Saturday, March 30, 2013

2013 Bead Soup Blog Hop Reveal #1

It's finally time for the big reveal.  Group 1 of the Bead Soup Blog Hop is showing their designs today.  This huge event is put on by the fabulous Lori Anderson from prettythingsblog.com.  This event has grown to over 500 people.  It's so big that there are 3 separate reveals to make it more manageable.  BTW...yesterday was Lori's birthday so please be sure to hop over to her site and wish her a happy birthday.  It is amazing the amount of work this event takes.  She is wonderful!!

My bead soup was sent to me by Ruth Szapa from Wisconsin.  The beads she sent were wonderful and very thoughtful.

The beads came in a box with Bead Soup hand painted on the top.


And each group of beads was separated by squares of beautiful, colorful fabric.




I finished most of the jewelry pieces but really wanted to do something with the fabric, so I decided to make some bangle bracelets.  I made the bracelets from 10 gauge copper wire and covered them with 3 of the 4 different fabrics and then wrapped the fabric with some 22 gauge wire.  The leaf component on one bracelet came from the bead soup as well as all the beads used as dangles on all the bracelets.   I tied some of the fabric on two of the bracelets so the design could be seen more clearly.  I really like these. 



 
 
 
My favorite beads are these little "cherry" beads.  Many of the beads Ruth sent were representative of Wisconsin.  Some of the beads in the bracelets above are glass and rocks from Lake Superior.  These little cherry beads represent Door County cherries. 


 
These little cherries begged to become dangle earrings.  I put them on some chain so they would looks like they were hanging from the tree...ready to pick.  Yum!   Yum!! 
 
 

The necklace below uses  the lovely red and cream beads (pictured with the cherries above) from the soup as well as one of the tin disk focals.  I added the hook from the soup to the tin piece so it doubles as a focal and a clasp.   I added some mother of pearl beads from my stash and some red glass beads.  I added some leather to one side and some copper connectors I made to the other side.  I added some of my favorite chain to the back.  The necklace can be worn long or as a choker.
 

On this piece, I used the cute little owl focal piece with the leaf connectors from my soup.  Can you see how the leaf connectors match the leaf designs in the owl?  To keep with a forest theme, I used some wood, seed and nut beads from my stash.   I’ve had some of these beads for YEARS….it was great to use them.  I strung this on some cord I’ve had (again…for years) doing some knotting in between some of the designs.  The toggle clasp came from the bead soup as well.

 

These earrings use the blue czech glass beads Ruth sent me.  I made the earwires from 18 gauge sterling with patina.
 

I still have lots of beads left over.  I've already started a bracelet using the Green Bay Packers beads she sent me.  Fortunately, I have a friend that is from Wisconsin and her birthday was yesterday so I can give the bracelet to her.  Being a 49er fan, I certainly can't wear it.  LOL!!


One last picture of all the beads Ruth sent.  And then you can move on to visit all the other artists.
 
 
Please visit as many of the other participants as you can.  They are all so talented. 
 
First and Last Name
Blog URL
Alicia Marinache
Amber Dawn Goldish
Barb Solem
Bev Breisinger
Birgitta Lejonklou
Breana Fry


Brenda Sue Lansdowne


Bridget Torres


Carol Dee Myers


Carolyn Chenault


Cassi Paslick


Cece Cormier
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Cheryl McCloud

www.cherylmccloud.blogspot.com  **you are here**
Cindy Wilson


Crystal Thain



Cynthia Riggs


Dana Hickey


Dana James


Darlene Fortier


Deana Hager


Deanna Cox


Deb Brooks


Debra Behrends


Denielle Hagerman


Denise McCabe



Diana Frey


Diana Welte


Dini Bruinsma


DiYana Alcalde


Dolores Raml


Donna Millard


Dot Lewallwn


Duane Clark


Dyanne Cantrell



Eleanor Burian-Mohr


Elisabeth Auld


Elizabeth Owens Dwy


Emily Greer


Enikö Fabian


Erin Grant


Eva Kovacs


Eva Sherman



Gina Hockett


Grace Rotenberg


Gretchen Nation


Hannah Rosner


Heather Davis


Heather Marston


Heather Powers


Ingrid McCue



Jacqueline Marchant


Jan Petek


Janeen Sorensen


Jane-Michael Stallings


Jasvanti Patel


Jayashree Paramesh


Jayne Capps


Jean Yates


Jennifer Cameron


Jennifer LaVite



Joan Williams


Jodie Marshall


Judy Riggs


Julie Anne Leggett


Kat Barron Miller


Kathy Lindemer


Kim Hora



Kim Houston


Kim Sparks


Krafty Max


Kris Lanae Binsfeld


Krista French


Kristen Stevens


Kristi Harrison


Kumi Fisher



Laren Dee Barton


Laura Bracken


Laura Demoya


Laurie Hanna


Laurie Keefe-Cecere


Lea Avroch


Leanne Loftus



Lee Anne Messerschmidt


Leslie Schenkel


Linda Anderson


Linda Djokic


Linda Murphy


Linda Sadler


Lisa Liddy


Lisa Suver



Liz DeLuca


Liz Engriser


Lola Surwillo


Loretta Carstensen


Lori Anderson


Lori Bergmann


Lori Bowring Michaud


Lori Poppe


Lori Schneider



Lyn Foley


Maddison Langford


Magdalena Sikora


Mallory Hoffman


Marcella Austenfeld


Marcy Lamberson


Maria Clark


Maria Rosa Sharrow


Marianna Boylan



Marie Covert


Marti Conrad


Mary Ellen Merrigan


Mary Harding


Molly Alexander


Nan Emmett


Niky Sayers


Pam Chesbro



Pam Farren


Pam Sandy


Pam Traub


Pamela Gangler


Patricia Buchanan


Patricia Johnson


Patty Miller


Paula Hisel


Peggy Gabrielson



Perri Jackson


Rachel Baron


Rachel Stanley


Rain Hannah


Rana Wilson


Renetha Stanziano


Robin Reed


Rochelle Brisson


Rose Rushbrooke



Ruth Szapa

www.trudicrufus.blogspot.com   **My partner**

Sally Russick


Sandi Volpe


Sandra Pendragon


Sandy Richardson


Sarah Small


Shannon Hicks



Shari Replogle


Sheila Daniels


Sheila Davis


Shiraz Biggie


Shirley Moore


Skylar Bre'z

Staci Smith


Stacie Florer



Stacy Pomerleau


Stephanie Weiss


Sumi Rani


Susan Sheehan


Suzette Bentley


Tamera Norris


Tracy Choy


Tracy Stillman


Valerie Norton


Vicki Holliday