First Challenge Approaches

Okay, June 1st is coming faster then I thought it would. By the sounds of it, Cassie is already making beads and playing with colors for this Children's Book Challenge. I gotta get on the ball!!

I started playing at the torch yesterday for the challenge. I went from memory, for who doesn't know their favorite children's book by heart, grabbing some colors that mixed surprising well. (Dare I tell what those colors are? Hmmmm... no, I think Cassie needs to see them first!) When I got the beads out of the kiln this morning, and grabbed my favorite book I realised, my memory ain't what it used to be. LOL! I need to actually take the book and prop it up next to me while I work.

I am thinking one of the reasons that I love this book so much is that visually, the colors are very 'me'. So, how can I make working with colors that I use a lot become a challenge? The book is going to help me there too. The characters in the drawings have very wild, and just plain odd shapes to them. I am thinkin' I need follow the illustrator's lead and break out of the expected bead mold (aka press,lol).

By next week, our first boxes of bead goodies (and favorite books) will be in the mail. I can't wait to see what Cassie has been working on and I can't wait for her to read my favorite book.