Saturday, March 3, 2012

Bead Soup Time!

Thanks again to Lori Anderson for hosting this blog hop and to my partner, Vonna for all of the beautiful beads she sent me.  When I first opened her package, I was excited to see a lovely lampwork focal that she had made herself.  I almost never use actual lampwork in my stuff (that is weird though, isn't it?) but I couldn't wait to try.  First, I thought I would get out the wire and create a wire worked masterpiece.  One problem - I suck at wire, anything beyond the basics just doesn't work for me.  So I thought I would make a bracelet.  Never looked right - I knew that it had to be a necklace.  At one point, I thought I would just make a bail and hang it from a piece of cord, but I knew that I wanted it to be a little more fancy than that.  So, what do you do when you are stumped?  Keep it simple.

I added some of Vonna's chain to the bottom and added some navy blue glass beads.  I strung this with some lightweight wood triangle beads and peanut beads in a mix of tan and brown.  Nothing too outside my box, but I was happy that I was able to actually make something for the first time in a loooooong time. 

Happy hopping!!







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)