Ribbon Messages.....

Do you have a message you want to send someone....and would like a unique way to remind them?  How about a ribbon message necklace? 
Gorgeous silk ribbons or cords hang on to beautiful little reminders:

 They can be found here: Ribbon Messages

PEACE...

I love...

...LOVE!!!

 I am so in love with this set....what's not to love - full of awesome beads by awesome artists!

Let's see, we have:

LOVE bead by Jennifer Jangles

felt pebble by Smika

olive green lampwork barrel by Sue Beads

handmade silver by The Happy Jewel and  Cathy Dailey

and the most awesome of matte lampwork beads by Mika Collins of pinocean

Gorgeous gorgeous art I get to work with!!!

More to come in this collection in the next couple of days. 

Thanks for stopping by!

Meet the....

...the Vintage Aquas!

The Big Reveal....

...for Bead Soup that is!!!  

So as I mentioned here and here my partner was Nadya Parfyonova of Nally's Creations.

She sent me this fun collection:

I had such fun creating this piece from all the beautiful treasures that she sent.  I have to admit the clasps and focal were not things I would normally gravitate towards - in fact that is Lori's goal - to get us to work outside the box - to stretch our creative selves!!!  And I want to make it VERY clear I don't dislike these pieces in anyway shape or form - there is nothing AT ALL wrong with them, they are beautiful, very beautiful....just not my normal pickings.  

It worked though, it definitely helped me to think outside the box, to try a more whimsical approach to match that adorable little froggie.  Very fun!  Love the colors, so rich and beautiful.  I selected the silk and cord so I could get the fun movement I was looking for.  Love the look and the effect.  What do you think?  

So now that you've viewed my piece please make sure you go and check out what Nadya made using this selection of beads and goodies that I sent her:

And of course all the other beautiful creations that have been created for this AWESOME Bead Soup!!!  A total of 362 wonderful artisans participated - you don't want to miss a single one!!!

These are the partner pairs.

