Lori Anderson's Bead Soup Blog Party - July 28, 2012

Today is reveal day 1 for Lori Anderson's Bead Soup Blog Party.  Thank you Lori for continuing to host these hops.  You have no idea what you mean to us.

My partner is Judy Turner.  First I want to show you the soup that we exchanged.  As most of you already know, the idea for this challenge is to work outside your comfort zone by designing a piece of jewelry using the beads and components chosen by your partner.

I sent this to Judy:

The focal pendant is by Kylie Parry, the five porcelain beads are by Ingrid Mueller and I sent a fancy floral brass claw clasp.  I also sent wood rondelles, a green jasper nugget, two Czech glass bi-cone beads - green with picasso finish, some bronzy brown sugar beads, (I love these beads and have used them often in my own designs), some fire polished beads in marbled brown and topaz and some topaz orange crackle glass rounds.

Judy sent me all of this:

The star of the show for me was the polymer face pendant that Judy made herself.  She also made the three ceramic pieces along the right bottom of the photograph.  She included a fantastic hand clasp, a porcelain leg, fire polished beads, lucite beads, seed beads, glass pearls, aluminum pink flowers, vintage brass filigree beads, some howlite skulls, bone beads, a couple of really beautiful lampwork beads, and a selection up in the right top corner that she labeled "just for fun."

Even though it was a lot of  soup, enough to feed an army, I challenged myself to use as much of it as I could.  I think I did pretty good with that challenge.

In the order of what I made:

With all of this in front of me, I had no idea what I was going to do.  I don't sketch, and if I did sketch, I wouldn't have known where to start sketching, besides I didn't have a paper and pencil.  I was definitely out of my comfort zone using these materials together, I didn't have any idea of where to even start -- but I ....designed on.....like a trooper. First, I put myself into a deep, deep creative trance -- no just kidding.....

I started by making little wreaths out of the green glass pearl beads.  Then I added the three red cube crystals, and a pearl to the centers.  

I began weaving the 8mm fire polished beads and seed beads on green waxed linen.  I connected the flower button and the beaded beads.

I wrapped the top of the leg with sari silk and seed beads on copper wire.  I also wrapped the ring that the hand is grasping with red fire polished beads. 

I used Judy's focal pendant, the leg, the hand clasp, the glass pearls, the cube crystals, the seed beads, plastic beaded beads, her ceramic flower button, a crown charm and some of the fire polished beads.  It's a really funky, funky piece - not something I would have made but for this challenge and having these materials to use.  Everything except the silk bow above her hair came from Judy's soup.

In this Flower Cascade necklace, I tackled the lucite flower beads, the glass flower beads, the aluminum pink flowers and the fire polished beads she sent. 



I made flowers......then I made some more flowers.......then I made more flowers......and when I thought I couldn't possible make any more flowers I made more flowers.......but what to do with them?

I connected them to rows of chain to drape like a bib necklace.

To tie this set together, I used five red lampwork flower beads from my own stash and the vintage filigree beads Judy sent.  I used more of Judy's fire polished beads, two of the three amber glass beads, and the vintage filigree beads Judy has had since the 1970s.

I also added some filigree bead caps and chain from my own stash.  I made one strand of the bracelet using her seed beads tied on waxed linen and used the pink and yellow flower charm she sent.  And, of course, I made matching earrings.

 

After using most of the beads on the flower set, I went to work making earrings and made four pairs.  The first pair used the beautiful blue lampwork beads with silver foil.  I only added the copper bead caps and wire.  There was no way to photograph (at least for me) the beauty of these blue beads.  They have such depth and are so blue - cobalt blue.

Here I used the last two glass pearls, lucite beads, and seed beads.  I only added the filigree caps.

I added the filigree round discs as a base, but everything else came from Judy's soup.

 All of the glass beads came from Judy's soup and here I used the last of the seed beads.  These two fire polished beads were a bit different from the others - more facets, shinier - perfect for the foundation of these crescent earrings.  I only added the small brass beads.

And, last but not least, the skulls and bones.  I added coco spikes, red, black and blond horn beads, magnesite, and African seed beads.


I made a simple frame from copper wire.

This was my favorite piece, by far.  I think it is really cool.

 But, I still had beads.........

 So I made earrings.

They hang.....

 And, they lay down......

 But, I still had one more bead.....

So I made a purse clip.  I have never had, nor made a purse clip before.  Here is the complete set.

And, this is all I had left of Judy's soup......

I hope you enjoyed looking at what I made with Judy's soup.  I would like to invite you to leave a comment and also to join my blog if you haven't already.  Thank you for visiting and I hope you will return often.

Below is a list of the rest of the participants. 

