Saturday, April 27, 2013

Bead Soup spring 2013 REVEAL #3

Good morning Blog hoppers !  
 Welcome to my reveal for the spring 2013 Bead Soup.
First a thank you to my partner Christa Murphy for my wonderful, abundant soup. (I have posted many pictures of that soup if you care to scroll down and see them.) and to Lori, our organizer for all her hard work. I enjoyed working with my soup, it was challenging doing it mostly one handed. My wire work is not what it normally would be but Lord willing I will get there. 
Being a Christian I was immediately drawn to the faux turqoise crosses she sent, and they went beautifully with the fire agate. I added stampings, chain and and some fiber, simmered and spiced. Fiddled and worked and  Viola, my Soup!   Here is the entire set first.


I will show you the close ups before I show you the other piece. I am doing well but I can use my hand for only a few minutes at a time and limitedly so all the pieces I wanted to make are not done yet but they are planned out. Stop back next month and you can see the rest of the soup served. Lord willing :~)
The bracelet is what I started with, I wanted to use the stamping curved to my wrist and the beads in the back. here is what I ended up with.

I added the fibers to soften up the harshness of the metal and the chunkiness of the beads. I prefer simple pieces that rely on the beauty of good workmanship and beautiful materials. You can see that better in my second "set" of mixed up soup so these pieces are a bit of a stretch for me. I do like them and will enjoy wearing them but probable not as often as my simpler pieces. Now all I need is something to wear with these pieces. he he

The necklace was born quickly, taking its cues from the bracelet. Of course its actual assembly took awhile and I believe working on these pieces was good hand therapy. Minus the week I couldnt do much with the hand due to overuse. woops! 





The clasp, highlighted in green, I made with a vintage clip on earring part and one of the crosses. I did not add the red crystal to this cross because I didnt want it to catch easy and get popped out/off. The clasp for this necklace was confounding me for awhile and I went through some of my "odd stuff" containers ( come on, you all have them, dont you?) and came across the earing piece. I am very happy with how it ended up. What do you think?

And last, but not least, the MOP necklace I made from the pendant Christa stitched for me.



I LOVED the pendant and did not want to overwhelm it or take from the simple beauty
she had created. The snowflake spacers, bead caps, clasp and the blue dyed fire agate rounds are all from Christa. I added the farfalle beads, I love the texture of them. They look like a stitched chain but were very easy to string together as my hand was not up to much else.
It is my favorite for a few reasons. It reminds me of Christa and makes me think of her stitching it up just for me and that makes me smile, It is just so pretty :~) and it sings of warm breezes and hammock swings. Peaceful. 

Well, Thank you for sticking with me through the whole post. I hope you have enjoyed this as much as I have. And again I apologise for the hickup of lateness :~)

28 comments:

  1. Oh Danielle, when I sent you those crosses, I never imagined you would use them in such a creative way. I am totally amazed and overwhelmed. And I love what you did with the pendant (if you notice, it's in the shape of a cross too). What a clever idea for a clasp. I love it. I also love how you mixed in those large chunky beads and those brown agate rounds I sent you. It all is absolutely amazing, especially in light of the recovery with your hand. I am truly blessed to have you as a partner.

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    1. Thank you Christa, I feel the same way! I am amazed at what you did and happy we were united in Bead soup! Beady friends Unite! :~)

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  2. How cool is that mother of pearl cross, love the bracelet, the touch of fibre is a winner.

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  3. Gorgerous soup, I love it. The clasp with the turquoise cross i really innovative. Congrats!

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  4. Beautiful work and great use of the materials!

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  5. great designs! Love the way you used the materials!

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  6. Beautiful work. I really love the bracelet!

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  7. The mother of pearl cross is gorgeous! I love all the crosses and how you used them! Great job!

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  8. Very lovely work with your soup! All of the pieces go so well together. Love the necklace!

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  9. The necklace with the focal is just lovely. Simple elegance makes it super wearable. I'm looking forward to coming back and seeing what else you made once your hand heals a bit more. You are a trooper doing this with hand surgery and all! I hope your mobility returns, it looks like you are healing very well. Gibson certainly is a handsome guy.

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    1. Thank you Liz! I guess you read a bit of my blog :~)I really appreciate the words of encouragement.
      Gibson brings us great joy, he is a character!

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  10. Nice work, all the pieces work well together too.

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  11. You did these with a bad hand? They're wonderful! I'm love the necklace with the stitched pendant.

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  12. Nice pieces. You really used your soup ingredients well.

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  13. You did an awesome job. I love the colors and the way you designed them all...ty for sharing...bye for now and Happy Beading

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  14. Good job using your soup. The first clasp is a clever idea. My favorite is the second necklace.

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  15. Very nice job. I like the pop of red on the turquoise crosses, but my favorite is the second necklace. I would never say it is possible to make these with one hand only!!!

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  16. Beautiful pieces!! Very creative clasp, it works perfectly!

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  17. Beautiful work! Fabulous idea on the clasp! And yes, hun.. we ALL have those 'catch-all, odds&ends' dishes .. or drawers ;) lol

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  18. Great pieces, I love that you included fibers in the first necklace.

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  19. Nice job with your soup. Your first piece is really lovely. Great clasp!

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  20. beautiful pieces love the second necklace a really pretty and delicate piece.

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  21. I love the idea of using a clip on earring for a clasp. Very clever! You did a great job with your soup!

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  22. I love how you put both of those necklaces together. Gorgeous chunky turquoise and delicate flower. Wonderful!

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  23. Excellent job with your soup. I like how you added the fiber to soften it up and the use of the earring back as a clasp was ingenious! As well, the simplicity of your mother of pearl necklace is great!

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