Monday, May 12, 2014

8th Annual Bead Soup Blog Hop Revel!

Well, it's time for the 8th Annual Bead Soup Blog Hop Revel, sponsored by Lori Anderson of Pretty Things! So excited to see what my partner, Ghislaine has created with the bead soup that I sent to her. From what I've seen on her blog, she is one talented gal! Her blog can be found at http://www.kruseartllc.com/. I certainly enjoyed working with the beautiful bead soup that I rec'd from Ghislaine. :)
Am also anticipating visiting many blogs and seeing what has been done with all the beads that have been sent to each of the participants in the Blog Hop!
Ghislaine was most generous with the soup that she sent to me and I was able to get two necklaces with earrings and a bracelet with earrings out of all of the beads...with only a tiny bit leftover...:)
Here is what I started with...

Ghislaine made the jump rings and clasps and braided around the pendant!

...And here is what I created. Hope you enjoy seeing them. :)






The coral dangles gives the earrings that 'pop'!

Used the burgundy pearls in this piece.
The bracelet turned out better than I'd hoped, even though it was a lot of work! :)




I added some resin roses here...



Added Red Tigers Eye to some of the beads that Ghislaine sent to me, thought they complimented the pendant beautifully! 

The tiny bit of beads leftover from what was sent to me.










Below is the link to Lori's blog where you can find the list for everyone who is taking part in the 8th Annual Bead Soup Blog Party...enjoy!
Ev Shelby

http://lorianderson-beadsoupblogparty.blogspot.com/























37 comments:

  1. Love what you did with your soup!

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  2. Love the reds that are in the soup.

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  3. Beautiful designs Ev. I love the red!

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  4. Very pretty pieces. I really like the necklace with the dangling beads.

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  5. very elegant and delicate projects!congrats!

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  6. everything looks awesome but your necklace with the focal is ABSOLUTELY stunning!!!!!!!
    I only just now came home from market so was not able any sooner to see what you made, but you did an awesome job!!!!!

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  7. Love red tigers eye, it has such a warm glow. The charm bracelet is great! Love it!

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  8. Your designs all look great! The one that really captured my attention was the necklace with the soup focal, so beautiful!

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  9. Nice job and I'll be back to visit your blog more often.

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  10. I really like the chain you added to the earrings. The resin roses lighten up your first necklace to really make it a four season piece. Love what you did with the focal!

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  11. You did a great job simmering your soup! I love charm/dangle bracelets (I made one with my soup) and yours is no exception. And the necklace looks so elegant!

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  12. WOW ! I love the little woven bail around the focal stone. Is that a form of viking knit ?

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    1. Hi Audrey, I actually braided that setting, so not viking knit :)

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  13. the tiger eye is GORGEOUS! i love the way that the focal ties it all together, so well! beautiful!

    Linda A.
    http://fromTheBeadBoard.blogspot.com
    http://cherryOnTopDesign.co

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  14. Love beautiful use of your soup. Love what you did with the chain. I bet you had sore fingers after that!

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  15. Lovely designs. All the beady dangles and chain links are fabulous.

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  16. Wow, the colors and the chain all pulled together perfectly

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  17. I have a huge admiration for roses so your red necklace using the resin roses speaks to me. Lovely design along with the earrings and the copper chain / dangle beads necklace. I bet that necklace moves a lot when worn!

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  18. Lovely pieces! If I had to pick a favorite it would be the tiger eye one. Great job.

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  19. You had a pretty original focal and I love how you used it, thos ebeads complement it perfectly, also love the use of chains and wire in all your pieces.

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  20. THey all turned out really good. I love that dangle bracelet - yes, a lot of work, but your right, SOOO worth it! Also, kinda impressed with the 'little bit of beads' that you had left!! ~KM

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  21. Fabulous! One and all. My favorite is the last one with the wire wrapping on the focal! I'm inspired to give that a try! Really Soup-er!

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  22. You used all your soup pieces in a really lovely way. That bracelet may have been a lot of work, but it paid off. It's great!

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  23. Very pretty pieces - love the reds!

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  24. Really pretty pieces, you did your soup total justice, Great job!

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  25. Beautiful! You did an excellent job with your soup! Love the colors and how well they play together!

    veradesigns.blogspot.com

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  26. Love how you brought out all the different shades of red, Evelyn :) beautiful pieces!

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  27. Great designs. I really like those earrings. They are ones that will tinkle when you wear them.

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  28. You made such good use of your soup and created some great designs, nice idea to use the tiger eye with the pendant it looks lovely!
    Jackie

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  29. Your soup is wonderful! I love the colors and designs. All are beautiful pieces.

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  30. Beautiful pieces! The necklace with the shell focal is my favorite. You have also met the challenge to use up most of the soup beads and we all know how difficult this is, given that we are always tempted to add something from our stash :)

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  31. Nicely done and great job using up so much of your ingredients! I really like those earrings with the coral dangles. There's something about your use of the chain on them that really makes them stand out.

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  32. I love the sets you made with your soup! Very colorful and I like that you made matching earrings and that you only had a few tiny beads left! Great job!

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  33. Like how you wrapped that cab. It really shows it off.

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  34. Great pieces. Love all the color and dangles.

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  35. I really like how you highlighted your wrapped focall! Also love the colors! :)

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  36. Hi Ev, Great job using of much of your soup. All of your designs are wonderful. The roses are a good choice for additions to that necklaces and the red tiger's eye is perfect for the beautiful focal Ghislaine sent.

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