bead soup blog party 6!

well, here we are at the third and final reveal! i'm so excited to be here! thank you lori anderson!!! you are a true angel, and you will soon find out why.

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!

Hostess, Lori Anderson, Pretty Things

Agi Kiss, Moonsafari Beads
Alice Peterson, Alice Dreaming

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

 

Becky Pancake, Becky Pancake Bead Designs
YOU ARE HERE!--Beth Emery, Stories by Indigo Heart

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 Stillman Designs