith: wirednan.blogspot.ca
Marianne Baxter: http://www.simplyseablimejewelry.blogspot.com/
Leah Tees: mybeadylittleeyes.blogspot.ca
MY PARTNER:  Andrea Trank: www.heavenlanecreations.com
Miranda Ackerley: http://blog.mirandack.com/
Cheri Mitchell-Reed: http://creativedesignsbycheri.blogspot.com/
Susan Kennedy: www.suebeads.blogspot.com
Michele Dotson: http://star-jewels.blogspot.com/
Deanna Cox: www.deannaaki.WordPress.com
Shelley Graham Turner: www.shelleygrahamturner.blogspot.com
Ingrid McCue: www.wrappedinsilver.com
Lennis Carrier: http://windbent.wordpress.com
Ginger Davis Allman: http://thebluebottletree.com/
Mary Anne Flesch: www.handcraftedserenity.blogspot.com
Nicole Valentine Rimmer: www.nvalentine.blogspot.com
Stephanie Weiss: uniquelymebwd.blogspot.com/
Silvia Sernicola: http://pipa-the-latest.blogspot.it/
ME:  Karla Morgan: www.TexasPepperJams.blogspot.com
Kay Thomerson: http://KayzKreationz.blogspot.com
Paula Hisel: http://simplybeadiful.weebly.com/simply-stated.html
Carol Dillman: http://dillmansdallies.blogspot.com/
Spun Sugar Beadworks: Spunsugarbeadworks.blogspot.com
Tara Plote: http://newbiebeader.blogspot.com/
Rachel Baron: http://rbarondesigns.blogspot.com/
Laurie Keefe: http://treeofliferootedinmysoul.blogspot.com/
Kashmira Patel: http://sadafulee.blogspot.com
Gina Hockett: http://www.freestyleelements.blogspot.com
Shellie Grindy: http://www.creativeeclectica.com/
Shai Williams: http://shaihasramblings.blogspot.com/
Dyanne Cantrell: http://deelitefuljewelrycreations.blogspot.com
Mimi Gardner: www.OtherCuriosities.blogspot.com
Jessica McMullen: http://pheonixgatedesigns.blogspot.com/
Jennifer LaVite: www.drygulchbeadsandjewelry.blogspot.com
Laura Medeiros: http://zoeowyn.blogspot.com/
Alenka Obid: www.pepita-handmade.blogspot.com
Elsie Fonseca: http://www.ladelizchica.blogspot.com/
Cheryl Dunham: www.renaissance-jewelry.blogspot.com
Sandra McGriff: http://skyescreativechaos.blogspot.ca
Tania Spivey: http://moobiegrace.blogspot.com/
Mowse Doyle:  http://mowsemadethis.blogspot.com
Mischelle Fanucchi: http://micheladasmusings.blogspot.com/

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