Holiday Bling Blog Hop 3 Reveal - Happy Everything You Do Is Right Day

That's right folks, you heard it here.  Today, March 16, is Everything You Do Is Right Day.  Think about that for a minute.  Margaritas for breakfast?  Well sure, any other day of the year that might be a problem, but today?  Everything you do is right, remember?  Game on.

When Marlene & Shelley of MarShellSwaps decided to host a spring version of their popular Holiday Bling Swap and Blog Hop, they didn't specify which spring holiday we should celebrate, nor did they tell us what we should swap.  They left it all up to us.  My partner, Lori Bowring Michaud of Artfully Ornamental  and I tossed around a few ideas and then we realized the reveal was today - Everything You Do Is Right Day - and well, everything was easy after that.  Because today we can do no wrong.  Ha.

Most of the items in the previous HBBH swaps have been ornaments or jewelry, but Lori and I decided to do our own thing and swap jewelry components.  How fun is that!?  And without further ado, the components Lori sent:

The top piece in this photo is a polymer and crystal slider.  On the bottom, the clasp on the left is sea glass set in resin in a Susan Lenert Kaszmer bezel and the clasp on the right is made of a vintage copper leaf, Ann Ricketts lampwork bead and Swarovski crystals.  I'm in love already.  But wait - there's more...

Sea glass!  I adore sea glass!  And not only did Lori send drilled pieces, she set some heart shaped pieces in resin in a gorgeous connector piece.  But no, that's not all...

Hand painted stained glass button, anyone?  And, as if all that wasn't MORE than enough, Ms. Lori included one more thing:

A hand painted polymer pendant/bracelet focal.  Everything is so beautiful and Lori was way too generous.  But since today is Everything You Do Is Right Day, I'm going to accept everything she sent and float around all day on a cloud of euphoria - because it's the right thing to do.  And I'm going to be wearing this bracelet I put together using her sea glass and resin clasp:

Isn't that fun!?  It seem beachy and makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside.   I used some pieces I've been collecting.  The blue bird in the front is by Lennis Carrier of Windbent and the big striped bead is a Kazuri bead.  There are also a couple of dyed howlite starfish (or sea stars, if we're being politically correct and up to date here) and some other bits and pieces.  I think everything goes well with Lori's beach glass clasp, don't you?

Be sure to pop over to Lori's blog, Artfully Ornamental, and say "hi".  You got it - it's the right thing to do.  Then go eat cookies for lunch.  Oh, and here's the list of other hop participants.  Tell 'em I sent ya.

Alicia Marinache
Catherine King
 Chris Schlicht
 Cynthia Machata
 Dyanne Everett-Cantrell

Gina Hockett 
Jennifer Reno
Laura Reed
Leanne Loftus
 Lennis Carrier

Lori Bowring Michaud
Marti Conrad
Mary Govaars
Renetha Stanziano
Rita/ Toltec Jewels

Sandra McGriff
Sarah Goode 
Sherri Stokey   <----Yep, you are here
Sonya Stille 
Tammie Everly

Therese Frank 
Tiffany Goff Smith
Marlene Cupo
 Shelley Graham Turner