Yippee! Today is the Bead Soup Blog Party reveal. Each Bead Soup participant was paired with another jewelry designer and asked to send their partner the following:
~ A focal
~ A special clasp (not just a lobster claw)
~ Some coordinating spacers or beads
~ A special clasp (not just a lobster claw)
~ Some coordinating spacers or beads
Using the focal and the clasp was mandatory, and we could use anything from our own stash to round out the project. The choice to use the coordinating beads or not was left up to us.
This is the Bead Soup package I received from my partner
Here is the first necklace I made…
Rosa designed and created the beautiful pressed flower pendant and sent a generous amount of coordinating beads that inspired me to create a multi-strand necklace. I love wire-wrapping so I wrapped individual freshwater pearls to make the chain link strand. The second strand is a mix of the colorful vintage beads that Rosa sent and more of the sage green freshwater pearls. The final strand is a simple oxidized chain holding the flower pendant. I love the vibrant colors!
Take a closer look at the lovely pendant and this perfect little clasp Rosa sent. I think the size of the clasp works perfectly with the overall piece and will be comfortable to wear all day.
The second necklace I made…
Rosa sent plenty of ingredients for a second necklace and although I don’t generally work with seed beads, I enjoyed working out of my comfort zone and I am pleased with the result. I used three different colors of seed beads twisted together and separated with the smoky glass and lampwork beads Rosa included in my soup ingredients. The focal is another wonderful pressed glass pendant that Rosa made. It holds a tiny butterfly wing which is well-matched to my design style (note my shop banner at the top of this page).
And I even had enough ingredients for a bracelet…
How could a southern gal go wrong with a lovely handmade pink flower focal in her soup? Spring in the south is all about pink! Flowering cherry trees, azaleas, camellias, and mounds of impatiens burst into the world with amazing pink blooms. I like the contrast of the antique brass findings with the glass and crystal beads; to me, this design has a vintage feel.
Send me a note, tell me what you think of my Bead Soup Designs.
Click on the names below to see what the other bead artists participating in Lori Anderson's Blog Party have created with their Bead Soup ingredients.
Thanks Lori A. for your long hours and hard work organizing this fun event!!!
Thanks Lori A. for your long hours and hard work organizing this fun event!!!
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
5. Alesha Conklin and Becki Mendivil
6. Alice Peterson and Carol Dillman
7. Alicia Marinache (Canada) and Dita Basu
9. Amanda Tibbetts and Andrea Trank
11. Andra Weber and Christine Murrow
12. Ann Sherwood and Diane Welte
13. Barbara Bechtel and Kerry Bogert
14. Barbara Lewis and Cat Pruitt
15. Bonnie Coursolle (Canada) and Fay Wolfenden (Canada)
16. Carmel McGinley (Australia) and Tracy Stillman (Australia)
17. Cassie Donlen and Deryn Mentock
18. Cathie Carroll and Janel Dudley
19. Cece Cormier and Morwyn Mullins
20. Charlene Jacka and Christina Hickman
21. Cheryl Brown (Canada) and Diana Ptaszynski
22. Christina Stofmeel (the Netherlands) and Eva Kovacs (Hungary)
23. Christine Damm and Deb Brooks
