Books, Books and Books... Giveaway

Lori Anderson of Pretty Things and Bead Soup fame, is giving away some great jewelry making/technique books. She has reviewed three of these books today and will be giving them away to some lucky beaders.

So hop on over and comment to enter in this generous giveaway!

You still have time...

... to enter the big giveaway by Lori Anderson of Pretty Things.

She is giving away five great goodies, check it out at her blog.

Look and drool, for who knows I might be the lucky one...

There is more cool stuff, including a copy (signed by her I am sure) of her soon to be released book!

The contest ends on Friday the 13th, so you got to get over there now.

Do Not Forget to Sign Up!

It's Lori Anderson's 6th Bead Soup Blog Party and this is the weekend to sign up.

I have, and so have many other beaders.

To sign up, its simple, just fill out the entry form.

Happy Friday!

5th Bead Soup Party

It is Party Time!

Today is the big reveal day of the 5th Bead Soup Party

hosted by Lori Anderson of Pretty Things.

I was not one of the chosen 200, but I am having a great time blog hopping and checking out the creatvity and wonderful designs, such inspiration!

Check it out for yourself, you will find a list of all the participants here.

Don't Forget to Sign Up!

Today begins the sign up for Lori Anderson's 5th Bead Soup Party!

To sign up hop on over to her blog!

Check out some of the fun I had at the previous parties! Trust me it's a lot of fun.

Bead Soup Party I

Bead Soup Party II

Bead Soup Party III

Bead Soup Party IV

Have a great weekend, everyone. Oh! don't forget my necklace giveaway in my previous post.Sign up

Day Two of the Virtual Craft Show

More talented artisans, more giveaways and more great deals. If you have always wanted to buy beads or components or jewelry made by many of the talented bloggers that you visit, here is your chance. This is a wonderful opportunity to support them and buy something for yourself as well. I have been shopping, have you yet?
See the list of participants and giveaways at host Lori Anderson's blog, Pretty Things.

Whoops!

And I thought I had it all together... I had timed my Bead Soup Post, though somewhat incomplete, to post at 1 minute after midnight on 9/16/2011, duh! not 9/17/2011. So if you were at your blog between 12.01 am and 4.48 am EST on 9/16/2011 you might have had a taste... of my soup.

I think I got it right this time and I hope to see you tomorrow....

Here's a list of all those participating!

You are invited!

It is Party Time!

Don't forget to sign up!

Follow this to sign up!

Need Some Color Harmony?

Want to add some creative color combinations to your jewelry?

Check out this generous giveaway by Lori Anderson of Pretty Things and Lori Anderson Designs.

To win a copy of the book Color Harmony 2 all you have to do is post a comment on her blog.

You have to hurry as the drawing for a lucky winner is happening on Tuesday May 10th.

A guide to creative color combinations!

Lori's Wonderful Giveaway!

I am sure by now you have heard about Lori's wonderful giveaway! 

She is giving away the one thing you really need to make such great earrings!

An ImpressArt Letter Stamp Set from P.J. Tool & Supply.

Mixed-up Love Earrings by Lori

If you are like me and had a very busy weekend and are now sitting down to catch up, then you better hurry on over to Lori's blog - Pretty Things, and follow her instructions to get your name in the hat to win this wonderful letter stamp set. While you are at it, check out the other cool things that P.J. Tool & Supply have to offer us jewelry designers. I will certainly visit them soon.

January is National Soup Month!

Did you know that January is National Soup Month?
Did you know that January 22 is National Soup Swap Day?
What do you do on National Soup Swap day? Make soup, of course!
You make a big pot of your favorite soup and you call up some friends. That's what you do! I love soup! Who doesn't? If you want to have a Soup Swap Party, you will find instructions on planning it here.

So how do Beaders celebrate National Soup Month? By throwing a Bead Soup Swap Party, of course!

Hurry on over to Lori Anderson's blog and sign in if you want to join in. This will be my third Bead Soup Party and I am looking forward to it. There are over hundred beaders participating, and the number keeps going up... This promises to be even better than the previous two, judging from the number of beaders signing up. You have till the 24th to get your name in to Lori.

Thank you Lori, for organizing this, and handling the monumental task of pairing us up, emailing us, and all the nitty, gritty details that go into making sure all goes well.

Here are pictures of the jewelry I made from beads sent to me by my previous Bead Soup Partners. It really is challenging to work with beads that I did not choose myself, but the results can be so surprising, so gratifying and beautiful too!

February 2010

My partner was MaryMcGraw and she sent me this stunning ceramic pendant and some of the beads you see in my dragonfly necklace.

June 2010

My bead soup partner was Shannon of Missficklemedia. She sent me the spectacular Jasper focal bead and the wonderful Shibiuchi flower clasp.

Looking forward to seeing you all at the party!

Lori's New Website and Giveaway!

You got to check out Lori Anderson's (of Bead Soup Fame) new web site for her jewelry

It is beautiful!

Wonderful selection of jewelry!

Great pictures!

Very buyer friendly!

Check it out!

In order to celebrate the opening of her new website, Lori is giving away three great books. So hop on over to her blog and make your choice and comment to enter the giveaway. Hurry, the giveaway ends September 29th.

It is time to Party again, Bead Soup Party, that is!

Lori Anderson of Pretty Things just announced another Bead Soup Party! This is the second one and she is inviting fellow beaders to join.  The deadline to join is May 7th. If you are interested you better hurry over to her blog and sign in.

The first Bead Soup Party was so much fun, that I have signed up for the second one too. For the first time around I partnered with Mary McGraw of MK's Creative Musings and received a wonderful package of beads that resulted in this pretty necklace. 

Well, my Bead Soup Party story has a very happy ending. I donated the necklace to some of my co-workers who were taking part in the Tampa Bay's Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) walk that took place on April 3rd 2010. This was a cause very close to their hearts and they told me they raised an additional $150.00 with my necklace. Thank you Lori and thank you Mary, your gift to me made many people very happy. What a great way to meet people, make new friends, share creative ideas and have a lot of fun in the process.  See you at the party!

It is time to party! Bead Soup Party, that is!!

It's Party Time!

Hi there partygoers, welcome!

I hope you are having fun.

Most of you have already seen the soup ingredients that I received from Mary McGraw, but here they are again. 

I started with some freshwater pearls in the right shade of green.  Added my soup party mix ingredients one by one, stirring well, add some red agate, sip some red wine, let it simmer. More stirring, more simmering, more sipping and some stepping back and some sitting down, and look what I made with it. I love it! I hope you do too! You can click on the pictures to see the details!

 

Thank you, Mary for such a beautiful and challenging collection of beads. I hope you had as much fun with the beads I sent you as I had with these. 

Thank you, Lori for all the hard work in organizing the Bead Soup Party, you did a great job in rallying all of us, pairing us all up, keeping us informed, and encouraging us. I  hope we do it again soon!

Enjoy the party! Enjoy the day! I will be at work most of the day, but will join you all again this evening.

Thank you for dropping in.

I send you all warm wishes from chilly Florida.

Regina

Click here to see a list of the rest of the partygoers!