Welcome to the My Bead Table Blog Hop!
The last blog hop hosted by Lisa Lodge was so much fun, I decided to join in again for this My Bead Table Blog Hop! Lisa sent each participant a randomly selected bag of beads and elements, and the challenge was to blend these with beads currently on our bead table. Since I had recently been working on some pieces to submit to a publication, all of my tools and a wide variety of beads were already covering my workspace. Perfect timing!
These are the beads that Lisa sent me for the challenge:
These are the beads that Lisa sent me for the challenge:
And here's what I made~
I'm partial to blue, so this was the first piece I made using this fabulous turquoise teardrop as a focal with some of the other turquoise blue beads Lisa included the mix. I used some of my silver chain, wire and a toggle I had as well as a few of my own seed beads and turquoise nuggets to finish the piece.
The bead mix Lisa sent also had several of these round bright orange beads that look good enough to eat. I thought they went well with the decorative wooden beads that were also included, so I wired them up with copper and put them together using some beading cord and copper chain, and made a pair of earrings to match.
I hope you'll check out all of the creations made by the other My Bead Table Blog Hop participants:
I hope you'll check out all of the creations made by the other My Bead Table Blog Hop participants:
My Bead Table Blog Hop
Your Host: Lisa Lodge
Molly Alexander, Beautifully Broken Me
Audrey Belanger, Dreams of
an Absolution
Ginger Bishop, lilmummy
likes...
Tanya Boden, Fusion
Muse
(You are Here) Lisa Boucher, Lisa’s Clay Happenings
Michelle Buettner, Mishel Designs
Eleanor
Burian-Mohr, The
Charmed Life
Mikala Coates,
Maybe
Just Perhaps
Marlene Cupo, Amazing
Designs
Kathleen Douglas, Washoe Kat's
Mary Anne Klinglesmith Flesch, Hand Crafted Serenity
Mary Govaars, MLH Jewelry Designs
Tanya Goodwin, A
Work in Progress
Mary Hicks, Falling Into the Sky
Tina Holden, Polymer
Clay Bytes!
Shelly Joyce, Au jour le jour
Carolyn
Lawson, Carolyn's
Creations
Kathy Lindemer, Bay Moon Design
Susan Lloyd, Designs by Susan
Cynthia
Machata, Antiquity
Travelers
Kashmira Patel, Sadafule .. always in bloom!
Inge von Roos,
Inge's
Blog
Kristen Stevens, My Bead Journey
Sonya Stille, Dreamin'
of Beads
Christine Stonefield, Sweet
Girl Design
Toltec Jewels, Jewel
School Friends
Norma Turvey, Moonlit
Fantaseas
Sandra Wollberg, City
of Brass Stories
Thank you Lisa for hosting another great hop, and for such a varied and beautiful mix to work with!
What a great collection of pieces.
ReplyDeleteWhat wonderful pieces from the mix you got from Lisa. I am patial to blue, but can't decide which bracelet is my favorite, because the orange one just grabs you. Great job on all!
ReplyDeleteYour creations are beautiful, I love those lucite flowers
ReplyDeleteYou made some great pieces, and that lush bracelet is really speaking to me!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun hop! Lisa sent you some yummy beads. Everything you made is beatuiful, and the colors are amazing!
ReplyDeleteSuch pretty soup! really lovely the colors in that second necklace - gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteI love the bright colors in the soup and you made such beautiful pieces out of them. The bracelet is my favorite with the yellows and blues, but that orange necklace is also just amazing!
ReplyDeleteAll of your pieces are beautiful I really like the bracelet, but that orange necklace comes in a close second.
ReplyDeleteTherese
Lovely, lovely! I think the bracelet is my favorite. I love what you did with the focal in the blues.
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ReplyDeleteYay, Lisa! All three pieces are pretty. I always thought those yummy orange beads looked like candy! I like how you used them in the necklace. My favorite piece is the bracelet. The lampwork bead matches perfectly! Thanks so much for being in the hop!
ReplyDeleteWhile I'm not usually a blue person, I LOVE that bracelet, the second piece. Gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteI usually avoid yellow but that bracelet is fabulous!
ReplyDeleteYou seriously hit a home run with these!! I love blue too, but for some reason your orange necklace is just screaming 'beautiful' at me - maybe because it's fall and I wish I could wear this color, or possibly just because it's really awesome!!
ReplyDeleteLove that you created - great designs all around!
What beautiful pieces you created from such fun beads! I love the turquoises and blues with the yellow accents, and the orange with the wood beads looks amazing - great job!
ReplyDelete:) Molly
Such cool designs.I see pieces I had in my bundle too and I put a couple together the say ways.So great to see minds that think alike (or beads that speak to all the same way)
ReplyDeleteLove and hugs
Tanya
Thanks so much ladies for stopping by and telling me what you like about the pieces. I really enjoyed seeing what everyone else created as well. Excellent hop!
ReplyDeleteI like the jewelry you made. I especially like the bracelet.
ReplyDeleteOH girl!!!! I love the mix you got and at first thought I saw an "Autumn by the sea" theme but that blue and yellow bracelet is soooooooooo awesome it took that thought right out of my head!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteYour necklaces are lovely and I love your lush bracelet, such great colors together!
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