Also a great big thank you to my swap partner April Grinaway of the Brooklyn Bead Goddess. April sent a huge helping of yummy soup for me to work with. She a is fanastic lampworker and sent me many of her awesome handcrafted beads. I hope I have done at least some of them justice. Be sure to visit Brooklyn Bead Goddess to see what she made with what I sent her.
A reminder of the spectacualr soup I got from April.
I know everyone has a ton of blogs they want to visit this weekend so I will try to keep the rest of my post light on text and heavy on pics.
The first piece incorporates the copper focal that April sent and many of her beads, along with some copper tubes I enameled in purple and added some dots of glass to.
Here is the first piece modeled by my daughter. Aren't those hematite cones cool?
The second piece looks a little square when laid out but because parts of it are strung on SoftFlex it lies nicely around the wrist. Great lampwork beads by Brooklyn Bead Goddess and also the clasp she sent.
Modeled again by my daughter. LOVE that yellow bead, note the trapped air bubbles in the purple.
See, it's really not square like it looks on the table, lol.
A simple pair of earrings to go with the necklace and bracelet, or just about anything else really.
This last piece is a bit of a "fail". It didn't turn out as I intended or envisioned but after reworking it twice I set it aside as is. After lots of rethinking on the concept of it's construction, I think I may have actually figured it out. When I get it right I will post new pics of it here. Here it is as it sits now.
The "circles" on the sides are not hanging in a nice circular shape as I had planned. I think I may have a solution figured out though. I really like this concept, so I'm not giving up on it yet :). I love these beads by April and I vow to do them justice. Everytime I look at or play with these beads I keep asking myself "why don't I own any yellow beads except these?", they are really stunning.
Hope you rested up last night. There is a long list of fun below, so grab a cuppa someting and get hopping :).
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Ali
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Alice
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Amy
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Ana
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Andra
Weber
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Andrea
Glick
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Andrea
Trank
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Anitra Gordy
Boyers
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Annette
Rivers
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Anu
Tuppurainen
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April
Grinaway
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Audrey
Bélanger
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B.R.Kuhlman
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Barbara
Bechtel
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Barbara
Mason
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Becky
Pancake
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Beti
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Billi RS
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Bobbie
Rafferty
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Brandi
Burdick
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Candida
Castleberry
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Carol
Dillman
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Carolyn
Gebert
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Carolyn
Lawson
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Caron
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Catherine
King
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Cathy
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Charlene
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Cheri
Reed
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Cherrie
Fick
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Cherrie
Warzocha
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Cheryl
Brown
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Cheryl
Dunham
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Cheryl
Foiles
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Cheryl
Gangle
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Chris
Eisenberg
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Chris
White
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Christina
Miles
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Christine
Murrow
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Cindy
Ritchie
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Clare
Etheridge
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Cory
Tompkins
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Cris
Peacock
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Cynthia
Abner
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Debbie
Rasmussen
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Debi
Levine
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Deborah Brooks
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Deborah
Read
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Debra
Behrends
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Dorota
Żerańska
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Elaine
Robitaille
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Elsie
Deliz-Fonseca
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Emma
Todd
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Erin
Guest
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Evelyn
Shelby
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Evie and Beth
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Francy
Inman
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Ginger
Bishop
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Gloria
Allen
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Hajer
Waheed
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Hope
Smitherman
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Ilenia
Ruzza
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Ilona
Hegedűs
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Ine Vande
Cappelle
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Jackie
Ryan
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Janine
Lucas
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Jean
Peter
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Jean
Wells
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Jeanne
Steck
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Jelveh Jaferian
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Jennifer
Cabic
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Jennifer
Reno
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Jennifer
VanBenschoten
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Jenny
Davies-Reazor
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Jenny
Kyrlach
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Jenny
Robledo
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Jessica
Brower
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MacKay
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Jacobs
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Woolverton
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Joanne
Tinley
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Johanna Rhodes
Nash
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Judy
Robinson
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Juli
Cannon
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Julia
Gerlach
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Julie
Bowen
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Julie
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Karen
Martinez
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Vincent
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Williams
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Slaton
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Bonfiglio
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Douglas
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Dufour
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Richbourg
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Gallant
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Kathleen Lange
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Katie
Nielsen-Nunez
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Bolton
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Kayla
Potega
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Jacobson
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Patterson
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Ramstack
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Kiersten
Kern
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Kim
Sparks
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Koon
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Tóth
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French
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Oppold
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Hunter
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Fenty
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Murphy
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Meter
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Effron
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Covert
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Parker
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Maryse
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Meman
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Mesara
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Tucker
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Gardner
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Phillips
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Miller
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Pia
Kaven
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Rose
Johnson
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Silvia
Sernicola
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Collin
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Stacie
Florer
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Stacy
Alderson
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Haussler
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LaRosa
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Sue
Burleigh
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Susan
Bowie
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Kelly
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Sheehan
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Fragiacomo
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Everly
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Hagen
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Wiles
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Kruse
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All so beautiful!
