Saturday, March 3, 2012

Bead Soup Blog Party Begins

Just after midnight, nature's fireworks began with bright lights and noise to herald in the beginning of Lori Anderson's Bead Soup Blog Party.  Very fitting , huh?!  So let the party begin!  As a reminder, here is what I received from Alice of Alice Dreaming.
 

I sorted and re-sorted to get inspiration.  Then I started pulling from my stash and when I pulled some of my turquoise lampwork beads into the mix, I suddenly saw the center of the ammonite shell light up.  It doesn't show up as much as I would like in the photo but the color is definitely there. 

Now this is probably not my usual color or metal scheme.  I am more bright colors and sterling silver, but that doesn't mean I don't appreciate these colors and metals.  In fact, the bronze scrollwork at the top of the photo was in my stash waiting for just the right moment to come out.  The ammonite shell, bronze chain, clasp, and rhinestone beads are all from Alice.  When you look at the bead soup I received, did you think I would use this color combination - turquoise and browns?  Well, I didn't but that is what happens if you start with an open mind.




So put it all together and this is what I got.



I have also been working with the rest of the bead soup and will be showing the rest in the next few days.  But for now, check out the rest of the Bead Soup Blog Party.  Enjoy!

Hostess, Lori Anderson


Special Book Sneak Peeks, Cindy Wimmer
1.  Adlinah Kamsir (Singapore) and Hajer Waheed (Kingdom of Bahrain)
2. Adrienn Lukacs (Hungary) and Agata Grygiel (Poland)
3.  Agi Kiss (Hungary) and Carolien Muller-Genger (the Netherlands)
4.  Agnes Asztalos (Hungary) and B.R. Kuhlman
7.  Alicia Marinache (Canada) and Dita Basu
15.  Bonnie Coursolle (Canada) and Fay Wolfenden (Canada)
16.  Carmel McGinley (Australia) and Tracy Stillman (Australia)


21.  Cheryl Brown (Canada) and Diana Ptaszynski
22.  Christina Stofmeel (the Netherlands) and Eva Kovacs (Hungary)
24.  Cilla Watkins (Canada) and Elaine Robitaille (Canada)
25.  Sabrina Straub (Switzerland) and Kathy Combs


32.  Dee Elgie (UK) and Joanne Lockwood (UK)
33.  Dian Hierschel (Germany) and Eniko Fabian (Austria)
37.  Doris Stumpf (Germany) and Eszter Czibulyas (Hungary)
39.  Elke Leonhardt-Rath (Germany) and Marjolein Trewavas (UK)


41.  Erika Nooteboom (the Netherlands) and Giorgia Rossini (Italy)
43.  Evelyn Duberry (Canada) and Gaea Cannaday
45.  Ginger Bishop (military, Okinawa) and Martina Nagele (Germany)
48.  Helene Goldberg (Australia) and Karen Vincent
54.  Joanna Matuszczyk (Poland) and Julianna Kis (Hungary)
55.  Joanne Tinley (UK) and Michaela Pabeschitz (Austria)
65.  Kristina Johansson (Sweden) and Penny Neville (Canada)
66.  Krisztina Erlaki-Toth (Hungary) and Nicole Keller (Germany)


76.  Lori Finney (Canada) and Marie-Noel Voyer-Cramp (Canada)
78.  Marta Kaczerowska (Poland) and Milla Starchik (Canada)
83.  Michelle Jensen and Sandra Young (Canada)
92.  Rosa Maria Cuevas (Mexico) and Tejae Floyde
93.  Sabine Dittrich (Germany) and Sally Russick
95.  Shanti Johnson and Tracy Mok (Canada)
97.  Sonya Stille and Traci Zeller (Canada)
98.  Stefanie Teufel (Germany) and Tania Hagen (New Zealand)

74 comments:

  1. Love your necklace - those color combos are my favorite!

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  2. Carol, what a beautiful necklace!!!! Funny, I didn't see that touch of blue in the fossil until now. That's amazing!!!! And I love the wirework on the focal--something I need more practice on.

