28.7.12

Bead Soup Reveal and giveaway


 Yay today is the big Bead Soup Blog reveal, and to celabrate my upcoming bundle of joy I have decided to give away three of the items I have made, so for a chance to win one of the following, just leave a comment!


A massive thanks to my bead partner Cris for sending me such lovely things and to the Lovely Lori for all the hard work she puts into making the Bead Soup happen. So straight to the point here is what I made......


 With the lampwork beads and one of the shells Cris sent I made up a copper bracelet


The clasp, focal and a fair few of the beads went into this piece....


Along with some copper barrel chain mail and a few swarovski crystals


And here is the girl modeling it....


 I used the copper head pins, shells and some of the ribbon on these earrings....


And at the last minuite (hence the bad photo) I used up the lovely piece of coral, beautiful colored ribbon and one of my new Moogin beads on this little cutie.....

Which I think I will have to keep to wear with my fave summer dress (if ever I fit into it again)
I hope you liked what I made, I'm soon off to either watch the Olympic cycling or give birth (which ever comes soonest) Have a great day!
xxx



To see what the others came up with.....

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
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
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
Inge von Roos, Inge's Blog
Jami Shipp, Celebrating Life
Jayne Capps, Mama's Got to Doodle
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 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

Lisa Liddy, Metal Me This
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
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
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
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
Suzette Bentley, Ellie's Bijoux
Tammy Jones, Jewelry Making Daily
Tanty Sri Hartanti, TJewellicious by Tanti
Terry Matuszyk, Pink Chapeau

Vonna Maslanka, Just Vonna

23.7.12

Long time no see

It Seems like I have not made any thing in sooooo long, as I have not had much to show you but finally I now have a few pics for you....


10 meters of sterling silver wire, hand coiled and hand cut into 660 x 4mm jump rings and then weeks and weeks of opening and closing said jump rings to make....



20 inches of Full Persian chain (my first attempt at this weave)


All for my lovely other half, luckily he likes it, because after spending that long making it I would have made him wear it even if he did not!
I can also now show you what I sent to Cris my bead soup partner (it finally arrived after spending weeks in the postal system)....


I went with a black and white theme after seeing some beautiful zentangle charms on Cris blog, I hope she likes what I sent and that she gets time to have a play before our reveal date which is 28th July (this saturday). 
Oh and in other exciting news I got into the latest edition of 101 bracelets necklaces and earrings, how cool is that! 


Sending out a HUGE thank you to the lovely Lori Anderson of Pretty Things for sending out the email and encouraging us bead soupers to apply xxx 


Anyway with 10 days to go till my due date and the start of school summer holidays (Mess maker starts primary school in September) I better be off and photo my bead soup creations and schedule my post, just in case!

Have a great day x


7.7.12

Bead Soup

My Bead Soup arrived! I'm so excited just like a kid on christmas morning, Cris really spoilt me, here is what she sent....


 Isn't the ribbon such a lovely color!


At this point I was drooling....


 We did not really discus colors and decided to surprise each other and how surprised was I that Cris sent me a selection of beads and a focal in my favorite color!


More yummy stuffs, I'm in love with this piece of coral and that shell full of shells....


And just because every girl needs cake....


None of these things are what I would class as my usual style, but I already have so many ideas, and started playing and planing the second I had them out of the bags (well the second after I ate the chocolate that Cris very kindly sent, that did not even last long enough to make it into a photo). I would like to say a massive thank you to Cris for being so generous and I hope she will like what I come up with! 
Pop by and see what I come up with on our reveal date which is 28th July.

Have a great day

xxx

2.7.12

Bead Soup

Well, my last post was in May saying how quickly time was going and now we are in July (I am a very bad blogger)!
I signed up for the 6th big Bead Soup swap by the Lovely Lori Anderson of Pretty Things....


My bead soup ingredients are all packaged up and on there way to my lovely partner Cris of Cris P Art, if you get a sec pop over and have a look at some of the cool stuff on her blog!

And here is a little teaser of what I sent....


Unfortunately I have not been making much in the way of jewellery at the moment, mostly due to lack of sleep and motivation but I have managed to use what little energy I have left to work on this little project....


My work bench, from very worn out to....


Oasis of calm with all my favorite photos under a heavy sheet of plastic to inspire me!


This is my very own little corner filled with all my favorite things and where I am happiest!

Have a great day

xxx