24. Cilla Watkins (Canada) and Elaine Robitaille (Canada)
27. Cory Celaya and Rhea Freitieg
28. Courtney Breul and Dana Hickey
29. Cynthia Abner and Jennifer Boreck
30. Cynthia Tucker and Jean Peter
31. Debbie Goering and Heidi Post
32. Dee Elgie (UK) and Joanne Lockwood (UK)
33. Dian Hierschel (Germany) and Eniko Fabian (Austria)
34. Diane Cook and Lyn Foley
35. Donna Bohler and Lisa Lodge
36. Donna Millard and Kiersten Giles
37. Doris Stumpf (Germany) and Eszter Czibulyas (Hungary)
38. Elisabeth Auld and Eva Sherman
39. Elke Leonhardt-Rath (Germany) and Marjolein Trewavas (UK)
40. Ema Kilroy and Laurie Keefe-Cecere
41. Erika Nooteboom (the Netherlands) and Giorgia Rossini (Italy)
42. Erin Grant and Jean Wells
43. Evelyn Duberry (Canada) and Gaea Cannaday
44. Genea Crivello-Knable and Heather Powers
45. Ginger Bishop (military, Okinawa) and Martina Nagele (Germany)
46. Heidi Kingman and Lori Greenberg
47. Helen Kemp and Lisa Wangeman
48. Helene Goldberg (Australia) and Karen Vincent
49. Jamie Hogsett and Jeannie Dukic
51. Jennifer Cameron and Tania Spivey
52. Jennifer Justman and Kari Carrigan
53. Jennifer Tough and Lorelei Eurto
54. Joanna Matuszczyk (Poland) and Julianna Kis (Hungary)
55. Joanne Tinley (UK) and Michaela Pabeschitz (Austria)
56. Julie Anne Leggett and Kelley Fogle
57. Karen Hess and Linda Landig
58. Karyn Bonfiglio and Kathleen Lange Klik
59. Kashmira Patel and Kat White
61. Kathy Lindemer and Rose Binoya
62. Krafty Max and Sandra Miller
63. Kristen Latimer and Pam Ferrari
64. Kristie Roeder and Lea Avroch
65. Kristina Johansson (Sweden) and Penny Neville (Canada)
66. Krisztina Erlaki-Toth (Hungary) and Nicole Keller (Germany)
67. Lara Lutrick and Lisa Suver
68. Laura DeMoya and Lisa Hanna
69. Libby Leuchtman and Melanie Brooks
70. Linda Koch and Rosemarie Cowit
71. Lisa Chapman and Menka Gupta
72. Lisa Liddy and Marion Simmons
73. Lori Anderson and Marcie Abney
74. Lori Bowring-Michaud and Mary Govaars
75. Lori Dorrington and Maria Rosa Sharrow
76. Lori Finney (Canada) and Marie-Noel Voyer-Cramp (Canada)
77. Lynn Bennett and Mandi Ainsworth
78. Marta Kaczerowska (Poland) and Milla Starchik (Canada)
79. Mary Harding and Shannon LeVart
81. Melinda Orr and Molly Alexander
83. Michelle Jensen and Sandra Young (Canada)
84. Nan Emmett and Nicole Valentine-Rimmer (Canada)
85. Nancy Boylan and Suzette Bentley
86. Natasha Lutes and Patti Vanderbloemen
87. Pam Hurst and Rebekah Payne
88. Patty Miller and Sara Rhoades
90. Rebecca Sirevaag and Sharon Driscoll
91. Rochelle Brisson and Shannon Chomanczuk
92. Rosa Maria Cuevas (Mexico) and Tejae Floyde
93. Sabine Dittrich (Germany) and Sally Russick
94. Sandi Volpe and Sarah/Saturday Sequins
95. Shanti Johnson and Tracy Mok (Canada)
96. Skylar Brez and Theresa Buchle
97. Sonya Stille and Traci Zeller (Canada)
98. Stefanie Teufel (Germany) and Tania Hagen (New Zealand)
99. Stephanie LaRosa and Vonna Maslanka
100. Terri Wlaschin and Wendy Blum
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Great pieces! Your seed bead work is wonderful!
ReplyDeleteLori All three pieces are stunning. I love the first necklace most! Or Maybe the Bracelet? Oh I love all three!! Great job. It was a pleasure being partnered with you!
ReplyDeleteThanks Rosa, I enjoyed being partnered with you too. You sent mee a wonderful bead soup to work with.
DeleteOh my Goodness! These pieces are beautiful! I love the bracelet the best!
