Friday, March 2, 2012

Bead Soup!


Welcome to the Artisan Clay Blog!  This is the online photo journal of the creative happenings of Kristie Roeder aka Artisan Clay. Thanks for stopping by for Bead Soup Blog Party!  I cannot believe how much this blog hop has grown from the first round that I participated in!
Rock on, Lori with your mad organizational skills! AND your Book!  Whoot!  Go Girl!

My partner for the Bead Soup is Lea Avroch.  She has a very successful etsy shop www.LAJewelryDesigns.etsy.com and websites and her blog is http://www.lajewelrydesign.blogspot.com/ and AND.... Get this.... Her work is on the cover of the current issue of Bead Trends Magazine... Ooooh!  That's so FANCY!  She's so rockstar!  I love it!

Lea sent me a beautiful lampwork glass focal and matching lampwork beads -- That she made---
also copper spacer beads and a copper clasp, and bright pink pearls....

I really love Lea's Beads that she sent me, and what a challenge!  I am not usually a pink kind of girl. I have adopted purple into my life over the past couple of years.... but I let the pink stump me for a while. Also I don't usually use copper findings. I know everybody is doing it, but I tend to be stubborn and if I get the idea that everybody does something, well.... I just don't.... So... I don't have a lot of copper to choose from..  Challenge is the name of the game, and I felt it.  This is good.

I really wanted to make something that I will personally wear.  I am a pretty simple person when it comes to my jewelry.  I like a bold focal and the rest of the piece to make it all function.
I really loved the matching lampwork beads and I tried to work them into the design, but it just didn't work for me so I took them out.  I think I will end up making a pair of earrings with them in the future.
The charm at the bottom is one that I made. Ceramic and purple recycled glass...
So!  Here it is!  My special creation.  A little of this.... A little of that.... and I think I will wear this with a nice tan this summer...

Please stop by as many blogs on the blog hop as you can.... and thank you for stopping by!
I will be giving away a $25 gift certificate for my etsy shop to one lucky commenter. I will give you one week to comment, because I know this is a really big party and really hard find the time to stop by all the blogs.

So--- here goes nothing!  I hope the linky tool does it's thing the same way that the link tool that I usually use does.  It should show up below as the party officially begins after midnight!



50 comments:

  1. Very sweet necklace. Love the charm you added! Makes all the difference!

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  2. That focal is so lush and wonderful! Happy hopping today!

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  3. love it!
    I'm a partecipant from Italy, I'm trying to visit all of you.
    this was really a great experience!
    ciao ciao

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  4. That is lovely and will look great with or without a tan :) x

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  5. Beautiful necklace and yes, it will be perfect with your summer tan!

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  6. Beautiful! I love the added charm -- makes all the difference. :)

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  7. Beautiful! Love how you connected the bead and charm for a focal. They look very nice together.

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  8. Love it! Fun combination of colors and textures. My favorite aspect is the double pendant. I also love the ceramic w/recycled glass pendant. I recently purchased a pair from you and love them! Here's hoping my name is pulled from the lottery so that I can purchase more!

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  9. I love what you did with the beads. The colors are amazing. I always make jewelry that I will wear too. I would love to win a gift certificate to your shop so much that I would blog about my winnings!

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  11. I messed up my previous comment - sorry about that! What I was trying to say was this: What fun colors and textures in your necklace - very nice! Adding the charm was just the right touch - it really pulled it all together. Feels very summery! I'd love to win the gift certificate. I can envision lots of jewelry I could create using your clay focals.

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  12. I can see that going rather well with a nice tan!

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  13. I'm really digging your recycled glass & ceramic charm, it really does compliment your bead soup perfectly!

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  14. Indeed, that necklace will go just perfectly with a nice tan and a white dress on the beach... yes, I can picture it! Well done!

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  15. Small detail makes a big difference...

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  16. Great necklace! Agree it would look great with a tan. And what a clever idea to make that charm and incorporate it into the piece.

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  17. Love what you did with that focal connection.

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  18. Beautiful pieces. I especially liked it when worn in the picture!

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  19. The pendant is gorgeous! I love how you made this and I'd wear it in a heartbeat.

    I hope you'll join me again in the summer!

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  20. Love it, Love the colors in the pendant

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  21. Lovely design! There are so many talented designers participating in this fun hop. Simple jewelry is usually the best, itsn't it?!

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  22. I agree the charm just makes the necklace! Love it!

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  23. A beautiful piece! I love that stunning focal. The necklace does have a wonderful summery feel.

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  24. I love the addition of the bead cap. Beautiful job and thanks for the giveaway you know I will use that right up if I won ;-)

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  25. Your creation is gorgeous Kristie...I am sorry I thought I was following your blog...I am now...been off line for several month..back on for a few weeks now with my new iPad and wireless connection....ttfn Lana ;)

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  26. What a beautiful necklace you created! I love Lea's beads, you did a great job! Have fun wearing it!

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  27. Nice job! The bead soup blog hop is awesome--I could spend all day looking through everyone's work.

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  28. What a pretty lampwork bead, so perfectly highlighted with your charm. Now I can hardly wait till the suntan time that you mentioned!!!

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  29. Great job! You did fantastic, pulling all the pieces together and creating something that's simply stunning. Nice!

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  30. Such a great design Kristie! I can totally see wearing that just about every day & feeling extra pretty because of it! I love jewelry like that (cause I'm not a all dolled up kinda gal...). Fantastic!

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    1. Great piece! I love that focal! You did a great job!

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  31. Very cool necklace! I love that you took a picture wearing it!!! Beautiful job!

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  32. Very pretty - great focal! It lays beautifully!

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  33. very nice, sometimes simple and elegant is the way to go!

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  34. I am a simple kind of jewelry girl myself so I love your design! The focal bead is gorgeous and they way you bent a bead cap around the top is pretty cool! Nice design and you're right; it will look good with a tan. ;)

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  35. I love it Kristie!! Beautiful!

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  36. Kristie your piece is really lovely. I love your charm that you added...the perfect touch!

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  37. Ohhh, I really love that! Your charm just gives the whole piece something extra special... I love how neutral the rest of the necklace is, with just the pops of green. Just beautiful!

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  38. Great necklace. I understand using very little to enhance a great focal:) That has happened to me in the last two parties:) You did make it work.

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  39. I love the necklace that you created. I agree it will make a great summer necklace! Good luck with the tan, summer seems so far away still (at least for us).

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  40. Gorgeous! It's lovely to see it worn in your other post too.

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  41. Great work with your focal. Absolutely beautiful.

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  42. I love the elegant way you highlighted that beautiful focal! Lovely job.

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  43. Beautiful necklace, you really made the focal stand out!
    Sonya

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  44. Really pretty necklace...love how you left it simple.

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  45. gorgeous! really lovely colors and design.

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