Cup of Bead Soup - Reveal

It is finally reveal day for the Cup of Bead Soup Vintage Lucite Beads. It was organized by the bead soup guru, Lori Anderson,with beads provided by Crystal of Bead Happily Ever After. I was one of the 4 beaders selected.

Flop Cat Design

Mixed Mayhem Studios

It's a Beadiful Creation

Roxi Designs

Here are the beads as they arrived

Original ideas that I layed out

Final design with removable pendant

With pendant removed

Necklace only

I added some metallic beads, Swarovski crystals, jump rings and large lobsters claws.

It was interesting to work with a colour palette that is not my norm, especially the use of gold accents.

Take some time to check out the amazing work of the other beaders. 

 

Flop Cat Design

Mixed Mayhem Studios

Roxi Designs

Pretty Things

Big thanks to Lori and Crystal!!!

Happy Beading!!

Vintage Lucite Challenge - Arrival

Back in September the bead soup guru, Lori Anderson, offer the opportunity to participate in mini Cup of Bead Soup with vintage lucite beads. The beads were provided by Crystal of Bead Happily Ever After.

Tonight when I checked my mail box there was one of the wonderful padded envelopes that we love to see. Inside was this amazing selection of  beads.

I started to play with the beads as I was on the phone to see if my friend Anna was going to come the our Bead Society meeting tomorrow night.

I think I will take the beads to the meeting tomorrow night and see what I can create. Reveal day is November 10, so come back and see what I am able to make.

Another beading challenge

Wow, I was selected to be one of the four beaders to get a selection of beads from Crystal @ Bead Happily Ever After. She provided Lori Anderson (our Bead Soup guru) with 5 identical kits of beads. We are each going to make something and post our creations on November 10.

Here are the four lucky participants. 

Flop Cat Design

Mixed Mayhem Studios

It's a Beadiful Creation

Roxi Designs

I now have two packages on beads that I am waiting for.

Stay tuned for my holiday bling reveal on October 6 and the arrival of my Pantone swap beads (which are coming from Indonesia) and these great beads from Crystal.

Calla Lily Earrings Revisited

Last fall I made a bouquet of Calla Lily Earrings using lucite beads from Juicy Bead Ladies. They were at Bead Oasis last weekend and this time I got both white and red lily beads.

 Red Calla Lily Earrings

Classic White Calla Lily Earrings

The earrings are on cards prepared with a punch that is designed especially to make earring cards. From Easy Earring Cards, this punch is so much easier than trying to line up holes made with a large needle.