ReplyDeleteThose were such original bead soups, and I love what you created from them! The necklaces are stunning and the bracelet is really sweet too! :)
ReplyDeleteAll three pieces are beautiful. I especially like the colours of the second one :) x
ReplyDeleteWow, you got a lot made and all of them are focal pieces! I love how your seed beads fully pick up the color of the focals and the wire-wrapped pearl chain is wonderful!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful creations and the focals are amazing!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great soup you received! Very sweet pieces! I love that your partner made some of the components.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous pieces, I love the look of the colors in the first necklace. The bracelet is perfectly pretty. Love it all.
ReplyDeleteI love that necklace! The colors co-ordinate perfectly. The bracelet is stunning - everything is really wonderful!
ReplyDeleteAghhh!! That first necklace is simply gorgeous!! I'm loving all these summery soups!
ReplyDeleteBEAUTIFUL pieces! So perfect for spring and summer!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful designs, I just love the bracelet, so feminine! :)
ReplyDeleteOoooh, oooh, oooh! I loved the pressed object pendants. You really highlighted those well! And that bracelet is gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteOh wow, these are so pretty! :)
ReplyDeleteTotally agree about the vintage feel of the bracelet - very feminine and just right for spring! I'm impressed by how you're not afraid of colour - that first necklace is wonderful. Great job on all the pieces!
ReplyDeleteGreat use of those spectacular vocals. You really made them stand out beautifully.
ReplyDeleteI love the pieces you have made, the bracelet is my favourite, although I'm not really a fan of pink - it works great in combination with the darker metals.
ReplyDeleteI love the bracelet
ReplyDeleteciao dall'Italia
Beautiful pieces! I like that each one has a different color palette and design style. My favorite is the second necklace with the earthy feel.
ReplyDeleteI love what you created with that beautiful pressed flower focal.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! I love what you did with the soldered pendants!
ReplyDeleteI love a 3 strand necklace and yours is beautiful!
ReplyDeleteGreat soup.
Your necklaces are wonderful but I really like the vintage style bracelet the best!
ReplyDeleteYou got a lot of ingredients! I love all three, but the bracelet is my favorite. The butterfly wing necklace is a very close 2nd. Gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteThey're beautiful! I especially like the bracelet -- and I'm a big fan of wire wrapping, too!
ReplyDeleteI hope you'll join me again in the summer!
They are all pretty but the colors and style of the pink bracelet is my favorite. Great work!!
ReplyDeleteI really like how you combined strung with wire wrapped in the first necklace, and thought the colors worked really well. And liked what you did with the seed beads. Clever girl! Bracelet is very pretty, as well.
ReplyDeleteAll are very pretty! I like that you stepped out and used the seed beads, they played very nicely for you too!
ReplyDeleteI just adore that first necklace grouping - I'm strongly reminded of Georgia O'Keeffe's giant flower paintings!
ReplyDeleteYour ingredients are wonderful. Her pendants are stunning and I have to say, that first necklace is beautiful. I love the chains, the colors, the flow/texture. Beautiful soup!
ReplyDeleteThe soup you received was WONDERFUL!! And so are the gorgeous creations you fashioned from the soup. I love, love, love layered necklaces and the bracelet is amazing!!
ReplyDeleteYou totally came up with some amazing designs! I am positively in love with that pink bracelet. IN. LOVE. So great!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous pendants! Love what you did with them too, and that bracelet is really fun! Great finished "soup" pieces.
ReplyDeleteLove those pendants - they are really cool!
ReplyDeleteI love all of your creations! The multi strand necklace and bracelet are my faves!
Wow, I'll tell you what I think of your bead soup beauties! I love them. So colorful and mother earthy, well designed. I love the bracelet. Great job!
ReplyDeleteLori, all three pieces are wonderful: the pendants are all beautiful and nicely brought to focus by the lovely designs. I like all three equally!
ReplyDeleteVery well done, Lori! I love zhe bracelet too, it has such a romantic charm!
