Bead soup blog party - the reveal!

Here's the day! It's the Bead Soup Party blog hop!

This is the first time for me and my partner was Carolien of Kralalien. She creates lampwork beads so I was very happy that Lori paired me with her!! :) And I was not disappointed at all when I got my beads! But this doesn't mean It was easy to work with my bead soup ;) I am used to seed beads and bead weaving, bead embroidery techniques, and now I had a bowl of large beads! Here's what I got:

I had some seed beads though (larger than what I usually work with), silver tone metal beads, glass beads in crystal, turquoise and cobalt blue, a beautiful flower clasp (I really really love it!), and lampwork beads made by Carolien herself! They are cobalt blue, turquoise and transparent, with a gorgeous focal bead that reminded me of Turkish Evil Eye beads! I fell in love with this one the moment I saw it (readers of my blog might know that I love Turkey and Istanbul :)

Here's what I cooked :)





They might be simple but I wanted to make something I can wear too -  mostly wear bracelets and earrings. So I created a set that reminds me of Istanbul - a multistrand bracelet with the focal bead and the clasp, and a pair of oriental style earrings with swirled and hammered wire and glass beads that look like a sultan's turban. From my own stash I added some cobalt blue seed beads, some silver seed beads and a few evil eye beads that I brought from Turkey.
I made another pair of earrings too with the swirled glass beads. They are simple but perfect to wear at work :)
I didn't use all the beads yet (because those were too large to include them in the bracelet and too heavy for my ears), I think I will make a necklace from them. Maybe with a bead embroidered pendant :)

I hope Carolien likes what I made from her beads! :)
Here's what she created from my bead soup, I love the set!!
Click on the picture to see her post :)

Thank you Carolien for the pretty bead soup and thank you Lori for organizing the game and choosing me to play! :) It's been a lot of fun! And now I'm off to see what others created! :)

Hostess, Lori Anderson


Special Book Sneak Peeks, Cindy Wimmer
1.  Adlinah Kamsir (Singapore) and Hajer Waheed (Kingdom of Bahrain)
2. Adrienn Lukacs (Hungary) and Agata Grygiel (Poland)
3.  Agi Kiss (Hungary) and Carolien Muller-Genger (the Netherlands)
4.  Agnes Asztalos (Hungary) and B.R. Kuhlman
7.  Alicia Marinache (Canada) and Dita Basu
15.  Bonnie Coursolle (Canada) and Fay Wolfenden (Canada)
16.  Carmel McGinley (Australia) and Tracy Stillman (Australia)


21.  Cheryl Brown (Canada) and Diana Ptaszynski
22.  Christina Stofmeel (the Netherlands) and Eva Kovacs (Hungary)
24.  Cilla Watkins (Canada) and Elaine Robitaille (Canada)
25.  Sabrina Straub (Switzerland) and Kathy Combs


32.  Dee Elgie (UK) and Joanne Lockwood (UK)
33.  Dian Hierschel (Germany) and Eniko Fabian (Austria)
37.  Doris Stumpf (Germany) and Eszter Czibulyas (Hungary)
39.  Elke Leonhardt-Rath (Germany) and Marjolein Trewavas (UK)


41.  Erika Nooteboom (the Netherlands) and Giorgia Rossini (Italy)
43.  Evelyn Duberry (Canada) and Gaea Cannaday
45.  Ginger Bishop (military, Okinawa) and Martina Nagele (Germany)
48.  Helene Goldberg (Australia) and Karen Vincent
54.  Joanna Matuszczyk (Poland) and Julianna Kis (Hungary)
55.  Joanne Tinley (UK) and Michaela Pabeschitz (Austria)
65.  Kristina Johansson (Sweden) and Penny Neville (Canada)
66.  Krisztina Erlaki-Toth (Hungary) and Nicole Keller (Germany)


76.  Lori Finney (Canada) and Marie-Noel Voyer-Cramp (Canada)
78.  Marta Kaczerowska (Poland) and Milla Starchik (Canada)
83.  Michelle Jensen and Sandra Young (Canada)
92.  Rosa Maria Cuevas (Mexico) and Tejae Floyde
93.  Sabine Dittrich (Germany) and Sally Russick
95.  Shanti Johnson and Tracy Mok (Canada)
97.  Sonya Stille and Traci Zeller (Canada)
98.  Stefanie Teufel (Germany) and Tania Hagen (New Zealand)

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  1. That is a very nice bracelet you made with teh beadsoup!

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  2. Oh, I absolutely love your design! It opens my mind for new ideas of using focal beads for a bracelet. You did a wonderful job - thanks for sharing!