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ReplyDeletelovely work on the necklaces and great colours in the bracelet
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DeleteLovely! I like the las tnecklace as well. It's quite different.
ReplyDeletekathy
Thanks, still working on re-working that last one :)
DeleteWow! Stunning work Ali!!! I love what you did with the soup I sent to you~I love the Circle of Life Necklace...
ReplyDeleteThank you for being a great partner and friend.
Thank you! I had great soup to work with :). And right back at ya on the partner and friend part!
DeleteWhat a wonderful suite of jewelry! Love what you did with the soup!
ReplyDeleteThank you. It was a heaping helping of yummy soup.
DeleteLove that bracelet! Congrats on a job well done.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much :)
DeleteYum. LOVE that swirly oval focal.
ReplyDeleteIt is a really fun focal, I almost enameled it but then got cold feet, lol
DeleteI love how you used April's beads--so creative and unique!!
ReplyDeleteThank you, they are awesome fun beads!
DeleteWonderful pieces - love the first necklace a lot! Loved how you used those cones in each piece! I can't wait to see how you figure out your design for the circle necklace!
ReplyDeleteThanks you :). Still reworking that second piece, but I am determined for it to be a whole lot closer to how I envisioned it.
DeleteSuper cute pieces, love the colours! Also, the copper tubes you've enamelled are amazing! I'm pleased to have come across your blog in this Party :)
ReplyDeleteThank you so much, glad you stopped by :)
DeleteI love your "fail" necklace. I laugh that you ever thought that! It looks like bubbles of fun.
ReplyDeleteThank you, maybe I will name it "bubbles" when I get it right.
DeleteWonderful pieces very unique!!!
ReplyDeleteFun unique designs~ Those purple enameled beads are awesome and totally make that first necklace. Well done!
ReplyDeleteThanks! Love playing with glass and flames :)
DeleteGorgeous pieces! Love how you used the copper focal in the first necklace. Wonderful and unique bead soup!
ReplyDeleteThank you! It was a wonderful soup to play with.
DeleteEverything is so pretty!
ReplyDeletefirst necklace is my favourite -delicate and inventive!congratulations!
ReplyDeleteLovely pieces, especially the first necklace ! The combo of yellow and blue would have stumped me, I think - but then yellow in general stumps me.
ReplyDeleteLOL, yellow usually stumps me too, so much so that I don't have any other yellow beads. But after working with these I will be buying and making some!
DeleteYour designs are lovely and very wearable. The last necklace is far from a fail!! The concept is very interesting, keep playing. I wonder if you added small beads to the exposed wire if it would round out like you imagined. Nicely done!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much! Adding extra beads was one of the fixes I tried, but it didn't help either, lol. Still reworking it :)
DeleteLove the bracelet! I love the idea of you last necklace, I think it came out well. I can't wait to see how you change it up.
ReplyDeleteLove that copper focal bead in the first necklace, your wire wrapping is so perfect in all the designs! Don't give up on the last necklace, it is really different and pretty with the glass beads!
ReplyDeleteOh wow I love all your pieces. I wouldn't know which one to wear first....lol....ty so much for sharing them with us all bye for now and Happy beading... http://jaacquelinesjewels.blogspot.com/2013/03/bead-soup-blog-party-reveal-is-here.html
ReplyDeleteVery nicely done- the first piece looks almost tribal. I love the mixed metals as well!
ReplyDeleteAli, nice work. LOVE that big focal & I really like your concept for the last piece, I'll bet once you work out the kinks it will be especially cool~ Great job
ReplyDeleteNice work with a beautiful soup. Keep working on that last one - I can see your vision, I think, and I think you can make it work. Don't give up on it. Great job!
ReplyDeleteGreat job! Those were interesting beads you had to work with. Very creative.
ReplyDeleteVery nice pieces! I'm sure you'll work out well the last necklace.
ReplyDeleteLove your pieces!
ReplyDeleteWow!! I would have procrastinated worshiping that soup! Beautiful pieces of jewelry. The "not round" aspect of your necklace on hold, doesn't bother me. Looks sweet...and those beads!!!
ReplyDeleteWhat great pieces.. I really love the last necklace.. great job.
ReplyDeletewhat funny designs!
ReplyDeleteI'm on the 3rd reveal, I'm partecipating for the 3rd time on BSBP, what a fun :)
ciao dall'Italia
Love your work. You have a very inventive mind.
