- Come visit me at my little bead shop for a selection of vintage beads: https://www.etsy.com/shop/collettesworld
- Today is reveal Day!
- Be sure to check out the other people in this first reveal at the end of this blog 😉
- I have been waiting with beating heart and sweaty palms. This my first Bead Soup Blog Party.! As Of January I became a new Blogger.I have found I like blogging now the trick is, will you all enjoy reading it….. LOL! we will see…
- So first of all let me introduce my talented bead partner Tracy Choy. Below are the links to her shop and blog;
- http://www.bumblebeadsdesigns.blogspot.com
http://www.facebook.com/bumblebeadsdesigns
http://www.bumblebeadsdesigns.etsy.com - Here is the soup she sent me
This was the soup Tracy sent; a beautiful crystal clasp with a strand of luscious Swarovski Crystal pearls. Gorgeous! I love the orange sherbet cubes as well well as the Swarovski in the Sun color. Orange wooden butterfly circles. Some golden nugget glass and some dark blue wooden beads Plus the laser cut focal listed below
- This is the focal Tracy sent. It is a Laser cut with butterflies. So cute! But the challenge was that it was a little thin to work with. So what to do……. Well this is a CHALLENGE!… Isn’t it????? So I decided to really step out of the box ! I decided to play with some Sculptey clay and make a frame for it. I have had this package of clay for 6 months to use on an unknown project. So ready Set go!….:-) My first time using this medium!
- This is the base I started with. I used the focal as a pattern for the back… the back is important too 😉
- Next I made a frame for it and baked it with the metal focal sandwiched in between. When It was done baking I realized the butterflies just faded into the background. So looking around …. hmmm what to use…… Ahhhh! I know I will break out the permanent markers. one orange and one hot pink! I started with the wings but that wasn’t enough. So….
- So I played with the markers and in between the butterflies I used some alcohol ink with pearl highlights, it came out matching the orange sherbet cubes perfect. ….So my next challenge…… how do I use it as a focal. So after some tossing back and forth I decided to……. drum roll Please…. 🙂 I introduce …
- Butterfly Spring!
- I decided to bezel it with complimentary seed beads. I also ran the seed beads from the beautiful crystal clasp under the focal with the cube and seed beads with Swarovski and flower dangles. The butterflies fly up on the metal chain as if they had been set free from the focal….. I know, I know, I’m pushing the fantasy a bit much . But I love the color and movement it gives the piece. To balance the necklace I used large vintage acrylic pearls on the other side. I used a smaller chain for around the back of the neck.
- For the earrings I took the wooden circles and pumped up the color with my trusty permanent marker, made a circke with the Swarovski pearls and added green Swarovski Butterflies on front and back. I thought the turned out quite lovely 😉
- Sand and Sea
- Last but not least. I broke out of the silver mode and headed for the brass. I love these seafoam green crystal with the golden glass nuggets I paired it with a beautiful brass colored leaf toggle and made dangles with the crystals and brass circles. I really love this combo I may just look for some more of these nuggets and make me a matching set
- If you’ve gotten this far thank you for reading . I hope you take a look at some of the other things I have blogged about and also get to know me a little better by reading my’ About me’ page. Now I ‘m free to settle down and visit all the other talented people in the party. Party on!
- Bead soup Preview
This is the actual bead I sent my Bead Blog Swap Party partner , Tracy C. Almost all of the beads are vintage. The Etched brass toggle was handcrafted by me. The lampwork bead I am sad to say that I have forgotten the artist name that made it …sigh… the chain is vintage Swarovski in brass and matte finish sapphire blue. Some brass chain and some bead caps. I’m anxious to see what she comes up with.
Come pay a visit to my little bead shop at:
https://www.etsy.com/shop/collettesworld
Come follow the talent! Press on the Bead Soup Blog’ link to follow
Ok, Who knew picking out beads to give to some one else would be so hard.
