Bead Hoarders Unite! ....for the Bead Hoarders Blog Hop...

http://tinyurl.com/mkup7ea

I'm looking forward to the next several Sundays (as that is when I do most of my beading)...to looking through my stash to see what I can come up with for this blog hop! :)
There are 165 other beaders, besides me :) that 'hoard' their beads too! Wow!...and am sure that not everyone who wanted to participate was able to either...which is a bummer for them, but as Lori said, this will become an annual event...so will see what happens next year...and I think that is a wonderful idea! Thanks Lori! :)
Ev

Black & While Challenge, sponsored by

  

 The Challenge:

  Design a piece of jewelry that uses only black and white in the design. 

It can be elaborate or minimalist but only in black and white.

Exceptions To The Rules:

1.  wire, metal or chain in silver, copper, brass, bronze, white or black can be used

2.  crystal or crystal AB color beads can also be used to ACCENT the piece

Reveal Date:  Wednesday, July 10th, 2013

There are 35 participants, including Sally Rissick our hostess. 

I've included 3 close ups here so that you can see the features better...! :)

 

Here is my finished piece. I used silver accent seed beads and a silver toggle clasp to go with the black and white. I'm quite pleased with the results! :)
Thanks Sally, for allowing me to participate in such a fun enterprise... enjoyed the challenge a great deal!

Black & White Challenge

Am excited to be a part of a new challenge sponsored by






The challenge is to create a piece of jewelry using only black and white beads with a reveal date of July 10, 2013. Should be interesting...the mind is already whirling! :)



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7th Annual Bead Soup Blog Party

Thank you to all of you who have come to my blog and viewed, and commented so nicely, on my finished pieces! Appreciate it a lot...:)
Wanted anyone coming by to know that I will not be posting anything new for a few weeks after this weekend, as I am having surgery on Monday, the 22nd and the meds the docs give me make me sooo goofy and sleepy! :) See you again in, hopefully, a couple of weeks.
Ev

7th Annual Bead Soup Party, the 2nd Reveal!

Well, it's time for the second reveal; which was delayed {hope you are feeling better now Lori! :) http://createdtreasures.blogspot.com/} and here is what I made with the lovely beads that Cindy sent to me...:)
Cindy surely has an 'eye' for what to put in a 'bead soup' as the beads almost fell into place for me...LOL! Here is the link to Cindy's site so that you can view what she did with the beads that I sent to her.
http://createdtreasures.blogspot.com/
I first used the colorful mix of square glass beads with one of the two kinds of bone beads that she sent to me. I chose to use a copper leaf clasp and daisy spacers as the copper seemed to blend better with the bead mix; instead of the silver square toggle clasp that she gave me (she sent me TWO wonderfully different clasps!).

The finished piece!

Lovely little dangles.

Copper toggle leaf clasp...

The second piece turned out even better! I used tiny clear/gold AB coated seed beads in between the etched round bone beads and the rose quartz beads...also used the seed beads to 'define' the area above the bone butterfly focal.

I really like way the rose quartz and the etched bone beads went so well together...and the butterfly focal was a perfect fit with it...!

A close up of the wonderful bone swan (?) clasp...

Really enjoyed being a part of the Bead Soup Challenge and am already looking forward to next time...! Below you will find the link to the list of all who participated! Enjoy viewing the ones you can...seeing them all could take quite some time! :) LOL
Ev
http://lorianderson-beadsoupblogparty.blogspot.com/2013/04/preview-of-2nd-reveal-blog-list-for-7th.html

Well, I'm getting pretty excited...as it is almost time for the first reveal in the7th Annual Bead Soup Party Blog Hop! :) which takes place on 3/30/13...even though I won't be participating until the 2nd reveal on 4/6/13, I can hardly wait to see some of the creations that are being designed by my fellow participants...!
I just LOVE a good challenge! ...and enjoyed working with the beautiful beads that my partner, Cindy, from Kentucky, sent to me...stay tuned to see what some of the 500 participants made with their beads!

The composer that I chose to listen to for the  
2nd Annual Challenge of Music Blog Hop is: Ralph Vaughan Williams. 
One of the pieces that he composed  was                
"A Pastoral Symphony (No. 3) Oboe Concerto; Molto moderato";
with The London Symphony Orchestra 
(Bryden Thomson, conductor) which was recorded in St. Jude's Church, London, 11 27th & 28th, 1987 and on 4-15, 1988. 
This is the one that I chose as my inspiration for the necklace and earrings that I designed. About 5 minutes into the CD the music changes quite dramatically and this is what I focused on...
I heard bold, bright notes and dark, irregular ones and that is why I chose to use black meteorite nuggets with the contrast of bright copper rolo chain; the MOP daggers, in teal and cream represent the abrupt changes from one section of the music to the next which seem to me, as I listened, to 'tear at the fabric' of notes.

Here is the finished piece.

After I purchased this CD, I and my beading friend both listened to it and I found it most interesting that we both 'saw' the music in such different ways! :) Be sure to take a look at Carolyn's Creations blog to see the difference...!
Here is the link to go to hear the music that inspired the creation for what I made. 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UT8Wwohbdqc

....and if you'd like to see other inspired creators finished pieces, here is a link that will point you in the right direction! :)  http://treasures-found.blogspot.com/2013/02/the-challenge-of-music-reveal.html