Bead Soup Blog Party, reveal and blog hopping!

Welcome to the 3rd Bead Soup Blog Party!

What is a Bead Soup Blog Party?

Each beader was paired up with another jewelry designer and tasked with sending the

following:

~ A focal
~ A special clasp (not just a lobster claw)~ Some coordinating spacers or beads

Here is the soup ingredients I got from my partner,

charming Jana (number 78 on the list below)

Using the focal and the clasp was mandatory, but we could use anything from our own stash to round out the rest, and choose to use the coordinating beads or not.

Here's what I made!

I made so far three pieces, 2 necklaces and a bracelet. Some of the beads and bits I got are awaiting their places.

The focal, gorgeous tigereye-pendant is accompanied by lovely lampwork beads and some of the crystals of the soup. The colours from focal and lampwork beads are in the leather and silk cords, too. The chain just wanted to come along in the necklace, which has no clasp, it's semi-long :-)

The lovely flower s-clasp was so similar in shape to my 'old' links, that they ended up together in the bracelet, with some of the tigereye beads from the soup, too. The heart charms and bead caps were from my own stash.

And the third piece, where are hematite beads from the soup (yes, new to me but I fell in love with the hematite!), so, they just wanted some colour to go with; I had ordered some polymer clay tubes and beads from Carola (number 162 on the party-list, by the way!) and these beads go together just terrificly well! So well, that my son insisted on having this necklace altered a little more masculine for him. I'll show you the result later!

And the list of participants you'll find right down there in the earlier post !

Ja tänne loppuun vasta muutama sana suomeakin.

Yllä näet tähän asti syntyneet haastekorut, muutamat osaset jäivät vielä miettimään paikkaansa tuleviin koruihin. Käytin kuitenkin 'pakolliset', riipuksen ja lukon, sekä runsaasti myös muita 'keiton' helmiä.

Hematiitit olivat uusi tuttavuus, joihin ihastuin. Enkä ole ainoa. Kun tuo alin koru oli valmis ja poikani käydessään näki sen upeat hematiitit sekä polymeerisavi-putket, hän toivoi, että saisi tuosta hiukan miehisemmän version. Kunhan ehdin, niin muuntelen korun hänelle sopivaksi.

Putkihelmien taiteilija on muuten mukana haasteessa ja hänet löydät nimilistan paikalta 162, Carola.