Get Luck-y with the OT Gang!

Greetings!

It’s Ornament Thursday again and our team of amazing artists decided this month to get luck-y and create projects based on the theme of luck. They’ve outdone themselves! Check it out! Thanks for stopping by and all the Ornament Thursday Gang wishes you luck and happiness today and always. Look below for a full view of what Cindy Gimbrone our ‘featured artist’ of the month has created with her lucky spiral project, she's also written a two-part tutorial posted on two of our OT blogs! FABULOUS!

Art Bead Scene Lucky ABS! We're part 2 of Lucky Knots!

Cindy Gimbrone aka Lampwork Diva Luck is knotted up in Part 1 of this tutorial

Earthenwood Studio Chronicles Melanie is inspired by a lucky Leprechaun to make a fairy tale, treasure filled necklace

Jennifer Heynen of Jangles Lucky Charms Bracelet...The name says it all. This bracelet has everything to bring you good luck.

Jenny Harada Jingly Good Luck Charm

Joolz by Lisa As Luck Would Have It...Lucky Earrings

Katie's Beading Blog Make your own luck with these fun, swingy earrings!Labyrinth O' Luck Hali has created a finger labyrinth journal designed after a 4-leaf clover.

Linda Augsburg at Make It Mine magazine Lucky doesn't begin to describe the adventure I had making this T-shirt...

Lucky Lucky to be... based on a coin holder a friend made for me...

Lucky To Be Me Mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the fairest of them all? Well, YOU, of course. No matter who you are when you look into this magical mirror, you'll be reminded you're lucky to be you!

Lynn Kvigne - Beading Help Web Irish Proverb Window Ornament - step by step instructions for making this year-round ornament that may bring luck right through your window!

Melissa J. Lee - Strands of Beads Good fortune is yours with this cookie-inspired necklace.

Snap out of it, Jean! There's beading to be done! You'll "make Jean's day " if you check out her lucky Pendant with a Clint Eastwood eighties twist

Swelldesigner Swelldesigner gets lucky this month with some super colorful, sparkly painted bangles

The Impatient Blogger Luck starts with a wish...Margot shares an project she created for Simply Beads last August.

Savvy Crafter Get Lucky over on Candie's blog! She's giving away some Lucky charms and see her earrings made with napkins! Bon Appetit!!





Were you wondering what the OT teaser was? Were you lucky and guessed it was a glass spiral handcrafted by Cindy Gimbrone? Here’s the complete picture – a design by Cindy called Lucky Knots and Lampwork. She’s written a free, two part tutorial complete with pictures. Part one is on her blog and part two is on Art Bead Scene’s blog where she’s one of the editors.

February's Ornament Thursday Teaser!

Been waiting to see what the OT girls are up this month? Well, you won't have to wait much longer!

Our theme this month...

LUCK!

And consider yourself very lucky for getting a sneak peek at what Cindy Gimbrone is working on this month...

Cindy's got a super cool ring up on her site, too! Go take a look and try to help her name it!

Love Story Ornament Thursday's Most Auspicious Debut

Welcome to the first installment of Ornament Thursday! Our incredibly diverse and talented group of artists have created a bevy of beautiful and ornamental items for your enjoyment. Our theme this month was Love Story and as you can see everyone gave it their own twist. Enjoy!

As a little bonus, we’re going to give you one of the projects from each month, see the post beneath this one. This month Margot Potter shares a free project from her book Sparkletastic and shows a project she created for Beadalon.

Please note that all of these designs we've created are under copyright laws and none may be used directly or as derivative works for more than your personal enjoyment. You can not sell them as finished goods or to a magazine as a project. Be inspired by our ideas to make your own wonderfully unique creations, this is our gift to you.

Lovingly,
The Ornament Thursday Gang

Hali's Flowers of LOVE in Ancient Bulgarian 2 paintings in stylized Cyrillic spell out L-U-V

Art Bead Scene The designers at Art Bead Scene have two jewelry love stories for you! Elaine Ray links together a little love with her ceramic heart components while Melanie Brooks Lukacs tells a little tale of romance in a Gothic Garden

Cindy Gimbrone Beads Cindy's Love Story is about a hook and beads

Earthenwood Studio Bead Blog What is sweeter than a mix CD for your Valentine? A yummy gift box in which to present it, filled with candy themed decorations, including a cute bracelet and cell phone charm!

Heart mobile Jenny’s painted paper pulp hearts.

Humblebeads Heather shares her favorite bracelet design in a Valentine inspired color scheme.

Jennifer Heynen of Jangles Jennifer has made a fun "Ornament" for her neck that looks good enought to eat.

Joolz by Lisa This "Love Story" will last all year long! Lisa shares how beads and books work together.

Katie's Beading Blog Here's a happy little heart project for you - use it to embellish a bag or your jeans, or as inspiration for a necklace or bracelet.

Kriss Cramer - Art Interrupted Grow Love! Nurture and care for your loved ones every day. Use this heartfelt book, you can make yourself, to remind you of all the love you have to give.

Linda Augsburg at Make It Mine magazine Linda's love story project is a dress she embellished by stenciling dancers and a big band along the hem. Read why and learn how to do it yourself on the Make It Mine blog.

Michelle's Love Story... The band is getting back together again! Ornament Thursday celebrates the story of love...

Savvy Crafter Candie's love affair with big rings continue...she's making her own now! Love Stories and more over at the Savvy Crafter! XOXO!

Snap out of it, Jean! There's beading to be done! Ah, Love ! This satirical creation of Jean's immortalizes certain women's profound affecton for their ... handbags!!!

Strands of Beads Love speaks many languages. Learn how to say "I Love You" in an untraditional way with Melissa Lee's whimsical jewelry project.

SwellDesigner Alexa shares with you her truly swell and punny Valentines!

The Impatient Blogger Love is in the air at The Impatient Blogger! Margot shares two vintage inspired jewelry designs that are oozing with romance...in a good way!

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These are my offerings for the Ornament Thursday January theme of Love Story. The first is a project I did a while ago for Beadalon that I just love. It’s very Victorian in design though the couple was cut out of a 1920s magazine advertisement. I’m such a dorky, romantical sap of a girl and a sucker for word play of all kinds; this kind of design is right up my alley. The second is a necklace from my last book Sparkletastic. It’s like a little vintage valentine replete with wedding cake style pearl swags and frosted Lucite and crystal flowers. Isn’t this the sweetest little necklace? Aren’t they the cutest couple? Isn’t this totally over the top? It’s as gooey as it gets but luckily it’s not at all sticky. Just sos ya knowse. YAY!

If you click on the images you can read the instructions for Keys to My Heart and see the materials list. The frame I used was from I Kan’dee but they’ve been most unfortunately discontinued. Ranger is working on a 1”x1” frame that would work nicely or you can always do a quick foil tape and solder for the pendant.

Enjoy!

Cheers,
Margot

This Week's Teaser...

Are you looking forward to this week's re-debut of Ornament Thursday?

Well, we are, too!

The team has been working hard to present their most creative projects that represents this months theme...

LOVE STORY

Can't stand the suspense?

Well, here's a small sneak peek at one beautiful project created by Jean Yates!

Check back this Thursday for all the hot links!

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