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Bead Soup Blog Party – The Reveal!

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The party is over! I’m talking about Lori Andersen’s Bead Soup Blog Party, which I joined last month. My partner,  Shiraz from Secret Song Designs, send me this amazing stash of bead soup.

And I ended up making 4 pieces for the soup party, though I plan to make more pieces with the leftover supplies. First, I made two necklaces. For one, I took the carved rose bead and inserted wire through it and made it into a pendant. Then I used white ribbon to make it into a necklace. It is long enough to be worn with the other necklace I made using the sparkling beads and glass beads she sent me, which I finished off with a hook-style clasp.

The other two pieces I made are a pair of earrings and a bracelet. I combined wire with some of the beads in my soup to make the earrings and dangled some of the butterfly beads from each one. For the bracelet, I used the toggle clasp I was sent and a mix of the glass, seed beads, Czech crystals, and more butterfly beads.

For a complete list of bead soup participants, head over to the Bead Soup Blog. Grab a cup of tea, sit back, and check out some amazing jewelry designs!

Author: Tammy

Welcome to the Crafty Princess Diaries, my weblog and site where I get to blab about my passion for crafts, primarily jewelry making, and my crafting career. My name is Tammy Powley, and I decided to call my blog the Crafty Princess Diaries because of this very dorky picture I have of myself and because my husband often refers to me as “the princess and the pea,” which is just another way to say that I tend to be particular sometimes. Along with this weblog, I have a number of jewelry making books published.

50 Comments

  1. nice job, little sister! not sure which are my fav! you always do such nice work!

  2. I can’t choose either. they are beautiful pieces. Your so talented. am always in awe… Patty

  3. Lovely pieces! The rose is beautiful.

  4. Lovely – simply lovely!!

  5. How cute are the necklaces. It goes so well with your blog’s name.
    At first sight I didn’t like the rose, but it does work with the white ribbon.
    The bracelet is also very nice. I love butterflies and bracelet, so it is definitely the winner for me.

  6. Tammy, I just loved both the bracelet and the necklace. All of your pieces are just fabulous.

  7. Great makes. I am working my way up the bead soup list rather than down it. Seen some great things so far today. :o)

  8. Absolutely gorgeous! I would happily wear any of these, so pretty!

  9. Lovely necklaces they look really sweet together

  10. I would love to see the necklaces layered – very pretty!!!

  11. Such soft, pretty colors! I love the idea of designing two necklaces that may be worn together or separately. Brilliant!

  12. All of these are fabulous! I love seeing what you’ve made with the pieces I sent you. I had no idea what kind of thing you would come up with when I put the bead soup together and you’ve done an amazing job. The bracelet is my favorite!

  13. How lovely! We’re all being pushed outside our comfort zones — with amazing results!

    Enjoy the hop,
    Emanda

    http://artemisiastudio.blogspot.com/2011/09/bead-soup-reveal.html

  14. Very pretty! Have a great night!

  15. I love it that you can wear the necklaces separately or together. Nice!

  16. I love what you did with your soup! You’re a good cook!

  17. these are so very pretty and feminine. lovely!

  18. beautiful soup you received! Fun solutions to the challenge 🙂 Delicate, sweet, girly pieces. Very pretty!!

  19. Lovely pieces. I could see my self wearing the earrings and bracelet. Lovely soft colors. You did a Fantastic job with the bead soup mix!

  20. Lovely work – I love the idea of wearing the first 2 necklaces together!

  21. Very pretty and feminine. The 2 necklaces together will look so nice.

  22. So pretty, love your designs, so feminine and lovely! Love the butterfly bracelet and earrings.

  23. So pretty and delicate! I love it all!

    I hope you’ll join me for the next party! The badge and dates are up on my blog!

    Love, Lori

  24. What delicate pieces. The first two would look great worn together.

  25. Very nice, so cute and romantic looking. <3

  26. is it wrong that I adore the little metal containers some of your beads came in?

    Love the pieces you made as well, but the containers now facinate me…

  27. Very soft and feminine! Love the ribbon on the necklace. 🙂

  28. pretty pieces, love how soft they look

  29. So soft and pretty. Nice job!

    Julie & Andrea

  30. All of the pieces are so pretty. I like the way the two necklaces can work together.

  31. Pretty designs, I love blue and white

  32. The bracelet and earrings really turned out sweet. But the carved rose pendant and the beaded necklace to wear it with are beautiful. Very dainty and feminine. I love the rose being on the ribbon and then the beaded necklace to wear with it.

  33. What a fun assortment of pieces you cooked up! Lovely, lovely, lovely!

  34. I think your two necklaces would look really pretty worn together. They are pretty on their own of course, but at the moment I am loving mixed layers and multi-strands worn at the same time.

  35. Such lovely, feminine pieces – great job! 🙂

  36. Very pretty! Love the soft, light colors!

  37. So dainty and feminine! I really like the bracelet and earring set. Very pretty!

  38. I am so sorry I am so late , but my computer dug in it’s heels and said I’m nota-gonna go that fast:^)
    Your designs are nothing short of amazing.
    Be blessed to be a blessing

  39. Such pretty designs, nice work.

  40. Tammy,

    You did a wonderful job. I love that you hung the flower pendant from ribbon. It makes it so feminine. The colors you had to work with are yummy as well. I like Maggie’s suggestion of pairing the two necklaces together also. They would look great together.

    Melissa
    http://design.kcjewelbox.com

  41. sweet. Love the earrings (I’m on an earring kick lately!)
    Michelle

  42. I am slowly working my way through the soup…very slowly. But I’m glad I got to yours. The pieces are lovely, very feminine and sweet.

  43. Lovely “soft” pieces. Great job!

  44. What delicate colors you were given, and how feminine and pretty the pieces are!

  45. Wow! Such gorgeous soup and pieces you made with it. Hard to pick a favorite.

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  47. It seems that the two necklace are made to be worn together. I would do that!
    Ambra

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