To brush up your memory, this is what Sara sent me |
YOU may remember, the BSBP is all about breaking out of one's comfort zone and trying something new, and Sara's bead soup certainly helped me in doing just that. Sara Hardin's blog is Softflex Girl, and I've got to admit, for a little while there I've been terrified she'd send me nothing but WIRE - I kept having to remind myself this was to be a BEAD soup blog party. *laughs*
Actually, the "soup" she sent my way was quite lovely, containing many of my favorites - antique brass (real Vintaj findings - oh, these are so hard to get a hold of over here!), Czech beads, much of turquoise and seafoam color, mother of pearl, and opalite effect beads. There was beading wire of course, I expected that. It was supposed to be my "challenge" as Sara told me in the lovely card she sent along, and she was mindful enough to include some crimp tubes in the mix.
Actually, the "soup" she sent my way was quite lovely, containing many of my favorites - antique brass (real Vintaj findings - oh, these are so hard to get a hold of over here!), Czech beads, much of turquoise and seafoam color, mother of pearl, and opalite effect beads. There was beading wire of course, I expected that. It was supposed to be my "challenge" as Sara told me in the lovely card she sent along, and she was mindful enough to include some crimp tubes in the mix.
What took me by surprise was the orange. Do you see that lovely mother of pearl disk with the intricate floral design? I love that color (Gee, however did she guess that? :*eyes blog design*), but I never actually use it. In fact I do not own a single orange bead. Nor was I able to find any browsing the craft stores in this town. Orange, it seems, is the most unpopular color EVER right next to yellow. Which is a shame, at it combines so nicely with turquoise, and antique brass.
The moment I laid eyes on the soup sent to me, my line of thoughts was ...
"Summer, sunset. BEACH. Light, airy. Organza ribbon? Hell yes, definitely organza ribbon. Maybe some shell too? And fringes. Oh yes, fringes."
As you can see below, I stuck with those ideas for the most part.
Zur Erinnerung: Das ist die Perlensuppe die mir Sara geschickt hat |
WIE ihr euch vielleicht erinnert, die BSBP soll dazu anregen über den eigenen perlerischen Tellerrand zu schauen und was neues zu wagen, sozusagen mal die eigene "Kuschelzone" hinter sich zu lassen. Saras "Perlensuppe" hat das ganz sicherlich bewirkt. Sara Hardin ist nämlich gaaanz zufällig die Marketing Managerin von Softlex, und - das muss ich hier mal ganz offen zugeben - für eine Zeit lang hatte ich regelrechte Alpträume sie würde mir nichts als DRAHT schicken. Glücklicherweise war ich in der Lage mich mir in Erinnerung zu rufen dass dies eine PERLENsuppenparty sein sollte ... Und, in der Tat, die Perlensuppe die sie mir zuschickte war fantastisch, mit vielen meiner "Lieblingszutaten" - antikes Messing (Teile von Vintaj, die kriegt man hier kaum, und seltenst zu vernünftigen Preisen ...), Glasperlen aus der Tschechischen Republik, viel türkis, Perlmutt, und Perlen mit Opaleffekt. Und Schmuckdraht natürlich, wie erwartet. Das sollte meine "Herausforderung" sein, wie Sara mir in ihrer wirklich lieben Karte schrieb. Dankbarerweise hat sie mitgedacht und auch gleich noch ein paar Crimpröhrchen mit reingepackt.
Was mich in dem Mix überrascht hat, war das Orange. Seht ihr die Perlmuttscheibe mit dem feinen floralen Design? Wunderschön. Ich liebe diese Farbe (Woher hat sie das bloß gewußt? *Blogdesign beäug*), nutze sie aber nie, und habe in der Tat nicht eine einzige orange Perle in meinem Besitz. Dem wollte ich abhelfen, aber anscheinend sind orange und gelb die unbeliebtesten Farben überhaupt, da gabs nämlich nichts. GAR NICHTS. Habe mir die Füße wundgelaufen. Schade eigentlich, da es sich so schön mit dem antiken Messing kombinieren lässt.