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  3. love them all, the bracelet is my favourite!
    I'm a partecipant from Italy, I'm trying to visit all of you.
    this was really a great experience!
    ciao ciao

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  4. The bracelet is beautiful! I like the way you twisted the strands of beads to repeat the pattern on the focal.

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  5. Blue is one of my favourite colours and I love the pieces you made. All very wearable and so pretty. Am loving the earrings especially.

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  6. I love how the wire design in the earrings picks up the "evil eye" from the beads. Gorgeous bracelet design. Bravo!

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  7. You did a lovely job- the colors in the bracelet are absolutely gorgeous! The earrings are so pretty too- simple but elegant.

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  8. Agi, what a wonderful set! I *love* the wire work, and the bracelet is such an original idea, I like the use of the focal in a bracelet. The colour mix is my favourite too - lucky you :)

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  9. Your evil eye beads do really match the focal and I can see why you were reminded of them. The wirework in your earrings is beautiful. I wear mostly bracelets and earrings too so I love them all.

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  10. Fabulous pieces--all of them! I love the beautiful cobalt blue beads, and your hammered earring components are just gorgeous!

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  11. Very pretty pieces. Love the bracelet.

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  12. That BRACELET! I absolutely love it. Perfect choice of beads. And the wire work for the earrings is beautiful! I don't think these are simple, I think they're amazing!

    I hope you'll join me again in the summer!

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  13. That Bracelet is right!!!! The colors OH MY! I also love your earrings and it does take a lot of work to make simple I have been told!

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  14. Beautiful work. I just love the metal in your earrings. The bracelet is awesome.
    Cilla ( #24 on Lori's list)

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  15. I love the wire work on the earrings and your bracelet is awesome - I love, love, love that deep blue color!

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  16. What a lush and lovely bracelet! The clasp balances the focal bead so nicely. Your earrings are lovely, the delicate wirework really lets those wonderful blue beads shine.

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  17. Fabulous tonal blues! Lovely, lovely pieces. Your wire work earrings are my favourite :) x

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  18. Oh wow. I love, love, love the bracelet. I would wear that in a heartbeat. I especially love the twisted strands - I must try that.

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  19. Pretty stuff... but I kind of love everything you make :-) I adore what she did with your soup too!

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  20. I don't usually do bracelets but I would wear yours! I Love it!! Great job!

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  21. LOVE your pieces! I'm not usually a "blue" person, but these are wonderful!

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  22. My goodness, what a cool bracelet! Everything is lovely!

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  23. Really pretty bracelet and earrings! The focal is just glowing! So cool! I tend to forget about bracelets.

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  24. Your bracelet is fabulous; I love the lampwork focal and the evil eye beads from Turkey are are a great addition to the mix. Cobalt blue is one of my favorite colors, I would wear this bracelet all the time. Have fun hopping around to the other blogs.
    Cheers!
    Lori

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  25. The soup you received is beautiful. I love everything you created. The earrings are amazing!

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  26. You made some very pretty pieces! I absolutely love the last necklace especially - those trefoil-esque turquoise beads are so beautiful and effective. And what a focal in that bracelet!

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  27. Oh, how funny - that necklace is made by your partner, doh! Well, you certainly picked some gorgeous beads to send her!! Where did you get those lovely trefoils? :-)

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  28. Gorgeous jewellery! I really like the swirls you made for the earrings. And a also like how you added eye beads to that vibrantly coloured bracelet. Fab job!

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  29. Your designs are so pretty and I especially love the wire worked earrings! :)

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  30. I totally love what you did with your bead soup. The bracelet is gorgeous!!!! I like the wire work you did for your earrings, too. Outstanding!

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  31. Hai ricevuto materiale bellissimo e le tue creazioni sono altrettanto belle.

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  32. Oh Ági, you did such a great job! I love the bracelet, I wouldn't have thought of that when I send it to you! And the earrings are just beautiful the hammered silver, wow! Stunning just from the simplicity, probably very good to wear this way :)

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  33. Great job!!!! Beautifully!!! Have a nic blog hopping tour! Greetings Doris

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  34. Wow! The earrings are gorgeous and I could steal that bracelet right away!

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  35. First when I started to look at the pics I thought "Wow! I love those earrings". But then I saw the stunning bracelet and I was totally blown away!
    You did such an amazing job!
    I love your wire work!
    Sabine

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  36. Such lovely work! Your wirework is so neat.

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  37. Névtelen22:55

    What lovely colors you had to work with! The bracelet came out amazing!!I enjy creating earrings and bracelets the most too because I tend to wear more of those pieces:)

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  38. I am not sure whether I like the bracelet or the necklace more. They are both amazing

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  39. Nagyon szép ékszereket készítettél!!Gratulálok!

