Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) a Mexican holiday celebrated throughout Mexico and the Southwest. The holiday focuses on gatherings of family and friends to pray for and remember friends and family members who have died. The celebration takes place on October 31, November 1 and November 2, in connection with the Halloween, All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day. That’s the basics.
Sugar Skulls and marigolds are central to the theme and along with painted faces and decorations, those elements make their way into jewelry. It’s time to reveal what we made for the Halloween/Day of the Dead Jewelry blog hop! sponsored by Suburban Girl Studio.
I’ve got cuffs! Lots of etched cuffs with sugar skulls, marigolds and bright colors.
All of the above were etched and colored by me. Colors are from Color Me This metal patinas.
In addition to the etched versions, I have some amazing glass sugar skulls from Torch by Night Lampwork. One is ring size and the other is cuff size. Both are on interchangeable Sirius System findings from McDuck Creations.
I hope you’ll visit all the blogs in this hop! Lots of creative minds have come together. You can find them here:
Diana Ptaszynski http://www.suburbangirlstudio.com
Staci Smith http://www.stacilouiseoriginals.com/
Kathleen Breeding http://99bobotw.blogspot.com
Sue Kennedy http://www.suebeads.blogspot.com
Dianne Miller http://www.artbydianne.blogspot.com
Lisa Liddy http://www.lisaliddy.wordpress.com
Toltec Jewels http://www.JewelSchoolFriends.com
Linda Landig http://www.LindasBeadBlog.com
Laura Medeiros http://Www.zoeowyn.blogspot.com
Veralynne Malone http://www.veradesigns.blogspot.com
Lynn Jobber http://thecreativeklutz.blogspot.co.uk
Michelle McCarthy http://www.fireflydesignstudio.blogspot.com
Karen Totten http://www.starryroadstudio.blogspot.com
Jayne Capps https://mamasgottodoodle.blogspot.com
Jenny Davies-Reazor http://jdaviesreazor.com/blog
Joan Miller http://metalmudandsand.blogspot.com/
Melissa Meman http://melissameman.blogspot.com
Melissa Trudinger http://www.beadrecipes.wordpress.com
Kari Asbury http://hippiechickdesign.blogspot.com
Inge von Roos http://www.ingetraud.wordpress.com
Andrea Glick http://zenithjade.blogspot.com
Stephanie LaRosa http://Www.stringaholic.blogspot.com
Lola Surwillo http://www.beadlolabead.com
Jennifer Cameron http://glassaddictions.com/blog
Diane Hawkey http://dianehawkey.blogspot.com
Kristi Harrison http://kristibasket-itsanewday.blogspot.com
Nicole Valentine Rimmer http://www.nvalentine.blogspot.com
Tanya Goodwin http://www.Pixiloo.blogspot.com
Shai Williams http://shaihasramblings.blogspot.com/
Sandra McGriff http://skyescreativechaos.blogspot.com
Sarajo Wentling http://www.sjdesignsjewelry.blogspot.com
Marie Covert http://thistledown-and-swaddlings.blogspot.com
Lisa Stukel http://www.carefreejewelrybylisa.blogspot.com
Laurie Vyselaar http://www.Lefthandjewelry.wordpress.com
Sherri Stokey http://www.knotjustmacrame.com
Pam Traub http://www.klassyjoolz.blogspot.com
Lori Dorrington http://lorisglassworks.blogspot.com
Kristen Stevens http://kristen-beadjourney.blogspot.com
Eleanor Burian-Mohr http://cornerstoregoddessjewelry.blogspot.com
Sally Russick http://thestudiosublime.com
Dawn M. Gallop http://www.flipflopsandpoptarts.com
Christine Damm http://storiestheytell.blogspot.com
October 28th, 2013 at 7:24 am
Lisa, I love these!!
October 28th, 2013 at 8:37 am
I always love seeing your etchings and these are amazing. I love how you colored them, the third one especially.
October 28th, 2013 at 9:01 am
Those are awesome. The one with the black is my favorite!
October 28th, 2013 at 9:10 am
These are super amazing!!! Love them! Thanks so much for sharing…have a wonderful day!
October 28th, 2013 at 9:55 am
I love your cuffs…but you already knew that! Thanks for participating!
October 28th, 2013 at 9:55 am
Your cuffs are great and I really like the lampwork skulls. Thanks for sharing. Cheers!
Lori in Atlanta
October 28th, 2013 at 10:36 am
The etched metal cuffs really rock
October 28th, 2013 at 11:12 am
I just love those cuffs!
October 28th, 2013 at 12:22 pm
Wow, what detailed cuffs! Beautiful work! I liked your business page too! I am Keepsakes by Kristi on facebook. 🙂
October 28th, 2013 at 12:32 pm
Love all of your cuffs! Good thing I rarely wear cuff style bracelets, or I’d end up spending all my money to buy one of each of your skull cuffs >.< lol
October 28th, 2013 at 12:56 pm
Those etched cuffs are the coolest! Love non-fussy jewelry!
October 28th, 2013 at 2:24 pm
Gorgeous and elegant designs, Lisa!
October 28th, 2013 at 3:10 pm
I love when you play with colors on that metal of yours!!!!
October 28th, 2013 at 5:23 pm
Love those etched cuffs. The black and red one is particularly striking. Fun to see them all.
October 28th, 2013 at 5:35 pm
I love your work, each is wonderful and I don’t think I can pick my favorite, they all are! Your color choices are brilliant!
October 28th, 2013 at 8:15 pm
WOW! I love them…I’m not sure which I’d choose as favorite they are all so fantastic!
October 28th, 2013 at 8:18 pm
Those cuffs are super cool! They are all lovely but I think the last one is my favorite!
October 28th, 2013 at 9:08 pm
Awesome! I love everything! Very clever use of Amy’s amazing sugar skulls 🙂
October 28th, 2013 at 9:11 pm
Great cuffs as always Lisa!!! So very cool!
October 29th, 2013 at 3:00 am
I knew you’d come up with some great etched/coloured pieces, love them! And those lampwork skulls are awesome too!
October 29th, 2013 at 3:25 pm
WOW-ie. I so need to do some research on the sugar skulls I keep seeing. What lovely etching.
October 31st, 2013 at 4:02 am
Those cuffs are truly awesome! Very very nice work– looks like enamel with those colorants. And the sugar skull cuffs are wonderful as well. Thanks for the eye candy– now I won’t need to trick-or-treat! Happy Hallowe’en.
January 20th, 2014 at 12:13 am
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