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06 Saturday Oct 2018

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Bead Soup Blog Party, Beading Arts, Lori Anderson, Tammy Powley, Tapping Flamingo, The Crafty Princess Diaries

Let’s get right into the maker blogs for this week.

On Beading Arts, Cyndi shows a variety of stitches to use to make a rope necklace. They are all beautiful but all so different. It’s hard to pick a favorite!

On Tapping Flamingo, Terry Jeanette is participating in a bead swap. Fun! Lori Anderson of Bead Soup Blog Party fame sponsored the swap where partners swap beads based on one of four color palettes chosen by the sender. This one is just to swap beads, no blog hop. Terry made it extra fun. Not only did she swap, but she kept a duplicate set of the beads she sent to her partner. It will be fun to see what they each make with those, as well as what Terry makes with her swap beads. I have also participated in this swap, so I’ll have fun things to show soon. Below is a sneak peek of earrings she made with some of her swap beads. Beautiful!

On The Crafty Princess Diaries, Tammy Powley shows how she made doll sized Halloween treat bags that she actually sent as a treat to customers who bought her cute Halloween doll dresses. Nice swag!

That’s all for now! Thanks for reading.

Small Mixes

18 Sunday Feb 2018

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Bead Soup Blog Party, Kim Mayberry Quellette, Lori Anderson

I really love small mixes of leftover beads; they make such great accents when combined with other beads.  These chartreuse and red die were part of a Czech glass  destash I bought. (I’m still waiting for the perfect project for the dogs that were included!) The die inspired the color combination for this necklace I made for Lori Anderson‘s Bead Soup Blog Party last year. 

So when I saw a Czech glass mix of squares and ovals, I bought it knowing it would make its way into a design. I got this fabulous large, lightweight owl from Kim Mayberry Ouellette.  In looking through my beads, I saw this little mix and the colors are perfect! I added a couple small strands of Czech glass rondelles.  

I think the owl and the larger Czech glass beads really complement each other.  

Yay for leftover bead mixes!

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Pinterest Interest and Other Random Stuff

19 Saturday Mar 2016

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Antelope Beads, Australian Art Beads, Bead Soup Blog Party, Ceramic Art Bead Market, Heather Powers, Helen Backhouse, Humblebeads, Kim Snider, Lori Anderson, Mandrel Beads, Melissa Gabelle, plastic beads, Staci Louise Smith, The Clay Hen, vintage beads

I get notification from Pinterest when someone repins a pin, and I find it fascinating what people repin.  It’s also fun when the notice is that someone repinned a piece of jewelry I made.  It’s still a thrill for me that someone would like what I made enough to pin it!

My most repinned pin as far as I can tell is this leather bracelet tutorial from Antelope Beads.  As of this writing, 154 repins!

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Photo and bracelet from Antelope Beads

Just recently my pin of a gorgeous necklace Staci Louise Smith made for Lori Anderson’s Bead Soup Blog Party in 2011 is on the uptick; suddenly 23 repins. It’s fun to revisit these things each time I get a notification.  Most of my pins have few or no repins, so it’s notable when one gets into the double digits.  My jewelry board only has 303 followers, so those larger numbers are pretty good. The repins come in batches.  Someone repins and then other people see that, etc.

A couple of years ago when Pinterest first started trying to monetize their site, I wrote a post about moving away from it.  I didn’t begrudge them trying to make money, just the way they were doing it.  Because my alternative went kaput, I’ve made my peace with Pinterest.  Although my home page is crowded with sponsored and suggested pins I may not care about, I’m still able to scroll through and find a few things I like from boards I follow, and it’s a good way for me to save my own pins and likes for lots of inspiration and just plain eye candy when I want to enjoy it.

Now on to the Random Stuff.  I haven’t done a new beads post for a while, and I’ve amassed some things I thought I’d show.  Before I start, I want to acknowledge that my pictures are crap. I continue to struggle with photos, mainly (though not totally) due to lack of decent light. I keep working on it.

I’ve become a big fan of Melissa Gabelle of The Clay Hen.  I primarily buy from her on Facebook groups Australian Art Beads and Ceramic Art Bead Market.  But I was writing a post about something I made with her beads when I discovered she also has an etsy shop and couldn’t resist making an order.

Clay Hen - Melissa Gabelle

I was also pleased to learn that Helen Backhouse recently opened a shop.  I had seen people using her beads left and right, and wondered how to get my hands on some.  Now here they are!  These actually came in pairs, but since I rarely make earrings, I gave one of each to my mom.  We’re both using them as pendants!  I had to show how beautiful they are front and back.

Helen Backhouse PM

I also recently got a scrumptious order from Humblebeads. Heather Powers constantly comes up with new and beautiful creations.  I love her disc beads. They can add a nice accent to so many styles and designs.

Humblebeads group

Heather also provided inspiration for using these next beads by Kim Snider of Mandrel Beads. If you like her work, join her Facebook Group where she does trunk shows. You’ll increase your chances of getting some!

Kim Snider - Mandrel Beads

I continue to be enthralled with plastic.  Recently the owner of a local bead store that closed down (boo!) a while ago was selling off some leftover stock, and I picked up these (among other things.)

plastic

I also got a kumihimo disc because I don’t have enough techniques that I haven’t done anything about. Ha!

kumihimo

Because, as you can probably tell, I am an equal opportunity bead lover, I also recently picked up some vintage necklaces of various materials for a song in a Facebook destash.  These will be great to take apart and repurpose.

vintage

I hope you’ve enjoyed this somewhat random post.  Thanks for stopping by!

 

 

Go Visit the Bead Soup Blog Party!

10 Saturday May 2014

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Bead Soup Blog Party, Lori Anderson

If it is possible that you aren’t already busy today at the Bead Soup Blog Party, I’m inviting you!  There are almost 500 participants from around the world.  You are sure to see many beautiful creations.  This is Lori Anderson’s 8th year sponsoring it.  Sadly, it might be the last year.  But I’m sure she will have other fun surprises up her sleeve for the future.  

I have never participated, but I’m happy to say there is a book!

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I’ll be pacing myself hopping around the party, so I can see all the wonderful designs.  Go enjoy yourself!  Back to regular posts next week.  

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