Tomorrow, Tomorrow, I Love Ya, Tomorrow...

Howdy, Howdy All,

Just incase you don't know, because maybe you sleep under a rock and didn't hear, but tomorrow is the last reveal of the 6th Bead Soup Blog Party.  So, tomorrow on the 25th go visit Lori Anderson, and she will have the whole list of participants that are having their big reveal.  Again, it's tomorrow, people.  Be there or be square.

Lisa

There's a Celebration in the Land

Hey All,

Head on over and visit Leslie, at the The Gossiping Goddess, and celebrate her great fortune in having a successful shop after only six months in business.  What an inspiring business woman she is.  Of course, it helps that she makes beautiful components and jewelry.  So, scurry on over and view the loveliness, and while you are there, she's having a give-away.  You might win a prize.....


Lisa

LET'S BE STALKERS ...

I was just cruising around the WWW, when I landed on the blog of my favorite stalkee.  And, guess what???  She's having another give-away.  Of course, I'm talking about Lori Anderson.  Go on over and find out the info on a great jewelry retreat, and try your luck at winning a terrific gift certificate.  I did it, and you won't be sorry if you give it a try yourself.  Promise.

Happy Creating today,

Lisa

!!! BURPPPP !!!

(It really is 12:10am on Aug.11. My computer time is correct, I can't figure out how to change blogger from Pacific time to Eastern time.)

Excuuuuse me...that is some tasty soup. Welcome all to the 2nd reveal of the 6th BEAD SOUP BLOG PARTY.

Our wonderful hostess, Lori Anderson, paired us up and sent us on an incredible journey that challenged us all.  Thank you, Lori, for being the hostess with the mostess!  You can find all of the participants here. Scroll down to the second reveal date, grab a comfy chair and something to snack on, you're going to be here a while.

Without further ado....here is a reminder of what my marvy partner, Rochelle, sent to me.

And this is what I did with some, most especially the focal beads and the clasp, that she sent.  Please excuse the picture quality, poor woman + phone camera = not so great pictures.

This necklace I am calling Midnight In the Garden of Good and Evil.  It is immediately what I thought of when I opened the package from Rochelle.  I love the pendant and the little midnight blue seed beads.  The clasp was just what I wanted, as I like to work in copper. I offset the clasp so that it is on the side like a flower in a garden, then added one of the copper flowers on the other side for a little bit of balance. I used scarlet and jet rondells for the Evil element. I then paired them with the midnight blue of the seed beads, a blue rondelle and white opals to give me the Good of a midnight sky with moonlight shining down.  I LOVE this necklace!

This necklace I'm calling Under the Sea.  I used the second focal that Rochelle sent and added a couple of Puffer fish that I had in my stash from Green Girl Studios.  I also raided my stash for the water like seed beads and the green glass rings that matched perfectly with the focal.  The necklace is totally adjustable as the glass rings slide on the cord.

Well, there it is.  I hope that you visit all the other participants, most especially my partner, Rochelle.   I am still being challenged by what she sent.  I did intend to use everything she gifted me with, but time got away from me, so I hope to use the rest of her gift in other projects.

I need to send out a big THANK YOU, to Monique.  She knows who she is and what she did, which was save my bacon.  Thanks, girl, I owe ya.

Happy Blog Party, all.  Hugs and Kisses to Lori, and remember to hydrate and rest those fingers every once in a while.

LISA

I' SO EXCITED....AND I JUST CAN'T HIDE IT....

Tomorrow is my big reveal day for the 6th Bead Soup Blog Party, hosted by Lori Anderson, and I can't wait to show you what I've made.  I'm also dying to see what my partner Rochelle has created with the ingredients that I sent her.  So, check back here tomorrow to see what all the hoopla is about.  The plan is to post at midnight so all the early birds can come and visit.

Remember to Create Happily today.

LISA

HURRY! HURRY! HURRY!

The fab Lori Anderson is hosting a great giveaway (with a small challenge thrown in).  I'm gonna give it a try, and I hope you will too.

In other news... The Picture that Never Was.  I went out the other day to try to take photos of my beautiful Bead Soup offerings and some great new pendants that I received.  I had it all planned.  I have a nice weathered board that I snagged from an old planter box and I set it up at the perfect angle to take the perfect shot.  I put the pendents down to wait while I shot my Soup, and BAMM!!!  I had set my board on a saw horse that has been sitting up by the house FOREVER, and I didn't realize that a colony of wasps had built a nest right at the top of the A-frame. I got stung at the base of my ring finger. OUCH! DAMNNNNN!!! (and a lot of ***&&&!!!).  I'm allergic to all type of insect stings so I always freak when it happens.  Into the house I ran.  I took a shot of Benadryl and went looking for the baking soda.  Of course, we're out.  I had to send my handy helper down the block to my brother's house to see if my sister-in-law had any.  I made a paste with the baking soda and plastered it on the huge welt that was developing and then I crashed into a Benadryl induced coma for a couple of hours.  But, not be for I exacted burning hot revenge, by going outside and spraying the snot out of those wasps. HA!! Mess with me, will ya!!!

And that is why there is no picture of my Soup.  That, and it's not time for the reveal, yet.  I'm gonna give it another try this evening.  However, because everyone like to see pictures on blogs, here ya go...

Happy Creating....

Lisa

"NO SOUP FOR YOU"...

Not yet, anyway.  Things are simmering nicely.  I have two pieces done that I really LOVE.  Thanks to the generosity of my partner Rochelle , I have plenty more ingredients to play with, so things are moving along.

Not so on the job front.  There are only 8 of us in my little department and we found out last Monday that they are indeed fazing us out.  What I thought was going to be my forever job, isn't.  That, my friends, is the changing face of health care.  So, on the job hunt I go.  It will be okay, though.  I've made up my mind that things are going to be just fine, no matter what happens.  This is not a personal reflection on me or my abilities, it just is.  I caught a re-run of a favorite movie the other day, Serenity, and there is a quote that I have always loved, "I am a leaf on the wind...watch how I soar".  For those of you that know the movie, you know what happens after that line is spoken; just forget that part.  The important thing is that in the face of adversity, you (and your spaceship) must ride the winds of change and be mindful of the of the ups and the downs.  I am choosing to live the ups and endure the downs, without dwelling in the downs.

One of the things that I have going for me is that this has not stifled my creativity.  I still have the overwhelming  urge to root through my stash to find inspiration and then play, play, play.  This is what happened yesterday, just because I was noodling around.

It is a necklace somewhere in the neighborhood of 45-50 inches long with an oversize antiqued bronze lobster clasp and an ordinary pendant that I antiqued using black and verdigris Gilders Paste on.  I then sealed it with Renaissance Wax.  The phone camera doesn't do it justice.  This is one of those pieces that I want to keep for myself, but I won't.  It is great doubled up and the colors are really magnificent and fallish.  I'm very happy with this piece.

So, this coming Saturday, is the first third of the Bead Soup re-veils, and I will be there peeping on what the first group has put together.  That is going to be an all day project.  I am in the second group on August 11 and it is very quickly approaching.  Much work is yet to be done and I'm thinking there might be some earrings in my future....

Stay up, up, up, little leaves, and Happy Creating....

LISA