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  3. Very earthy. You made that focal pop with your choice of color. Nice.

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  4. This necklace is wonderful - The focal looks terrific!

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  5. I love what Alice sent you! What a nice selection to work with. I saw a vintage looking piece come together but then love the earthy one you came up with. Great work.
    Cilla ( #24 on Lori's blog)

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  6. Isn't it funny how the creative process works. I can see working with the colors that Alice sent you, but I also love what you come up with too. And that connector - I can see why you used it - it is lovely.

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  7. You made a very nice piece..love the earth tones and it seems like the piece is about balancing oneself with the ground..my interpretation..lol You made a beautiful piece out the the lovely beads sent your way!

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  8. Funny how the tiniest splash of color can completely change the direction - love that! Your color choices are beautiful!!

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  9. LOVE the turquoise and brown combo...isn't it wonderful how the beads speak to you?! Nice work!

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  10. Love the soup you made!! It's fun to work with different colors than you are used too! you did a great job. thanks for sharing..

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  11. I really like what you did with the soup!

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  12. Lucky you, what a great soup you received! I love the ammonite focal and I'm sure your lovely turquoise beads bring out that small pop of color in this fossil. I also like the earthy feel and the asymmetrical placement of the design elements. Well done! Have fun hopping around to the other blogs.
    Cheers!
    Lori D.

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  13. Beautiful designs! I love the wire work on the pendant! :)

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  14. Gorgeous. I love the way you have used the chain for a double layer effect, added a tiny bit of bling with the rhinestone bead, texture with the fretwork and brought out the colour on the focal with your beads. Lovely! :) x

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  15. Wow, I didn't see that coming! LOL! I can certainly see the turquoise in the middle of that shell with the other beads around it. Great job and I'll look forward to seeing what you do with the remainder of the ingredients!

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  16. you did a great job! Have a nice day! I love your blog, I will visit you regullary ;-)Yours Doris

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  17. I think you received a great soup and made a great work with it. The double chain and the swirly connector used for the shell are very nice!

    Ambra

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  18. Turquoise is a lovely touch with the focal, and I love the bail you've made. A lovely piece!

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  19. I love how you all the sudden saw the turquoise! Brilliant! Gorgeous!

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  20. Wow! One of my favorite combos is turquoise & brown. And I just love what you did with the necklace

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  21. I so agree with you ...the blue beads really do pull out the blue in the focal! Amazing necklace...and the last picture you took, the one with the blue sky in the background, is beautiful!

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  22. Seafood soup... yummy! The blue did accent the focal beautifully, indeed. Very, very nice!

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  23. Love the necklace! I shy away from brown but that brown and turquoise combo is lovely. Great job!

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  24. I totally agree with you about the turquoise. Great addition to the design!

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  25. Brown and turquoise is one of my fave combos. Love your focal and how you accented it with wire. Nice soup!

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  26. I really like what you did to bring out the blue in the ammonite pendant. I also like the assymetry in the necklace with the brass vine.

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  27. I love brown and turquoise!
    ciao dall'Italia

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  28. Very pretty design. The scrollwork fits in very well with your piece. Nice job.

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  29. Love it, the way you attached the center... very creative!! ~KM

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  30. Lovely piece. I didn't even see the turquoise in the focal until I read the post and yep sure enough the turquoise beads bring that out and make it pop. I love that color combination!

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  31. I love the play on the turquoise in the focal. Your piece is awesome-- simple yet elegant. You have helped me to look for the "hidden" color in my focals, Thank you.

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  32. I finally made it here to see that beautiful ammonite come to life! I LOVE IT! Terrific artwork.

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  33. Oh, that's a wonderful necklace! I like the combination with your turquoise lampwork beads - it gives your piece a very natural look!

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    1. Lovely necklace. I love they way you used so many different bead elements.

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  35. Neat, I love the warm organic feeling of the necklace. The neutral colors would work with almost any outfit, Beautiful!

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  36. You did an awesome job! It was tough for me, too, to work in a color palette other than pink/blue/purple (Ha!) but it was a great challenge, wasn't it?

