Badlands are the ghosts of ancient mesas and plateaus. This land was once flat and unremarkable. Time and erosion have sheared the soil into steep ravines and gullies. Some cliff spires withstood the savages and tower up with earthen capstones topping the soft eroded soil below. Hoodoos reach for the sky like celestial totems. Rich colored clay adds an eerie essence, it paints the canyon walls in banded tapestries. Badlands take their name from French fur traders and Lakota people. These are bad lands to travel. The goblin shaped towers and unfriendly climbs do not welcome wheels or tired feet. The badlands keep the wanderers away and in doing so, we are gifted a view of prehistoric beauty that will survive the ages.

Join us on the Soft Flex Facebook page and YouTube Page on October 30th at 3pm PT / 6pm ET for the Live Design Challenge Kit reveal. From October 30 - November 25, post pictures of your designs made with this kit in our Soft Flex VIB Studio Facebook Group with hashtag #badlands and enter to win a future kit! Winner is chosen at random.

If you'd like to join us in the design challenge next month, buy this kit and challenge yourself to try something new and unexpected. If you are new to beading, this kit comes with findings, beads, wire, and surprises.

Our kits are great for skill building. We want our kits to feel challenging. We want them to be accessible for beginners and advanced designers alike, but we love to throw in elements that may seem difficult to test our beaders skills and make them think out of the box. We think jewelry is great when it is easy. But when you really have to engage your mind and process your materials and tools, we think that your jewelry has the potential to be life changing.

Our kits may be inspired by a colorway or theme, but they are meant to be creative interpretations. Imagination and innovation do not follow the rules. Expect the unexpected.

Supplies are very limited. Don’t miss out!