Sunday, August 21, 2011

Bead Soup for Beth Bricker

Okay, this is the teaser. 
Beth's Bead Soup is in on it's way to her. 
Meet my Bead Soup Partner caught at a Bead Show.
Beth is on the Right- with the great smile.
Do you think Beads make her happy?  I do.
I had fun with Adobe Elements and disguised the pictures I took of her ingredients. I don't think you will recognize anything in this but that is the point. Surprise!!  
Bead Soup a la Jurassic Park for Beth
and
I love this one, came out really abstract after about 8 filter effects.
Bead Soup el Cognito
I sent her a really nice clasp, handmade by a favorite etsy artist I will divulge later.
I made the focal pendant and all of the polymer clay beads 
and then poured in a lot of spicy beads to warm it up. 
I am anxiously waiting my ingredients for the Party too! 
(Saturday) 
Okay, that was yesterday, the teaser above, 
(Now you know one of my little secrets, I started to prepare this post yesterday for today)
my husband brought in the mail and 
Guess What?!!@%$&*
My Bead Soup arrived from Beth!! 
(Today- Sunday)
I had to wait until this morning to photograph it all.
Beth was so generous!!
and there are beads I have never ever seen before in the mix! 
This is so exciting.
 I need to take you through 
the visual experience of opening this package of goodies
The mysterious package- I think she discovered that I sew too!  
A kind and encouraging note and more fabric related wrapping- love it!!  
Oh my, very organized, all labeled and carefully packaged!
This is a lesson for me.  I am learning from this.
This is unbelievable!! So many truly unique beads!
I am so wowed by how many I have never seen before.
You need to see some of these close up:
We have mountain sheep here in Nevada but I have never seen
Horn, Antler or Deer Bone beads
in any of all the bead stores here in town
and I have been in them all.

 I love them!  
I think that deliciously nubby big bead is the antler bead,
it is really amazing- wish you could see it from all angles! 
Can't make a truly tasty broth for the soup without some Bone can we.
Also I have never seen undyed howlite or seeds quite like these. 
There are some really different czech beads too.  I love all the earthy tones.
They are making me yearn for a vacation in the Montana Mountains,
where I could wear a plaid flannel shirt with my jeans like this cloth
and not sweat to death like I do here in the Desert. 
I think she may have figured out some of my favorite colors
with the Mardi Gras beads and the Turquoise.
The Black Tourmaline is so unusual- love the chunky randomness of the facets,
I couldn't quite capture it's true beauty because
I over slept this morning and the sun was already too bright. 
I love copper and will probably be adding even more to the mix
The Earthy Howlite Focal and a gorgeous Copper Clasp. 
(sorry about the tint, the sun was not cooperating outside
so I moved indoors for the rest of the photos)
Last and most precious,
an alternate Focal;
a Rusty Key.  
I found all these ingredients really inspiring and can't wait to get to work. 
Thank you so much Beth for your amazing package of goodies!!
I am going to get started with some wire wrapping,
right now,  with Copper of course!! 

Be sure to come back on September 17th for the Blog Hop Reveal. 


7 comments:

  1. Wow, that is quite a bead soup!! Love the earthiness of them and that key is awesome!! I just got my soup off to my partner and need to post what I got too!

    Have fun and see ya on the 17th of September . . .

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  2. Man - that is a bead Festival! Such a beautiful and unusual assortment - I'm sure you'll be able to create some beauties with those. Anxious to see what you do with the rusty key. I'll be back to see. ~ :)

    Nice sneak peek of your beads as well. Those are works of art as well.

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  3. Wow - you hit the mother load! What a wonderful bead soup stash you received. I seriously can't wait to see what you create! Oh, I love what you did to your photos and I can't wait to see what you sent!

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  4. OOOH! I love the way this is packaged. I need to get more inventive with that. And you know I love the key. Swoon! I love all the colors and textures. You will ROCK this. And that header, so cool! I love the Zentangle effect. I should do one of those.
    Enjoy the day!
    Erin

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  5. Oh my goodness what a gorgeous bunch of beads and goodies!!!*LUCKY*!

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  6. You soup is delicious and so healthy! What a mix! And so beautifully labelled and packaged...next time I will improve in this area! I will definitely be checking this out...very thoughtfully put together.
    Jenni

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