WHAT JES GOT.....

My Bead Soup partner, Jessica, emailed to let me know that she received my ingredients that I sent to her.  Luckily, she loved them.  I'm so glad she said that, 'cause I was a little worried.  I love the look of bright, happy colors, but I just can't seem to work with them.  I would love to be able to create bright colorful jewelry, but I get those beautiful components and I freeze up.  I sent these pieces hoping that someone else might create something beautiful with them.  Here is what Jes has to work with ...

 



According to her email, she loves them and is very happy with them.  She says they are right up her alley.  I'm so glad she is happy and I can't wait to see what she creates.

The focal bead is from Sigaliot.  The clasp is from Kristen of Bead Swede Supplies.  All the other fun supplies come from Yvonne at MyELEMENTS.  I love everything that I sent Jes, I just wish  I could do them justice.

Now that everyone has their ingredients, let the soup creating begin!

HERE THEY ARE ....

Forgive me for not getting this post up sooner, but I spent last night and early this morning in the ER with my Mother.  Everything is okay, but she is staying in the hospital until her problem is cleared up.  It's going to mean going back and forth between work, hospital and home.  Busy, busy times for a few days.

Anyway, as promised, here are the Bead Soup ingredients that my partner Jessica sent to me.  Before I show you, let me say that these ingredients are very different from anything that I would normally work with.  Not bad different, just different.  And, I think that that is what Lori Anderson wants all of us to experience.  It is also the reason why I signed up for this blog hop.  It is the not knowing, the surprise of finding out, and the experience of creating something that is new to you that makes this so worthwild.  I have ideas for what I want to do with what I recieved and I am getting excited to try something I haven't tried yet.  But, you have to wait for the reveal for that.  Here is what I recieved....



please forgive the blurry photos

 

 

Yup.  Hot Pink.  I do like it.  It has taken a few days of living with them, but I am beginning to figure out what I want to do with them.  I am picturing macreme and black linen cord.  We shall see.  My guess is that there will be more than one piece to come out of all the goodies I received.  I particularly like the small square beads.  I think that the green is a really good color to pair with the pink.

 

I want to thank Jessica for the great ingredients.  I do like them very much.  The color is not one that I would choose for myself, I am much more a red and green lover.  And I am more drawn to muted and earthy tones, but I am so excited to work with these gifts.

 

As for what I sent to Jessica, she should be receiving her package any day now.  I know that she is very busy with her new condo, so it might take a few days for her post.  I have a confession about the soup ingredients that I sent her.  Everything that I sent to her, I already had in my stash.  The reason that I had it in my stash is because I have been stumped as to what to do with the ingredients.  I love bright colors, but I don't know what to do with them.  I can't wait to see what Jessica has to say and what she creates.

 

Things are getting exciting....

 

HAPPY CREATING.....

 



 



 

 

READY, SET.....GO

Yesterday I sent off my Bead Soup Party ingredients to my partner, Jessica.  Plus, I received my ingredients from Jessica.  I would show you what I received, but the light isn't the best when I get home from work, so it will have to wait for this weekend.

However, before I sent off my ingredients I did take pictures of what I was sending off.  Unfortunately, the rules of the game say I can't show you a picture until Jes revceives her package.  But, I can show you a teaser.  So, nah, nah, nah-nah, nah......

I'm sure that Jes will be very happy with what I sent to her.  Isn't it purty!

Up this weekend, pictures of what Jes sent to me.  Lots of ideas floating in my noggin....we shall see.  Until then... 


HAPPY CREATING

LET YOUR HEART SOAR.....

 

 

When  I saw these charms in one of my favorite Etsy shops, Fallen Angel Brass, I fell in love.  They reminded my of those great old school tatoos.  If they were tatoos they would have Mom in the center of the heart.  They were originally great without any color, but I really wanted that old faded tatoo color to them.  Guilders paste to the rescue.  I added tulip red and Inca gold, let it dry for just a few minutes and then hit them with some Renaissance Wax with my finger.  When I did that, just enough of the guilders paste came off and allowed the metal to shine through.  Plus, the colors muted out and and gave it the faded look I was going for.

Then I got to playing around with Picmonkey, and made these photos.  Not the best by any means, but a little different for me.

My Bead Soup Party mix is ready to be mailed out.  I thought my local mail store was open later, but they closed at 3:00.  I missed it by an hour, so they will have to go into the mail on Monday.  I'll miss the deadline by a day, but there wasn't much I could do about it.  I really like what I put together and can't wait to see what my partner does with what I will be sending her.

Ta-ta for now....Happy Creating

Ingredients are assembled.....

My Bead Soup Party ingredients are gathered together and will go into the mail to my partner, Jes Brower, by this weekend.  I'm looking forward to another challenge and welcome the chance to work with components that I didn't pick out for myself.  I hope that Jes likes what I chose.  I actually chose my ingredients before I got my partner, but I think they are challenging enough for jewelry designers of all levels.  I know if I received them, I would have to sit and stew with them quite a while before coming up with something to make. (Not to scare Jes or anything.)

I've also been busy making and trying to sell some earrings.  I appear to be in an earring creating frame of mind.  A good deal of last year was spent making necklaces that went exactly nowhere.  They are wrapped up and waiting for a better time to shine.  I think my regular customers were just not in the mood for necklaces.  Anyway, my earring inventory is running at about 30 to 40 pair right now.

I've also discovered that the best way to photograph my products are on the window sill in the family room.  It is an East facing window and gets great morning sun.  It really gets great light all day long actually.  The sill itself is snarly old wood that looks great in pictures.  I think that I'll be taking all of my pictures here.  See for yourselves....

These are straight out of my phone with no editing.  I ran them through Pickmonkey to create the collage, but that's it.  Obviously they need to be tweeked a bit, but the light and background are great.

Not bad at all...


HAPPY CREATING TO ALL...

Finally....

Better late, than never.  I was very excited to be choosen (even if it was ramdomly) for Lorelei's Twelve Days of Christmas.  I love these types of challenges.  I need to be forced to move out of my box, sometimes.  My problem wasn't creating something, it was getting it together and getting it out there.  But, seeing as how I wasn't putting ANYTHING out there, doing this challenge wasn't the real problem at all.

However, the days are getting longer and I'm feeling much more energetic.  I have been making lots of earrings, which seems to be my thing right now.  They are sellling and people are asking for more.

So, what did I get for my Twelve Days of Christmas.  I put together collages to make it easier to show what I received.

The first four days were from:  Lorelei, Me, Suzette, and Jodi.




Then I received gifts from:  Therese, Amy, Melissa and Erin.

And last, but not least...

Melissa's Mom sent along the beautiful snowflake, Suzanne, Rita and Gina.



Thank you to everyone that sent gifts and played along.


HAPPY CREATING