Melissa Meman Earring Giveaway!!

Melissa Meman is recreating the earrings she made for her Bead Soup challenge and is giving them away.  Aren't they lovely!  Would certainly like to win them.

 

You can enter the giveaway by visiting the Earrings Everyday blog and leaving a comment.

 

Thanks for stopping by.  Hope to see you again soon.

 

Carolyn

Heather Powell Nature-themed Retreat and Giveaway!!!!

 

Heather Powell is having a weekend retreat inspired by nature this October 26-28.  It will be held at a location along the Black River in South Haven, Michigan. 

 

It includes three classes: Resin Forest Treasures, Leaves & Berries, Metal Sketches, Birch Trees Duo, and Beaded Flora.  Erin Prais-Hintz is the guest instructor and will offer design principles to breathe life into old jewelry.

 

All materials for the classes are included in the price of the retreat along with your meals. Lodging is not included in the price of the retreat. Check out the link above for more information.  This sounds like it will be a fun get-together.  Just wish I could be going. 

To give you a head start on your creativity, Lori Anderson has a giveaway from Heather for a $30 gift certificate to Heather's shop.

 

Thanks for stopping by.

 

Carolyn

Challenge of Travel blog hop

I received notice on Wednesday that I am one of the bloggers in the Challenge of Travel blog hop that Erin Prais-Hintz of Tesori Trovati Jewelry and Marcie Abney Carroll of La Bella Joya are putting on.  We were given the opportunity to choose a continent and a country on that continent or to be assigned a country to make an accessory that represents that country.  I chose the Asia continent but asked them to assign me a country.  I had second thoughts about that but did not pull out of the surprise element. 

I found out today that I was assigned the country of South Korea.  First thing I thought about was the TV series MASH!.  My friend, Evelyn, and I listen to the DVDs while we bead.  I also have two co-workers that are from South Korea who I can probably interview.  I might have lucked out on this choice.  I will have to wait and see.

I hope to begin posting about my country starting next week.  I have family here this week that will keep me pretty busy.  Probably not much beading to be done either.

Thanks for stopping by.  Please come back again next week when I will start blogging about South Korea.

Carolyn

Beads Direct bead giveaway

The very generous Lori Anderson of Pretty Things and Bead Soup Blog Party fame is giving away some beads that she was sent from the British bead firm of Beads Direct.  Lori was given these beads so that she could use them and then review the quality of them.  Lori made a couple of bracelets and had beads left over, so she is very generously having a giveaway. 

Here is a link to Lori's post: http://www.prettythingsblog.com/2012/08/giveaway-with-beads-direct-uk.html  The winner will receive three large-hole wood beads and two magnetic clasps along with some braided leather and several different types of dyed wood beads.  The only thing that you need to do is makie something from the beads and review it linking to Beads Direct's website.

I would love to try to make something out of the braided leather.

Thanks for stopping by and be sure to stop by Lori's blog to enter her giveaway.

Carolyn

After the Bead Soup Blog Hop reveal

It has been several days since the big Bead Soup Blog Hop reveal date number 1 for the blog hop that Lori Anderson of Pretty Things hosted this past Saturday.  I was part of this reveal with 100 other beaders.  I have visited a few of the other bloggers that made something this reveal and everyone did a super, super job.

Here is a link to my bead swap partner's blog, the Stringing Fool, so you can see what she made from the beads that I sent.

I also want to thank everyone for their generous comments regarding my designs and especially the jasper donut.  The making of the pendant was something that I thought about and played around with.  I am glad that it turned out so well.  Thank you again for your wonderful comments.

Thanks for stopping by.

Carolyn

Bead Soup is done!!!

Here are my pieces from my Bead Soup mix that I received from Beti Horvath, the Stringing Fool. 


 

I started with the flourite rounds and added peach-lined crackle beads with black seed beads as spacers.





Here is Beti's handmade clasp.



I added adventurine lentil beads and another shape for the peach-lined crackle beads.



The final design!





I still have another set of beads to be made up so look below.


