WoooHoooo! It's a Contest!

Ok, here's the deal.  All of you who are regular readers here know all about the bathroom wall from hell.  After having the wall ripped out FOUR times, they have finally managed to actually FIX the leak instead of merely hoping it would go away all by itself.  What a concept, hunh?  :(

Anyway, yesterday the guys came and installed the new panel that covers the wall from hell.  I wanted a revolving door but that would have made it hard to get in and out of the bathroom.  :D  And it might have been hard for the kitties to get past.

I have to paint the panel and do something with it... and cover those gruesome screws.  For some reason unknown to any other human, Brian hates the frame.  I don't know why, it's just a plain old frame.  So, he doesn't want the frame to be a focal point.  Sigh.............  So, here's the contest....

You guys send in your ideas of what I can do to make this panel more attractive.   and the winner gets this necklace all made by me.  :)

The bathroom walls are a creamy color and the main colors are red and forest green.  The sink and trim is all antiqued copper.  The travertine is brown and cream.  Right now the panel is all white.  Yesterday one of the guys and I installed those leafy panels on the plain panel.  The leaves are the left over tiles from my studio ceiling.  They are also white but can be painted.

So, give me your ideas!  I'm looking for something that will look lovely but not have the frame as a focal point.  Brian is going to pick the winner as he has frame issues.  :D  Ok, here are the bathroom photos.  Have at it!  Contest ends on July 31, 2011.  Have fun!

More Idontknowwhattomake Stuff

So, here are some more beads I made for my shops.  I think I *finally* got the Julie style done.  Only took me about 50 tries.  :(  I think the JP bead looks like an ancient treasure map.  :)  I love the flower beads, too.  And I had a bunch of purple beads with green and blue and other pretty colors so I put them all together with silver beads.  What a great way to use up orphan beads!  :D

Making Buttons and Beads

And so, I fell into a clay, wire and beading slump.  Bummers. So, my pal Ginger said...get thee to button making!  So, living in fear of Ginger, I did.  :D I also made a cool faux jade bead that I love.  It has real silver foil in it and that Pardo trans is the BEST!  What do you think?  The blue hex and pastel retro buttons are from Carolyn's canes.  The sunflowers are my friend Mk's and the rest are from me.  :D

Fourth of July

Happy Birthday, America!   And many, many more!