Bracelets

I have finished the bracelets I was working on...here they are...

The first is a Spiral Rope, I substituted a round bead with a fringe bead on this bracelet. I like the way it turned out.

Spiral Rope

And the next is a Flat Spiral Stitch.

Flat Spiral Stitch

Bead Soup Beads

Bead Soup Beads  

  

Here are the beads from my Bead Soup partner Karen...

Love the colors in this stone focal

And these beads that Karen made from polymer clay and paper mache. Aren't they awesome?

And this beautiful clasp and button which have both inspired ideas the clasp for a necklace and the button for a bracelet.

And look at all the fabulous beads and so many...

Wait there's more...and then these seed beads (the picture is just a sample there are more of each) and the colors are just beautiful!

And three really cool shells...

And look what else! Karen sent beads to make corset beads which you can see finished on Karen's blog Baublicious

I can't wait to try making these! 

 

Thank you so much Karen!

 

Soup

Bead Soup

 

Soup should be arriving soon to my Bead Soup partner Karen. Here's a teaser photo of what I sent. 

 

 

Bead Soup!

Bead Soup Blog Partner!

My partner for the Bead Soup Blog Party is, Karen from Skunk Hill Studios, our reveal date is August 25th. You can check out her beautiful work on her blog Baublicious. Karen does Free From Beading and has written a book Freeform Peyote Beading. I've put that on my list of got to have books! I am so happy to be matched with Karen and need to give a big Thank You to Lori the wonderful hostess of Bead Soup Blog Party. Those of you that know me know I love seed beads, though a lot of my beading has been practice, I have just recently been working on a few projects. The beginning of one is at the end of this post. I started a spiral rope on another project, then wondered what it would look like if I switched up the beads, below is what happened when I switched up the beads. I like the way it is turning out, I'll post a picture when the bracelet is complete.

I've been so inspired by Karen's work and the Beading Babes group I joined that I think it is safe to say you'll see a lot more seed beading here in the future!