ReplyDeleteI really like how you used the cone shaped beads. Keep work on the last design, maybe a few more beads on the outer circle will help them hold their shape.
ReplyDeleteGreat job with the cones - they definitely would have stumped me. I love that last necklace, too - I think it's perfect the way it is!
ReplyDeleteThe cones are so cool, I love what you did with the soft flex, so unique. Great designs.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful....
ReplyDeletelovely, I like the way you hung the beads in the last necklace...
ReplyDeleteLove the bracelet. It's such a cool colour combo!
ReplyDeleteYou did them justice for sure! Nice job!
ReplyDeleteWhat a nice bead soup! Nice job on all the designs as well as the wirework! Amazing designs!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous pieces.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful set!
ReplyDeleteThe bracelet is my favorite, i love those yellow beads you received..!
ReplyDeleteLove them all, but I really like the lampwork beads, and the bracelet - the extra links will make it move....amazing!! ~KM
ReplyDelete1st reveal - http://kraftymax.blogspot.com/2013/03/7th-bead-soup-blog-party-reveal-33013.html
You have made some lovely things I love the blue and yellow together great combination!
ReplyDeleteJackie
Very pretty, I love what you made. I really like where your going on the second necklace, would love to see how you finish with it!! Going to subscribe so I won't miss it!
ReplyDeleteSue
All of your pieces are so much fun......they all bring a smile to my face.Great cooking of your soup!
ReplyDeleteOOOOH fun and unique!
ReplyDeleteI like your first necklace!!
Laura
Great job Ali!!!! Love all the pieces you made. Adding your beautiful enamel tubes was just the right touch! One of these days I have to make them. Thanks for the inspiration!!
ReplyDeleteYou did such an incredible job!!! Gorgeous creations!
ReplyDeleteGreat pieces, love the copper wire contrast!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful work, simple and elegant.
ReplyDeleteSuch fun pieces -love the idea of the last necklace- very fun!
ReplyDeleteI like what you did with your bead soup.
ReplyDeleteYou've made beautiful and modern pieces. I love the way you've used the hematite cones. My favourite is the first necklace - it captures the spiky trend on jewellery. Great work.
ReplyDeleteLove how you used the spike beads as an added design element! Very cool!
ReplyDeleteHematite and copper. I would have never thought to put them together. Very clever Ali. Good luck getting your vision for the last pieces into existence. Those I really work at turn out to be favorites. Hope the same is true for you.
ReplyDeleteYour designs are unique *like it*
ReplyDeleteSo many beautiful pieces, fantastic! Now the last picture you shared is going to haunt me :) lol I'm very guilty of designing away with everyones soups in my head. I love the direction you have already with it and can't wait to see what comes next. perhaps emamel some scroll like shapes (thinking russian onion dome type shapes) something rigid that wouldn't give way like the circles do when gravity takes hold. exciting!
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to see what you end up doing with the last one to make those circles more round. :)
ReplyDeleteEverything ROCKS! Beautiful job!
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Those hematite cones are really cool. And I like the approach you're taking with the necklace - can't wait to see what your problem solving comes up with!
ReplyDeleteI like how you used the cones. Nice work!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous soup and I simply love what you have done with it. And I'm intrigued with the last necklace!!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful designs - wonderful!!
ReplyDeleteVery Beautiful designs!
ReplyDeleteThe necklace modeled by your daughter is my favorite. I love that you combined components made by you with your Bead Soup items.
ReplyDeleteGreat pieces, love the copper focal!
ReplyDeleteThe first necklace is lovely - the purple enameled tubes are a great touch. And I like the direction the last necklace is headed in. It would be fun to see it when you get the reality to match the picture in your mind (isn't that sometimes the hardest thing?!?)
ReplyDeleteSome fantastic ideas I would never have thought to use the cones the way you did!
ReplyDeleteReally nice work on these pieces Thank You for sharing with us.
ReplyDeleteYou certainly had a lot to work with. I like the first set with that copper focal.
ReplyDeleteStunning work. I loved all of them. Yay You !!
ReplyDeleteThank you
ReplyDeleteGreat job Ali. Your designs are wonderful. Love the copper focal and the hematite spikes.
ReplyDeleteI'm totally digging your first necklace and the bracelet. That necklace especially is so unique and fun. It just stands out. Very cool.
ReplyDeleteI really like the first necklace and the bracelet. They look so comfy and unique on.
ReplyDeleteYour necklaces are so creative! I love that copper focal and the pieces you enameled are wonderful!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for participating, and I'm so sorry I was late to my own party.