Hi all, I hope you are having a good time hopping!
Before we start, I'd like to request you take a moment to say a little prayer, to conjure up some thanks, send love or light, whatever you do, to Lori Anderson. She is going through a rough time lately, and still managed to pull off this massive blog hop for us all to enjoy.
Thank you Lori!!!! Your heart inspires.
Thank you Lori!!!! Your heart inspires.
OK- now for the beads. My partner is Emily Greer of Gaia Copia. She does amazing work. Once again, through the bead soup blog party, met someone I really enjoyed- and clicked with. I love when that happens.
She sent me a very eclectic bead soup. I really liked the Bohemian feel it had.
It was a great mix of beads, a bunch she made herself or embellished. I also liked the pallette she chose- the greens with the orange colors. Unfortunately, I barely used any of them, I just had a lot of trouble making it all work.
The gorgeous bright green stone pendant was the focal she sent. She embellished it with some gold paint. I really love it, though its not my usual style. First of all its bright, and its a shape I was finding it hard to design with. But I love a challenge.
This was the clasp she made for me. A handmade heart toggle. Very pretty.
For the party, we only need to use the focal and clasp. I tried to use them both in one piece, and I just couldn't make it work.
So the clasp went into its own piece. I hope Emily doesn't mind, but I took it apart. :cringes: I really LOVED the heart she made, but when the clasp was fastend, you couldn't see the heart at all. So I broke it up into three parts and used the toggle as closure, and the wire heart and other component as part of the design. I love it how it turned out, and you can see her pretty wire heart clearly.
The copper focal is by me (www.slartisanaccents.etsy.com) and the red / black ceramic disc is by Starry Road Studio (https://www.etsy.com/shop/ktotten).
Now, for the focal. What to do with it? Well, I turned it upside down. It really spoke to me soooooo much more then the way the pendant was drilled. Visually, it just needed to be inverted. So, with a little metal work, some tab settings and creativity to make it all work (yeah- its all kinds of rigged...lol) I got it just how I wanted it.
It reminds me of some secret garden.
I used my gemstone pendant from Emily, a fetish bird of blackstone, a copper swirl and turquoise disc, and a copper poppy (by me- copper clay) for the main portion of the necklace. There is a yellow ceramic disc by Starry Road Studio again, a fern metal clay component by me, a bone bead and more turquoise. The rest is chain and pearls.
Thanks so much for stopping by. Below is a little something special for you.
I am offering a special sale to the bead soup blog hoppers this weekend.
(sorry- just got up and realized the code wasn't working, it should be now- I had to change it a little)
Use code beadsouprocks13:
save 10% in my bead shop
Now make sure to stop by and see what everyone else did too!
Alicia
Marinache
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Amber
Dawn Goldish
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Barb
Solem
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Bev
Breisinger
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Birgitta
Lejonklou
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Breana
Fry
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Brenda
Sue Lansdowne
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Bridget
Torres
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Carol
Dee Myers
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Carolyn
Chenault
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Cassi
Paslick
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Cece
Cormier
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Cheryl
McCloud
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Cindy
Wilson
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Crystal
Thain
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Cynthia
Riggs
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Dana
Hickey
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Dana
James
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Fortier
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Hager
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Deanna
Cox
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Brooks
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Debra
Behrends
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Denielle
Hagerman
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McCabe
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Diana
Frey
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Diana
Welte
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Dini
Bruinsma
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DiYana
Alcalde
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Dolores
Raml
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Donna
Millard
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Dot
Lewallwn
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Duane
Clark
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Dyanne
Cantrell
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Eleanor
Burian-Mohr
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Auld
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Elizabeth
Owens Dwy
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Emily
Greer
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Fabian
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Grant
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Kovacs
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Eva
Sherman
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Gina
Hockett
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Rotenberg
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Gretchen
Nation
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Rosner
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Davis
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Marston
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Heather
Powers
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McCue
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Sorensen
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Stallings
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Patel
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Jayashree
Paramesh
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Capps
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Yates
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Cameron
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LaVite
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Williams
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Marshall
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Riggs
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Anne Leggett
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Barron Miller
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Lindemer
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Hora
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Kim
Houston
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Kim
Sparks
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Krafty
Max
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Kris
Lanae Binsfeld
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French
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Stevens
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Harrison
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Kumi
Fisher
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Laren
Dee Barton
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Bracken
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Laura
Demoya
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Laurie
Hanna
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Laurie
Keefe-Cecere
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Avroch
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Leanne
Loftus
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Anne Messerschmidt
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Leslie
Schenkel
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Linda
Anderson
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Linda
Djokic
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Linda
Murphy
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Linda
Sadler
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Liddy
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Suver
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Liz
DeLuca
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Liz
Engriser
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Lola
Surwillo
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Loretta
Carstensen
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Lori
Anderson
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Lori
Bergmann
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Lori
Bowring Michaud
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Lori
Poppe
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Lori
Schneider
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Foley
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Langford
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Sikora
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Mallory
Hoffman
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Marcella
Austenfeld
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Lamberson
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Clark
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Maria
Rosa Sharrow
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Marianna
Boylan
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Marie
Covert
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Marti
Conrad
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Mary
Ellen Merrigan
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Mary
Harding
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Molly
Alexander
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Nan Emmett
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Sayers
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Pam
Chesbro
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Farren
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Sandy
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Traub
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Pamela
Gangler
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Patricia
Buchanan
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Patricia
Johnson
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Miller
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Paula
Hisel
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Peggy
Gabrielson
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Perri
Jackson
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Baron
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Stanley
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Hannah
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Rana
Wilson
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Renetha
Stanziano
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Robin
Reed
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Rochelle
Brisson
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Rushbrooke
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Szapa
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Russick
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Sandi
Volpe
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Pendragon
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Richardson
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Sarah
Small
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Shannon
Hicks
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Shari
Replogle
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Daniels
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Davis
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Shiraz
Biggie
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Shirley
Moore
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Bre'z
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Smith
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Stacie
Florer
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Pomerleau
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Stephanie
Weiss
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Sumi
Rani
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Sheehan
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Bentley
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Norris
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Choy
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Stillman
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Norton
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