Mein erster Gedankengang beim Anblick meiner Perlensuppe war denn:
"Sommer, Sonnenuntergang. STRAND. Leicht, luftig. Organzaband? Oh ja, definitiv Organzaband. Vielleicht auch noch Muscheln? Und Fransen. Ganz bestimmt Fransen."
Wie ihr sehen könnt bin ich ziemlich dicht bei der Originalidee geblieben.
Breaking out of my comfort zone? HELL YES! |
BREAKING out of my comfort zone - I've never before worked with beading wire, nor crimp beads or tubes. Nor do I usually use ribbon in my design, or do fringes. I do own a pair of crimping pliers however, strangely enough, as I'm somewhat of an obsessive/compulsive buyer when it comes to craft supplies. Especially when it comes to pliers. I've just never used these ones.
I have to say though, I did like how quick and easy it was to create the fringes for the focal and the earrings using crimp tubes and beading wires, the same goes for positioning the beads on the necklace. The wire was so vibrantly colored, I really wanted for it to show, so I decided to not clutter the design up with too many beads but keep everything light and airy instead. Another thing I liked about using the crimp tubes and wire is, how the beads seem to float on the wire, nice!
I used very little from my own stash actually - a firefly drop here, the very obvious lady-in-the-moon brass stamping (which arrived just two weeks ago, and ordered before I knew what my soup would contain - I was so delighted to discover it was a perfect fit for the MOP disk, so ON it went!), the chain of course - I cannot go without chain - and the shell beads. The latter of which I got some three years ago as a freebie, but never found a use for.
Those eye-shaped brass stampings I used for the earrings are also something I'd never gotten on my own. So glad I got a pair of hole punch pliers just recently (I think I did mention already I happen to be a bit of a compulsive pliers buyer?), so these were super easy to convert into drops.
The organza ribbon was purchased for this project specifically, and it works quite well imho.
I used very little from my own stash actually - a firefly drop here, the very obvious lady-in-the-moon brass stamping (which arrived just two weeks ago, and ordered before I knew what my soup would contain - I was so delighted to discover it was a perfect fit for the MOP disk, so ON it went!), the chain of course - I cannot go without chain - and the shell beads. The latter of which I got some three years ago as a freebie, but never found a use for.
Those eye-shaped brass stampings I used for the earrings are also something I'd never gotten on my own. So glad I got a pair of hole punch pliers just recently (I think I did mention already I happen to be a bit of a compulsive pliers buyer?), so these were super easy to convert into drops.
The organza ribbon was purchased for this project specifically, and it works quite well imho.
RAUS aus der Kuschelzone! |
RAUS aus der Kuschelecke - ich habe noch nie mit Schmuckdraht und Crimpröhrchen gearbeitet. Auch Schleifenband nutz ich in der Regel nicht, und Fransen sieht man bei mir eher selten. Komischerweise hatte ich eine Crimpzange herumliegen, nur halt unbenutzt. Bin eine ziemlich impulsive/zwanghafte Zangenkäuferin.
Was ich wirklich mochte, war, wie simpel es war das "Gebamsel" mit dem Schmuckdraht und den Crimpröhrchen zu machen, oder die Perlen auf der Halskette zu positionieren. Der Draht ist so herlich knallig in der Farbe, den sollte man definitiv sehen, weshalb ich mich perlenmäßig für "weniger ist mehr" entschieden habe und versuchte das Design leicht und luftig zu halten. Was mir auch sehr gut gefällt ist wie die Perlen auf der Halskette zu "schweben" scheinen, klasse!
Ich habe sehr wenig von meinem eigenen Material benutzt - der kleine Libellenanhänger hier, die offensichtliche Frau-im-Mond aus hohlgepresstem Messing (die gerade mal vor zwei Wochen hier ankam, und eine gute Weile bevor ich wusste was in meiner Perlensuppe sein würde von mir bestellt wurde - aber sie passte GENAU auf die Perlmuttscheibe, also nix wie drauf damit!), die Kette natürlich - ich kann einfach nicht ohne Kette - und die Muschelperlen. Letzteres gabs mal als Gratisgeschenk auf der Kreativwelt, vor fast 3 Jahren, und ich bin superglücklich endlich eine Verwendung dafür gefunden zu haben.
