My Bead Soup Blog Partner

I'm so excited to introduce my Bead Soup Blog partner, Linda Sadler.  Linda lives with her husband in Beaufort, North Carolina on the beautiful coast.  She is a retired Public Health Nurse, and now spends some time doing books for her husband's contracting business.

Linda started making  jewelry about 6 years ago, and enjoys making Heirloom jewelry, repurposing vintage items.  Check out her beautiful romantic pieces at               www.idalouisejewelry.blogspot.com

8th Annual Bead Soup Blog Party

It's time to party again.  Lori Anderson is hosting her 8th Annual Bead Soup Blog Party, and this year there are over 400 participants from all over the world.  Lori works very hard to connect just the right partners for this event.  Beads, clasps and focals are exchanged between partners and then they get busy creating beautiful jewelry pieces that will be revealed on May 3rd.  Be sure you come back for the party!

Lampwork and Clay 2013 Blog Hop

The big reveal for the Lampwork and Clay 2013 Blog Hop sponsored by Lisa Lodge is here.  Thanks to Lisa for putting this together.

She mailed me beads from the ceramic artist, Marti Conrad, and I was to design some jewelry using them.  The beads were made of clay and had a nice turquoise blue glaze on them.  (Scroll down to see the original post of the beads.)  After searching my stash I came up with this design.

I selected a ceramic pendant that I had, and thought it went well with Marti's  clay beads.  I attached the beads to the pendant with some brown leather, tying knots between each bead. I really like the wonky, bohemian feel it has. 

 Then I wanted to tie in the turquoise blue glaze color on the clay beads, so I added some turquoise howlite and turquoise chips to finish.  It is about 18" and lays nicely on the neck.  I finished with earrings to match.  Hope you like it.  Let me know in the comments.

Be sure to hop on over to one of the blogs shown below so you can see what else these talented artists are making.

 Your hostess:  Lisa Lodge, A Grateful Artist

Mary Govaars, MLH Jewelry Designs

Melissa Trudinger, Bead Recipes

Kathy Zeigler Lindemer, Bay Moon Design

Laurie Vyselaar, Lefthand Jewelry

Annette Rivers, MamaOwl's Mess

Karin King, The Sparkle Things Blog

Shaiha Williams,   Shaiha's Ramblings

Mimi Gardner, Baubles, Beads and Other Curiosities

Dee Alcalde, Agape Creations Jewelry

Kay Thomerson, Kayz Kreationz

Karla Morgan, Texas Pepper Jams

Lori Jean Poppe, Lorillijean Creative Corner

Eleanor Burian Moore, The Charmed Life

Leah Mifflin Tees, My Beady Little Eyes

Terri Wlaschin, Dances in Fog

Sharyl McMillian-Nelson, Sharyl's Jewelry

Jo-Ann Woolverton, It's a Beadiful Creation

Veralynne Malone, Designed by Vera

Linda Aspenson Bergstrom, TBD

Toltec  Jewels, Jewel School Friends

Judy Turner, Silver Rains

Gloria Allen, Gloria Allen Designs

Kathleen Douglas, Washoe Kat's

Connie Tipton, TBD

Christie Searle Murrow, Charis Designs Jewelry

Andrea Glick-Zenith, ZenithJade Creations

Michele Dotson, Star Jewels

Chris Eisenberg, Wanderware

Jennifer Clifford, TBD

Kathleen Breeding, 99 Bottles of Beads on the Wall

Molly Alexander, Beautifully Broken Me

Loretta, Loretta's Boutique - You are Here

Carolyn Lawson, Carolyns Creations

Shirley Moore, Beads and Bread

Bonnie Coursolle, Jasper's Gems

Alice Craddick, Alice's Beads and Baubles (reveal will be delayed a few days)

Lampwork and Clay 2013 Blog Hop

Its been awhile since I posted on this blog, but I am participating in the 2013 Lampwork and Clay Blog Hop, so thought I would show you the beads I will be using to design a piece of jewelry that I will show you on Saturday, November 16th.  I received these from Marti's Button N Beads. They are made of clay and have a shimmery blue green glaze.  I am actually done with the piece, but I can't show you until Saturday.  Be sure you come back for a peek.  Here are the beads I'm using.

Soups On!

Welcome to the first reveal for the Lori Anderson 7th Bead Soup Exchange.  I have participated in 6 of the 7 exchanges, and have enjoyed seeing the beautiful work that all these Artists create.  I know you will too.

This year I was lucky enough to be matched with my partner, Dyanne Cantrell, who lives in Arkansas.  Check out her blog at www.deelitefuljewelrycreations.blogspot.com  Here is what she sent me.

The clasp is handmade polymer clay by Tori Sophia.  The focal and green, red and white beads are lampwork made by Dyanne.  Aren't they beautiful?  The soup mix includes little green beads by Ion Beads and some clear spacers and gold spacers.  And this is what I created.

