Saturday, May 10, 2014

It's Tiiiiiiime!!

After a slight delay in the reveal date for our Bead Soup Blog Party this year, the date is finally here!

Here's a little reminder of what my partner Sarah at Pookledo sent me to work with:

Sarah's soup has arrived!

I absolutely fell in LOVE with the colour combination she sent me. Normally, I work with brights and cool colours in the bright spectrum, but the soft turquoise and soft pink that Sarah sent worked amazingly well with my *cough extensive cough* stash. I started pulling...and pulling...and pulling...

The first idea that came to me as I was dozing off one night was this....a collage necklace, not symmetrical, and including some of my beaded beads for a little piece of "me". 

Julie Powell definitely inspired my thinking there...in this piece, I used one of the turquoise focals, and several of the rose quartz beads. 

Here's my Julie-and-Sarah-inspired collage necklace:





I also created my first-ever hand-hammered clasp for this necklace:


Once that was off the design board, I decided it really needed a bracelet to go with, as I hadn't used the beautiful clasp Sarah sent me...it seemed a shame to waste it at the back of someone's neck, y'know? 

So this evolved...using the other turquoise focal, the turquoise beads, more of the rose quartz, and of course the beautiful clasp. 




And then, you know, I still had a bit of time (BEFORE the date changed), and I wanted to use some more of those sweet pink quartz roundelles, and the other cute little owl focal:



The chain is handmade chainmaille, with insertions of the quartz, and the lariat can also be worn as a triple-wrap bracelet. 


AND, I couldn't forget these, so I went very simple with a pair of earrings:


The chain supporting these little swingers is also handmade chainmaille. 



Sarah, thank you! I hope you had as much fun with your soup! I managed to use almost everything Sarah sent me~AND a few pieces I had been sent in prior soups as well. 

Please visit the rest of the participants in Bead Soup as well! It's such fun to make the rounds....you can find their links HERE at Lori's blog

I will apologize in advance, as I am working a 4-day stretch starting Friday May 9th right through Monday May 12th (doesn't it just figure!), so my visiting will be delayed by a few days. 








37 comments:

  1. hehe. I wondered what you would do with the blue moustaches and I love them!

    I can't decide which is my favourite piece that you have made. The way you use the owl and rose quartz was excellent and so cute with the acorn charm. I'm in awe of your handmade clasp. And you chose your beads for the first item so well that I went back to the photo of the original bead soup to see which I had sent you and which you had chosen. :)

    Lovely to meet you, and thankyou for the lovely soup.

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  2. Lori, wonderful job with the soup and I love the chunkyness of the necklace and bracelet.

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  3. Great designs! And those earrings are so durn cute.

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  4. Gorgeous, bold pieces here...I moustache you how you managed to assemble such different beads for shapes, colors and materials with such a flawless result :D okok but I am serious, they are stunning!

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    1. You crack me up, silly girl! :-) I had such fun....

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  5. So wonderful - luscious colors and love the chainmaille work!

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  6. Lovely work. That bracelet is especially spectacular.

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  7. Lovely. The mustaches are so fun. I would have been at a complete loss with them.

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  8. I love lariats, well anything with multi-use wear really, but the way you wove the strands of the bracelet together makes it my favorite. Great pieces!

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    1. Klaudete, I think you're the only one who noticed the weaving..so thank you! :-)

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  9. Love the beaded beads and the moustache earrings are just adorable.

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  10. Love the colours of your creations. Those earrings are the cutest - definitely my fave! Well done!

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  11. That bracelet is gorgeous but the lariat necklace with the cute little owl is my favorite. Such fun!

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  12. A collage necklace! What a cool idea and it turned out so nicely too. I like that you saved that pretty clasp for the bracelet, it really does give it a chance to be front and center. And those mustache earrings are too cute. I'm glad you didn't add much to them at all. Well done all in all!!

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  13. All of the pieces are lovely! I love what you did with the owl and the earrings are just cute~cute☺

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  14. OMG are those mustache earrings? Every single girl in Zack's class would want those, they are all wearing mustache jewelry!

    Adding your own beaded beads is EXACTLY what I had in mind for this hop -- using what you got and incorporating your own. The results are wonderful and I hope you're proud of your excellent work!

    Thank you for coming to the event!!!

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  15. Love your pieces, and the soft pastel colors!

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  16. I am usually a bright colors person myself but this combination is stunning. I love each piece. The bracelet is to die for!

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  17. I was thinking I really liked the braided bracelet but wow! those mustache earrings are just too cute! Awesome job!

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  18. Wonderful job using all that soup! I really love all the textures and colours of the first necklace, such a casual elegance to it. Then the stash earrings really change things up! Great work

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  19. The little necklace is so cute! Beautiful work!

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  20. Your first necklace is so beautifully chunky! It reminds of of the 50's style pearl chokers - but modern and more awesome! Very nicely put together.

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  21. Lovely designs - I love the boldness in the chunky necklace; and I am mostly partial to the bracelet, as I can't manage bracelets very well :) There is some serious work in the chainmaille, wonderful results!

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  22. You had a charming soup and created such lovely pieces!

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  23. beaded beads in the ncklace-superb! elegant compilation!

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  24. Very nice pieces, my very favorite is that lariat. It is so pretty. Nice collection.

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  25. Gorgeous work, Lori, and congrats on moving your work up another notch with your wonderful handmade clasp :)

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  26. Beautiful work! I love your stitched beads. xo Genea

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  27. Oh, i love the first necklace! Thats a wonderful combination of colours, shapes and materials. So gorgeous!

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  28. Hi Lori, I like your first necklace and I am glad that you included part of you in it. It adds to the texture of the piece. The matching bracelet is great too and the clasp is beautiful. Kudos to you for making your first hand hammered clasp. The lariat that can be worn as a bracelet too is wonderful. Your mustache earrings are cute. I like your chainmaille work. Great job using your soup.

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  29. Great designs! Your first piece has such nice soft muted colors and yet it has such a bold presence. Nicely done on your first-ever hand-hammered clasp!

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  30. Such cute pieces! I love how you mixed colors and textures in the big necklace - it really turned out to be adorable. I also love the mustache earrings - they're adorable, too! =)

    Linda A.
    http://fromTheBeadBoard.blogspot.com
    http://cherryOnTopDesign.co

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  31. Your soup creations are great. I love how you included a little bit of "you" and those 'stache earrings are so cute!

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  32. Really like the necklace and matching bracelet, the colors are so pretty.

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  33. I like the solid feel of the first necklace and bracelet. You've used the colors in a very nice way. I love the lariat necklace. Simple lines with a lot going on. Your chainmaille work is lovely. Great job!

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  34. The collage necklace with the chunky beads and random arrangement is a beautiful statement piece. I think that a smaller bracelet would be lost in its shadow so multi-strand with sort of two central pieces was a good idea. The lariat has some pretty dangles and multi-functional - great idea! The earrings make me smile - pretty!

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