Die augenförmigen Messingteile die ich für die Ohrringe benutzt habe hätte ich mir im Leben nicht gekauft - mit der Lochzange die ich mir vor kurzem geleistet habe (wie erwähnt, zwanghafte Zangenkäuferin) wurden sie jedoch supereinfach in Anhänger konvertiert.
Das Organzaband wurde speziell für dieses Projekt gekauft.
Ich habe sehr wenig von meinem eigenen Material benutzt - der kleine Libellenanhänger hier, die offensichtliche Frau-im-Mond aus hohlgepresstem Messing (die gerade mal vor zwei Wochen hier ankam, und eine gute Weile bevor ich wusste was in meiner Perlensuppe sein würde von mir bestellt wurde - aber sie passte GENAU auf die Perlmuttscheibe, also nix wie drauf damit!), die Kette natürlich - ich kann einfach nicht ohne Kette - und die Muschelperlen. Letzteres gabs mal als Gratisgeschenk auf der Kreativwelt, vor fast 3 Jahren, und ich bin superglücklich endlich eine Verwendung dafür gefunden zu haben.
Die augenförmigen Messingteile die ich für die Ohrringe benutzt habe hätte ich mir im Leben nicht gekauft - mit der Lochzange die ich mir vor kurzem geleistet habe (wie erwähnt, zwanghafte Zangenkäuferin) wurden sie jedoch supereinfach in Anhänger konvertiert.
Das Organzaband wurde speziell für dieses Projekt gekauft.
Please visit my BSBP partner Sara Hardin on her Blog Softflex Girl and all the other participants:
Bitte besucht auch meine BSBP Partnerin Sara Hardin auf ihrem Blog Softflex Girl und all die anderen Teilnehmer:
These are the partner pairs.
The Hostess, Lori Anderson and her partner, Manuela Wutschke
1. Aimee Wheaton and Barbara York
2. Alice Craddick and Sandra Richardson
3. Alison Sachs and Amy Severino
4. Allison Scott and Cynthia Abner
6. Amanda Davie and Patsy Evins
7. Amber Dawn and Kim Ballor
8. Ambra Gostoli and Christine Hansen
9. Amy Freeland and Christine Altmiller
10. Ana Krepel-Novak and Eleanor Snare
11. Andrea Morici and Hope Smitherman
12. Andrea Trank and Jayne Capps
13. Andrea Turini and Charlene Jacka
14. Angela May and Emanda Johnson
15. Anitra Gordy and Elizabeth Owens Dwy
16. Ann Rishell and Debbie Price
17. Ann Sherwood and Lynne Bowland
18. Anna Lear and Barbe Saint John
19. Anna Sabina and Erin Siegel
19. Nan Emmett and Erin Siegel
20. Astrid Boyce and Birgitta Lejonklou
21. B.R. Kuhlman and Deanna Chase
22. Barbara Bechtel and Bryna Lumb
23. Barbara Blaszczyk and DaviniaDesign
24. Barbara Judy and Holly Westfall
25. Barbara Lewis and Cathie Carroll
26. Barrie Edwards and Lyn Foley
27. Becky Fairclough and Jana Tarhala
28. Bella Borgouise and Gillian Lehman
29. Beth and Evie McCord and Erin Prais-Hintz
30. Beth Bricker and Heather Pyle
31. Beth Emery and Cassie Donlen
32. Bobbie Rafferty and Cindy Cima Edwards
33. Candice McGinnis and Sally Anderson
34. Carol Bradley and Cece Cormier
35. Cathy Khoury and Molly Alexander
36. Carol Tannahill and Hilary Frye
37. Carrie Tahquechi and Cris Peacock
38. Cat Pruitt and Cindy Gimbrone
39. Charlene Gary and Doris Stumpf
40. Charlotte Pevny and Kate Gardenghi
41. Cherrie Fick and Cathie Carroll
41. Claire Maunsell and Cherrie Fick
