SODELE, nun da ihr voll informiert darüber seid, was es mit diesem "BSBP" auf sich hat (vorheriger Beitrag), kann ich ja endlich meine Komplizin vorstellen: Melissa Trudinger aus Carnegie, Australien. Und, ganz ehrlich, ich hätte es mit meiner diesjährigen Partnerin nicht besser treffen können.
Der Name wollte mir was sagen, sobald ich ihn auf der Teilnehmerliste erspäht hatte, ich wusste ich kannte ihn von irgendwoher, kam jedoch nicht drauf. Nach einem Besuch auf Melissas Blog machte es jedoch "Klick" bei mir. Ganz einfach, von meinen abonierten Blogs. Melissa ist eine sehr vielseitige Schmuckbastlerin, und sie futtert Challenges/Wettbewerbe quasi zum Frühstück. Manch einer mag sich erinnern, meine Stärke ist das eher nicht so ... Ich habe ihre Kreationen auf Earrings Everydaygesehen, in Erin Prais-Hintz' Wettbewerben, auf Art Bead Scene, Art Jewelry Elements...
Foto von Melissa Trudinger
http://beadrecipes.wordpress.com/
Wir beide fühlen uns zum Boho Stil hingezogen (wer sich unter "Boho" jetzt nix vorstellen kann, stellt euch mal Hippie-, Zigeuner- und Antik-Look gemischt vor, ansonsten einfach mal Google bemühen ...) wenns um Schmuck geht, aber trotzdem sind unsere Stile sehr unterschiedlich. Melissas Schmuck hat einen viel stärkeren Fokus auf die Perlen, während meiner eher auf Ketten und geprägte Messingschmuckteilen liegt, und ich Perlen eher als Akzente verwende. Auch ist ihr Stil deutlich farbenfroher, mit viel Keramik und Textil. Wir beide haben jedoch eine große Liebe gemeinsam: Tschechische Glasperlen. Werft doch einfach mal einen Blick auf Melissas Blog, wenn ihr mögt, den sie sehr passend BEAD RECIPES ("Perlenrezepte") genannt hat, da sie dort auch ihre Vorliebe fürs Kochen teilt.
Auch sonst scheinen wir einiges gemeinsam zu haben, mit ihr e-mails auszutauschen macht großen Spaß. Ich bin schon ganz gespannt mit welchen Zutaten Liss meine Perlensuppe gewürzt hat – schaut mal, hat sie sie nicht wundervoll verpackt?
SO, now that you know what this "BSBP" is about (previous post), without further ado, let me introduce this year's partner in crime: Melissa Trudinger from Carnegie, Australia. I couldn't possibly be happier, having her be my assigned swap partner.
Her name tried to ring a bell with me as soon as I spotted it on the list, I knew I had seen it around ... But it took a visit to her blog to actually be able to place it. Quite simple, it was my blog feed. She is a very versatile jewelry artist, her work is all over the place. She is basically gobbling beading challenges up for breakfast. You may remember, I do have quite a history failed challenges ... I have seen her work around on Earrings Everyday, in Erin Prais-Hintz' challenges, Art Bead Scene, Art Jewelry Elements...
Photo by Melissa Trudinger
http://beadrecipes.wordpress.com/
Both of us seem to be drawn towards Boho style when it comes to creating jewelry, yet our styles couldn't be any more different from one another. I noticed there is a lot more focus on beads in her creations, while I prefer brass stampings and chain, and mostly use beads for accents and spacers only. Her work is a lot more colorful, I see a lot of ceramic beads and fiber. We have a shared love for the utter awesomeness that is Czech beads though. Just take a look at her blog, aptly named BEAD RECIPES,as Melissa also loves to share her love for cooking, and you'll see.
Apart from that, it seems we have quite a few things in common, it is a lot of fun to exchange e-mails with her, and I can't wait to see what kind of ingredients she has seasoned my bead soup with. Just look at how prettily she's packaged it!
Photo by Melissa Trudinger
http://beadrecipes.wordpress.com/
ES ist mal wieder so weit, die alljährliche Bead Soup Blog Party, kurz: BSBP, steht an. Für diejenigen, die noch nie davon gehört haben, hier noch mal eine Zusammenfassung, worum es geht:
Es handelt sich hier um eine Art Perlen"wichteln", mit über 400 Teilnehmern aus aller Welt! Man tauscht mit seiner zugeteilten Partnerin die Adressen, schickt ein Päckchen mit einer "Perlensuppe" des Weges, und die Empfängerin zaubert dann damit eine Kreation. Es muss nicht unbedingt Schmuck dabei entstehen, ich habe auch Taschenbaumler, Schlüsselanhänger, und sogar geperlte Pflanzen gesichtet!