The Hostess, Lori Anderson and her partner, Manuela Wutschke

1. Aimee Wheaton and Barbara York

2. Alice Craddick and Sandra Richardson

3. Alison Sachs and Amy Severino

4. Allison Scott and Cynthia Abner

5. Amanda Cargill Austin and Charlene Sevier

6. Amanda Davie and Patsy Evins

7. Amber Dawn and Kim Ballor

8. Ambra Gostoli and Christine Hansen

9. Amy Freeland and Christine Altmiller

10. Ana Krepel-Novak and Eleanor Snare

11. Andrea Morici and Hope Smitherman

12. Andrea Trank and Jayne Capps

13. Andrea Turini and Charlene Jacka

14. Angela May and Emanda Johnson

15. Anitra Gordy and Elizabeth Owens Dwy

16. Ann Rishell and Debbie Price

17. Ann Sherwood and Lynne Bowland

18. Anna Lear and Barbe Saint John

19. Anna Sabina­­­­ and Erin Siegel

19. Nan Emmett and Erin Siegel

20. Astrid Boyce and Birgitta Lejonklou

21. B.R. Kuhlman and Deanna Chase

22. Barbara Bechtel and Bryna Lumb

23. Barbara Blaszczyk and DaviniaDesign

24. Barbara Judy and Holly Westfall

25. Barbara Lewis and Cathie Carroll

26. Barrie Edwards and Lyn Foley

27. Becky Fairclough and Jana Tarhala

28. Bella Borgouise and Gillian Lehman

29. Beth and Evie McCord and Erin Prais-Hintz

30. Beth Bricker and Heather Pyle

31. Beth Emery and Cassie Donlen

32. Bobbie Rafferty and Cindy Cima Edwards

33. Candice McGinnis and Sally Anderson

34. Carol Bradley and Cece Cormier

 35.  Cathy Khoury and Molly Alexander

 36. Carol Tannahill and Hilary Frye

37. Carrie Tahquechi and Cris Peacock

38. Cat Pruitt and Cindy Gimbrone

39. Charlene Gary and Doris Stumpf

40. Charlotte Pevny and Kate Gardenghi

41. Cherrie Fick and Cathie Carroll

41. Claire Maunsell and Cherrie Fick

42. Cheryl Roe and Jenny Vidberg

43. Chris White and Norma Turvey

44. Christa Murphy and Kathy Alderfer

45. Christie Murrow and Dana James

46. Christina Miles and Collette Collins

47. Christine Brandel and Elizabeth Woodford

48. Christine Damm and Cynthia Deis

49. Christine Hendrickson and Debbie Goering

50. Christine Stonefield and Dee Wingrove-Smith

51. Cilla Watkins and Johanna Rhodes

52. Cindy Wimmer and Riki Schumacher

53. CJ Baushka and Cory Celaya

54. Courtney Breul and Joanna Matuszczyk

55. Cristi Clothier and Kathleen Robinson Young

56. Cryss Thain and Serena Trent

57. Cynthia Tucker and Kitty Durmaj

58. Dana Johnson Jones and Eva Sherman

59. Davinia Algeri and Janet McDonald

60. Deci Worland and Lara Lutrick

61. Diana Ptaszynski and Kristy Abner

62. Diane Cook and Kerry Bogert

63. Diane Hawkey and Jen Judd Velasquez

64. Dorcas Midkiff and Jill Harris

65. Doris Radlicki and Heather Goldsmith

66. Dot Lewallen and Gaea Cannaday

67. Elisabeth Auld and Jennifer Justman

68. Erin Fickert-Rowland and Geanina Grigore

69. Erin Grant and Julie Jones

70. Eszter Czibulyas and Helena Fritz

71. Fiona Christie and Michelle Heim

72. Gail Zwang and Genea Crivello-Knable

73. Geneva Collins and Jana Haag

74. Gretchen Nation and Heidi Post

75. Heather DeSimone and Karin Slaton

76. Heather Marley and Terry Carter

77. Ingrid McCue and Jennifer Pride

78. Jackie Ryan and Nicole Keller

79. Janna Harttgen and Joanne Tinley

80. Jean Yates and Lori Anderson

81. Jelveh Jaferian and Jenny Davies-Reazor

82. Jenni Connolly and Jennifer Heynen

83. Jennifer Cameron and Kristi Bowman

84. Jennifer Geldard and Lisa Liddy

85. Jennifer VanBenschoten and Kim Hora

86. Jess Italia Lincoln and Lori Greenberg

87. Jill MacKay and Lori Bergmann

88. JJ Jacobs and Karen Tremblay

89. Joyce Becker and Kathy Welsh

90. Judy Glende and Karen Sinkowski

91. Judy Riley and Kelly Morgan

92. JuLee Wolfe and Julie Bean

93. Julianna Cannon and Julianna Kis

94. Julie Nordine and Lesley Watt

95. K. Hutchinson and Shea Zukowski

96. Karen Firnberg and Karyn Bonfiglio

97. Karen Williams and Kimberly Roberts

98. Karen Zanco and Polly Barker

99. Kari Carrigan and Laura Twiford

100. Karin von Hoeren and Laura Blanck

101. Kate Richbourg and Lorelei Eurto

102. Kathleen Lange Klik and Maria Clark

103. Kathy Engstrom and Keri Lee Sereika

104. Kay Thomerson and Loretta Carstensen

105. Kelley Fogle and Laurel Bielec

106. Kelly Ramstack and Sally Anderson

107. Kim Stevens and Tiffany Long

108. Kristi Harrison and Mandy Williamson

109. Kristi Kyle and Lana Kinney

110. Kristina Johansson and Sue Hodgkinson

111. Kym Hunter and Laura Sanger

112. Laura Zeiner and Susan Kennedy

113. Laurel Steven and Mary McGraw

114. Laurie Hanna and Lisa Boucher

115. Lesley Weir and Liz DeLuca

116. Linda Djokic and Tracey Weiser

117. Linda Inhelder and Pam Brisse

118. Linda Landig and Lori Dorrington

119. Linda Murphy and Lisa Hamilton

119.  Line Labrecque and Marianne Baxter

120. Lisa Lodge and Monica Johnson

121. Lois Moon and Melissa Muir

122. Lola Surwillo and Therese Frank

123. Lori Bowring Michaud and Marci Brooks

124. Lupe Meter and Norma Agron

125. Maggie Towne and Marge Beebe

126. Malin de Koning and Susie Hibdon

127. Mallory Hoffman and Shirley Moore

128. Marcie Abney and Patty Miller

129. Marcy Lamberson and Melissa Clarke

130. Margot Potter and Suzann Sladcik Wilson