 

The Jasper donut decorated with brass bead caps, a pearl, and root beer colored seed beads for the bail. You can see the pearls that I used.  I added dark grey pearls to the blue ones that Beti sent me.







Other side of the above jasper donut.  I used a head pin threaded from the other side and made tight loops on this side so the pearls do not move.  Am thinking of adding short chain lengths to have a different look.



Beti's brass hook 'n eye clasp



The complete set!



 

 The final set of beads - Adventurine chips and flourite rounds



 I hope you have enjoyed looking at what I made.  I want to thank Lori Anderson of Pretty Things for hosting this Bead Soup Blog Hop.  I had a great time making everything and am anxiously awaiting the next Bead Soup Blog Party. 

Here is a list of the other participants in the blog hop:

 Hostess, Lori Anderson, PrettyThingsBlog.com

Alice Craddick,  Alice's Beads and Baubles

Alicia Marinache,  All The Pretty Things

Amanda Tibbetts,  Amanda Made

Amber Dawn Goldish, Inventive Soul

Annita Wilson,  AW Jewelry

Beti Horvath, Stringing Fool

Birgitta Lejonklou,  Create With Spirit   

Candida Castleberry,    Spinning Spun Sugar

Carolyn Lawson, Carolyn's Creations

Cassie Donlen, Glass Beadle

Cheri Reed,  Creative Designs by Cheri

Cheryl McCloud,  One Thing Leads to Another

Cheryl Roe, BeadRoe

Christina Hickman, Vintage Treasures Jewelry

Christine Hendrickson,  Clamworks

Cilla Watkins, Tell Your Girlfriends

Cindy Wilson, Mommy's Dream

Cindy Wimmer, Sweet Bead Studio

Cory Celaya, Art With Moxie

Cory Tompkins, Tealwater Designs

Cris Peacock, Cris' Page

Cynthia Deis, Shiny Little Things

Cynthia Machata, Antiquity Travelers

Cynthia Wainscott, Exotic Peru

Dana Hickey, Magpie Approved

Dana James, Dana's Jewelry Designs

Dana Lang, Tumblestone Handmakery

Debbie Price, Green Shoot Jewellery Designs

Denielle Hagerman, Some Beads and Other Things

Diane Valasek, Dragonfly Close

Doris Stumpf, Glaszwerg

Dyanne Everett-Cantrell, Dee-Liteful Jewelry Creations

Elaine Robitaille, Too Aquarius

Eleanor Burian-Mohr, The Charmed Life

Enikö Fabian, Perl-eni

Erin Prais-Hintz, Treasures Found

Heather Davis, Blissful Garden Beads

Heidi Post, Ex Post Facto Jewelry

Hilary Frye, FryeStyle

Ilenia Ruzza, Ilenia's Unique Beaded and Painted Jewelry

Inge von Roos, Inge's Blog

Jami Shipp, Celebrating Life

Jayne Capps, Mama's Got to Doodle

Jean A. Well, Jean A. Wells Handcrafted Artisan Jewelry

Jean Yates, Snap Out of It Jean! There's Beading to Do!