I was thinking what if my style was so different that they wouldn’t have beads to go with what I send As an example I started with what clasp I was going to give. But do I give base metal or brass. Sterling filled or sterling? Hmmm…. let me see what the focal bead will be, does it go with the clasp? Does the clasp size overwhelm the focal or is it to sedate for it. Does the metal type go with the with the focal. Now the supporting cast of beads. Does the metal I’m going with support or go blah with the color of the beads? Next, am I sending enough beads or too much?
Get the picture, it wasn’t as easy as someone saying I like this and this and I don’t like that. That’s easy. Lori’s instructions were ‘send what you would love to receive’ so I have looked at it and love it. I’m hoping my bead soup partner enjoys what I picked out. And yes I’m anticipating what she may send. Smile
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Alicia Marinache
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Amber Dawn Goldish
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Barb Solem
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Bev Breisinger
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Birgitta Lejonklou
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Breana Fry
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Carol Dee Myers
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Carolyn Chenault
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Cassi Paslick
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Cindy Wilson
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Cynthia Riggs
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Dana Hickey
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Dana James
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Darlene Fortier
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www.deannaaki.wordpress.com you are here
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Deb Brooks
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Denielle Hagerman
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Beaded Dreams 
Keep blogging! Show us your stuff!
I’m so new to this blogging thing. Still trying to figure out how to link and post pictures. So ya’ll bear with me while I learn this new dance. 😉
Very pretty pieces. I love what you did with the butterfly focal, very creative. Great job!
Yeah that focal took a lot of thinking. Thank you!
Beautiful work….You go girl!!!!!! Love your work…
Your pieces are lovely!
I love the “Butterfly Spring” so gentle and delicate! You are doing great job blogging too, looking forward to seeing more 🙂
Thank you, Veronica writing is something I mostly have avoided. But I guess it needs be something I’m passionate about.
Love how your focal turned out which looks really good on your necklace. Beautiful bracelet and I love how you colored the wood butterflies for your earrings. Great job.
Love the focal you made and to actually bead around it..Really special. All your pieces turned out so good. Great job.
How pretty! and the most informative soup I’ve read today! and always a plus to learn something new to try. Great soup!
Just great…can’t believe it is your first Soup….I love what you did. Especially like the clasp you made your partner!
You did a great job. Love your pieces
You did a great job. your work is beautiful.
LoveloveLOVE what you did with the focal – definitely didn’t see that coming.
Beautiful & creative! I want to know more about the markers. Also, I think you’re project was harder than hers cause the beads you sent are color coordinated. I like that you were up to the challenge of coloring your soup ingredients!
Hey partner! Love what you did with the soup! You did wonderful with that butterfly piece!
Thanks partner! It’s been fun!
fantastic that you created a frame for the pendant , it really adds so much to the necklace design. Cute bracelet too
WOW!!! You did an amazing job!!! I love all of your pieces!!! The focal was pure inspiration!!! Great Job. Have a Blessed Day!
great job – loved seeing your process with the focal !
Thank you.
The focal is a work of art on it’s own. Clever use of coloured markers to enhance the butterlfy motif.
Wowzers Deanna! The Treasure you came up with from the Swap was amazing! So proud of the focal pendant being born from the butterfly ‘chrysalis’ metal to imprint the Sculptey Clay. Then the fantastic idea going-off in your brain to “Stay Calm and Bead” and not become sidetracked by the lack of definition and texture after ‘cooking’ the pendant , just grabbing some perfect matching ink from your markers was BrIlLiAnT ! Keep rockin’ the beads and your Beaded Dreams! GREAT JOB, GF !
Your Sister from anothermother,
Becki
Yes, I’m still hopping. Sorry for the delay in getting here.
I really love how you thought way out of the box with your silver butterfly pendant by using the polyclay and markers. It worked out so nice. And then to use the markers again on the pieces for the earrings. Awesome.
Nice job overall!!
Thank you so much. They really were pieces that weren’t different from what I normally work with and took some thought as how to use them.