Check out my entry I turned in yesterday for Ayla's Originals Chopped Beading Challenge! To participate in the challenge, you needed to use some mandatory beads (on the left below), and then you could add any optional beads (on the right below). I went from a pile of beads: To a finished necklace: ...All in under 24 hours! It really was a challenge to design and produce jewelry in such a short amount of time. Plus, being forced to use some mandatory beads I wouldn't normally

Besides eating leftover turkey this weekend I’m participating in Ayla’s Orginals Chopped Beading Challenge. I just picked up my beads and I only have until 5pm tomorrow to turn them into something amazing. Talk about pressure! Here are the basic rules... you must use something from each of these 4 mandated piles below. MANDATED BEAD PILES Then you may purchase any other optional beads in store to use in your design. The sky is the limit because Ayla’s has so many beautiful be