42. Cheryl Roe and Jenny Vidberg
43. Chris White and Norma Turvey
44. Christa Murphy and Kathy Alderfer
45. Christie Murrow and Dana James
46. Christina Miles and Collette Collins
47. Christine Brandel and Elizabeth Woodford
48. Christine Damm and Cynthia Deis
49. Christine Hendrickson and Debbie Goering
51. Cilla Watkins and Johanna Rhodes
52. Cindy Wimmer and Riki Schumacher
53. CJ Baushka and Cory Celaya
54. Courtney Breul and Joanna Matuszczyk
56. Cryss Thain and Serena Trent
57. Cynthia Tucker and Kitty Durmaj
58. Dana Johnson Jones and Eva Sherman
59. Davinia Algeri and Janet McDonald
60. Deci Worland and Lara Lutrick
61. Diana Ptaszynski and Kristy Abner
62. Diane Cook and Kerry Bogert
63. Diane Hawkey and Jen Judd Velasquez
64. Dorcas Midkiff and Jill Harris
65. Doris Radlicki and Heather Goldsmith
66. Dot Lewallen and Gaea Cannaday
67. Elisabeth Auld and Jennifer Justman
68. Erin Fickert-Rowland and Geanina Grigore
69. Erin Grant and Julie Jones
70. Eszter Czibulyas and Helena Fritz
71. Fiona Christie and Michelle Heim
72. Gail Zwang and Genea Crivello-Knable
73. Geneva Collins and Jana Haag
74. Gretchen Nation and Heidi Post
75. Heather DeSimone and Karin Slaton
76. Heather Marley and Terry Carter
77. Ingrid McCue and Jennifer Pride
78. Jackie Ryan and Nicole Keller
79. Janna Harttgen and Joanne Tinley
80. Jean Yates and Lori Anderson
81. Jelveh Jaferian and Jenny Davies-Reazor
82. Jenni Connolly and Jennifer Heynen
83. Jennifer Cameron and Kristi Bowman
84. Jennifer Geldard and Lisa Liddy
85. Jennifer VanBenschoten and Kim Hora
86. Jess Italia Lincoln and Lori Greenberg
87. Jill MacKay and Lori Bergmann
88. JJ Jacobs and Karen Tremblay
89. Joyce Becker and Kathy Welsh
90. Judy Glende and Karen Sinkowski
91. Judy Riley and Kelly Morgan
92. JuLee Wolfe and Julie Bean
93. Julianna Cannon and Julianna Kis
94. Julie Nordine and Lesley Watt
95. K. Hutchinson and Shea Zukowski
96. Karen Firnberg and Karyn Bonfiglio
97. Karen Williams and Kimberly Roberts
98. Karen Zanco and Polly Barker
99. Kari Carrigan and Laura Twiford
100. Karin von Hoeren and Laura Blanck
101. Kate Richbourg and Lorelei Eurto
102. Kathleen Lange Klik and Maria Clark
103. Kathy Engstrom and Keri Lee Sereika
104. Kay Thomerson and Loretta Carstensen
105. Kelley Fogle and Laurel Bielec
106. Kelly Ramstack and Sally Anderson
107. Kim Stevens and Tiffany Long
108. Kristi Harrison and Mandy Williamson
109. Kristi Kyle and Lana Kinney
110. Kristina Johansson and Sue Hodgkinson
111. Kym Hunter and Laura Sanger
112. Laura Zeiner and Susan Kennedy
113. Laurel Steven and Mary McGraw
114. Laurie Hanna and Lisa Boucher
115. Lesley Weir and Liz DeLuca
116. Linda Djokic and Tracey Weiser
117. Linda Inhelder and Pam Brisse
118. Linda Landig and Lori Dorrington
119. Linda Murphy and Lisa Hamilton
119. Line Labrecque and Marianne Baxter
120. Lisa Lodge and Monica Johnson
121. Lois Moon and Melissa Muir
122. Lola Surwillo and Therese Frank
123. Lori Bowring Michaud and Marci Brooks
124. Lupe Meter and Norma Agron
125. Maggie Towne and Marge Beebe
