Introducing Beti & my Bead Soup ingredients

My partner for Lori Anderson's 7th Bead Soup Blog Party is Beti of the Stringing Fool.  Beti not only makes jewelry, she's also paints.  I had a lot of fun coming up with ingredients for her soup.  I had four different soups cooking, until I decided on the final one.

Beti's Soup ready for shipping

I love dressing up packaging.  It is so easy to do.  If you want to see what I sent Beti to work with, head over to her blog.  Hint: the packaging does relate to the beads. :)

Now, for the ingredients Beti sent me:

This soup is a good challenge for me.  I usually work with bright colors, and not a lot of stone.  Come back on April 6th to see what I come up with!

Lucite & Clay Blog Hop Reveal

The Challenge

I was really torn when I signed up for this hop between receiving lucite or clay beads to work with.  I finally settled on lucite, because I thought it might pose a bit more of a challenge.  So, when I opened the package, I knew this was going to be interesting.  Orange and Red!?!?  I love color, don't get me wrong, but these are two that I usually don't work with.  Here's what I created:

Because the orange beads are so much smaller than the big red ones, I decided to circle them with seed beads.  The seed beads do have a rainbow finish, but I don't think you can see that from the pictures.

I think it came out to be a little elegant, do you agree?  It's choker length, which I usually don't make, but I think it works for the piece.  I reversed the pattern when I made the earrings, and circled the smaller red beads instead of the orange.

What do you think?


Please visit the other talented ladies on the Hop to see what they created!

Isolina Perez, Isolina Perez

Jennifer Reno, Musings of a Crafty Jenny  ***You Are Here*** 

Charlene Jacka, Clay Space 

Therese Frank, Therese's Treasures 

Kay Thomerson, Kayz Kreationz 

Ashleigh Kleinhans Becker, Sela Designs Jewelry 

Mary Govaars, MLH Jewelry Designs 

Alice McCarthy, Northwoods Creative Studio 

Rebecca Sirevaag, Becca's Place 

Toltec Jewels, Jewel School Friends 

Emma Todd, A Polymer Penchant 

Kathy Lindemer, Bay Moon Design 

Annia Failde, AnniamAe 

Lisa Lodge, A Grateful Artist - The Hostess (who is running a giveaway!)