Art That Sets You Apart- Sidestep Ordinary. The new year is off to a wonderfully creative start for Club Creative Studio. I have taken time to reflect and redirect. I am excited about little changes as resolutions meet solutions. Important goals involve ways I can be strategic about creative productivity. Perhaps you have the same desire? Do you want to find ways to be expressive and creative more effectively? Have you resolved this year to be the year of creative productivity? Sometimes stopping work is.

8th bead soup reveal! My partener for this year is Penny Haughton.

Today is the day we all reveal our creations made with our swaps! Thanks to Lori Anderson. For putting this whole thing together. I cant imagine all the organizing and tracking needed to pull this off. And now she says the next one will include everyone who wants to play? My swap partner, Sandra Young of Gypsy Road Beads. Sent me a gorgeous selection. I love the copper pieces and the turquoise focal is awesome. The first piece was created using the turquoise and copper focal.

Please take a minute and visit her wonderful website. This challenge was to make a piece of jewelry inspired by a picture. I had seen where other artist had done this, but I myself, in 25 years of making jewelry had never tried it. When I saw the picture, I thought immediately of some bone beads I had.