Saturday, March 30, 2013

This is my very first Bead Soup Blog Party!!! I am soooo excited!!! I sent Rana Wilson [www.ranaleadesigns.blogspot.com] some fun beads and she worked wonders with what I sent her!  I really love her designs!!! She sent me some incredible beads to work with and I pondered and ooo'd and awwww'd and stared lovingly and pondered and slowly a design started to take shape in my head!!! I t had to show the clasp and the focal to the best advantage, they are seriously cool!! and I had always thought these beads had a sunrise at sea vibe going.  so I tried to work with that theme.  Let me show you what I did!
Here is the wonderful soup I got to work with!!  There were netted beads and super duo's and czech fired glass and crystals...mmmm...crystals, I love crystals!!!LOL

This is the second piece I made, Dangley bracelets and such, are the types of things I really love to do.
These beads and colors lent themselves beautifully to this bracelet.  I coiled some seafoam blue wire to cover a bronzy wire I used for the cuff.  Then I added all of the really cool beads.  Most of the beads on here are the beads that Rana gave me.  I wanted to use as much of that luscious soup as I could!
 Pretty crystals and the really cool beads that Rana made.
A closer picture of some of the elements that made up this fun bracelet.
 This is the last piece that I made with the soup. I had all of the smaller beads left so I made "Sea at Sunrise" wrap bracelet.  Can't you just see the colors cresting over the sea as the sun comes up???

Here is the first piece I made with this wonderful soup. I could not get the picture to go upright sorry!
You can see the wonderful Sandollar and the super duo beads and some of the crystals.  I used all the larger bead caps, I really love the copper with these colors. I think it adds depth!


For the necklace itself I used a piece of sand colored leather a length of dark copper chain and a piece of seafoam blue sari silk to make the chain and foundation for the rest of the beads.
This is the focal and the clasp they are attached.  That way all of the emphasis is in the front and the chain is just a quiet backdrop!!!
 I used one of the leaves I embossed to add texture and a larger dangle for movement.  I love the netted beads and super duo beads next to the leaf!


This is how it goes together when the clasp is used.
I can't Thank Lori enough for all of her hard work and for letting me join this wonderful experience.  I want to thank Rana of Ranalea Designs for all the encouragement and the wonderful beads and just the opportunity to create!!!  Hope you all like these pieces!  I can't wait to see what you have to say!  Have A Blessed Day!
Here is the link to the Bead Soup Blog Party.  www.beadsoupblogparty.com

81 comments:

  1. OH MY GOD I LOVE IT!!!!!!!! You did such a fabulous job with it! I've never been able to get a front-closure design to work right. I love love LOVE what you did with the soup! So glad you had fun!

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    1. I replied to this and it disappeared?! Anyhow, thank you so much for loving it!!! LOL I was really worried!!! I had so much fun with this!!! Have a wonderful and Blessed Easter!!!

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  2. Love your dangly bracelet and the necklace is wonderful. Great job on all your pieces.

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    1. Dangley stuff is my favorite!!! So glad you like it!

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  3. love the bright festive colors of your soup mix..you did a great job.

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    1. Rana did such a wonderful job of giving me beautiful beads to work with! Have a Blessed Day

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  4. love the colours and how you've put the necklace together, the bangles are cool too

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    1. I love front closure necklaces, they give you many options and it works with so many styles! Have a Blessed Easter

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  5. Your pieces are so original! Love them all!

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    1. Thanks Pipa, am really glad you like them!!! I really love creating different pieces. Have a Blessed Day

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  6. You really created some beautiful and unique pieces. I love the coil of wire on the bangle, it really grabs your attention. That necklace is so fun and happy! My eye kept travelling around, looking at all the gorgeous components. Great job!

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    1. Thank you so much!!! I had a wonderful time putting this together! The beads were just so much fun! Have a Blessed Day!

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  7. Gorgeous soup! All the colours, dangles and copper are great together. Great job!

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    1. Rana Wilson did a wonderful job with the soup she gave me! I was so excited when I got it! I love dangles and copper is one of my favorite metals to work with!

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  8. Beautiful work, very unique pieces.

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    1. I love doing different designs. We do a lot of shows and part of what we tell our customers is that we don't duplicate. Every piece is different and unique!!! Glad you like!

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  9. Love the dangles. Great color combos.

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  10. Really glad you like it! I had a wonderful time working on the great beads that Rana sent me!!!

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  11. Lots and lots of beautiful designs here.
    Everything is so beautiful.

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    1. Thank You so much I had a blast! Have a Blessed Day!

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    1. I am glad you like it, it was really a lot of fun and i had wonderful beads from Rana Wilson to work with!!! Have a Blessed Day!

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  13. How cute, you are so creative, love it!

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    1. Glad you like it, I love designing!!! Have a Blessed Day!

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    1. Thank You so much, it was so much fun! Have a Blessed Day!

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  15. You did a wonderful job with your soup mix and I hope you're having a blast with the rest of the blog party too! *Ü*

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    1. I am having a lot of fun with the blog hop, I have not gotten very far yet, but I am working on it! Glad you like it it, I was worried no one would like it so I really feel a lot better!!! Have a Blessed Day!

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  16. Even looking at the necklace sideways I could tell you had fun making it! Very morning at the ocean! Good job!

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    1. That is just what I was thinking when I had all the soup together...hmmm looks like sunrise out to sea!!! Just love the beads that Rana gave me!!! Have a Blessed Day!!!

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  17. Very unique and beautiful! Congratulations!

