In a nut shell, Lori Anderson partners up bloggers, artists and jewelry designers with each other and you each send a "soup" of beads including a focal bead and a clasp to your partner. Then we design something with those items and reveal it on one of 3 reveal dates. This is a really fun way to meet new people, see their work and their blogs.
I have been paired up with another blogger and jewelry designer Karen Vincent. Her designs can be found here at Swallowtail Jewellery http://www.swallowtailjewellery.blogspot.com/
Please visit her blog to see what she created with the items that I sent her.
Please also hop around the other blogs listed below and see what everyone has created.
The bead soup that Karen sent me. |
Here is the gorgeous copper focal. I added my lampwork beads, some paper beads and copper connectors that I made. I love the way the blue and copper work with each other. |
The clasp that Karen sent me, I played a bit with alcohol inks to give it a little patina. I also used the coco beads she sent. |
Agata Grygiel
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Ali McCarthy
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Alice Craddick
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Amy Severino
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Ana Krepel
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Andra Weber
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Andrea Glick
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Andrea Trank
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Anitra Gordy Boyers
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Annette Rivers
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Anu Tuppurainen
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April Grinaway
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Audrey Bélanger
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B.R.Kuhlman
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Barbara Bechtel
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Barbara Mason
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Becky Pancake
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Beti Horvath
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Billi RS Rothove
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Bobbie Rafferty
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Brandi Burdick
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Candida Castleberry
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Carol Dillman
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Carolyn Gebert
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Carolyn Lawson
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Caron Reid
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Catherine King
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Cathy Jakicic
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Chandra Merod
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Charlene Jacka
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Cheri Reed
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Cherrie Fick
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Cherrie Warzocha
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Cheryl Brown
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Cheryl Dunham
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Cheryl Foiles
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Cheryl Gangle
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Chris Eisenberg
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Chris White
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Christina Miles
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Christine Murrow
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Cindy Ritchie
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Clare Etheridge
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Cory Tompkins
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Cris Peacock
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Cynthia Abner
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Debbie Rasmussen
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Debi Levine
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Deborah Brooks
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Deborah Read
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Debra Behrends
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Dorota Żerańska
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Elaine Robitaille
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Elsie Deliz-Fonseca
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Emma Todd
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Erin Guest
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Evelyn Shelby
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Evie and Beth McCord
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Francy Inman
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Ginger Bishop
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Gloria Allen
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Hajer Waheed
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Hope Smitherman
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Ilenia Ruzza
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Ilona Hegedűs
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Ine Vande Cappelle
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Jackie Ryan
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Janine Lucas
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Jean Peter
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Jean Wells
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Jeanne Steck
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Jelveh Jaferian Johnson
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Jennifer Cabic
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Jennifer Reno
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Jennifer VanBenschoten
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Jenny Davies-Reazor
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Jenny Kyrlach
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Jenny Robledo
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Jessica Brower
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Jill MacKay
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JJ Jacobs
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Jo-Ann Woolverton
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Joanne Tinley
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Johanna Rhodes Nash
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Judy Robinson
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Juli Cannon
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Julia Gerlach
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Julie Bowen
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Julie Panusis
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K Hutchinson
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Karen Martinez
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Karen Vincent
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Karen Williams
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Karin Slaton
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Karyn Bonfiglio
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Kat Douglas
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Kate Dufour
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Kate Mulligan
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Kate Richbourg
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Kathleen Gallant
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Kathleen Lange Klik
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Katie Nielsen-Nunez
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Kay Bolton
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Kayla Potega
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Kelli Jacobson
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Kelly Patterson
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Kelly Ramstack
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Kiersten Kern
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Kim Sparks
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Klaudete Koon
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Klaudia Tóth
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Krista French
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Kristin Oppold
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Kym Hunter
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Lana Kinney
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Laura Guenther
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Lauren Fenty
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Leah Curtis
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Lennis Carrier
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Linda Murphy
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Lisa Johnson
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Lori Anderson
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Lupe Meter
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Lynn Jobber
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Mandi Effron
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Marcia Dunne
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Margareta Saari
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Marianne Baxter | |
Marie Covert
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Mary Ellen Parker
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Maryse Fritzsch-Thillens
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Megan Milliken
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Melissa Meman
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Melissa Mesara
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Michaela Pabeschitz
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Michelle Tucker
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Mimi Gardner
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Mischelle Fanucchi
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Monica Phillips
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Mowse Doyle
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Nancy Boylan
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Nancy Dale
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Pat Haight
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Patina Queen
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Patty Miller
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Pia Kaven
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Rebecca Anderson
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Rose Johnson
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Roxanne Blanc
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Sarah Goode
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Sarah Singer
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Sarah Strover
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Shalini Austin
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Sherri Stokey
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Sherry Baun
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Sheryl Stephens
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Silvia Sernicola
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Solange Collin
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Stacie Florer
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Stacy Alderson
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Stephanie Haussler
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Stephanie LaRosa
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Sue Burleigh
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Susan Bowie
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Susan Kelly
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Susan of Libellula Jewelry
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Susan Sheehan
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Suzanne Fragiacomo
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Tammi Sloan
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Tammie Everly
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Tania Hagen
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Tania Spivey
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Tanya Goodwin
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Tanya Wiles
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Tari Kahrs
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Terry Carter
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Theresa Buchle
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Tiffany Smith
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Tina Holden
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Tracey Nanstad
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Tracie Dean
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Tracy Bell
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Tracy Kruse
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Veralynne Malone
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Veronica Campos-Hallstrom
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Claire Brannigan Hasemeier
Robin Showstack
Melanie Lemen Swope
Beccy Peterson
Kelli Nelson
Chris Schlicht
Shelley Cole-Kuduk
Hi Kiersten! I love what you made with your soup! Your designs are beautiful!! The necklace is stunning! I love the copper focal with your gorgeous lampwork beads and paper beads and those copper links are to amazing. Your bracelet is gorgeous! Czech glass is one of my all time favs. The clasp looks great with the patina. Thank you so much for being my bead soup partner! Karen
ReplyDeleteThanks Karen. It was lots of fun to make these pieces with what you sent me. You did a wonderful job with the soup I sent you!
