my partner is eileen snyder. here is her blog, and here is her shop. there was a little hiccup in our part of the party. eileen and i were slated for the first reveal, but eileen's package to me got lost in the mail, and ended up back at eileen's! but before it had appeared, i contacted lori and said i wouldn't be able to do the party, and she very kindly sent me a soup! and *then* the package appeared at eileen's and she sent it back to me, and then i had ***two*** soups. um, wow!!!
so, here goes.
some of you might recall my soup from eileen. here it is.
i was really inspired by the flower beads and the butterfly to go with a garden theme. and since it's still summer and we've still got flowers i thought it would be perfect.
the first piece i took on was the pottery shard pendant from china. i really like handmade elements, so i added some of my polymer clay to eileen's soup.
i added the chain, the b'sue boutiques bird, the butterfly, the polymer clay clasp and face, the jade drops, and the gray rondelle. everything else was from the soup.
next i worked on the luscious amethyst chunks. i added everything but the amethyst; lava rounds, wood disks, copper flowers, chain, silk sari ribbon, the polymer clay bird, and the button clasp i made to follow the garden theme.
i wanted to keep the butterfly light and delicate, so i just added a few crystals and some chain. that new y-connector is something i worked out a couple weeks ago. i'm sure others have done it, but boy did i feel smart when i came up with it! ;)
here i was thinking lush vintage garden with some weathered statues, happy bugs, and some stately old trees, with a silvery magical bird living in it. i used that gorgeous orangey-red crystal from lori's soup, and the flower bead and the two clear and white beads from eileen's soup. i added everything else. i made the copper etched pendant, the wish bead, the hope clasp (in signifigance for what it feels like to plant such a garden), and the magical bird. i used cotton cording to do the micro-macrame, which i've just started to do. the little lampwork snail is by doris stumpf. we exchanged beads in the pantone palette bead exchange. the buttons are all from the soho garment district.
and finally from eileen's soup is the clasp and the silver bead. i made the polymer clay bird and nest, added the plastic leaf button, the ceramic beads, the wood bead, and the glass seed beads.
so that draws us to the close of eileen's soup. on to lori's!
i was thinking sparkly and effervecent for this one, and romantic. so i chose glossy black wire and chain and lobster clasp. and i took a cue from heather powers and some of the pieces i've seen her do. it's so lovely how she uses rhythm in her work a lot, and i wanted to evoke that. so i did some repeating and grouping.
and here is the gold leaf clasp that lori sent. i used it as a link and added my polymer clay clasp, the two flower beads from eileen's soup, and a nest i bought at jo-ann's. i stuck with the garden theme from eileen's soup here, and was thinking of a tree twined with flowers and a little nest safe in it's arms.
i hoped you liked this stop on the party line! i know i thoroughly enjoyed working with eileen's and lori's soups! you're both the dearest people. now on to the next blog!
Alison Sachs, Beads by Earthtones
Amanda Dittloff, Passion Smashin'
Andra Marasteanu, Bijoux de Monanage
Angie Szlovak, SweetBeads
Anitra Gordy, Leelu Creations
Ann Sherwood, Ann's Blog
Arlene Dean, A Glass Bash
Audrey Belanger, Dreams of an Absolution
Barb Solem, Vivi Magoo Presents
Barbara Blaszczyk, laboratorim Flory
Bianca Odenthal, Zydies Glasperlen
Birgit Klughardt, GitesBeads
Bobbie Rafferty, Beadsong Jewelry
Bonnie Coursolle,
Jasper Gems
Cece Cormier, The Beading Yogini
Charlene
Jacka, Clay Space
Cherrie Fick, En La Lumie're
Cheryl Foiles, Get Your Bead On
Christie Murrow, Charis Designs
Jewelry
Christina Miles, Wings n Scales
Christina
Stofmeel, Feng Beads
Christine
Stonefield, Sweet Girl
Design
Cindy Cima Edwards, Live to
Design
CJ Bauschka, 4 His
Glory Creations
Claire Smith, Embergrass Jewelry
Cynthia Riggs, Cynth's Blog
Dana Fowler, Trunk Full of
Treasure
Dawn Pierro, Turtle Moon
Designs
Dee Elgie, Cherry
Obsidia
Donetta Farrington, Simply
Gorgeous
Dot Lewallwn, Speedie Beadie
Eileen Snyder,
Dorset Hill Beads
Elizabeth Bunn, Elizabeth
Beads
Eva Kovacs, Ewa
gyongyos vilaga!
