Gearing up for the 6th Bead Soup Blog Party reveal #2

 

 

The 6th Bead soup Blog Party is having is second reveal ....

THIS SATURDAY August 11th... And I'm one small part of it ...

This is just 1 of 3 reveals , since there were 400 people taking part ... IMAGINE THAT 400 people , all sending a gorgeous group of beads to a person most had never met before , and the receiver had to take what they got and make something out of it , the only rule was you MUST send a focal , and clasp *not a plain old lobster clasp* and you MUST use the focal and clasp , it did not have to be in the same piece , but you did have to use them , most people send beads and baubles and buttons of all shapes and sizes , made out of glass, Lucite,shell, lava,gemstones , crystals,copper, silver, gold,big , small , huge , tiny, store bought , hand made, art bead  , from far and wide , so come and see what we've made with pride , and that was given with love and made just right , see colors of blues and colors of green , purple , yellow and things in between , we have multi and chromatic , bracelets and rings , come one and come all to see all  the marvelous things !!!

Please come back and check up on me This Saturday and see what I made ..... you'll get to see what I received , what I made and hop on over to my delightful partner and see what i gave her , and what lovelies she came up with ..... See you in a few day :) ... I cant wait !!!!

 

 

 

 

 

Hostess, Lori Anderson, Pretty Things

Adlinah Kamsir, Dream Struck Designs

Adrienn Lukacs, Raszputyin Designs

Agata Grygiel, Cytherea Bijoux

Alenka Obid, Pepita Handmade

Amy Dickerson, Damyjo Designs

Amy Schmidt, Amy's Treasure

Amy Severino, Amy Beads

Ana Krepel, Cat's Pajamas, Dog's Tuxedos

Andra Weber, Andra's Joyful Journey

Andrea Trank, Heaven Lane Creations

Anke Humpert, Anart Island Studios

Ann Rishell, My Critical Eye

April Grinaway, Brooklyn Bead Goddess

Ashley Bunting, Miss Ashely Kate

Astrid Boyce, Astrid Boyce Beads

B.R. Kuhlman, Mixed Mayhem Studios

Barb Fernald, Barbara S. Fernald Jewelry

Barbe Saint John, Saints and Sinners

Beata Benkone Meggyesi, Beahobbi

Brandy McNair, Bella Vita Handmade Jewelry

Bryna Lumb, Bryna's Bead Box

Carmen Lau, Little Maketto

Cate van Alphen, Fulgorine

Cathie Carroll, Cathie Carroll's Studio

Cathy Khoury, Touch Jewelry

Christina Stofmeel, Feng Beads

Collette Collins, Fire Fly Myst Artisan Jewelry

Courtney Breul, Beads by Breul

Crystal Thain, Here Bead Dragons

Cynthia Abner, Created Treasures

Deana Hager, Just Deez'Art & Life

Debbie Davis, Natural Treasures by Deb

Debbie Phenes, Deb Joy Sing

Debbie Rasmussen, A Little of This, A Little of That

Dhea Powers, Java Bead

Diana Welte, Lilyweeds

Dita Basu, alankarshilpa

Dorota Zeranska, gdymamczas

Dot Lewallwn, Speedie Beadie

Eleanor Snare, The Magic Square Foundation

Elisabeth Auld, Beads For Busy Gals

Ema Kilroy, Ema K Designs

Emma Todd, A Polymer Penchant

Eva Sherman, Eva Sherman Designs

Evie and Beth McCord, EB Bead and Metal Works

Francy Inman, Francy's Studio

Ginger Bishop, lilmummy likes...