DeleteWhat a beautiful soup you were sent, and lovely designs you created! Your copper connectors tie the focal into a gorgeous piece. Love it!
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DeleteYour work is beautiful. Lovely necklace.
ReplyDeleteA really beautiful soup, Kiersten. Especially the bracelet exactly fits my taste - wonderful colours, lovely design!
ReplyDeleteyou have such an amazing eye for balancing beads. I absolutely adore the positioning of beads in the necklace, the asymmetry paired with swirly connectors. It's perfect :-)
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DeleteWonderful outcome with your soup! I love your curly links...very fun and whimsical! Kristin Oppold
ReplyDeleteThanks Kristin.
DeleteBoth pieces are utterly fantastic !
ReplyDeleteThank you Audrey.
DeleteThe necklace is awesome, great work!
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DeleteBoth pieces are beautiful and modern. (Please turn off the anti-spam device just for the weekend.)
ReplyDeleteGreat jewelry! Love them both.
ReplyDeleteI’m in the third reveal. Can’t wait.
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Thanks, can't wait to see the next reveal!
DeleteI love your lampwork beads! Both the necklace and bracelet are fabulous!
ReplyDeleteThank you Cheri.
DeleteYou received a nice Soup and did a wonderful job with it. Both pieces are very pretty and wearable.
ReplyDeleteThanks Liz.
DeleteLove, love, love. New fan & new blog follower :)
ReplyDeleteThank you Sherri!
DeleteGreat work. I love the bracelet. The colors and the sentiment are perfect.
ReplyDeleteThank you Ginger.
DeleteI love that bracelet!
ReplyDeleteThanks.
DeleteYou created 2 beautifully made pieces!
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Delete~as i am starting day two of my hopping...a favorite thus far...your copper detail work is just gorgeous...i adore each piece...much love light and blessings~
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DeleteJust beautiful! I love the bracelet.
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DeleteStunning pieces.. You are one of my fav designers of the hop so far.
ReplyDeleteThank you.
DeleteI especially love the bracelet.
ReplyDeleteI'm on the 3rd reveal, what fun BSBP!
ciao dall'Italia
Thanks, looking forward to the next reveal. Ciao.
DeleteBeautiful. I love what you made with your soup, everything is beautiful. Great job on the jewelry.
ReplyDeleteThis is my second attempt to leave this comment and I had to move to another device because of the captcha being unreadable to me on my phone. Please remove it. I ask this with love and respect but it can make moving through the blog an unrealistic task. Thank you, Jean
Great job! Love the metal links on the necklace and the bracelet turned out so great!
ReplyDeleteOh I love your pieces! The first one is so exquisite.
ReplyDeleteThank you Vera.
DeleteBlue and copper is one of my favorite combos, too. I love the Laugh bracelet most of all!
ReplyDeleteThanks Melissa!
DeleteYou did a great job with your Bead Soup but I especially like your necklace. The combination of materials and colors is beautiful.
ReplyDeleteI agree that the blue and copper look great together. Good job using your soup.
ReplyDeleteThank you Becky.
DeleteLovely, Kiersten! I especially love the necklace with your great lampwork beads; the blue really looks great with the antiqued copper! The wirework you used on that piece is really fun, too! The bracelet is so cheerful!
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DeleteGorgeous, love love the bracelet!
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DeleteOh yes, I love how the wirework and paper beads echo the swirls of the focal. Of course the blue lampwork is gorgous! That bracelet is very earthy and beautiful too.
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DeleteBoth of your designs are fantastic. At first, I didn't recognize those paper beads as such. I totally thought they were glass too. And your swirly copper connectors are really awesome!! That bracelet is just yummy. Wonderful job working with your soup!
ReplyDeleteInteresting mix of textures and materials - what fun you must have had working with this soup!
ReplyDeleteThanks Bobbie.
DeleteBeautiful pieces! I just love the paper beads and your other handmade components...perfect with that focal.
ReplyDeleteThank you Patricia.
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