Evelyn Duberry, Sheba Makeda
Fay Wolfenden, Torch Fairy
Fen Li, Bead Flora Jewels
Gail
Zwang, Angel Moose Enterprises
Geneva Collins, Torque Story
Grace Dorsey, Fan of the Flame
Gretchen
Nation, Art Food
Lodging
Hannah Annear, Squintessential
Hajer
Waheed, My Beaded World
Heather Goldsmith, As I Bead
It
Heather Otto, The Craft
Hopper
Heidi Kingman, My
Bead Therapy
Hope Smitherman, Crafty Hope
Isolina Perez, Isolina Perez
Jacqueline
Keller, CreARTelier
Jane
Haag, Did You Make Something
Today?
Janeen Sorensen, Wild
Vanilla Designs
Jean Peter, Jean P. Designs
Jennifer
Judd, Jen Judd Rocks
Jennifer L
Justman, Soul's Fire
Designs
Joanna Matuszczyk, Bizuteria z filcu
Joanne Brown, Jo's Jewels
Joanne Lockwood, Jo Bunkum
Joyce Becker, Joyce's Joyful Gems
Judy
Riley, Three Red
Beads
Karen Mitchell, Over
the Moon Design
Karen Williams, Baublicious
Karin von Hoeren,
Creative Ideen
Karla Morgan,
Texas Pepper
Jams
Kashmira Patel, Sadafule ..
always in bloom!
Kate Richbourg, We Can Make That at Home
Katrin Lembke, AllesPerle
Kathy Combs, Torched in Texas
Kathy
Lindemer, Bay Moon
Design
Kay Thomerson, Kayz
Kreationz
Kelley Fogle, My Life, One Bead at at
Time
Kelly Hosford Patterson, Traveling Side
Show
Klaudette Koon, Only
Road
Lara Lutrick, Lampwork
Beads by Lara
Laura Guenther, Blue
Antiquities
Laurie Lalonde, Simply Mod Jewelry
Lilik
Kristiani, Soul of My
Embodiment
Linda Younkman, Lindy's Designs
Lisa
Chapman, Beach Cat
Beads
Lisa Lodge, Pine Ridge Treasures
Loretta Carstensen, Designs by Loretta
Lori
Bergmann, Lori Bergmann
Design
Lori Dorrington, Lori's
Adventures in Etsy Land
Lupe Meter, Gem's PC Corner
Lynn Davis, LLYYNN
Malin de Koning, Beading by Malin
Mandi
Effron, Craft-o-licious
Mandy
Williamson, Mimi's
Beading
Margot Potter, The Impatient
Crafter
Maria Rosa Sharrow, Willow Street
Shops
Marianne Baxter, Simply Seablime
Jewelry
Marina Dobrynina, Savon Feutre
Marjolein Trewavas,
Room for
Change
Marelene Cupo, Amazing Designs
Marsha
Neal, Marsha Neal
Studio
Marta Kaczerowska, uhuhu
Mary Govaars, MLH Jewelry Designs
Melissa
Trudinger, Bead
Recipes
Menka Gupta, Menka's
Jewelry Blog
Michelle Burnett, Reverie and
Revival
Michelle Escano-Caballero, The Cabby Crafter
Miko Wiropati,
Uniquely Yunikua
Milla
Hope, LB Creative Arts and
Crafts
Mimi Gardner, Other
Curiosities
Miranda Ackerley, MirandackArts
Natalie McKenna, grubbi
Noemi Baena, fuego, metal, y
color
Pam Ferrari, Ferrari
Originals
Pam Sears, Crazy Creative
Corner
Penny Neville, Copper Penny
Rachel Baron,
R. Baron Designs
Rachel
Myers, Rockabead
Jewelry
Rana Wilson, Definitive Designs by R.
Wilson
Rebecca Anderson, Song Beads
Rebecca Sirevaag, Becca's Place
Riki
Schumacher, Riki Jewelry
Rose Binoya, Ahtee's
Blog
Rossana De Gaspari, Rdegas
Blog
Sally Anderson, Wild Sally Road
Sandi
James, Do Be Do Bead Do
Sandi
Volpe, Sandi Volpe
Sandra Wollberg,
City of Brass
Stories
Sarah Goode, Pookledo
Sarah Small, blog by salla
Shai Williams, Shaiha's Ramblings
Shawn
Mills, Shawn Marie
Designs with Bent Wire
Sheila Davis, Stone Designs by
Sheila
Sheryl Stephens, Babble Bead
Shiraz Biggie, Secret Song
Designs
Solange Collin, Ahowin Handcrafted
Jewelry
Sonya Stille, Dreamin' of Beads
Stephanie
Dixon, The Dixon
Chick
Susan Kennedy, Sue
Beads
Susan Sheehan, Strands
of Thought
Suzann Sladcik Wilson, Beadphoria
Sweet Freedom, Sweet Freedom
Designs
Tabatha Dinger, Modernly Created
Tania Hagen,
Pelima Jewellery
Design
Tanya Boden, Fusion Muse
Terri Gauthier,
Blooming Ideas
Terry
Carter, Tapping Flamingo
Tracy Stillman, Tracy
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