131. Maria Grimes and Wendy Blum

132. Maria Horvath and Melinda Orr

133. Maria Rosa Sharrow and Marie-Noel Voyer-Cramp

134. Marian Hertzog and Melissa Mesara

135. Marianna Boylan and Sandi Lee James

136. Marina Dobrynina and Michaela Pabeschitz

137. Marsha Neal and Miri Agassi

138. Mary Ellen Parker and Melissa Meman

139. Mary Elliott and Tamara Soper

140. Mary McGraw and Laurel Steven

141. Melissa Pynn and Michelle Buettner

142. Michelle Hardy and Niki Meiners

143. Michelle Mach and Moira McEvoy

144. Missy Rappaport and Mags Sarri

145. Molly Alexander and Poranna

146. Mylene Hillam and Nicole Rennell

147. Nadezhda Parfyonova and Stacey Curry

148. Nan Emmett and Nancy Peterson

149. Nancy Boylan and Natalie McKenna

150. Natalie Monkivitch and Niky Sayers

151. Natasha Lutes and Pam Ferrari

152. Noemi Baena and Penny Ilagan

153. Pamela Petry and Rebecca Sirevaag

154. Pat Haight and Mary Shannon Hicks

155. Patty Gasparino and Vonna Maslanka

156. Penny Neville and Sandi Volpe

157. Pepita Bos and Wendy Chamberlain

158. Raida Disbrow and Rebecca Watkins

159. Rebecca Anderson and Sabrina Staub

160. Regina Santerre and Rose Binoya

161. Rhea Freitag and Tari Kahrs

162. Rochelle Brisson and Teri Baskett

163. Sally Russick and Tracy Bell

164. Sandra McGriff and Shay Williams

165. Sandra Wolberg and Sara Hardin

166. Sarah Elder and Salla Small

167. Saskia Kaffenberger and Sharon Gardner

168. Sharon Palac and Shannon Chomanczuk

169. Shay Stone and Suzette Bentley

170. Shiraz Biggie and Tammy Powley

171. Staci Smith and Tracy Stillman

172. Stacie Stamper and Tracy Martin

173. Stefanie Teufel and Vicky Taylor

174. Stephanie Dixon and Stephanie LaRosa

175. Stephanie Haussler and Valerie Norton

176. Suzanne Tate and Terri Wlaschin

177. Sweet Freedom Designs and Tammy Jones

178. Tania Spivey and Tari Sasser

179. Tara Plote and Terry Matuszyk

180. Terri Gauthier and Deana Hager

181. Theresa Fosdick and Tracey Nanstad

Want to join in on the fun?  You will have to wait just a bit the next Bead Soup Blog Party will take place around February, 2012.  Make sure you add The Blog Soup Party Blog to your blog reader so you get the updates!!  Lori is truly a WONDERFUL hostess!  You won't be sorry you joined!

Fun new resin...

Made a few more resin charms - with my go to sterling bezels from Rings & Things  - perfect assortment of sizes and so affordable.  Of course I used a few Piddix images - they are so pretty....how can I not use them.  Then I tried to make my own - altered a letter S that I took out of my middle son's old hand writing book (stamped and inked over the top) - the image sealant didn't work too good so the ink bleed - but I still like it.  I also used just some plain old pieces of patterned paper - so many cool prints out there - loved the colors.
And check out those 2 AMAZING bezels????  I have been drooling over Susan Lenart Kazmer's bezels since I first discovered them.....I finally bit the bullet and purchased a couple - they are even more wonderful than I thought they would be.  Just GORGEOUS!!!

No fooling...a few new pieces

 

The following are custom orders:

Customer provided ivory beads for the above piece and the below piece.

Hot Off the Bench: Rugged Waters

I adore the colors of the stones I used!  ADORE!!!  

Large Moss Agate, Green Opal Chalcedony, Rough Cut Chrysocolla, Aqua Terra Jasper, 

Handmade Sterling Silver, Thai and Bali silver

It reminds me of this photo I took summer of 2010 at Glacier Park of Avalanche Creek.

What a beautiful place!!

Custom Pieces

A customer sent me a broken necklace - which was basically a single strand of beads - and asked me to work my magic....:)....complete creative freedom!!  So nice to be fully trusted.  I went with brass in one set and silver in one set - giving her a choice.  She loved both and is sending me another necklace of matching beads to work into necklaces to match these sets.  Awesome!!
Here they are - what do you think?

Thanks for stopping by!!

Jewelry Redo Swap

I recently joined a very fun jewelry swap hosted by the very talented Lori Anderson.  Concept:  if you have a piece of jewelry that hasn't sold yet - pass it on to a fellow jewelry artisan and they use the components to make something new.....Fun right????  VERY!!!

My partner is Mallory Hoffman - she spoiled me!!!  I got two pieces - two beautiful necklaces.  Can I just say I felt a tad guilty (OK A LOT guilty) deconstructing her pieces - which were beautiful!  Take a look:

See I told you beautiful!  BUT in the spirit of the game :) - I jumped in and created LOTS of fun new pieces for my jewelry collection!!  It was easy to be inspired by the wonderful colors and textures of her components!

 

And I didn't stop there - I added coordinating pieces for a fun new set

AND.....I still have many adds and end left to make more beautiful pieces of jewelry!  How fun!!!

Thank you so much Lori for hosting this fun swap.

Mallory - a HUGE thank you to you for spoiling me with your beautiful creations....I love what they added to my collection!