126. Malin de Koning and Susie Hibdon
127. Mallory Hoffman and Shirley Moore
128. Marcie Abney and Patty Miller
129. Marcy Lamberson and Melissa Clarke
130. Margot Potter and Suzann Sladcik Wilson
131. Maria Grimes and Wendy Blum
132. Maria Horvath and Melinda Orr
133. Maria Rosa Sharrow and Marie-Noel Voyer-Cramp
134. Marian Hertzog and Melissa Mesara
135. Marianna Boylan and Sandi Lee James
136. Marina Dobrynina and Michaela Pabeschitz
137. Marsha Neal and Miri Agassi
138. Mary Ellen Parker and Melissa Meman
139. Mary Elliott and Tamara Soper
140. Mary McGraw and Laurel Steven
141. Melissa Pynn and Michelle Buettner
142. Michelle Hardy and Niki Meiners
143. Michelle Mach and Moira McEvoy
144. Missy Rappaport and Mags Sarri
145. Molly Alexander and Poranna
146. Mylene Hillam and Nicole Rennell
147. Nadezhda Parfyonova and Stacey Curry
148. Nan Emmett and Nancy Peterson
149. Nancy Boylan and Natalie McKenna
150. Natalie Monkivitch and Niky Sayers
151. Natasha Lutes and Pam Ferrari
152. Noemi Baena and Penny Ilagan
153. Pamela Petry and Rebecca Sirevaag
154. Pat Haight and Mary Shannon Hicks
155. Patty Gasparino and Vonna Maslanka
156. Penny Neville and Sandi Volpe
157. Pepita Bos and Wendy Chamberlain
158. Raida Disbrow and Rebecca Watkins
159. Rebecca Anderson and Sabrina Staub
160. Regina Santerre and Rose Binoya
161. Rhea Freitag and Tari Kahrs
162. Rochelle Brisson and Teri Baskett
163. Sally Russick and Tracy Bell
164. Sandra McGriff and Shay Williams
165. Sandra Wolberg and Sara Hardin
166. Sarah Elder and Salla Small
167. Saskia Kaffenberger and Sharon Gardner
168. Sharon Palac and Shannon Chomanczuk
169. Shay Stone and Suzette Bentley
170. Shiraz Biggie and Tammy Powley
171. Staci Smith and Tracy Stillman
172. Stacie Stamper and Tracy Martin
173. Stefanie Teufel and Vicky Taylor
174. Stephanie Dixon and Stephanie LaRosa
175. Stephanie Haussler and Valerie Norton
176. Suzanne Tate and Terri Wlaschin
177. Sweet Freedom Designs and Tammy Jones
178. Tania Spivey and Tari Sasser
179. Tara Plote and Terry Matuszyk
180. Terri Gauthier and Deana Hager
181. Theresa Fosdick and Tracey Nanstad
For a total of 362 people making jewelry!
That is so lovely! You met the challenge really well! I do love the lady in the moon.
ReplyDelete**Squeal** I LOVE what you did. Both designs are fabulous. The organza ribbon really does make a difference in the design. I'm so glad that you enjoyed using the colored Soft Flex. Yay! Good work!
ReplyDeleteI so love your focal point! The whole design turned out really great. ♥
ReplyDeleteWow! For someone that has never used beading wire, you certainly mastered it. I love that necklace and wish that I had a long enough neck to pull earrings like those off.
ReplyDeleteReally great stash there and an outstanding creation. :o)
ReplyDeleteYour Bead Soup pieces are just wonderful.
ReplyDeleteI really love what you came up with all the colors go so well together and its really well balanced!
ReplyDeleteOh my! I love everything you made! So beautiful!! You are amazing! :) Well done!