Giorgia Rossini, Jo in Wonderland

Ine Vande Cappelle, Jewels by Ine

Iveth Caruso, Creative Atelier

JJ Jacobs, Coming Abstractions

Jackie Ryan, Kydo Jewellery

Jeannie Dukic, Jeannie's Blog

Jelveh Jaferian, Jelveh Designs

Jenna Tomalka, Twin Birch Studio

Jenni Connolly, Jenni's Beads

Jennifer Van Horn, Jennifers Jewels and Junk

Jo-Ann Woolverton, It's a Beadiful Creation

Johanna Rhodes-Nash, Fire Phoenix Creations

Joyce Blair, Bent Wire West Coast

JuLee Wolfe, The Polymer Penguin

Karen Vincent, Swallow Tail Jewellery

Karin Slaton, Backstory Beads

Kayla Potega, The Eclectic Element

Kim Dworak, CianciBlue

Krafty Max, Krafty Max Originals

Kris Lanae Binsfeld, Cherish Designs by Kris Lanae

Kristen Latimer, MJM Jewelry Designs

Kumi Fisher, Malie Kai Designs

Kym Hunter, Kym Hunter Designs

Lennis Carrier, Windbent

Leslie Wayment, AA Beads & More

                    yup thats me~~~~>Linda Florian, Lilys of the Valley Jewelry Creations

Linda Murphy, Bonita Bead

Lisa Johnson, Whimsey Wonders

Lisa Lodge, Pine Ridge Treasures

Lisa Sittniewski, Love, Yesterdays

Lois Moon, Que Onda, Q'Town?

Lola Surwillo, Bead Lola Bead

Lorelei Eurto, Lorelei's Blog

Lori Bowring Michaud, Artfully Ornamental

Lori Callahan, Dancing Wire and Beads by Lori

Lori Finney, Using My Beads

Marcia Dunne, The Alternative Foundry

Margareta Saari, Mags-koruja

Maria Horvath, Horimarika Beads

Marian Hertzog, M's Place

Mary Ellen Parker, BeeTree by m.e.

Mary K McGraw, MK's Creative Musings

MaryLou Holvenstot, time2cre8

Martha Aleo, Ornamento

Maybeline Tay, The Jewelry Larder

Megan Collins, Churchy & Her Sailor

Melissa Meman, Art. Life. Love.

Melissa Mesara, One-Eared Pig Beads

Melissa Muir, Kelsi's Closet Jewelbox

Paige Maxim, Paige Maxim Designs

Pam DeBoer, Purple Notes from the Studio

Pam Farren, re-maker

Pam Hurst, Pam Hurst Designs

Patricia Handschuh, The Color of Dreams

Patty Miller, CabariBeads

Penney Klapoth, Faerie Acres

Regina Santerre, Regina's Writings

Rhea Freitag, starrgazer creates

Rochelle Brisson, A Creative Chelle

Sabine Dittrich, PerlenDschungel

Sandra McGriff, Creative Chaos

Sandra Neights, Petalo Azul

Sandra Young, It's a Bead Life!

Sara Oehler, SoftFlex Girl

Saturday Sequins, Saturday Sequins

Shanti Johnson, Sunshine Bliss

Shari Replogle, Plays With Paper

Sonya Stille, Dreamin' of Beads

Stefanie Teufel, Stefanies Sammelsurium

Tammie Everly, TTE Designs

Tania Spivey, Moobie Grace Designs

Tanya Wiles, Tenebrous Hollow Studio

Therese Frank, Therese's Treasures

Tina Holden, Polymer Clay Bytes!

Toltec Jewels, Jewel School Friends

Tracey Nanstad, A Beadiful Mess

Tracy Choy, BumbleBeads Designs

Valerie Norton, Hot Art

Small update

I'm sorry , I've been so busy with getting everything straightened out at home I've been online like once  a hour in a week ... I'm very sorry to people who do Read this ... that I've slacked off , and I'm sorry to everyone who commented about doing a swap I WILL GET TO THAT .. i swear because I'm very excited to host one of my own , I've just had some issues at home i had to get taken care of , I hope you guys can understand .. i do have very awesome things to show you ... My bead soup , my lovely finds at the local stores and a lovely GIFT a new friend got me !...
I will post something longer and much more interesting very soon ..
Thank you

The Art bead Love Tour ! & My Own first ever monthly swap !!!

The Art Bead Love Tour .......

It sounds like a Rock band doesn't it .... YEAAA I'm going to the ART BEAD LOVE TOUR .... Fallowing the bead band around the USA !!!! YEAH !!! ROCK ON ...
But No ... it is a wonderful way of sharing our lovingly collected art beads , have some , make some , as long as there quality , then  you can have a chance to play !
I'm Blogging bout it to hopefully win and have a chance to get my hands on the beads to share beads I've collected and made , with the world , wile getting some handcrafted beads of my own !!!

http://www.prettythingsblog.com/2012/07/art-bead-love-tour-your-chance-to-play.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+prettythingsblog%2FGFix+%28Pretty+Things%29


Right now our lovely Lori at pretty things has it and is running a contest to have someone picked to get the beads and if i were to win i would post the details and the beautiful chain would be on it's way ....


