Saturday, March 3, 2012

BEAD SOUP BLOG PARTY REVEAL

It is finally here, the Bead Soup Blog Party, 200 people were paired up and exchanged a bead soup.  Thank you Lori Anderson for hosting this wonderful event.  Each of us mixed our soup to cook up some unique items to show off today!  My partner was Rebekah Payne, Tree Wing Studio,  and she sent me some of her incredible polymer clay beads and some others.

These beads are so far out of my comfort zone.  I work mostly with silver and gemstones, so I really had to get a feel for the beads.  I can say, after a few minutes, I was totally in love.  They are so fun and colorful and playful, I was having a blast!  I started with this wonderful focal, and designed around it. Little did she know that a daisy reminds me of my mom, so this focal was speaking to me the minute I got it!


Rebekah was very generous with the beads so I was able to make a long necklace, bracelet and earrings. I still have a few beads left, but I have this incredible set now!
 


I hope you enjoy the pictures, please make sure to leave a comment, as I will be doing a giveaway of a special piece of jewelry on March 15th, the drawing will be from all comments left on this post!

Now I am off to see everyone else's bead soup!  If you would like to join the Bead Soup Blog Party, just follow this list, click on the names, enjoy the party!  

Hostess, Lori Anderson


Special Book Sneak Peeks, Cindy Wimmer
1.  Adlinah Kamsir (Singapore) and Hajer Waheed (Kingdom of Bahrain)
2. Adrienn Lukacs (Hungary) and Agata Grygiel (Poland)
3.  Agi Kiss (Hungary) and Carolien Muller-Genger (the Netherlands)
4.  Agnes Asztalos (Hungary) and B.R. Kuhlman
7.  Alicia Marinache (Canada) and Dita Basu
15.  Bonnie Coursolle (Canada) and Fay Wolfenden (Canada)
16.  Carmel McGinley (Australia) and Tracy Stillman (Australia)
21.  Cheryl Brown (Canada) and Diana Ptaszynski
22.  Christina Stofmeel (the Netherlands) and Eva Kovacs (Hungary)
24.  Cilla Watkins (Canada) and Elaine Robitaille (Canada)
25.  Sabrina Straub (Switzerland) and Kathy Combs
32.  Dee Elgie (UK) and Joanne Lockwood (UK)
33.  Dian Hierschel (Germany) and Eniko Fabian (Austria)
37.  Doris Stumpf (Germany) and Eszter Czibulyas (Hungary)
39.  Elke Leonhardt-Rath (Germany) and Marjolein Trewavas (UK)
41.  Erika Nooteboom (the Netherlands) and Giorgia Rossini (Italy)
43.  Evelyn Duberry (Canada) and Gaea Cannaday
45.  Ginger Bishop (military, Okinawa) and Martina Nagele (Germany)
48.  Helene Goldberg (Australia) and Karen Vincent
54.  Joanna Matuszczyk (Poland) and Julianna Kis (Hungary)
55.  Joanne Tinley (UK) and Michaela Pabeschitz (Austria)
65.  Kristina Johansson (Sweden) and Penny Neville (Canada)
66.  Krisztina Erlaki-Toth (Hungary) and Nicole Keller (Germany)
76.  Lori Finney (Canada) and Marie-Noel Voyer-Cramp (Canada)
78.  Marta Kaczerowska (Poland) and Milla Starchik (Canada)
83.  Michelle Jensen and Sandra Young (Canada)
92.  Rosa Maria Cuevas (Mexico) and Tejae Floyde
93.  Sabine Dittrich (Germany) and Sally Russick
95.  Shanti Johnson and Tracy Mok (Canada)
97.  Sonya Stille and Traci Zeller (Canada)
98.  Stefanie Teufel (Germany) and Tania Hagen (New Zealand)

55 comments:

  1. good work, I love them all!
    I'm a partecipant from Italy, I'm trying to visit all of you.
    this was really a great experience!
    ciao ciao

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  2. Well done. Lucky you Treewings beads are so cool.

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  3. You did such a good job with your soup!! I love everything you made.

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  4. So earthy and yet bright and cheerful. Lovely :) x

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  5. Rebekah's beads are amazing as usual, and I love how you brought them all together for such a sunny set of wearables!

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  6. Beautiful set, Pam! I love the design with the "coins" framing the daisy focal. :)

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  7. Love the flower focal you received!! Beautiful pieces.

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  8. I love all the fun beads you had to work with. Great jewelery you made!
    Cilla

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  9. I love how working with beads that are out of your comfort zone really help you keep growing in a creative way. Your pieces are gorgeous!

