BSBP 7, reveal 2, welcome!

Hello my friends! It is the partytime, once again, 4th time of bead soups for me, and as you sure know, our hostess is Lovely Lori Anderson, click -here- to find all the participants on reveal 2 today! But, please, look through my long post with many pieces of jewelry before you jump to Lori's!

All the pics can be clicked to see them larger if you wish.

(Suomalaislukijoille: sama teksti suomeksi alla)

-Where to begin - My partner this time, Kay Bolton from blog Toodles and Binks, is a very talented ceramist from England and of course she sent me a lovely soup including her own art :-)
Here you see her charming soup

Oh, I had it very difficult in the beginning though I liked every  bead and bit!  But, when getting the flow I ended up making a total of 8 pieces of jewelry!

Well, I started with the ceramic flower-charms, but I used the darker one as a pendant in this necklace.
In it I tried to catch a glimpse of a cherry tree in blossom with the sparkling pink crystals from Kay. I used my favourite silk ribbons braided, and some fresh water pearls in pink and olive green.

"Blossoming"

In the bracelet, there are carved agate beads and natural aquamarine heishi from my own stash. I patinated a brass twig for the toggle, which is the other one of Kay's lovely ceramic flowers.

To complete the set I made a pair of earrings of course, using ceramic bead caps made by Kay. These are so fun and surprisingly light to wear.

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For the second set I used these grass green beads and cotton string from Kay, and the sterling toggle and charm from her, too. The silverplated tubes I had for ages not knowing what to use them for. They just found their way in here.

 

 "Printemps"

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And then for the pendant made by Kay. It was not an easy one though so original and gorgeous!

But, I found some hues of light blue in its glaze and that made me take some of my blue Preciosa glass beads to play with. The lovely ceramic heart charm is made by Kay, too!

"Reach out"

I like this one a lot, am I allowed to say that aloud ;-D

 

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And lastly, I wanted to make something from the other little heart charm, too, something simple and a bit romantic. It became a pendant with a vintage lucite bead, crystal rondelle and faceted onyx bead, in a  short leather cord.

"Black lace"

Thank you for your patience, if you made it through all the pieces till here :-D 

And, have fun cruising over all the other blogs, too!
Continue the round by my partner, Kay -here- !

I greatly appriciate your comments on my pieces, I will try and visit everyone on reveal 2 during this weekend!

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