For some reason I can't find my photo of the complete soup sent to me by my wonderful partner, Sierra Barrett over at http://giraffecanhas.wordpress.com/ , I will post it as soon as I find it, b...
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Pearls aren't something that I often wear and only very occasionally use in my own jewelry making. I was always horribly disappointed when I would see things that claimed that June's birthstone...
Here it is! As a reminder, the way this works is that I received a package of beads from my partner, Krafty Max that included among other things a beautiful red flower focal bead and a ...
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My Bead Soup creation will be up on the 30th (I'm putting the last touches together now!), but I finished this piece the other day while brainstorming ideas for school papers and jewelry projects...
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A few weeks ago, I was lucky enough to catch one of the last days of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's exhibit of Turkmen Jewelry. It was a really beautiful collection of different kinds of je...
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Winter is a great time for soup...bead soup that is! I know it's really almost technically spring, but the current snow outside the window begs to differ. I signed up back in January fo...
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I finished up a couple of quick pieces as a break from writing final papers. Graduate school is really taking away from my ability to get much beading done. Then again, I am learning about al...
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For a long time I have been thinking about making my own beads. Well over a decade ago I remember making some glass beads with a friend who had a kit. However, for similar reasons that I am n...
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I started putting the seed bead circles together for this well over a year ago. I knew I wanted to put them together and create some sort of central focus. I finally got around to finishing it ...
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I was so excited to get to work with the beautiful beads that Noemi Baena sent me from Spain. You can see what she came up with at her blog, fuego, metal, y color, from the materials that I s...
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The Bead Soup reveal is approaching in just a few hours! Here is the list of everyone who will be showing their work! I can't wait to see everyone's creations! Hostess, Lori Anderson,...
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I signed up for the 6th Bead Soup Blog Party back at the beginning of the summer just before I went on vacation. I received a beautiful package of beads form my partner, Noemi Baena (fuego, met...
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I originally aimed for this to lie flat like some of the other netted necklaces I make, but it ended up getting this really funny twisty thing happening that I decided to encourage.
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I got a bunch of new beads for my birthday last month, which was partly why I was inspired to start beading again. That and the whole having time again thing (even if there is a thesis hanging ov...
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Again, something I started some time ago, but finally finished while on vacation. The colors haven't photographed here as well I like, but a netted piece in browns and green and cream. Th...
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It's been an extremely long year between graduate school and work and a lot of other things that came up. I'm on vacation at the moment though in Israel visiting family so I've finally had time...
A couple of years ago when I was in Israel over the summer I picked up some semi-precious beads on the streets of the Old City in Jerusalem. I haven't done much with them, but I decided to pul...
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It was down to the wire, but I turned this: Into this: The bead soup at the top came from the very talented Tammy Powley . You can see all of her work at her blog and specifically what...
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I put together this little set a couple of weeks ago for a friend who was getting married. We celebrated her bachelorette party the night before Hurricane Irene hit and it unfortunately disrupt...
It's been a long while since I've worked on anything new when it comes to beadwork. Back in December while I was doing some cross training for the half marathon I ran in January I started to ...
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It has been a long time since I've updated with anything as most of my beading has had to be on hiatus due to the pressures of grad school, but I made this ornament the other day and wante...
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I love Disney World. This comes as no surprise to everyone who knows me. I just came back a week ago from a family trip there. As I was feeling a little sad to no longer be on vacation I de...
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I made this vase in pink, white and silver for my grandmother in Israel to match her bedroom. I had to carry it in my hand luggage because I was afraid it might break, but luckily it made it saf...
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I've had the black and lavender beaded portion of this necklace done for months now but hadn't bothered to actually get around to finishing it until I went away to Israel and gave it as a presen...
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