Einige Regeln sind jedoch zu beachten: Die Perlensuppe muss einen Verschluss und einen Anhänger enthalten, und diese müssen von der Partnerin auch verwendet werden, allerdings nicht in ein und der selben Kreation. Das ist die Pflicht, der Rest ist die Kür. An einem festgelegten Termin werden die fertigen Werke dann auf den Blogs der Teilnehmerinnen online gestellt, und es gibt einen "Blog Hop", man springt von Blog zu Blog, und schaut sich an wer was für Perlen bekommen hat, und was daraus entstanden ist, was jedes Mal wieder total überraschend und inspirierend ist!
Organisiert wird diese Mammutaktion auch dieses Jahr wieder von Lori Anderson, und das, obwohl sie schwer krank ist! Sie macht sich eine Riesenmühe mit der Zuteilung der Partnerinnen. Mit einem Zufallsgenerator ist es nicht getan, denn es gibt so viel zu beachten: Nicht alle versenden international, dann gibt es die Perlenfädlerinnen, und jene die mit Rocailles nichts anfangen können. Es gibt Erfahrene und Unerfahrene. Viele haben schon in den Vorjahren teilgenommen, und sollen natürlich nicht wieder die gleiche Partnerin bekommen, und so weiter.
Leider ist die Anmeldephase für dieses Jahr bereits vorbei. Aber wenn ihr interessiert seid, empfehle ich euch wärmstens, euch mal bei der Bead Soup Cafe Gruppe auf Facebook anzumelden. Dort seid ihr immer auf dem neuesten Stand, und könnt im Moment hautnah mitverfolgen, wie bei den Teilnehmerinnen nach und nach die "Perlensuppen" eintrudeln.
Ich selber nehme dieses Mal zum vierten Mal teil, und dachte mir, das nehme ich mal zum Anlass, um meine Perlensuppen und Ergebnisse aus den Vorjahren vorzustellen. Meine Partnerin ist dieses Jahr übrigens Melissa Trudinger aus Australien, die ich später noch ausführlicher vorstellen werde.
IT is that time again, the annual Bead Soup Blog Party, the BSBP is in full swing! For those who may have never heard of it, here's a summary of what this is about:
Basically this is a huge international bead swap, with more than 400 beaders from all over the world taking part! You swap your address with your assigned Partner, and send each other a "bead soup", and the other has to create something using that bead soup. It doesn't have to be jewelry, I have seen purse and key ring charms, and even beaded plants!
There are a few rules though: Your bead soup must contain a clasp and a focal, and these have to be used by your partner, albeit not in the same piece. At a predetermined date, every participant posts their creations on their blog for everyone to see, and this is the day of the Blog Party. Hopping from blog to blog, seeing what everyone received and created is definitely my most favorite part of the event. It is extremely surprising and inspiring!
The one organizing this huge project once again, as in the previous years, is Lori Anderson, even though she is terribly sick! She has gone through great lengths assigning the partners, giving it a lot of thought. For example there are those who wont send international, there are seed beaders and those who are not, there are the experienced and the inexperienced. And of course there are many who already participated in the previous years, and are supposed to not end up with the same partner again!
Unfortunately the sign up phasie for this year is already over. But if you are interested, I highly recommend signing up with the Bead Soup Cafe FaceBook group. There you'll always be up to date, and you'll be able to see most everyone posting images of the bead soups they've received as they arrive one by one, which is always very exciting!
Me, I'm taking part for the fourth time this year, and thought I'd take that as a cue to show you the bead soups I've received in the previous years, and what I've created with them. My partner this year, by the way, is Melissa Trudinger from Australia, whom I'll introduce properly in a bit.
IN 2011 my partner was Sara Oehlerfrom the USA. Here you can see what I sent her, and hereyou can see what she created with it. Here you can see what I created with what she sent me:
IN 2012 my partner was Susan Kennedy from the USA. Here you can see what I sent her and what she created with it. Hereyou can see what I created with the wonderful bead soup she sent my way:
IN 2013 my partner in crime was Merja Sundström from Finland. This is what I sent her, and here you can see what she did with it. Unfortunately the reveal page seems to be gone from her blog, but a quick search, and I found her creations on the BSBP7 board on Pinterest, whew! THISis what I created with the amazing bead soup she sent me:
ASfor 2014, the big reveal is on May 3rd, so there's nothing to show yet but the teaser I uploaded for my partnerMelissa Trudinger from Australia!
"Staub macht ein Zuhause erst richtig warm und kuschelig."
