Saturday, March 25, 2017

Bead Soup Blog Party - Bead Hoarders Edition

The day is finally here and I am so excited!!!  Welcome to the reveal for the Bead Hoarders Edition of the Bead Soup Blog Party.  The fabulous Lori Anderson has done a lot of hard work to bring us to this day, please see her blog for all of the participants.  

My partner is Lucy Clasen, she will be posting on Pinterest here.  Her Etsy shop is here.  She has some lovely pieces there and is very talented.  I had such a great time talking with her.  I never imagined that out of all of the people to be partners with, she would live in Chicago and we would both be Cubs fans!

Here is what she sent me:


I took another shot of the little bird, because I love him.
 
 
This is what Lucy said about the beads she sent.  "I chose these beads because I love the bar and found a couple of lampwork beads to coordinate with it.  Have fun!"  The orange bird was made by Simone Lange, and the lampwork rounds were made by Jennifer Powers.  She doesn't have a record of who made the acorn and leaf bar, but she bought it to make something for herself with and has been hoarding it.  hmmmm that sounds like something I would do (and have done).  Thank you so much Lucy for these lovely beads.  I had a great time with them!

Here are the beads I pulled out to work with:


I had to change out the orange beads for different ones in the necklace, because the holes weren't big enough for the wire I was using.  I did use them in the earrings.  

I ended up with two pairs of earrings and a necklace, here are the earrings.  I was just going to do the one pair, but I had set the leaves aside when I was looking for coordinating beads and they kept calling me, so I made a second pair:



Here is the necklace:


Another view:


The little bird:


A close up of the beads Lucy sent:



 One more closeup of another part of the necklace:


Thank you so much Lori for hosting, I have missed having my Bead Soup!!!!  Thank you to Lucy for sending me these wonderful beads.  

Please take a look at what the other participants did, you can get to the list on Lori's blog.  

And a big Thank You to everyone for stopping by and reading my post!

33 comments:

  1. Beautiful necklace and earrings. The little glass bird is so cute!
    Therese

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  2. Neat necklace and earrings.
    Dolores

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  3. I love this necklace - great design, and the leaf focal is so cool!
    (Oh, I'm a Chicagoland transplant and a Cubs fan too)

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  4. Such a lovely necklace and i also like your earrings!

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  5. I love what you did with the acorn pendant and the little bird. The lampwork beads worked right into your design. It is lovely. It was fun to do the swap with you. Yes, being from Chicago and both enjoying the Cubs is a great connection point for us!

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  6. Beautiful!! I love the rustic earthiness of the stones! Their muted colors really make the focal the center attention. Great design!

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  7. What fun beads to work with - the bird is adorable! Love the necklace!

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  8. I love how you coordinated the other stone beads into the necklace - you've created a stunning set of splendor!

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  9. Great necklace! I love those long stone beads with the focal. I think the focal is by Linda Landig.

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  10. Lovely work! You've done a wonderful job with your soup - thanks for sharing with us!

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  11. Hello, the necklace is stunning!!! Love the colours, love the structure and the beads and focal. Great work!
    Alenka

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  12. The focal bead is gorgeous and your design really shows it off. Love that you added the bird to the necklace - adds a touch of whimsy.

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  13. You gave that cute little birdie the perfect home. I love the beads you choose, your necklace came out perfectly!

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  14. Hi Kim, That bird is adorable. You did a good job using your swap beads.

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  15. Wow!!! this necklace is amazing!!! And wonderful, and just too cute!!! Love it!

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  16. Very nicely put together, I'm loving that bird too :)

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  17. That necklace is fun as fun can be!!

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  18. I'm loving the beachy feel of the necklace!

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  19. Love the necklace. The colors you picked out go perfectly with your soup!

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  20. Great design, this is such a fun and colourful necklace. I LOVE it!!

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  21. How wonderful! I absolutely love the colors of this necklace, and looking at that birdie makes me smile. Beautifully done! :)

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  22. Super designs you have really made some gorgeous pieces.

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  23. What great designs! I am always in awe of people to can take stones that have their personalities & convince them to cooperate.

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  24. I love the wire wrap necklace, so much work. Beautiful

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  25. Beautiful necklace set! The color orange seems to be trending now so it is right on the mark.

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  26. Sweet! Everything works together so well, these are wonderful pieces you've made.

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  27. That birdie is the cutest! I adore the necklace you made with him ❤

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  28. WOW but that necklace is awesome! I love how it pulled together -- it's beautiful!

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  29. The birdie is so darn cute. I would have gotten hung up on just how to use him. I like how you simply included him the strand with the other beads. He's the perfect pop of color to go with that bar. Nicely done.

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  30. Love the necklace - so many different things that go together so well!

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  31. Such fun jewelry (and great beads you got to work with). Love the leaf and birdie and great use of color. Super soup.

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  32. I love the bird as well. I also adore how you incorporated the bird and the leaf focal! The necklace has a beautiful organic feel.

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