ReplyDeleteThat focal is awesome!Love the colors and textures brass and turquoise is a great combo.
ReplyDeleteSo pretty! It looks like you've been using beading wire all your life! I especially like the earrings--they look like they would be fun to wear!
ReplyDeleteI am SO sorry for being late — today our internet provider decided to crash. My stress level is through the roof, to say the least! They’re still working on it, but it’s like dial-up.
ReplyDeleteWOW but did you knock this out of the park, and I'm so glad you ended up with Sara so you could really try out beading wire. Aren't you excited now about trying even more things????? And if you want more Vintaj ever, just let me know, I'll gift you more!
I love what you made! You should be proud!
I hope you’ll participate again!
Love, Lori
i love both pieces but the earrings are so stunning and beautiful. they look like they have so much motion!
ReplyDeleteJust lovely, you did a great job, I love the colors!
ReplyDeleteI totally love what you've created! One of my favourite soups. The colour scheme is not one I would have previously considered, and I definitely will now - it's beautiful. I think those earrings are my favourites - absolutely gorgeous :-)
ReplyDeleteDelightful and whimsical..beautifully crafted! I'm inspired!
ReplyDeleteSandra: So romantically beautiful. Love your work. I sent you a note on the alcohol inks so you can get some if you like.
ReplyDeleteTerri
I LOVE the earrings! major props!! :)
ReplyDeleteLovely creations - I love your style! And I really enjoyed reading your creative process. Great job! And you're right; finding pretty orange beads is hard, but yellow is even harder!! I had to laugh at that!
ReplyDeleteOh, I know about that, having a colour that you love but more or less never use in your own jewellery making. (And also about yellow and orange being rather unpopular compared to some other colours in the bead shops -- despite the fact you can do so many fab colour combos with it.)
ReplyDeleteBut back to your jewellery: I think it loooks fab! I really like the layered focal and the blend of wire and sheer ribbon. Great work!
Wow! I have to say that this is one of my favorite soups thus far. The color scheme is amazing and I love the mix of the ribbon with the chain and beads. Those earrings are especially fantastic.
ReplyDeleteStunning work! I love what you made with your soup ingredients.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for your kind comments on my blog "Byzantine feel"! Love that! Love your pieces too. Wow, what a challenge for you. We’re all being pushed outside our comfort zones — with amazing results!
ReplyDeleteEnjoy the hop,
Emanda
http://artemisiastudio.blogspot.com/2011/09/bead-soup-reveal.html
Absolutely lovely!
ReplyDeleteWonderful, great soup and colors , beautiful designs.
ReplyDeleteWunderschön im Fairy-style! Die Farben harmonieren so wunderbar miteinander, mit dem Einbinden vom Organzaband hast Du dem Ganzen Elfenzauber mit eingehaucht!
ReplyDeleteLiebe Grüße, Michi
Very pretty, you really took to the ease of softflex and crimps. I really love those earrings, they're beautiful.
ReplyDeleteLOVE it!
ReplyDeleteLight and airy and absolutely fabulous. You captured your theme beautifully.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous! I'm very inspired by your "floating" beads!
ReplyDeleteVery pretty work you did with the received beads! I like colours and rich shape.
ReplyDeleteBest shot Sandra! yes, I'm Polish.
Waiting to be used not only beads, but the "sleeve" made of metal mesh, because this is not a ribbon. In fact, I didn't ever used anything like that and I have no idea what to do with it - still looking for inspiration. I can imagine i have to put beads inside but still haven't decided what kind... ;-)))
Have a nice day!
Oh, those turned out so pretty. Very dainty and elegant. I'm a dangle girl, so I love the dangles, chains and such on both the earrings and focal. And the organza ribbon adds just the right touch.
ReplyDeleteI love your layering! Those earrings are fantastic, they must be so much fun to wear.
ReplyDeleteShannon C
Mensch, sind die Sachen schön. Wow, traumhaft! Die Kette hat es mir besondes angetan:-)
ReplyDeleteWhat I love the best is that you were totally outside your comfort zone, and created such beautiful pieces. You did a wonderful job using that colored wire, it's just awesome. Give yourself a big pat on the back for stunning design!