JUST imagine this blog is very warm and fuzzy? :D Dusting off is in progress, and hopefully there'll be new content soon. STELLT euch einfach vor, das (der?) Blog wäre besonders warm und kuschelig. :D Das Abstauben ist in Arbeit, und hoffentlich gibt es denn bald was neues.
I KNOW quite a few jewelry makers who like to join Blog Hops and Challenges because, as they say, it forces them to get creative, to get them out of a slump and DO something. I don’t know how they are doing this, as obviously that doesn’t work for me. Last year I spectacularly failed not one, not two, not three, but four Hops/Challenges, so I was very hesitant to pick up any this year.
However, when I saw the announcement for this year’s Challenge of Travel by Erin Prais-Hintz of Treasures Found :: Inspiration Is Everywhere pop up on my reader (which was one of the four I failed last year), there was no way I could resist at least trying – the theme was simply too intriguing to pass up: Staycation. Or, as we Germans say: Urlaub auf Balkonien (vacation in balconia).
While last year’s theme was a trip around the world, this year’s idea was to explore your own hometown and draw inspiration from this.
SO, herzlich willkommen to Wiesbaden, the capital of the federal state of Hesse, Germany. It is one of the oldest spa towns in Europe, going all the way back to Ancient Roman times, known for it’s numerous hot springs. Their waters are supposed to help with various ailments, such as rheumatism.
The Kochbrunnen
The Kochbrunnen Pavillon
The Kochbrunnenspringer, fed from the same spring
Built up minerals – the Romans actually used them as red hair dye!
THE springs were even mentioned in Pliny the Elder’s Naturalis Historia. The town’s name actually translates to “meadow baths”, but by the Romans it was referred to as Aquae Mattiacorum, “Waters of the Mattiaci”. At one point Wiesbaden sported as many as impressive 26 springs – most of them are out of order now, or fed into a network which supplies thermal baths or is used to heat the town hall. The ones accessible by the public are certainly among Wiesbaden’s most famous tourist attractions. I even learned about one I totally didn’t know about!
The "Bäckerbrunnen", the bakers' spring
Housing of the Bäckerbrunnen
The Schützenhofquelle – in ancient times, it was dedicated to the Goddess Sirona
Detail of the Schützenhofquelle
My "secret" spring, the Drei-Lilien-Quelle, the three lilies spring – I pass by there almost every day, yet I had no idea it was hidden there. It's at the back of one of Wiesbaden's most renowned hotels, the Schwarzer Bock. You actually have to ring and have reception open the door for you, but they'll do so without fuss.
Inside of my "secret spring" – and, boy, it was HOT inside that little room! Unlike the other hot springs accessible by the public, the water of this one is not safe for drinking, as there are no filters installed.
ACTUALLY, there’s so much more to see in this town, but I’m already late with this post, so I'll save it for another one … Plus, I remembered about this challenge two days ago? Woops, I (almost) did it again. So, without further ado, my creation “Aquae Mattiacorum”, inspired by Wiesbaden’s hot springs:
IT HAD to be a fringe necklace. The colors were inspired by the springs and their minerals. Hammered copper wire, bits of "coin" chain I received in a Muse Box from www.bsueboutiques.com/, TOHO beads with a picasso finish from www.wahnmachtsinn.de, and coin shaped Czech beads which reminded me of water as well as ancient coins.
THANK you for visiting. If you want to know more about Wiesbaden, stick around and add this blog to your newsfeed/blogger. If you want to hop along and see what everyone else created for this year's Annual Challenge of Travel, please visit: http://treasures-found.blogspot.de/2013/08/2nd-annual-challenge-of-travel-stevens.html and scroll to the very bottom to the link list.
SEE, this is what I get for going on an extended blogging hiatus. One of my favorite weekly blog hops sneakily changes hosts and I only notice the week it actually changes. "I Heart Macro" slash "I Heart Close Ups: Up Close Photography for Macro Makers and the Camerologically Challenged" is no longer hosted by the lovely Lori from Studio Waterstone but from now on by Laura from Shine The Divine.
SEHT ihr, das hat man nun davon wenn man eine verlängerte Blogpause einlegt. Einer meiner liebsten wöchentlichen Bloghops wechselt klammheimlich die Gastgeberin, und ich merk’s erst in der Woche in der es soweit ist. Die Gastgeberin von "I Heart Macro" slash "I Heart Close Ups: Up Close Photography for Macro Makers and the Camerologically Challenged" nun nicht mehr die liebenswerte Lori von Studio Waterstone sondern fortan Laura von Shine The Divine.
THESE little dudes adorn almost all the houses in my new neighborhood, they are window shutter holders.
DIESE kleinen Kerle verzieren fast alle Hauswände in meiner neuen Nachbarschaft, es sind Fensterladenhalter.