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    Now for My new feature,My monthly swap
     i hope it will be monthly , I will see how this goes ,if all goes well everyone has fun I will post a new swap with a theme monthly , also please shoot ideas for swaps my way I'd LOVE to hear them

Other then that I figure now is a good a time as any to Start posting my monthly swap Ideas ,
 This month ... Art beads, handmade beads , pendents etc ... Do you have some , do you wish you could be part of the Art Bead Love tour , but arnt sure you'll make it but would really like to swap art beads with some other artists or collectors ...
WELL .. you've come to the right place , I'm looking for a even # of people to sign up 4, 8, 10 , etc I'm posting this on my Fb groups , come on and comment on here , saying you'd like to participate in
the HANDMADE BEAD SWAP and leave your Email , I will get back to you with a few easy peasy questions , ... Please re post and refer this to anyone you know who may be interested , I'm not to picky about dates , just please if your not really sure of your skills in handmade beads/pendents , please dig into your stash or perhaps see whats going on on www.Etsy.com , or www.Limabeads.com ... My idea of art beads do not have to be super handmade just left the artist hands , unless its you making them yourself ... but something that is metal blanks , Ceramics , polymer clay , lamp work ..... any questions , please feel free to leave your email in a comment and i will be emailing you and you'll have my list of questions and you will be able to personally chat with me ... It's a win win .... we all will get to celebrate art beads in our own way .... so come on everyone sign up !!!! Swap ... Who doesn't love Swapping !!!!

Another wonderfull Bead give away, to keep you busy wile I try to get my Bead soup up , i want to do the beads i was given A lovely posting and i have to wait till my daughter is in bed !!!

I will be posting about my lovely bead soup i received very soon my daughter is being very bothersome today lol ... but i ran across this and i thought it was wonderfully lovely and generous !!



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She has a lovely Etsy page at this ......... http://www.etsy.com/shop/PloiThai   
I love allot of the items she has to offer ... the brass filigrees she has are gorgeous !
And i Adore the colors on this piece http://www.etsy.com/listing/83757431/ruby-in-zoiziteapprox-10mmmicro   sooooo pretty !!!!
I would love to play with some of her beads ... I love joining up with beaders to trade, gift and design things , you never know what other people are good at until you give them some beads and ask them to do something ... I guess you could say ... Give a woman to a necklace and she'll look fancy for a day... Give her some beads and findings , teach her to make jewelry and she'll hug u jump up and down , and be able to make all types of pretty things !!! lol and be fancy for life !!!

I have my fingers crossed to possibly win some beady goodies !!!
wish me luck !!!!

4 HIS GLORY CREATIOS BY CJ~ has a wonderfull little give a way happening!

4 HIS GLORY CREATIONS BY CJ:
As you can plainly see I have a lot of stash.  Mo...: As you can plainly see I have a lot of stash.  More than I will ever need in my lifetime, so bloggers invite your beady friends to check...


So everyone hop on over and take a chanch ... see if you can win some pretties ...( and maybe share in with the wonderfull girl that directed you to the give away ) :)   !!!!

Met my Bead Soup partner , and thought that i need more info about what I do on here !!!

*****First off i'm SOOO sorry i wrote this whole thing , tryed to spell check it and NOTHING !!!  it's not workin , so i'm sosorry .. i'll try again later to get it to be correct , i'm embarrsed to publish this withou the spell check but i'm scared i'll loose the whole post if i dont so .... please ingore the misspellings !!****

    Hey all my Bead~a~holic , and Bead obsessed friends ,

I Met my Bead Soup partner that will be my Swapping partner ... It's sooooooooo Exciting , she gave me a little bit of a hint to what I will be getting because she had to ask me if i did a certian type or work , ((( But i'm not tellling what ... you'll just have to hop over here when we revele)) and She sent me video on how to do the aformentioned work , however i used will power NOT to look at what i'll be doing untill I get my pacage ... my partner and I are in the secount reveal on August 11th ....I'm nervious about having Beaders block , getting pretty shiney beads and then being unable to figure out WHAT to do with them .... well I have many magazines and a WHOLE internet to get some hints , idears and tecnuques off of , (not that i'd COPY but just something to give me ispration ), so I think i should be fine... Wich brings me to everyone sking me ... What do you do ,? What kinda jewerly do you make ? ... and i relized that since i was unable to keep my Etsy page up , that , I need to post moe of my work , so I'm going to Thrill and Excite you on here with some of my pretties ... They may not all be beads ,,, but they are all Crafty and things i'm proud of making ... 

