Anchors Aweigh Blog Hop Reveal featuring Suburban Girl Studio

Wow have I been busy.  I have had art shows 4 weekends in a row.  Luckily I had already finished my entry for this blog hop.
I would like to thank Rita of  Toltec Jewels for sponsoring the Anchors Aweigh Blog Hop.  She has been very generous with all of the participants.  Please take a moment to go to her website by clicking on Toltec Jewels and see all of her beautiful creations
Remember we were supposed to have a blog hop with just 10 artists but Rita just can't help herself or actually I think she hates to say no to all of us because we all beg to get in to any of her blog hops, ha ha.  So now we have 25 artists participating and I will share the list so you can visit all the artists and see what we made with what we were so lucky to receive.  Please visit and leave comments if you can because we would all love to hear what you think of our designs.
Here is what we received compliments of Rita and artistically created by Diana from Suburban Girl Studio.  These little cute porcelain charms were either in green or blue.

I received green ones.  Aren't they adorable?  As soon as I looked at these they screamed earrings.  I wanted something to tie into the theme and I looked through all of the tons of bead stash I have and I found these copper birds and some connectors that looked kind of ropy and reminded me of life savers that they throw out to you when you go overboard on a boatI  I also had some wooly wire that I had never used and I wanted to add a little color to brighten up the design. Took me several weeks walking by all the different parts that I had laid out on my desk.  I just couldn't make up my mind because I had another set of connectors but they were just plain circles in brass and it just kinda looked a little boring. In the end I went with my first design and I hope you like them.

Without further adieu!

 I just love these and I hope you do too.  I had so much fun creating them!  Please visit all of the following blogs to see the other artists creations. Enjoy

Marianne

Featured & Honored Artist:        Diana Ptaszynski

Diana's Shop:                           Suburban Girl Beads

Diana's Blogs:                          Suburban Girl Studio

                                               Art Jewelry Elements

Hostess: TJ                              Jewel School Friends

Bobbie Rafferty                        Beadsong Jewelry

Chris Eisenberg                        Wanderware

Heather Richter                         Desert Jewelry Designs

Michelle McCarthy                    Firefly Design Studio

Kathy Lindemer                        Bay Moon Design

Dini Bruinsma                           Angaza by Changes

Cynthia Machata                       Antiquity Travelers

Kathleen Breeding                     99 Bottles of Beads on the Wall

Linda Younkman                       Lindy's Designs

Robin Reed                              Artistry HCBD

Marla Gibson                            Spice Box Designs

Gina Hockett                            Freestyle Elements

Renetha Stanziano                     Lamplight Crafts

Christina Miles                         Wings N Scales

Marybeth Rich                         A Few Words from Within the Pines

Shai Williams                           Shaiha's Ramblings

Cheri Reed                               Creative Designs by Cheri

Monique Urguhart                     A Half-Baked Notion

Jennifer Reno                           Musings of a Crafty Jenny

Shirley Moore                           Beads and Bread

Tammy Adams                         Paisley Lizard

Melissa Trudinger                     Bead Recipes

Jill Bradley                               JillyBeads