Saturday, March 30, 2013

7th Bead Soup Blog Party -- FIRST REVEAL!

Hello everybody!  I am so excited, it is time for me to show you what I made with my bead soup in Lori Anderson's fun Bead Soup Party!!!  I am part of the first reveal group.

First, here is the bead soup I received from my partner Grace Rotenberg ~


It was a colorful mixture of milifloral glass beads, other glass beads, some ceramic beads, and a few metal components, including a piece from an old bracelet.


I added lots of wire, some other metal components, and satin rat tail cording and went to town creating some jewelry that I will be giving to an artsy friend.  I was able to make a necklace, bracelet, and earrings for this set ~


The bracelet ~


The necklace ~


the earrings ~


I sent Grace some various pearl, glass, porcelain,  and shell beads, with some vintage earrings thrown in for fun.  I love to cut up vintage earrings and incorporate them into mixed media projects and jewelry, and since Grace makes beautiful steampunk style jewelry I thought she might be able to do the same.  Can't wait to see what she creates!
 Here is the bead soup I sent ~ one organza bag holds the beads and one holds the vintage earrings ~





a few vintage earrings ~ 



I have linked the master list for you to view here ~

Bead Soup Party 1st Reveal!

Please be sure to check out the beautiful creations that others have made.  I love to hear from you, so be sure to leave me a comment or follow my blog. I will repay the favor!  Happy browsing and beading!

I wish you a joyful and creative day ~ Pam

40 comments:

Pretty Things said...

That bracelet is SWEET! I love it, and I'm sure your friend will, too!

Thanks so much for your enthusiastic partying! :-)

Unknown said...

Very lovely work from a very lovely soup ! :)

Unknown said...

♥♥ the bracelet ♥♥

greetings from The Netherlands!

Shiraz said...

The bracelet in particular I really like. A great design to really put the focus on the focal you were sent.
Great job!

Krafty Max Originals said...

I love what yo made, but the bracelet..... amazing!! Great job! ~KM http://www.artfire.com/ext/shop/product_view/6439795#

Cheryl said...

Lovely designs!

Unknown said...

very nice designs - love the bracelet!

Giorgia Rossini said...

I'm on the 3rd reveal, I'm partecipating for the 3rd time on BSBP
I love the bracelet
ciao dall' Italia

Kepi said...

That bracelet is so beautiful, great job. I love the simplicity of the necklace, love the focal bead and the earrings are super cute. Great job!

Sandra Pendragon said...

Very creative soup Pam! Love what you did with your necklace. yummy soup!

Unknown said...

Great jewelry! Love the bracelet!!!

I’m in the third reveal. Can’t wait.
kathy

Bev said...

You made some very nice pieces with your soup. I really like the wire work you did on the bracelet.

Grace said...

I love the wire work! The bracelet came out especially well.

I'll leave a comment in a week or two so you can come over to my blog and see what I've done with some of the rest of the soup you sent. :-D

Laura Bracken said...

Wow, everything is so pretty, but that bracelet totally rocks!

PiPa said...

You made an amazing job, all beautiful pieces!

Chelle said...

wow wow wow.... that bracelet is amazing. love it.

Perl - Eni said...

What an awesome job on all the designs!

Dry Gulch said...

Look at that Bracelet! Love your work.

Lori Bergmann said...

Love the variety you were able to create with your mix! Great job! *Ü*

Cornerstoregoddess said...

I really like the way the bracelet came out. What techniques did you use? It looks great!

Nchantme said...

Very pretty bracelet! Other designs are nice too!

Unknown said...

i love what you came up with!!

Nchantme said...

Very pretty bracelet! Other designs are nice too!

Unknown said...

You are a very talented jewelry artist-love the bracelet. Thank you for sharing.

Lutka And Co. said...

Ooooh!!! I love the bracelet you made!

Shaezocha said...

What a creative way to feature the coin in the bracelet. Very nice.

Liz said...

The wire work is great. I liked your Soup ingredients and even more I loved what you made from them. Happy Creating!

pamala said...

I used gold jumprings and silver wire that I coiled to tie everything together. No specific technique, just some playing and experimenting. :)

Bobbie said...

Nice sense of movement with all the wire swirls - and the colors are all so happy!

bailaora said...

what a great wire work! i admire!

baymoondesign said...

I especially like the bracelet. Well done!

Becky Pancake said...

Your jewelry set is beautiful. Good job using your soup Pam.

Rachel said...

What a beautiful set you created!

Billi's Paper Batiks said...

Interesting and amazing as well. Gorgeous.

Susanm said...

I really like how each piece complements the others. Nice designs.

Kimberly said...

Your bracelet ROCKS! Great work!

Unknown said...

Very pretty pieces...I love the bracelet!

Karen Mitchell said...

Love the bracelet!

Anonymous said...

Love your pieces..... all are beautiful.....

CraftyHope said...

Your set came out so fanciful with all the frilliness that your wirework added to it I'm sure your friend LOVED it. Nice job!
Oh, and I also love that you sent your partner the vintage earrings. I'm playing around with some on my desk at the moment as well! ;)

How did I come up with Pam's Eclectic Stuff?

Pam- that is me. :)

eclectic --adj.- selecting what seems best of various styles or ideas
*Since I like a huge variety of arts and mediums, this seemed perfect, we will talk about the best of various styles or ideas.

stuff- The noun stuff has 7 senses -
1. material, stuff -- (the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object; "wheat is the stuff they use to make bread")2. whatchamacallit, stuff, whatsis, sundry, sundries -- (miscellaneous unspecified artifacts; "the trunk was full of stuff")3. stuff, clobber -- (informal terms for personal possessions; "did you take all your clobber?")4. stuff, stuff and nonsense, hooey, poppycock -- (senseless talk; "don't give me that stuff")5. stuff -- (unspecified qualities required to do or be something; "the stuff of heros"; "you don't have the stuff to be a United States Marine")6. stuff -- (information in some unspecified form; "it was stuff I had heard before"; "there's good stuff in that book")7. stuff -- (a critically important or characteristic component; "suspense is the very stuff of narrative")

*What more needs to be said? I really thought about using Pam's Eclectic Sundries, but I thought that might be tough to remember. :) Stuff is easy and conveys a variety of meanings. I like the definition- miscellaneous unspecified artifacts. I also liked whatchamacallit, but that is a lot of typing. :)

So there you have it!