 This is my newest obbesition , needlefelting , it's lesser known , but it's sooo delightlfully fun ...

This flower is the SAME flower one side is blue one side is pink .. how sweet is it !?

My daughter asked for her own blue birdy because her fav color is blue ... so i made her that one ,however now , shes asking for 3 babies , a daddy and a nest ... Ohh jeez !!!!!!

My birdies ... i have two more in the making and one that has been orderd ... one in brown ad greens , and a pink one for a breast cancer survivor ! .. I'm excited .. I adore needle felting !!

My rings and braclets !!

This one abov was fun , I took amathyst chips , and used some craft wire and just kept adding an threading an twisting , and i really love how it came out !

I Had thies green and white polymer clay beads for awile , not shure where i got them ,I can't make anything QUTE that fancy yet But I did add some green wire and do some fancy wire wraping , wich i could NOT get any good photos of that they all came out looking like one peice not fancy wrapped wire ... but i think it's very sweet !!

I showed this one in my first blog , but its still my faroate , buttons and beads and wire in a ring , how sweet !!!!

This was my first attempt at useing a plain recycled wood bangle that was all scrached up , and i used strips of fabric and Mod Podge and then spay sealed it because the mod podge can get sticky , but it came out really cool , I wish i could get way more detail , but smetimes 50 photos and you never can get the right picture ... oh well !!!!

This is unfinished wood braclet , that i painted , I had painted a flower pot first with the same colors , and LOVED it , so i thought THAT WOULD BE SO CUTE AS A BRACLET .. and i did it , i glazed it with Triple thick gloss , and it came out JUST like i wanted it to !!!

I just loved this , it was a kit from the local bead store and i thought it came out sooooo pretty , It was soooo simple , i'm gonna have to make more !!!!

               (And just before I sat down to finish this i let my dog out on her lead , I hear a commotion ... then it smells like rotting onions and candy , and i grab her inside .. get her in her crate were she sleeps , and creep to the wondow with a flash light and what do i see ... A LITTLE SNUNK !!!!! ... I mean it's not that "skunky smell that one normaly assoites with  skunk , its this Rotten Onion , sweet, almost sickingly so smell ... It burns my nose and GOD IT STINKS ... TRUST ME I RATHER HAVE THE TYPICAL SNUNK SMELL U RANDOMLY GET A WIFF OF WHEN A CAR HITS ONE OR U SMELL IT OUTSIDE .. THIS IS MUCH MUCH ,MUCH WORSE !!!!")





         ANYWAY , after all THAT drama .. I will get a closepin for my nose and continiue on , (PU.. YUCK ) Now to the Jewerly and pretties  !!!

I made this necklass at the same time i made a pink one that you'll see in a moment ! .. but we had a Blizzard in October last year , it was horrbal in one night we had a foot & a half of snow with a topping of 3 inches of ice ,pulling down trees , power lines , we lost power for a week , my daughter missed Halloween because of it , and well we had to leave our house , and my mil has a old slow computer , My laptop woulent hook up to there internet , we had a puppy , so what did i do??? well being the craft slut that i am I just packed up two huge tote bins full of beads , findings , tools , etc ... and sat in a tv room and beaded , and made 2 beautfull necklasss that weekend and some earings , and ealier that year , was the Tornaido that hit the NE and it knocked out power for almost 2 weeks and well , there are places that still have NOT been fixes ..

Anyway back to the pretties.......

The earings i made with some gourgous hand made glass beads I got...They ended up getting given to a teacher as a end of the year gift ..so nice to make something pretty for you .even better to make someting and give it to someone else, and make them happy !!!

   My first try at "Chain malle" .... Sorta , White metal butterfly connector , sliver tone jumprings and colored jump rings from "The jump ring lady"

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        A pair of what we've come to call around here "My signuture earings " pearls and crystals , I've done allot lately , and it's what has been selling for me , and i'm happy about that , this is my fav pair so far , this pair is for me !! Useing Swarviski Cryastals and pearls ... but normaly I use high quailty crystals , but not always swarviski because they can be expencive , as long as they dont break , or have horrbaly rough edges ,i will use them , and glass pearls

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I had this fun charm that was JUST like thies and I loved it so I made a whole bunch and made a charm braclet ... and BOY did it take allong time to make all of thoes flowers !!!!!

