7th Bead Soup Blog Party 3rd Reveal - Here I am!

  A warm welcome to my reveal of the 7th Bead Soup Blog Party! It's my second time participating in this huge project organized by the one and only Lori Anderson. Thank you Lori for giving us all this!

  My partner in this party was Birgit Klughardt of GitesBeads from Berlin in Germany. We've had a little troubled beginning as my package with the bead soup for her got lost (and then magically appeared after a month), but we've managed to work it out well. Let me remind you what she sent to me:

  As you can see - a bright and very challenging bead soup! I've made five pieces of jewellery and still have some beads left. Be prepared to see a lot of orange!!! 


  The first part of the soup I started to work on was the gorgeous bead-embroidered pendant. It has so many details and it's so rich by itself, so I wanted to keep the other parts quite simple. And it called beadweaving to me so loudly I couldn't go fo a different approach. I had some very hard moments with it and tried several options, but then finally decided for this (click on the pictures to enlarge):

   I have used the green spacers and the green butterfly seed beads from Gite's soup as well and made two faux turquoise triangles from polymer clay. The orange seed beads were from my stash.

   When I've seen the lampwork flowers for the first time I knew I would use them to make earrings. So I did.

  I've strung some butterfly seed beads on a memory wire, made eyepins and leaves from polymer clay and assembled all togehter. I've also put some transparent green seed beads between the leaves to make them more prominent lying apart one from another and not just fall down vertically.

   I've played with the beaded beads, cellini spirals and ruffles for quite a long time changing their use for several times, but at the end they found their place in another two pairs of earrings.

and the last one

   There was still the beautiful clasp waiting to be used - for a necklace or a bracelet? I've had two pieces in mind, but at the end I've made only one:

    The "open your heart" pendant was made by me from polymer clay, just as the large hole beads. The charm on the zipper is one of the beaded beads from the soup (I keep wondering how is it possible for Gite to stitch such small beads!!!).
  I've combined the white ribbon with light orange cotton cord, making macrame knots around it for a more bohemian style.

    I've had an issue with my left eye for the last two weeks and couldn't work much, but I'm pleased with the results. Hope you leave a comment and let me know what do you think about.

  

  To remind you what I have sent to my partner Gite:

 Please go to see what she has made - by clicking here.

 And then you are invited to visit the blogs of the other participants in the third reveal of this party - the complete list with the links is available here.


  Be happy and enjoy hopping,
 Alenka

Giveaway Winners Update

  Do you remember my Giveaway? I've randomly picked three winners, but I was not able to contact the first winner - Vicky Cederquist (and this was one of the rules).

  That means Kepi had the opportunity to choose between all the three prizes - and she choosed the BEAD SOUP (prize A).

  Cynthia of Antiquity Travelers (the next winner) wanted to be surprised, so the SECRECT GIFT (prize C) is for her.

  I'm still left with one of the gifts I wanted to give away - the LITTLE OWL (prize B). I've put again the names of those who commented in the jar ...

  DRUUUMS!!!!

and the winner is:

TANYA

Congratulations!!!

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Tomorrow is the 3rd reveal of the 7th Bead Soup Blog Party and it's also the reveal of my partner Gite and me ... I'm still working on the last two pieces, have to take the pictures and write the post, but I'll be ready in time.

I'm sure you don't want to miss all the beauties that over 200 participants out of a total of 541 have made, so I'm waiting for you tomorrow.

Be happy,

Alenka

2nd Annual Spring Fling Kit Challenge Reveal

  A project which started for me last summer, is finally at the peak moment - the reveal. In fact the most interesting part for me is not to show what I have made, but to see what other artists have created with my dragonfly focal and the coordinated beads chosen by my friend and the hostess of this blog hop Amy.

The Spring Fling Kit

  I have to admit it was not so easy for me to make a necklace with these beads, even if the focal was created by me. I wanted to make something special, but I just kept looking at the kit ... waiting in vane for a lightbulb to appear.

  Well, from last Saturday something did appear in front of my left eye and did not leave from then. Because of bleeding related to vitreous detachment some kind of sand and thread-like particles are constantly dancing in front of my eye (to be more exact, they are dancing inside my eye's vitreous, but I see them as they are in front of it). There should have been a mistake in processing my wishes as I'm 100% sure that that was not the lightbulb I wanted!!! :-$

  Let's go back to the reveal!

  I've finally decided I want to bezel the focal using peyote stitch. It was my very first time bezeling so all beaders, please be indulgent ...

 For my eye situation I was not able to beadweave the other part of the necklace, so I opted for stringing. Simple, right? Not at all!!! This is (at least) the seventh variation and now I finaly think it's kind of working ... 

  ... in fact I like it ... :-D



  Thank you Amy for this opportunity to collaborate with you in this project. It was great and I've had a really good time. And the best part is still waiting for me - going to see what the other participants have made:

Amy • Amybeads

Maryanne • Zingala's Workshop
Therese • Therese's Treasures
Tanya • A Work in Progress
Kepi • A Little of This, A Little of That
Beti •Stringing Fool
Dolores • Crafty D's Creations
Jenny • Wonder and Whimsy
Cynthia • Created Treasures
Mowse • Mowse Made This
Carolyn • Carolyn's Creations

Be happy!

  Alenka