Jennifer Cameron, Glass Addictions

Jennifer Pottner, Rock Candy Beads

Jennifer VanBenschoten,  Jewelry, Art and Life

Jenny Davies-Reazor, Jenny Davies-Reazor

Jenny Vidberg, Shyme Design

Jessica Dickens, My Jewelry, My Life, Me

Jessica Klaaren, Beadful-Things by Jessica

JJ Jacobs, Coming Abstractions

Joan Williams, Lilruby Jewelry

Judith Johnston, Judith Johnston

Judy Riggs, Rigglettes

Judy Turner, Silver Rains

Julie Anne Leggett, The Peaceful Bead

K Hutchinson, Jumbled Hutch

Karen Meador, Dreamcatcher Ranch

Karyn Bonfiglio, Plus Size Bangles

Katherine Gale, Terra Beadworks
Kathleen Lange Klik, Modern Nature Studio

Katja Benevol Gabrijelcic, Slovonske Technobe

Kelli Jacobson, Creative Moon

Kelly Ramstack, Adventures with Kelly

Keri Lee Sereika, Pink Lemonade

Kim Ballor, Vitamin C... A Daily Dose of Creativity

Kim Bender-Hora, KimmyKat

Kirsi Luostarinen, Kirsi Luo Korut

Kitty Bozzini, Kitty Lampwork

Laura Demoya, The Bead Therapist

Laurie Hanna, Laurie's Jewelbox

Leah Curtis, Beady Eyed Bunny

Lesley Watt, The Gossiping Goddess

Linda Inhelder, Must-Haves Jewelry

Linda Landig, Linda's Bead Blog & Meanderings

Lisa Liddy, Metal Me This

Lori Dorrington, Lori's Adventures in Etsy Land

Lori Poppe, Adventures in Creativity with Lorillijean

Mallory Hoffman, For the Love of Beads

Marge Beebe, Rock Creek Creations

Marianna Boylan, Pretty Shiny Things

Marion Simmons, Shade Tree Studio

Marla Gibson, Spice Box Design

Marta Weaver, Marta Weaver Jewelry

Marti Conrad, Marti C's Clay Blog

Maryse Fritzsch-Thillens, GlassBeadArt, Lampwork Beads

Melanie Brooks, Earthenwood Studio

Michelle Hardy, Firefly Visions

Mikala Coates, Maybe Just Perhaps

Mowse Doyle, HoCArt

Nan Emmett, Spirit Rattles - Spirited Earth

Nancy Boylan, Snazzy Doodle Designs

Nancy Peterson, Beading From the Heart

Nicole Rennell, Nicole Rennell Designs

Niki Meiners, 365 Days of Craft

Niky Sayers, Silver Nik Nats

Norma Turvey, Moonlit Fantaseas
Paige Maxim, Paige Maxim Designs
Pamela Gangler, She Always Loved Pink

Patricia Johnson, Patricia L. Johnson Glass Art

Patti Vanderbloemen, My Addictions ... Handcrafted Jewelry by Patti

Perri Jackson, Shaktipaj Designs

Raida Disbrow, Havana Beads

Renetha Stanziano, Lamplight Crafts

Shannon Hicks, Falling Into the Sky

Shannon LeVart, Miss Fickle Media

Sharon Driscoll, Right Turn Art Werks

Shelby Foxwell, Sundown Bead Designs Rhetoric

Shelley Graham Turner, Fabric of My Life

Sherri Stokey, Knot Just Macrame

Shirley Moore, Beads and Bread

Skylar Bre'z, Brising Beads

Stacie Florer, Soul to Substance

Stacie Stamper, Park Avenue

Stacy Alderson, Iridal's Attic

Stephanie Haussler, Pixybug Designs

Stephanie Stamper, Rainy Day Designs

Sue Hamel, The Bottle Cork and Crystal

Suzette Bentley, Ellie's Bijoux

Szarka, Magpie Gemstones

Tammy Jones, Jewelry Making Daily

Tania Tebbit, Glass, Craft, & Artful Goodness

Tanty Sri Hartanti, TJewellicious by Tanti

Terry Matuszyk, Pink Chapeau

 Tina Bosh, Every Good and Perfect Gift

Tracy Bell, Copper, Glass and Recycled Trash

Vonna Maslanka, Just Vonna

Next reveal date -- August 11th!

Thanks for stopping by.

Carolyn

International Society of GLASS Beadmakers bazaar

Looking for a ride along partners to the International Society of GLASS Beadmakers 2012 Gathering Bead Bazaar on July 28, 2012, 10am to 5pm, in Bellevue, WA at the Hyatt Regency Bellevue.

I live in Olympia and would be willing to meet others interested in going to the Bazaar so that we can ride together.  Parking is supposed to be free and entrance to the bazaar is $5.00 per person.

If you view my previous blog for today about the Puget Sound Bead Festival, my first purchase was from some of the ladies that will be at the show.  There were several others that I met at the Whole Bead Show in Lynnwood that are also going to be there.

Just leave a comment and I will get back to you.

Thanks for stopping by.

Carolyn