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  40. Nagyon szépek, főleg a fülbevalóért vagyok oda, de hová lett a magyar szöveg? Mondjuk én állítólag tudok angolul.. :)

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  41. Névtelen1:02

    Love that necklace! Suzette

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  42. The bracelet is wonderful. I love the multi-stranded design. So glad you are part of the Bead soup party!

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  43. Wow! That bracelet is fantastic! And the earrings are not simple...they are elegant! Beautiiful!

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  44. I love how you use color!

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  45. I love the wire pieces you created for your earrings they are lovely and I love the color in the bracelet!!

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  46. The hammered wire earrings are beautiful. I love the design. The blue bracelet is great and you used her lampwork focal in a wonderful way.

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  47. The silver and cobalt blue earrings are wonderful. I adore them.

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  48. I'm not a blue person, but your pieces turned out great. I love that multi-strand bracelet, with the little eye beads in it. They really match that great lampwork focal. Very nice.

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  49. Fanatastic soup, fantastic pieces!

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  50. All four pieces are beautiful, but the earrings are my favorite! Really beautiful wire work! I love the vivid blue of the bracelet and the artitic design of the necklace; the mix of beads and their placement is really wonderful!

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  51. ooops...scrap the other comment that I left! I just realized that the necklace is not your creation but your bead soup partner's design. Sorry about that (I haven't had my morning coffee yet)! The polymer beads that you created for her are fantastic!

    All three of your pieces are beautiful! The earrings are my favorite; really beautiful wire work! The vivid blues of the bracelet is really wonderful! Nice work!

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  52. I love your earrings! The bracelet is terrific and I love the necklace as well - the colors are all great!

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  53. Messed up on my post before - I now realize that the last necklace is from your partner. It is great as well :)

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  54. Love those twirly earrings! And the bracelet focal is a real stunner!

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  55. Wow your bead soup came out so cool, I love the bracelet and the necklace.
    Lovely greetings
    Sabrina

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  56. Nice pices! Well done!!! Would wear the bracelet!

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  57. I really like your bracelet and your wire work is very nice on the earrings..
    Great creations!

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  58. I love everything that you made especially the cobalt pieces. I think the hammered earrings are gorgeous.

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  59. Thanks everyone for your kind comments!! :) It was so much fun to be a part of this blog party! I hope It is not the last time :)
    I guess it was a bit confusing that I included one of Carolien's photos... :)

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  60. So pretty! I love the bracelet you made! I love how you twisted the strands. Such a pretty blue!

    Now, those earrings, they LOOK simple, but I think they are so elegant and gorgeous. Beautiful!

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  61. The bracelet is such a stunning statement piece! I really like the delicate look of the earrings, I think they will be a joy to wear. Great job!

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  62. How great that you used that fantastic focal in a bracelet!!! I am a bracelet girl! :) And it is a great bracelet!

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  63. What can I say for the earrings...they are just out of the world. loved the way you have used minimal beads but big dangles of wire art work. Definitely will be lot of fun to wear these earrings.

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  64. I love the simple palette of blues you chose to stick with. The bracelet as well as both sets of earrings are really beautiful.

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  65. I love what you did!

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  66. Very nice. Loved that focal and what you did with it, after this hop, I am thinking I might have to rethink blue!!

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  67. Szuper dolgokat alkottál, a fülik nagyon tetszenek!:)

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  68. Love what you did with the focal bead and how you mimicked the swirls with the wire in the earrings! Great balance of all the different types and colors of beads you had to work with!

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  69. Really beautiful blues!! I love your bracelet. Such a gorgeous piece. Congratulations!

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  70. That blue bracelet is soo beautiful. You did a fantastic job!!

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  71. What a beautiful bead soup! Love, love the blue focal bead! You did an awesome job and the bracelet is exquisite!

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  72. The bracelet and earrings are simply beautiful! I love how elegant they are.
    ~Diana

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  73. I love ther earrings....those wires are beautiful with the beads. Your bracelet is really cute!
    Sonya

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  74. Beautiful bracelet, love that cobalt blue and your earrings are very elegant.

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  75. Gorgeous bracelet.. How did you get the strands to stay twisted that way? I can never quite manage that.

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  76. You pulled together a beautiful bracelet!

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  77. Love all that blue, beutiful pieces!

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  78. Your pieces are beautiful. Such beautiful cobalt blues. And the crystal earrings look like ice. So pretty. You did a great job. I also love the soup you sent your partner. Great job.

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  79. Such beautiful creations! I love the bracelet you made with that fabulous focal bead! The earrings are so creative! Love the earwires!

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  80. Imádom a füliket!! Csodásak!

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