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  10. I love the necklace. Unique design... never crossed my mind to mix flower and coins. Just Stunning!

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  11. You can not tell that the beads were out of your comfort zone - you did a fantastic job! Congrats!

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  12. A beautiful set. That necklace is drop-dead gorgeous! One would never know you were out of your comfort zone here.

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  13. WOW! look at those rustic earthy pieces! Perfect!

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  14. Your designs make me so happy Pam! I love them! It is so neat how we can make different things with the same beads! I actually never thought these here could make one piece, so I really love how you combined them to make such a nice matching set. It's so perfect!

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  15. I think your Bead Soup is so lovely and you made such wonderful pieces from it. I especially like the Daisy necklace and that it is long.

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  16. Magnificent Set! I love the focal and how you worked everything into the set.

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  17. I love daisies and the little blue birds are very sweet. The perfect accent. Great coordinating pieces too. Great job.

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  18. The daisy is so beautiful. Your pieces feel like a flower field in fall. Somehow windblown and earthy at the same time.
    Great use of all of the beads.

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  19. That necklace is a knockout. I would never have guessed you were working out of your comfort zone!!!

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  20. Lucky you to have Rebekah of Tree Wing Studio as a partner. I've been eyeing her beads for some time. I think you did a super job with the bead soup you got. Love the bracelet.

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  21. Thanks for visiting me and your kind comments. When I saw your reveal, three words popped in my head: "Earthy, woodsy, fun"! Nicely done.

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  22. I love that you got something that is sentimental to you. You did a lovely job, and I'm impressed!


    I hope you'll join me again in the summer!

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  23. You did a great job! It's fun to work outside the comfort zone now and then!

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  24. Wow this is great for being out of you comfort zone. Hope it finds you new zones to work in!

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  25. Such a gorgeous set - you did a great job! It really looks like a garden in spring: happy and earthy.

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  26. Ok, I've got to be honest - I am so jealous of you having been Rebekah's partner!! Her beads are absolutely amazing. (Not that I didn't have a great partner myself :-)) And you have made some beautiful jewellery here! I have just ordered some of those aster wheels and I can't wait to have a go with them. I think the earrings are my very favourites, they look like they have a lovely movement and swing.

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  27. I love the natural, earthy colors of your set! And the way you incorporated similar elements to make it feel like a set was awesome. Enjoy wearing your set! You've made something really pretty!

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  28. Omg this is gourgous great job

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  29. Omg this is gourgous great job

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  30. Wow! What a great set you made. Yes, her beads are wonderful and boy did you make them shine. I love what you did with the disk beads. I especially like the little earrings. All three pieces are lovely and what a great set they are. I would love to wear a set like that. Great job!

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  31. Well done!!! Lovely, charming pieces!

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  32. Your designs turned out totally amazing. I adore those earthy disc beads you used. ♥

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  33. I love Rebekah's work and you totally did her beads justice! That necklace is just such a feast for the eyes! Bravo!

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  34. I love the beads, colors and what you did with them. I agree that the focal is amazing. Great job!

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  35. The set is really incredible - I love especially the necklace with it's creative center very much!

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  36. Beautiful colors in the soup and you did a wonderful job! I particularly love that bracelet!

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  37. that's one of the best things about this challenge, giving someone the opportunity to work in materials you might never have worked in by yourself! It's the only way to grow.... and I think you did a lovely job !

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  38. Lovely, earthy jewellery set! Great job!

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  39. Oh, I really love this set!!! You certainly did get a feel for this style of beads, in spite of being used to other styles. They are wonderful pieces!

    Alesha

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  40. This is so pretty! Really earthy and tribal, great work!

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  41. What a fun necklace. It is wonderful that she chose a focal that spoke so strongly to you.

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  42. Love the earthy sort of Indian Summer colors you got to work with...beautiful set!

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  43. Beautiful bead soup creations! Especially like the necklace. Great job!

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  44. You got some incredible beads to work with...lucky you! Great job with the challenge, all your pieces are amazing.

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  45. You make some wonderful stuff with your soup! I love that daisy focal and you really made it the stand out of your necklace.
    Sonya

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  46. Your made a really gorgeous necklace. I love it. Great job with your bead soup!

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  47. Beautiful focal to design around, you did a great job!

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  48. What wonderful pieces! I love that they're a matched set!

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  49. LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this set you made. I have a thing for daisies too and you really made that daisy shine! If you were out of your comfort zone at all, I can't tell. You worked with these earthy-tone beads flawlessly. Fantastic job!

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  50. Bead soup...what a creative idea and a lovely result.

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  51. I love the focal your partner sent and your necklace is beautiful.
    Sonya

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