EtsyMetal Project Runway Challenge Week 1

here we go again. i will try to do all the challenges, but no promises. :-)

from the etsymetal blog

The Project Runway Challenge:

The designers had to use the clothes they slept in the night before plus one of their bedsheets to create a new look. They also had access to dye and trimmings.

For our EtsyMetal Translation:

Since this challenge was all about using what you have in an unexpected way, and since most of us don’t sleep in jewelry, the challenge this week is to make something only from material that is sitting on your bench! If you don’t have a bench or access to your studio, then choose another area like your desk. Since the designers got a sheet, we get some sheet metal. You are welcome to use enhancements like stones from your supplies. But the final piece should be made of a majority of your found pieces if possible. Ok now, make it work!

soooo.... this is my bench right now. well, one of them. i recently moved and my studio is a ginormous mess. i am looking for better furniture, but this pile 'o crap is what i'm working with. so, basically, everything was on hand. i needed something else for inspiration.

i am a regular reader of perez hilton. not high brow or anything, but it makes my bus ride home fly by.

so i saw this picture the other day on perez. i have to link to it because blogger is being rude and not letting me steal the picture. anyhoo... oh my god. her purse. so in love. and i happened to have a million pieces on thin wire cut up to make some of these.

here is the result! i'm kind of in love with them. they will be on etsy in a day or so.