I want to start off by saying thank you to Lori Anderson of Pretty Things for pulling off the herculean task of the Bead Soup Blog Party - hats off to you, applause, *curtsey*. I have been an admirer and follower of hers for a while now, and have always enjoyed her wit, wisdom and advice that she offers.
I didn't receive my bead soup until Wednesday afternoon, so needless to say, I was panicking!!
My bead soup partner, Dee Wingrove-Smith, sent me a package with lovely little flowers, leaves and colorful beads and a butterfly - the clasp is even a sweet little flower. Go to Dee's blog to see what she made with her soup!
I wanted to make a pair of earrings with a cascade of flowers, and came up with these earrings. I even added a couple of flowers from my own stash that match perfectly with the beads from my "soup".
After that I was stuck, so out came the books and magazines for inspiration, motivation, illumination and any more -tions you can think of.....
I knew I wanted to make a simple necklace with a copper leaf I recently bought. All of the beads came from Dee and I used a my own copper daisy spacer a chain.
I then wanted to make a lush flower, leaf, bead mix using the sweet flower clasp and butterfly. I used some of the lavender silk sari ribbon I recently received from Mudhound Studio.
I greatly admire anyone who likes to make these kinds of necklaces - I never realized how much work goes into them!
I'm happy that I was able to make three pieces with the short time I had the beads. I still want to make a bracelet with the leftover beads, but will save that for another day!
Go check out the other 361 participants - the whole list can be found here:
http://lorianderson-beadsoupblogparty.blogspot.com/
I didn't receive my bead soup until Wednesday afternoon, so needless to say, I was panicking!!
My bead soup partner, Dee Wingrove-Smith, sent me a package with lovely little flowers, leaves and colorful beads and a butterfly - the clasp is even a sweet little flower. Go to Dee's blog to see what she made with her soup!
I wanted to make a pair of earrings with a cascade of flowers, and came up with these earrings. I even added a couple of flowers from my own stash that match perfectly with the beads from my "soup".
After that I was stuck, so out came the books and magazines for inspiration, motivation, illumination and any more -tions you can think of.....
I knew I wanted to make a simple necklace with a copper leaf I recently bought. All of the beads came from Dee and I used a my own copper daisy spacer a chain.
I then wanted to make a lush flower, leaf, bead mix using the sweet flower clasp and butterfly. I used some of the lavender silk sari ribbon I recently received from Mudhound Studio.
I greatly admire anyone who likes to make these kinds of necklaces - I never realized how much work goes into them!
I'm happy that I was able to make three pieces with the short time I had the beads. I still want to make a bracelet with the leftover beads, but will save that for another day!
Go check out the other 361 participants - the whole list can be found here:
http://lorianderson-beadsoupblogparty.blogspot.com/
