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Wednesday, June 23, 2010

My Bead Soup Creation




The blog party has begun!! My Bead Soup partner Suzann Sladcik Wilson (www.beadphoria.wordpress.com) gave me such a pretty combination of beads. I loved all the purples and grays and had such a great time making this piece. At first I wasn't sure where I was going with all these beads. I would put my design all together on my bead board, and then keep starting over. I started out making this a two strand necklace, but some how it turned into a very long one strand necklace. I loved the focal bead so much that I thought this is how it would stand out the most. I want to have a giveaway for this necklace, so anyone who would like to participate just leave a comment and follow my blog and I will pick a winner June 28. Thank you Lori Anderson (www.prettythingsblog.com) for having the bead soup party, I had so much fun and can't wait for the next one!

35 comments:

  1. Well for someone who started over a few times this is such a pretty pc youve created! Just really so lovely! You def did a 1st class design here Melissa!

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  2. Oh that's pretty! I like how you turned those lovely beads into a long necklace--one you can just touch and handle! Pretty! Pretty!

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  3. This is such a pretty mix of plums, purples, and greys! I love how you combined it into the long necklace that the wearer can handle and touch often!

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  4. I like what you made - I think this is a typical disease of bead soupers - redo and redo and redo. It turned out really nice.

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  5. Great necklace - would look lovely on me :-)

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  6. That focal is stunning! And I love the bead cluster above it. Very beautiful piece.

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  7. Aaaah, understand what you mean. Purple are one of my favorite colors to. So much possibilites:-)

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  8. Well chances are very slim I'll win this since I won your last give-a-way. What a generous person you are. I love that purple though. You know, I could actually wear the bracelet I won with this necklace!! Just sayin'.

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  9. Your soup turned out beautifully, I love how you clustered some of the beads to look like a grape bunch above the focal. I wish I could do that.

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  10. Beautiful job - my favorite colors - they look so soft the way you did them.

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  11. I LOVE how you designed the focal! The cluster, then the gemstone, and then the ceramic -- perfect!!!!

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  12. Love the purple and grey together and I also love that it is a long necklace with the ceramic piece being the focal point. Great job!

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  13. I love the design you ended up with, the purple and gray and very calming colors to me.
    Wonderful work with your bead soup!

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  14. Love the purple dragonfly focal - you did a great job displaying it to advantage!

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  15. wow! this is gorgeous! just love the colors and the way you put it all together....great job! and of course I really love that dragonfly focal, dragonflies are my totem, just love them

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  16. I love dragonflies. Your pendant is fab. I like the way you stacked your beads at the top of the pendant. Great job.

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  17. Beautiful! I love the colour scheme and the piece just flows. I'd love the chance to win it; count me in!

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  18. I love the design and the colors!

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  19. I love what you did, I think the purple really stands out and the cluster of beads near the top of the pendant adds a nice touch.

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  20. Love your design. The colors are beautiful.

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  21. Gray and purple, very nice color combination and I like what you did with them. Great necklace, great job.

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  22. Oooh! I really like the way you put these colors together. Very beautiful.

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  23. You know I am not normally a pink or purple person but I love this... that focal is gorgeous. Well done on converting me to pink!!

    Karyn

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  24. Just wanted you to know that I'm now following!

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  25. lovely focal and nice ingredients. Well done on your soup recipe! ^_^ Virginie

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  26. Oh I just love the shades of purples and orchid! Gorgeous job:)

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  27. Purple is my color and I love what you did with it. I love the gray and purple combo - makes me think of the sky on a rainy day. I would love to own this necklace. (WISH WISH WISH)

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  28. Beautiful pendant and grey-purple combo. I like it a lot:)

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  29. So glad you liked your soup! What a beautiful job you did! The focal looks amazing! The details are fantastic! Whoever wins this will be proud to wear it!

    In Beads and Happiness,
    Suzann Sladcik Wilson

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  30. A lovely mix of colours, and a great necklace. That dragonfly focal is gorgeous!

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  31. Beautiful color combination, and the pendant/focal came out beautifully. Definitely a standout piece!

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  32. I love the purples!! So pretty.

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