ReplyDeleteWhat beautiful designs! The necklaces are fantastic; I love the pendants, especially the butterfly wing. The three strand necklace is so fun and vibrant, very summery. I also really enjoyed the braiding of the second design.
ReplyDeleteStunning pieces! Good call on the multiple strands on the first piece, I love that look. Love that gorgeous flower pendant on the looong chain. I love your second piece as well--I love neutral tones, and the seed beads add great texture. I really like that look of multiple strands of small seed beads--It works really well in that piece. And that bracelet is breathtaking! I love the mixed metals--that antiqued brass together with the silver is wonderful, the brass really cuts the "sweetness" of the pink stones. It does have a very vintage feel. It makes me think of a cherry tree in bloom. Love the addition of the stacked button focal.
ReplyDeleteI love the length of that first necklace, the pendant is so beautiful! And I would absolutely wear that second necklace, so deliciously natural looking. I think the bracelet is just pretty as pink can be ;)
ReplyDeleteLori - I am so in love with your seed bead necklace - it's absolutely perfect!! I really like the green pearls you added to the first soup necklace - it makes the other colors just pop! Beautiful!! And, your bracelet is lovely too - it has a victorian/vintage look and feel to it!!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! I especially love that second necklace!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful jewellery! I love your colour combos and the different feels the pieces have: sunny summer in the first, calm and serene seascape in the second and sweet and feminine without being cutesy or frilly in the third. The addition of the sage green pearls in the first necklace worked so well with the colours in the soup. Fab job!
ReplyDeleteOMG! That first necklace is drop dead gorgeous! The red with the green...stunning! And I love how you used the seed beads! The bracelet is just elegant! Youd di a fantastic job here!!!
ReplyDeleteYou are soo talented, all your jewellery is so pretty. I LOVE the pink focal on the bracelet!!
ReplyDeleteOh Lori, I just love the pieces you made with your soup ingredients! We lived in the South for a while, and your bracelet truly reminded me of those Spring colors, and your first necklace is beautiful and bold, but, being partial to butterflies myself, I fell in love with your second necklace. Beautiful job!
ReplyDeleteLori, I don't know what I would have done with that focal. It is beautiful but I would have been stumped. You turned that unusal piece into a real work of art; both showcasing the focal and the rest of the necklace. Bravo!
ReplyDeleteNice soup, you made a gorgeous bracelet with it.
ReplyDeleteLori, this is a wonderful collection for a 'southern girl' to wear to all her spring party events! :) --- These pretty floral pendants really stand out with your designs. The bracelet is fun, I had to look twice to see where you had put the key! NICE Job!
ReplyDeleteWhat fun designs! I love the focals you received and the way you assembled your pieces.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful pieces! Especially love the bracelet and the way you used the pretty beads and focal.
ReplyDeleteI like the 2nd necklace best, you matched the colors so beautifully!
ReplyDeleteI love the seed bead necklace. The colors are exquisite and I love the way you made them twine.
ReplyDeleteLori, those pendants are so beautiful, I love how you designed around them, you did a wonderful job. The bracelet is very delicate and pink is always a great color for any gal!!
ReplyDeleteI especially like that first necklace. You have a great eye for design!
ReplyDeleteI love them all and especially the soft pink of the bracelet. Gorgeous
ReplyDeleteI love all of your creations! The first one is stunning. Great job :)
ReplyDeleteI just love the first necklace, I think my favorite part is how the pendant and chain hang down with straighter lines than the other 2 strands, just lovely!
ReplyDeletelove your designs, but being partial to pink... I really think that one is stunning
ReplyDeleteAll three of your creations are wonderful. I like that they each seem to have their own personality. The first one is a total party girl, the second one a camper, and the third one is a dainty flower of a girl. Yet, at the same time the same girl could wear all three depending on her mood. Very cool!
ReplyDeleteI really love all of the pieces you created. The bracelet is my favorite and I love what you did with the seed beads. Really great.
ReplyDeleteSonya