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And this ADORABAL pair of green earings was a request from a friend ... they came out sooo darling that i was asked to make another pair in purple for the mom , and i think i may have to make one for myself soon :)
(Also i love how the two pictures fit here like this )

This is another snow storm pair ... I think the first i was wishing that snow was not around but that i'd have fall at least , and with this one , I was hopeing for thoes first colors of spring !!! even if there was some snow on the ground :)

This is my tattoo , the Stars are rembermance for a friend who passed , and my daughter , I designed it myself , and he did it almost excatly how i wanted it but BETTER !!!!! ... The feather on top , looks like it's drawing the stars , but the Feather was done 2 years after the first one , the Feather was done by the AWESOME people at www.offthemaptattoo.com in Eastampton Ma , (there amazing !!) and the Feather was part of about 4 pages of flash art for the last Harry Potter movie Picking one of the flash art immiages an you could choose the shadeing , or color , etc .. it was 50$ first come first serve and i got hereat 11 am and got my tattoo at 6pm but it was SOOO worth it .. the 50$ from EACH tattoo done went to a libairy children program , they rased almot 5000$ i belive .. they tattod untill midnight ...

This is a alterd art pendent , anyone tell me what it's made of , and how i got the immage on there ???? maybe if you do , and I have more then 4 people comment and get it right , i'll send them a little gift !!!!!!!!!!!!!! so go on GUESS GUESS

The Tea pots and cups were part of a Alice in wonderland challange i had , however the main componiant got broken and i was to late to start over but ain't they cute , there fitted with headpins and jump rings ... perfict for making a charm braclet with ...Hummmm i may just do that :)

The sweet ending !

This is something else i dabble in , CAKE DECORATING !!! ... This is one of the first things i got into , I was the youngest girl to take course 1 & 2 that the instructor ever gave i was only 9 , but i was better then some of the other older women , Ive lost some of it this was me jumping back in , and my first try in a LONG time , but i still think it looked yummy and it tasted sooo good , I made all my own frosting .....

And that is the End ... I hope you got a little idea of what i'm about from this blog , I hope you enjoy it , comment and keep reading ... Thanks for your time , and Blessings to all ... HAPPY BEADING MY FELLOW BEADHOLICS , AND Craft Junkies !!! and i'll be writing in soon , probly with some of my NEW OBBESSION ... BEAD SWAPPING , I have a rainbow one and Lori's Bead soup !!! ..

Signed up for the Bead soup Blog party

I Signed up for the Bead soup blog party and I'm hoping to god i did it right because I'm SO SO SO SO excited .... I LOVE What The last Question was ..... THAT WAS GREAT !!!! ... I wont ruin it for anyone who hasn't signed up yet , .... I wish i Had been able to ship over seas but I'm scared I'd mess something up horribly and my poor partner wouldn't get there gift ...


Anyway Fingers crossed for some FUN new beads and bobbles to play with .. I'm sooo excited .... I really hope i do my swap partner proud by what i pick out for them and make for them , I plan on doing something Fun and pretty , a touch of whimsy .. and if your my swap partner reading this (cuz I'm not sure many ppl if any do) ... I'm glad to meet you and i hope you like pretty , fun and Whimsical lol

Also to anyone else reading ,... I'd love to plan my own swap/hop ... but i want to do a theme.... possibly a color , but I'm thinking it should be a Handmade elemental challenge ... that you can make any one , or any combo of the fallowng a pendent and at least 6 beads and/or 2 or 3 more decorative beads ... But they have to be Hand made By you .... out of something that you use normally , or ou can to try something new ...( Polymer clay , Glass, ceramic , epoxy , paper , felt , fabric ).... and must be based on one of the elements .. Air , Fire , Water , Earth ... I think it could be a VERY fun swap ...I'll call it the ... Living in , or out , or you element .... swap, create and hop !!  well I'm in .. even if i have to swap with myself .... Anyone else interested ???? if i get SOME feed back I'll set it up .. After Lori's bead soup of course .... at least start the sign up's mid July ... because that's the first wave of her show and Tell's ........And if all goes well I'd love to have a swap every other month ... I can't have them be to big every other month but it will be something to keep people who can and want to keep up with challenges be able to ...also keep people on there toes and keep people creating .,... So if your interested .. comment , message me .. or Email Ivygodess0106@yahoo.com ... So let me know