 Hostess, Lori Anderson, PrettyThingsBlog.com

Alice Craddick,  Alice's Beads and Baubles

Alicia Marinache,  All The Pretty Things

Amanda Tibbetts,  Amanda Made

Amber Dawn Goldish, Inventive Soul

Annita Wilson,  AW Jewelry

Beti Horvath, Stringing Fool

Birgitta Lejonklou,  Create With Spirit    

Candida Castleberry,    Spinning Spun Sugar

Carolyn Lawson, Carolyn's Creations

Cassie Donlen, Glass Beadle

Cheri Reed,  Creative Designs by Cheri

Cheryl McCloud,  One Thing Leads to Another

Cheryl Roe, BeadRoe

Christina Hickman, Vintage Treasures Jewelry

Christine Hendrickson,  Clamworks

Cilla Watkins, Tell Your Girlfriends

Cindy Wilson, Mommy's Dream

Cindy Wimmer, Sweet Bead Studio

Cory Celaya, Art With Moxie

Cory Tompkins, Tealwater Designs

Cris Peacock, Cris' Page

Cynthia Deis, Shiny Little Things

Cynthia Machata, Antiquity Travelers

Cynthia Wainscott, Exotic Peru

Dana Hickey, Magpie Approved

Dana James, Dana's Jewelry Designs

Dana Lang, Tumblestone Handmakery

Debbie Price, Green Shoot Jewellery Designs

Denielle Hagerman, Some Beads and Other Things

Diane Valasek, Dragonfly Close

Doris Stumpf, Glaszwerg

Dyanne Everett-Cantrell, Dee-Liteful Jewelry Creations

Elaine Robitaille, Too Aquarius

Eleanor Burian-Mohr, The Charmed Life

Enikö Fabian, Perl-eni

Erin Prais-Hintz, Treasures Found

Heather Davis, Blissful Garden Beads

Heidi Post, Ex Post Facto Jewelry

Hilary Frye, FryeStyle

Ilenia Ruzza, Ilenia's Unique Beaded and Painted Jewelry

Inge von Roos, Inge's Blog

Jami Shipp, Celebrating Life

Jayne Capps, Mama's Got to Doodle

YOU ARE HERE:   Jean A. Well, Jean A. Wells Handcrafted Artisan Jewelry

Jean Yates, Snap Out of It Jean! There's Beading to Do!

Jennifer Cameron, Glass Addictions

Jennifer Pottner, Rock Candy Beads

Jennifer VanBenschoten,  Jewelry, Art and Life

Jenny Davies-Reazor, Jenny Davies-Reazor

Jenny Vidberg, Shyme Design

Jessica Dickens, My Jewelry, My Life, Me

Jessica Klaaren, Beadful-Things by Jessica

JJ Jacobs, Coming Abstractions

Joan Williams, Lilruby Jewelry

Judith Johnston, Judith Johnston

Judy Riggs, Rigglettes

Judy Turner, Silver Rains

Julie Anne Leggett, The Peaceful Bead

K Hutchinson, Jumbled Hutch

Karen Meador, Dreamcatcher Ranch

Karyn Bonfiglio, Plus Size Bangles

Katherine Gale, Terra Beadworks
Kathleen Lange Klik, Modern Nature Studio

Katja Benevol Gabrijelcic, Slovonske Technobe

Kelli Jacobson, Creative Moon

Kelly Ramstack, Adventures with Kelly

Keri Lee Sereika, Pink Lemonade

Kim Ballor, Vitamin C... A Daily Dose of Creativity

Kim Bender-Hora, KimmyKat

Kirsi Luostarinen, Kirsi Luo Korut

Kitty Bozzini, Kitty Lampwork

Laura Demoya, The Bead Therapist

Laurie Hanna, Laurie's Jewelbox

Leah Curtis, Beady Eyed Bunny

Lesley Watt, The Gossiping Goddess

Linda Inhelder, Must-Haves Jewelry

Linda Landig, Linda's Bead Blog & Meanderings

Lisa Liddy, Metal Me This

Lori Dorrington, Lori's Adventures in Etsy Land

Lori Poppe, Adventures in Creativity with Lorillijean

Mallory Hoffman, For the Love of Beads

Marge Beebe, Rock Creek Creations

Marianna Boylan, Pretty Shiny Things

Marion Simmons, Shade Tree Studio

Marla Gibson, Spice Box Design

Marta Weaver, Marta Weaver Jewelry

Marti Conrad, Marti C's Clay Blog

Maryse Fritzsch-Thillens, GlassBeadArt, Lampwork Beads

Melanie Brooks, Earthenwood Studio

Michelle Hardy, Firefly Visions

Mikala Coates, Maybe Just Perhaps

Mowse Doyle, HoCArt

Nan Emmett, Spirit Rattles - Spirited Earth

Nancy Boylan, Snazzy Doodle Designs

Nancy Peterson, Beading From the Heart

Nicole Rennell, Nicole Rennell Designs

Niki Meiners, 365 Days of Craft

Niky Sayers, Silver Nik Nats

Norma Turvey, Moonlit Fantaseas

Paige Maxim, Paige Maxim Designs
 
Pamela Gangler, She Always Loved Pink

Patricia Johnson, Patricia L. Johnson Glass Art

Patti Vanderbloemen, My Addictions ... Handcrafted Jewelry by Patti

Perri Jackson, Shaktipaj Designs
  Raida Disbrow, Havana Beads

Renetha Stanziano, Lamplight Crafts

Shannon Hicks, Falling Into the Sky

Shannon LeVart, Miss Fickle Media

Sharon Driscoll, Right Turn Art Werks

Shelby Foxwell, Sundown Bead Designs Rhetoric

Shelley Graham Turner, Fabric of My Life

Sherri Stokey, Knot Just Macrame

Shirley Moore, Beads and Bread

Skylar Bre'z, Brising Beads

Stacie Florer, Soul to Substance

Stacie Stamper, Park Avenue

Stacy Alderson, Iridal's Attic

Stephanie Haussler, Pixybug Designs

Stephanie Stamper, Rainy Day Designs

Sue Hamel, The Bottle Cork and Crystal

Suzette Bentley, Ellie's Bijoux

Szarka, Magpie Gemstones

Tammy Jones, Jewelry Making Daily

Tania Tebbit, Glass, Craft, & Artful Goodness

Tanty Sri Hartanti, TJewellicious by Tanti

Terry Matuszyk, Pink Chapeau

Tina Bosh, Every Good and Perfect Gift

Tracy Bell, Copper, Glass and Recycled Trash

Vonna Maslanka, Just Vonna

This is a follow up on my original post.  Today I took another stab at those leftovers.  There is a post ahead of this one where I describe the process, but here is a picture of what I have made from the "leftovers".  

And the picture below is now all that is left.