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    1. Thank you so much!!! I try very hard to do the Unique and different. It is so much more fun for me! glad you like it! Have a Blessed Day!

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  18. i love those colors. sooo pretty ! <3

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    1. Thank you, it is just so sunny and fun!!! I love the colors too! Glad you like it! Have a Blessed Day!

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  19. You had a huge treasure of beautiful Soup and did a wonderful job with it. Such fun and fresh pieces! I secretly kind of wished the first bracelet, the one with the blue wire coil, was actually a choker necklace just because it was so wooooo hoooo fun! Lovely work.

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    1. Rana Wilson sent me sun and sand, and sea, and it was sooooo much fun to work with!!! I could always make you a choker, Liz! Since we don't duplicate I can use this bracelet and make it into one for you. Just PM me! Glad you like it! Have a Blessed Day!

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  20. Really fun soup! I love the mix of leather and chain. Great idea,

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    1. Until I got here [Bead Soup Cafe] I rarely did anything with bothe leather and chain or sari silk either! This just kind of jumped out of the mix and said...here, do this!!! I did and I loved it so then I got to put all of the fun beads in front! Glad you like it! Have a Blessed Day!

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  21. Love all your pieces - they are very bright and cheerful and fun :) I am sure they wear nicely!

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    1. Yeah!! Glad you like them! I try really hard to make the jewelry comfortable and fun to wear! I loved the colors, they were so much fun to work with!!! Have a Blessed Day!

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  22. Lovely pieces! The colors are gorgeous too!

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    1. Really glad you like them! I love the colors too! Have a Blessed Day!

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  23. Great colors, amazing work!Congratulations, they are wonderful!

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  24. Thank you soooo much. I really love this whole process!!! Have A Blessed Day!

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  25. I love the set.. the first bracelet is my fav.

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  26. I am so glad you like it!!! I really had a great time with the whole process!!! Have a blessed day!

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    1. Really glad you like them, This was a lot of fun for me!!! Have a Blessed day!

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    2. I had so much fun with this!It is not a style that I normally do so I am glad that it came out ok!!! Have a Blessed Day!

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  29. adding the aqua wire like that just makes it perfectly funky!

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    1. This was a lot of fun to make, I am really glad that you like it!! Funky is fun!!! LOL Have a Blessed Day!!!

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  30. Great bracelets. Love the coiled wire over the base in the first one. Great framework fo all those cool charms.

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    1. Really glad you like them! This was a wonderful process for me! Have a Blessed Day!!!

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  31. Robin I love what you did with soup! I really like how you did your bracelet as well

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    1. Thanks a lot Zia!! I really had a wonderful time!! Have a Blessed Day!!!

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  32. What cheerful colors you had to work with, and you made some very happy pieces from them! The dangle bracelet must make great jingle noises when you wear it.

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    1. I had to check to see if the bracelet did indeed make jingley sounds and...YES it does...LOL This was just so much fun! Have a Blessed Day!

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  33. Wonderful Work :)
    I especially love the necklace , What a beautiful
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    ~Shari

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    1. Thank you so much Shari!!! I had a wonderful time with this!!! I am going to try and put a couple of better pictures of it up later. Really glad you like it. have a Blessed Day!

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  34. I love the bracelet with the coiled seafoam wire. That's very creative.

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    1. Thank you so much. I was just playing around and thought hey...what if I ... and there you have it!!! Have a Blessed Day!!!

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  35. Awesome and creative work! Love the bracelet in particular!

    Thanks so much for coming to the party!

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    1. I can't tell you much i appreciate everything you have done for me!!! Both as a person and Professionally! Really really glad you like them!!! Have a Blessed day!!!

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  36. Nice element of wire work with your design!

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  37. Thank you so much Peggy, I really like the way this one turned out! Have a Blessed Day!!!

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  38. Love these pieces. The dangles are so fun!

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    1. Thank you so much Kimberly. i love making danglie bracelets the most but i do rings and necklaces too!!! They are so much fun and very Happy!!! Have a Blessed Day!

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  39. Anything that dangles is music to my heart. Love it.

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  40. Thanks Gloria!!! I love danglies too!!! I make lots of them!!! Hope you are doing well!!! Have a Blessed day!

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  41. Nice job with you soup. Some really lovely and so fun and colorul.

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  42. Thank you so much Patricia! i learned a lot of important thing on this journey!!!How to have fun how blog, how to enjoy all of the wonderful soups!!!That is just some of them. Have a Blessed Day!

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  43. Wow, Robin, you made all sorts of fun things with your soup! I LOVE it all! Great job... :)

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  44. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!!! I have had such a wonderful time with this. I love working with all of the wonderful pople [like you!!!] that are a part of this!!! Did you see Lori's Map!!! Wow!!! Have a Blessed Day!!!

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  45. That dangly bead charm bracelet is my favorite. So fun and I've never seen anything like it.

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    1. I am really glad you like it!! I do a lot of danly pieces. This one was a bit unusual in that I don't normally do the coil and then the charms. I don't normally do the coil but I really wanted to do something outside the box for me!!! Ihave had so much fun!!! Have a Blessed day!!

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  46. I totally get the beach sunrise you referenced in the colors of your soup. Your pieces turned out so nice. Well done!

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    1. I am wearing this necklace today with a teally green/blue shirt and it really does the sunrise thing!!! This has been jus the most fun for me!!! Have a Blessed Day!!!

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  47. I love your pieces, so airy and light. Fabulous!!

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  48. Hi Gloria, thank you so much!!! I really like the way they turned out! Rana Wilson really picked wonderful beads for me!!! Did you check her designs out? They are really great!!!

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