PCAGOE December "Re-do" Challenge Vote

It's time to vote for the PCAGOE December Challenge! Here are all of the entries for this month's "Re-do" theme:

Black and Red Drop Crystal Earrings No. 175 by Susan of 11BOLDstreet 

The "before" earrings were an entry for another PCAGOE Challenge. I was never really happy with the lower, translucent element. It seemed too dull and clunky by comparison with the upper focals. So, cut sleek slices from the same rich red as was used in the nugget beads, sanded, buffed them and added a sterling spiral, then re-hung as the new lower element - MUCH better!!

Fancy Soap Dispenser by Lisa of HiGirls 

This pink and blue soap dispenser just needed a little bit more. Gray trim with a white wash makes it a little more special. 

Emily by Marie Young of MarieYoungCreative

I loved "Emily" when I first created her 2 years ago, (see "Emily" Before) but my skills have improved so I decided to give her a makeover. I sanded her down and added a new layer of clay to give her features more definition (including sexy eyelids!). I also changed the color palette on her skin tones to provide more contrast.

Steampunk Fish by Freda of  FredaK

The first one was made in 2010 and was covered with extruder cane flowers and the other one is steampunk made last week.

Pod brooch re-do (revised design) by Beth of CreateMyWorldDesigns

I never quite liked the red outer rim of the original brooch, so for the December PCAGOE "re-do" challenge, I decided to change the original piece to something I'd like more, the black and silver outside is the result. To read more about this project, please visit my blog post: http://createmyworlddesigns.blogspot.com/2015/11/simple-brooch-re-do.html

To cast your vote for your 3 favorite entries, please go to the PCAGOE Blog. Remember, you could be our lucky prize winner, just for participating in the vote!

Simple brooch re-do

This month's PCAGOE guild challenge is "Re-do", or basically to revisit an old idea or project and improve it by changing the old piece or re-designing a new piece based on the same idea.  I didn't have a whole lot of time for this challenge, because as usual, I left it to the last minute and in that last minute I was sick with a cold. But I didn't want to mess up my streak of consistent entries (I think I've had an entry every month for the past 2 years + 2 months!). So I grabbed one of my older pieces that I wasn't quite happy with and quickly did a revision. Here's the original brooch design:

The original piece was designed around a piece of metal window screen that I had moulded into a dome using a jewelry block tool. I never quite liked the red on the outside of this piece, and as you can see above, that red portion ended up breaking... so I decided to pry it off and redo the outside of the piece. Unfortunately, when I pried off the red outer layer, the 2nd pink and purple outer layer also came off, so I lost more than I had intended.

I decided that a nice glossy black would compliment the purples best and I set to work with one layer of black, then added another layer. I decided that I wanted to make the edges of these new layers more organically shaped. I then added a touch of silver ink to give contrast to all of the edges. A coating of verathane added that glossy shine that I wanted.

I do like this version better than the first. I like that it looks more pod-like, but I'm still wondering if it needs something more... What do you think? Leave me a comment below. Voting opens for this challenge on December 1st and is open untill December 7th at midnight EST. I'll post a reminder here on the blog!