ReplyDeletebeautiful pieces, love the design of the earrings
ReplyDeleteLovely, I particularly like the earrings!
ReplyDeleteI really like both pieces but the earrings especially are amazing! What a clever use of various beading elements which you do not usually incorporate into earrings - it totally works though! I want to wear them, they are fabulous!
ReplyDeleteJulie
Lovely, lovely, lovely! Great use of the colors!!
ReplyDeleteI love it ... or them! The colors are amazing and your asymmetrical design of the necklace and the multi strands are so beautifully done. I really love what you did!
ReplyDeletei really love how you let the wire be part of the art! i tend to think of stringing as covering the wire. brilliant design, well done!
ReplyDeleteI have a hard time believing this way your first time using wire and crimps. You totally rocked this soup :-)
ReplyDeleteIt's hard to believe you had never worked with so many of those techniques because you pulled it off like a pro. I love the touch of whimsy to the earrings. The necklace is gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteI know what you mean about how difficult it is to find cool findings and vintage items.
ReplyDeleteHere in Spain we don't have that vintage culture settled and there are no charity shops.
I LOVE what you did with your focal. And it is true that so many of us have used fabric on our designs. Minds alike think alike. ;)
So pretty! I really love the colors and how you used the ribbon in your designs!
ReplyDeleteWow, you did great with the beading wire, wonderful for the first timer! Love what you have made. Especially love the lady on the moon focal.
ReplyDeleteBoth of your pieces are really beautiful. I love the earrings you made with all the dangles. It's great that you experimented with some new materials and techniques and created some really lovely items! Well done.
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful set, Sandra! Nice job!
ReplyDeleteWOW! Really you have done a fantastic job, each piece is really beautiful. You worked the color orange perfectly!
ReplyDeleteSo very pretty, the focal with the lady in the moon looks wonderful. Love the combination of colours used.
ReplyDeleteThe pieces do call up images of the beach - light and breezy. And aren't you glad you had those pliers on hand? You certainly put them to good use!
ReplyDeleteWhat lovely designs! I think that necklace is stunning - the combination of turquoise and brass is lovely, and the flow of the ribbon really emphasizes how light the piece is! And those earrings are lush, lush and more lush!
ReplyDeleteI love both pieces! They both look so feminine and flirty! Excellent job with the beading wire☺
ReplyDeleteLooks like you did a lot of things out of your comfort zone - and you did a great job! I adore the earrings and the necklace!
ReplyDeleteWonderful designs, I like the use of the ribbon.
ReplyDeleteWOW!! all of your pieces are absolutely gorgeous but that necklace...incredible!!!
ReplyDeleteI love all of the movement in your work, really beautiful!
ReplyDeleteOrange is one of my favorite colors, I can mix it with just about anything.
Warm regards,
Cathie
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE all the pieces...good job.
ReplyDeleteI really love all of the pieces you made...so light and airy and beachy. Just lovely.
ReplyDeleteMichelle
What a fantastic soup you received. You did a wonderful job with all the layers. I can never seem to do that well and you did it beautifully! I think i would have been nervous to get a lot of wire too. But it was a great soup!
ReplyDeleteWOW! The pieces you made with the soup are incredible. So pretty and feminine all while being very interesting. Great job!
ReplyDeleteI love that you let the beading wire show. Very lovely!
ReplyDeleteHere Here to challenges...You did an awesome job esp with those earrings WOW!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous pieces!! Love the dangels!
ReplyDeleteWhat fabulous pieces you created for someone who has never used wire! I love the floaty earrings...just delightful..the addition of the ribbon in both pieces works perfectly for the look.
ReplyDeleteJenni
For being your first time with wire and crimps you did awesome! If I were you I would be very proud of the result.
ReplyDeleteAmbra
Lovely turnout for your soup!
ReplyDeleteI love the earrings!!
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