15th Anniversary Celebration - Day 7

It's Day 7 of my 15 Days of Content... I've officially been doing this for a week! 

For those just tuning in, this is just my little way of celebrating the fact that this blog has been around for 15 years. And you know who else is celebrating their 15th Anniversary this month? Bead Box Bargains!

Bead Box Bargains is, hands down, one of my favorite online bead resources. Their selection may vary (they are a closeout store, after all), but their prices and customer service are bar none. I've been ordering them since the beginning of my jewelry making career, and I keep going back.

Their celebration this month included releasing some limited-edition, limited-run bundles. I managed to grab a few... and I thought for today's entry, I would make something with one of them!

Here's the bundle I chose for today. It's called Golden Midnight.

Not my photo!
This is the product photo from Bead Box Bargains.

I really love the combination of deep dark blue and gold. It reminds me of ancient cultures like Mesopotamia and Egypt, where they often made jewelry using gold and lapis lazuli.

So, what better way to use this bundle than to focus on the lapis lazuli pendant and 4mm rounds? With some of the Czech glass thrown in, of course.

Overall, here is what I made--using only beads from that bundle!

Yep! I made an entire set: a necklace, some earrings, a bracelet, and a hairstick.

For fun, here are some glamour shots...

First, of the necklace:

...and now the bracelet:

...and the earrings:

...and, last but not least, the hairstick:

This bundle was a lot of fun to play with, and I'm glad that I got a chance to do so. Happy 15th Anniversary to Bead Box Bargains... thanks for being part of my jewelry-making journey!

And thank you, my wonderful readers, for stopping by today! There's more content to come... I hope you come back tomorrow for more.

Until then... have a wonderful day, everyone!

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Another way I'm celebrating is by offering a coupon code for my Etsy store!

Simply use the code BLOG15 when checking out for 15% off! Code expires once my 15 Days of Content is over, on August 3rd.