Anchors Aweigh Blog Hop

Toltec Jewels is sponsoring another blog hop using some really cute anchor components from Suburban Girl Studios.   I have been really inactive in the blog hop scene this year and I decided that this would be a good chance for me to rev up my creative juices and join in.  Well.... let me tell you, there probably is a good reason why I don't do more blog hops - time crunch.  I postponed using my components  until the last minute as I was getting ready for vacation (actually I should be sitting on the beach in sunny Florida as you are reading this).    I debated about just not participating but decided against doing that - there is just something about saying you are going to do something and then not following through that bothers me.  So between packing the car and checking off all of those last minute items on my list, I made a pair of earrings.  I really wanted to get more creative and I did actually do some searching for something I could make in a short time frame using nautical knots with rope or with seed beads but panic set in an I copped out for simple.  Funny thing is that I won an anchor component identical to this from Diana's bead swap at Bead Fest this year and some of the ingredients in my gift came in handle in this last minute effort.  I used the yellow waxed linen and the navy and white seed beads from the kit to do a simple fringe earring.

(Well I went into my post to update the participants list and accidentally deleted my photo on my iPad --  photo is on laptop at home and can't readd.  So much for trying to do this on time). Funny thing I didn't resave the post but lost picture anyway.   Please visit the other participants sites for a look at their creative designs:

Anchors Aweigh Participating Artists 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 Marianne Baxter                       Simply Seablime Jewelry            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