The bracelet is a "Ladder Wrap Bracelet" that wraps twice around the wrist,  and is made using Greek leather.  I stitched the green beads from Ion Beads on the leather and then added the beautiful polymer clay clasp from Tori Sophia's collection.  I get many compliments on this piece.

In this creation I used the lampwork beads created by Dyanne, which includes the green focal and the red,green and white beads.  I added some 14K gold curved tube beads, and some faux ivory beads to complete.  It is approximately 18" and I show it with a longer 14K gold chain that compliments the necklace.

I hope you enjoyed your soup, and you can continue your "culinary" tour by clicking this link to see all the other soup.  Thanks for stopping by.

http://lorianderson-beadsoupblogparty.blogspot.com/2013/03/7th-bead-soup-blog-party-first-reveal.html

The Seventh Beacd Soup Exchange

I am so excited to be participating in another of Lori Anderson's Bead Soup Exchange.  This is the seventh, and I have participated in six of them.

A Bead Soup Exchange, for those of you that don't know, is a group of artists or crafters getting together and exchanging beads, and then creating something beautiful with these beads.  Lori sends the invitation and usually has over 500 people all over the world who will respond. She then gets busy matching all these people so that everyone has a partner.  A very exhausting job.

This year I was lucky enough to be matched with my partner, Dyanne Cantrell, who lives in Arkansas.  Check out her blog at www.deelitefuljewelrycreations.blogspot.com

Here is what Dyanne sent me to work with and the cute box it came in.

The clasp is handmade polymer clay by Tori Sophia.  The focal and green, red and white beads are lampwork made by Dyanne.  Aren't they beautiful?  The soup mix includes little green beads by Ion Beads and some clear spacers and gold spacers.  I have a yummy recipe in mind for this soup.

Kalmbach Bead Soup Party!

The people at Kalmbach are holding a Bead Soup Party to promote Lori Anderson's new "Bead Soup"

book.  They enlisted several artists to send a stash of beads to people who asked to participate, and these people would design and make a necklace.  Once made 

a picture of the necklace was emailed to Kalmbach for posting on Facebook and Pinterest, and the necklace will be entered in a drawing for gift certificates to the Kalmback store www.KalmbachStore.com.

I received this bead soup from Janis at Bead Lounge

www.beadlounge.com, and created my necklace.

Here are the soup components.

And here is the finished necklace.  I added some greek leather to complete the design using the bead soup.

Third Reveal of the 

6th Bead Soup Blog Party

The time is here to taste the "Soup".  Lori Anderson has done it again.  Putting together 300 plus artists who exchanged beads and then created beautiful pieces of jewelry.  Get ready for a fun taste!

My Partner is Lisa Chapman of Beach Cat Beads and this is what she sent me. 

and here is my first design

The Heart Focal is a Lampwork Bead made by an artist in New Smyrna, Florida, where Lisa lives.  There are so many beautiful colors in this bead, but I was drawn to the blue.  I added small sodalite beads to compliment and finished with the little dragonfly charm.  The chain is brass and is a long 33".  It will be nice for layering with other pieces.  Here is a picture showing the length.

My next piece gave me a little trouble.  I wanted to use the Toggle Clasp as my focal piece and I wasn't sure where I was going to place it, so I went into the bathroom to look in the mirror and immediately dropped the toggle part down the drain.  In trying to retrieve it with pliers I pushed it further down.  Now this is not an easy under the counter pipe that I could remove, it is a pedestal sink with all the plumbing inside that pedestal.  Fortunately my husband came to the rescue and saved the day.  Here is what I designed.  I should call it my "Wayward Toggle" necklace. :)

I wire wrapped the azurite, rutilated quartz, dyed red quartz and jasper on one side, and completed the necklace with the brass chain.  Once I got it together I felt it needed some balance, so I threaded the silk ribbon through the chain and finished with a bow at the top, and then added some dyed red quartz as dangles.  Here is a close up of the toggle clasp.

Lisa sent me so many beautiful things that I just kept creating.  Here are the earrings I made with the little turtle beads that she sent.  I love the Trinity Brass ear wires.

Last but not least I wanted to try something a little Bohemian.  I have a new fun book  called "Bohemian-Inspired Jewelry", and used that for my inspiration.  Using the white hemp cord, and some Greek leather I fashioned a bracelet with some Golden Tornado Beads, ceramic beads and jasper.  I think it's fun, and very Bohemian!

Thank you for visiting my blog and now you will want to continue on for more soup with the other artists.  Here is the list

 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
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 - you are here!
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
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

Ladder Bracelet

Yesterday happened to be my daughter-in-law, Maria's, birthday, and I always enjoy making something special for her at this time.  The ladder bracelet design shown here was made popular by Chan Luu, who makes and sells beautiful bracelets, and I found a very good free tutorial at www.beadshop.com so that I could try to make one.  I like how it turned out.