    I hope you'll join me again in the summer!

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  37. Gorgeous job wire-wrapping the ammonite pendant and brilliant use of color.

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  38. lovely piece and great soup. I really like the blue better than the red-brown. Beautiful

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  39. Wow - what a beautiful necklace! I especially like the color combination, and I never would have known you don't work with it often. The turquoise lampwork beads perfectly compliment the soup ingredients Alice sent you. Stunning!

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  40. Oooo...you are right -- the middle of that ammonites shell did light up with the beads you chose!! That necklace is fantastic! Great work!

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  41. Great work, love turquoise and chocolate
    Peace

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  42. I see the turquoise right in the swirl in the center, I think that is awesome and unexpected. Your necklace is gorgeous!!

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  43. Wow that focal is great, love what you did with it! Great job.

    By the way, if you've ever been inspired by Lori please stop by my blog at creatingcures.blogspot.com and read a short post about the Force of Good Awards.

    Be Well ~~T

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  44. Love the way you used the various curves in your piece and balanced it...the curve in the focal piece and then the wire work spirals, the turquoise beads all came out just perfect in your piece.

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    1. Thanks for noticing the curves and spirals. It was intentional but didn't want to get too wordy in the description to point it out. Thanks.

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  45. Fantastic piece!! Love the wire work around the focal - it really brings it alive! Great job!

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  46. I love what you did! Great focal!!

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  47. I would have found those particular beads a huge challenge. You really did brighten up the amozonite with the turquoise color. Good job

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  48. I love your necklace! I dont know if I would have know what to do with that focal, but you definitely did! It is really a wonderful piece. And I do like how you picked up the turquoise color in it.

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  49. Your necklace is so beautiful. I love the double strand design as well as the spirals and placement of beads. Very artistic!

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  50. Gorgeous! The turquoise beads are just perfect to enhance that little bit of color in the ammonite!

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  51. Love Love Love this gorgeous necklace especially the scrollwork!!

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  52. Wow! the shell pendant with wire work has come out very pretty. Love the necklace.

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  53. Nice work! Beautiful creation! Can't wait to see what you do with the rest of the bead soup!

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  54. This may have been out of your comfort zone but you would NEVER know it. Lovely work!
    ~diana

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  55. I love your soup and i love what you made with it...they look as if you have always made these designs...very nice

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  56. I love your necklace, one of my favorites! Love the color combinations.
    Sonya

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  57. love it!! the touch of turquoise was perfect!!

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  58. Beautiful color combo and gorgeous necklace. Love your lampwork beads!!!

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  59. How did you ever think of turquoise to compliment your soup? The colors are absolutely gorgeous together. You're right that the turquoise pulls color from the center of the ammonite. Beautiful piece

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  60. Very creative. It's a lovely piece.

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  61. I really love that creative bail! So perfect for this piece!

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  62. This is one of my favorites. Love that ammonite pendant. And, you sticking that brass filigree on the side was brilliant. Did you hear me? I said BRILLIANT! Great job.

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  63. The browns and turquoise work well together. The piece has an earthy feel which the ammonite pendant calls for. Well done!

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  64. WOW!!! Magnificent piece! I love the ammonite focal & your necklace really shows it off.

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  65. your design really compliments the ammonite focal!

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  66. Beautiful! Love the drape of the necklace, and your lampwork sets off the blue perfectly in the ammonite!

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  67. I really like the turquoise with the brown! What a pretty combination! I also like the wire spiral attachment near the focal!

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  68. Really like all your designs... the colours too!!Love your blog too!

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  69. I totally see the spark of blue int he center of the ammonite! Great job catching that and working with you. While you aren't familiar working with the colors or metal, it doesn't show at all. You really made something beautiful. Somehow you made that ammonite feel romantic and that's not something I would EVER consider it to be. Very cool!

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  70. Wooow!!!! I totally love your work. Eeevery little pieces of it. Love the wiring, love how you put some turquoise and yes, I can see it in the focal!! Great job, it's the jewel I could wear many times so wear it proudly!! Many greetings from Hungary.

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