Saturday, 27 April 2013

Bead Soup!!!!

I can't believe it. I actually managed to make everything I had planned for my bead soup! Elizabeth over at Elizabeth's Art sent me a massive soup full of pinks and turquoise and antique bronze metal (which I've never used before) which gave me loads of ideas! However, there was a bit of a mishap when i tried making the little pink and blue aluminium flowers into earrings and well...let's just say one got a bit squashed...so that idea didn't work but i did finally manage to make something with them in the end! So, here is the bead soup i received:


I absolutely love long necklaces so I decided to use the focal as a pendant:



It took me literally A MILLION YEARS to photograph this necklace (well, ok, a few hours but it's still a long time!). I tried laying it flat, curving it round, hanging it up, draping it over...and I'm still not happy with the photo. I REALLY like the way the necklace looks, but i just CAN'T TAKE A PHOTO!! So annoying!!

I then made a charm bracelet and added a couple of lucite flower drops from my stash. However, it still looked a little bare so I threaded some waxed cotton cord  through the chain to add a bit of texture:


To finish off, I then made some earrings. I absolutely LOVED the little glass flower beads and wanted them as simple, one bead earrings:




Then I used some crystals and tiny pearls to make a pair of cluster earrings:




And, finally, some hair clips using the gorgeous, UN-SQUASHED aluminium flowers:


I had no idea my hair was so dark! It looks blonde in the mirror! Scary!

Anyhoo, if you fancy having a nosey at some of the other bead soup participants, here's the link: Bead Soup Blog Party!! All of this was organised by Lori Anderson, so THANK YOU!!

Happy blog hopping!


24 comments:

  1. You made some wonderful jewellery! The blue earrings are my favourites.

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  2. You're bead soup is absolutely CHARMING & how cute are your little hair clips...YUMMMMY! :)))

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  3. Your bead soup really got your creative juices flowing. Really like the little hair pins.

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  4. Everything is lovely and so delicate!

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  5. I love everything you've designed. My favourite is the necklace. I'm also in BSBP and had a long necklace to photograph - that was much more difficult than designing and making it. But I think your first photo is good. I'm a new follower to your blog - I find it interesting as I am a newbie too. Happy creations!

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  6. I am so not a pink girl but I adore the long necklace that you made. And if you ever discover the secret to taking pics of long necklaces be sure to let me know them.

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  7. very inventive projects and very elegant!congrats!

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  8. Wonderful work with your soup! You've inspired me to make a really long necklace. Sweet bracelet and cute idea to make some hair clips.

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  9. Hair pins are different, I love when people do something I never think of. The cluster earrings are really cute too.

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  10. I lovewhat you've done with your soup. I would've really struggled with those colours but you've really made zingy pieces.

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  11. Very very pretty, love what you did with your soup.

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  12. Love how you bring out the pink in the bracelet with a pink cotton cord. So pretty!

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  13. Very pretty designs! Very feminine.

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  14. Delicate and beautiful! Really Soup-er!

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  15. Gorgeous soup, love your charm bracelet its so cute.

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  16. I like the feel of Spring in your pieces. The necklace with the heart is great, and I think the photo came out very well. Cool that you made hair pins with the aluminum flowers! Sweet designs, all of them!

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  17. The charm bracelet is sweet, and I love both pairs of earrings. The hair pins are adorable!

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  18. I love the colors in your bead soup. Both of my favorite colors at once. Your designs use the components to wonderful advantage. Great job.

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  19. Very nice pieces...cute bracelet! Great job with your soup!

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  20. your bead soup was just gorgeous.. and my favourite piece u created was the first necklace.. very interesting design!

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  21. I hate that the little flowers got squashed, but your hair clips were inspired! I really like those last earrings with the crystals and the pearls. So fun. Nice job all around!

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  22. I just love the pieces you made.They are very feminine. . Great work! You have given me so many ideas, I seem to have an abundance of the same beads. Thank you for sharing your soup!

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