Smelly Nelly: Blog Hop

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Saturday, 8 April 2017

Bead Peeps 3rd Annual Swap N Hop Reveal!

Hello and welcome to the :

2016 Swap N Hop Reveal

Welcome to the highly anticipated 2nd Annual Swap 'n' Hop reveal!

Welcome to the 9th Do Over reveal, hosted by the multi-talented Jeannie K Dukic of JKD Studio. The blog hop where we reluctantly dismantle a retired piece of jewellery made by Jeannie and (hopefully) make something new and exciting from it.

Ooh! What's in this beautifully wrapped parcel I wonder?

Let' see!

Sign-Ups for JKD's Do Over Challenge Open

This year has been difficult for my family and my poor wee blog has been sadly neglected, but things are starting to settle and it's time for one of my favorite blog hop traditions:

For this blog hop, the multi-talented Jeannie of JKD Studios sends out one of her designs for FREE (you only pay the postage) for you to redesign, repurpose or remake into something unique to you.

Sign ups are here or you can click on the banner above.

This is such a fun hop, but spaces are limited so get in quick!

Saturday, 10 January 2015

A Time To Stitch 6

Welcome to the ATTS 6 reveal, hosted by the wonderfully creative duo from Therese's Treasures and One Kiss Creations.

Stinky Dog Beads Blog Challenge and Hop

Welcome to the Stinky Dog Beads Blog Hop hosted by Lorelei!

A few weeks ago, Lorelei picked out a gorgeous selection of bits n bobs from Stinky Dog Beads and set the challenge for us to create gorgeousness with them.

Bead Soup Blog Party 8 Reveal!

Welcome to the 8th Bead Soup Blog Party, created and hosted by the absolutely amazing Lori Anderson.

BSBP 8 - Introducing Bead Soup 2!

Now that you've met my first (official) partner, Hajer, please allow me to now introduce my second (unofficial) partner, Bridget of www.shears58.net!

Long story short we both got ants in our pants waiting to hear from our BSBP partners so we decided to become back-up partners. Look at the luscious soup that Bridget sent me :

BSBP 8 - Introducing Bead Soup 1!

Since the reveal is coming up fast (this Saturday!) I thought that I had better shake a leg and introduce my two wonderful partners and the beautiful soups they sent me. So without further ado, cast your eyes over this very special soup sent to me by Hajer of My Beaded World :

JDK's 7th Do Over Challenge Reveal

Welcome to Jeannie K Dukic's 7th Do Over Challenge!

Devised and hosted by Jeannie, we are all sent a piece of jewellery, handmade by Jeannie herself, that she considers tired or boring. It is our job to make-over that piece into something splendiferous.

The Color of Dreams Blog Hop

Welcome to the Color of Dreams blog hop hosted by the incredibly generous and gracious Rita of Toltec Jewels.

The paticipants were all given a gorgeous bead handmade by artist Patricia Handschuh of The Color of Dreams Boutique and invited to share our dreams, using our bead as the inspiration.

Grow your blog 2014 - GIVEAWAY!

Welcome to the second annual "Grow Your Blog" hop created and hosted by the rather lovely Vicky Boster of 2 Bags Full.

My name is Nelly, short for Penelope, occasionally dubbed Smelly Nelly or Penelope Ploppity Pitstop by my nearest and dearest. I do NOT smell out of the ordinary however!

For me blogging is a way to connect to like-minded people where we share our art, crafts, recipes, stories and a little bit of our lives.

I'll keep this short and sweet because there are over 500 blogs to visit in this event (click on the image above to see the full list) so how's about a GIVE AWAY!

My favourite supplier on Etsy is Unkamen Supplies - a wonderful source of chain maille supplies and kits, so .....

Prize = $25 (US dollars) Unkamen Supplies gift Certificate

All you have to do is leave a comment to say hello and tell me your favourite online or Etsy shop. (PS if your favourite Etsy shop sells gift certificates I am more than happy to change the prize to on of those for you.

Draw will close midnight AEST February 14th 2014 and the winner announced on the 15th February.

Good Luck!

Wednesday, 15 January 2014

A Time to Stitch 4

Welcome to the reveal day of the ATTS4 blog hop!

The challenge was to create something in net stitch plus at least one other stitch out of 1) Chenille Stitch, 2) Chevron Stitch or 3) Spiral Rope. I kept it simple and chose only one other stitch : Chevron.

So without further ado, here is my slightly gothic looking necklace:

The side straps are chevron stitch and the focal is spiral netting - I hope I'm not cheating by using spiral netting! The swirly design is based upon something I found here, it's not very easy to follow so I'll add some (hopefully clearer) instructions in another post later on.

Here's a closer shot of the swirly net focal:

After a great deal of faffing and experimenting I used a dismantled charm bracelet to connect the individual components. The shiny silver seems to add a bit of punkiness in my eyes.

I really enjoyed this challenge so a big thankyou to the lovely hostesses Therese and Christine.

Enjoy looking at the amazing creations of the other participants, they are breath taking:

01. Amy Severino
02. Janet Bocciardi
03. Cynthia Machete
04. Alicia Marinate
05. Paula Kramer
06. Kim Hora
07. Dee Alcalde
08. Dagi (Kokopelli)
09. Maryanne Gross
10. LizE
11. Sally Russick
12. Becky Pancake
13. Jasvanti Patel
14. Karin Slaton
15. Alenka
16. Sarah Sequins
17. Tanya Goodwin
18. Debbie Rasmussen
19. Shirley Moore
20. Crystie Willard
21. Nelly May (you are here!)
22. Ana Cravidao
23. Therese Frank (wonderful hostess)
24. Christine Altmiller (amazing hostess)

Sunday, 27 October 2013

Welcome to the Second Annual Octoberfest!

(If you are looking for the 6th Do Over Challenge it is here.)

Welcome to Octoberfest 2013!

6th Do Over Challenge Reveal!

Welcome to the 6th Do Over Challenge hosted by mixed media artist extraordinaire Jeannie K Dukik of Jewelry by Jeannie.

For this Challenge, Jeannie sent 20 lucky participants a piece of jewelry to make over. Check out the beautiful packaging!

Celebrating Autumn

I know I've been neglecting my blog of late, very tired recently, but this is just a quicky post to let you know about a wonderfully inspiring blog hop hosted by Toltec Jewels to celebrate Autumn.

And I'm excitedly waiting for some components that Anika of Pepita has made for me to arrive because they are the perfect autumn colours. You can have a look at what I'm waiting for here.

Despite it being spring in my half of the world I spent most of my life in the northern hemisphere so my heart and soul are in Autumn even if my body is not! And autumn is my absolute favourite season. The cool, long evenings and the burst of reds, golds and yellows in the trees. So if you've got time go have a looky see at the beautiful imagery posted on Toltec Jewel's blog (link below).