I am participating again in Lori Anderson’s  Bead Soup Blog Party.  My partner is Judy Riggs of Rigglettes.  She sent me the most wonderful “soup” a few weeks ago.  The soup sat on my work table for a while, during which time, I thought of the many things I could make.  And finally, I decided to make what I would like to wear. And here are the things I came up with:

First off, I love the lampwork beads she sent me. And I wanted the unique glass focal to be seen, so I made a lariat style necklace which clasps in the front. I clustered all the beads together to make one big drop:

I like to wear earrings, and I like them simple, so I hung the lampwork beads from Bali sterling earwires:

As bracelets go, I like them chunky. So, I strung the beads up, and doubled them:

At first, I didn’t know what to do with the nice handmade headpins. Then I thought, make a chain necklace! I think it came out nice:

And finally, the “quirky components” Judy sent, were made into a “groovy” belt for my Blythe girl, Pinkie – wish I had one life size 🙂

To visit all the other participants, click on the link below:

Woohoo! My Bead Soup from my partner, Judy of Riglettes arrived today! This is the 7th Bead Soup Blog Party, and the third I will be participating in.  Lori Anderson of Pretty Things hosts this fun event.  In a nutshell, we are paired with a fellow bead maker/jewelry designer, send each other a “bead soup”, make jewelry/things, and then reveal our creations.  As there are so many of us participating, Lori has divided the reveals over three days.  Judy and I will be revealing on the first round on March 30th.  For more information on the BSBP #7, click on the link below:

And now, here are the wonderful beads and things Judy sent me!

Welcome to the Bead Soup Blog Party (BSBP) Reveal! Lori Anderson of Pretty Things is again hosting this wonderful event! In a nut shell, the BSBP is a blog event where jewelry makers gather, are paired off, exchange beads, and make wonderful things with the beads they receive.  For this party, I was paired off with the very kind and thoughtful Tracey Weiser of Summer Smack. Tracey sent me a most wonderful bead soup! For the moment, I was not able to find the photo of the beads she sent me, so I will just point them out as I go along.  Tracey’s beads were a collection of earthy polished stones, wood, brass bird charm, and handmade copper clasp.  I was able to use them all , and here are the things I made:

First off, I made this wire wrapped bracelet. I used the main focal Tracey sent me along with the small round stone beads.  I added Czech polished beads, copper chain, and clasp:

For this necklace, I used the delicate off white stone (bone?) beads, brass bird charm, and handmade brass clasp from Tracey.  I complemented them with cut glass beads, and Czech polished glass beads to achieve a more vintage feel.  I really like the bird charm on the back of the necklace:

I used what remained of the white stone beads, combined them with Vintaj brass components, and finished them with copper lever back ear wires to make these earrings:

I glued on Vintaj components to the wood beads from Tracey with the polished stones and hung them on copper lever back earwires to make these earrings:

And for the last earrings, I dangled the tiny stone beads from some components I had:

And finally, I made a necklace for my Blythe Doll, Pinkie with what was left of the tiny stone beads:

That’s it. I just want to thank Lori Anderson for organizing this fun party, and to Tracey for being such a nice partner! Now for the list of participants and their blogs go to the Official Bead Soup Blog Party List !  Thank you for stopping by!

Well, I have signed up for my second Bead Soup Blog Party hosted by Lori Anderson of Pretty Beads.  This time, there are 363 participating artists.  For more info on the party, visit Lori’s blog.

I have been partnered with the funny and sweet Tracey, of Summer Smack! Here are a few of Tracey’s wonderful work:

I just love her Steampunk necklace 🙂

The big reveal will be on September, 17th. Make sure to check out the party!

I’m really glad to have been partnered with Tracey – Thanks Lori!

Patty, I have sent you an e-mail.  Please get back to me so that I can mail your beads out to you.  Thank you!

This is a pendant I made using Jennifer’s stone tube beads and a hollow lampwork bead that I made:

For this necklace and earrings, I just started twisting copper, and winding the oval stone beads, seed beads, and tiny flower beads from Jennifer and finished it off with some swarovski crystals to add some bling:

I wanted to use the large donut stone in an unconventional way, so I decided to make a cuff bracelet. I had some corduroy from making Blythe doll pants, so I used that and some old lace that I had along with a big vintage rhinestone button and a couple of jet black vintage buttons. I finished it off with the seed beads I had left:

And finally, this is what I have left from the bead soup. Since Jennifer was so generous in sending me so much, I want to pass on her generosity, and send this along with some of my own handmade beads to whoever would like to have them. If you are interested, just leave me a comment, and on Saturday, March 5th, I will pick a random recipient. Thank you for stopping by!

Now come see what the rest of us made! 

Yaaayyy!!! It’s finally here!!! One of the main reasons I started my blog was so that I could participate in Lori Anderson’s (Pretty Things) Bead Soup Blog Party. For more information on the party, click on the picture below: