My Country, of Thee I Bead - REVEAL
Welcome to the Reveal Day of My Country, of Thee I Bead Challenge , hosted by the amazing Nan Smith. Thank you, Nan for setting up this beading challenge! My Country, of Thee I Bead CHALLENGE First, a bit about myself. My name is Ana Cravidao and I come from Portugal. For those who don't know where Portugal is, I almost can't see it on the map above, it's a rectangle shaped country, located in the Iberian Peninsule, in western Europe. I live in Setubal, but I was born in Lisbon (the capital). I'm new to blogging (not one year yet) but I've been designing jewellery for five years. Despite my pseudonym, ACBEADS, I don't make beads but one day I'm going to take that road too. When I signed up for this challenge, I had no idea of what I wanted to make. So I started to look for inspiration. According to the rules, the piece should be based on something that is distinctive to one's country, for instance, the flag, the emblem, the anthem or anything that one...