Wow what a busy couple of weeks it was! I participated in Lori Anderson's Bead Soup Blog Party and I was in the first reveal date on March 30th. You can scroll down and see the beautiful beads I received from my partner Donna Millard and what I created.
I still managed to make two earrings for Reveal #6 :) I'm so glad I joined Art Jewelry Elements' Earring Challenge to continue to push my creative mojo. Here is my Reveal #6!
Week 11 ~ Beaded Jewel Earrings
I gave one of my girl friends a necklace for Christmas last year and she asked me to make her earrings to go with it. I purchased a kit at Bead & Button Show 2 years ago from Eclectica Beads and love the necklace! They carry so many great kits and I can't wait to see what they have in store when I go in June. Because it's such a unique design it was hard for my girlfriend to find a pair of earrings that matched. When she asked me to make earrings to match, this is what I came up with and she loved them! I don't work with seed beads much and it's so difficult to thread the beading wires into the little tiny holes but the end result is so worth the achy fingers. Check out there website if you want to pick up the same kit. So many different color combinations with so many different beads!!
Week 12 ~ Owl on a Twig Earrings
I've been admiring the most adorable owls created by Rebekah Payne of TreeWings Studio for weeks. I just had to make the earrings to show off her cuties. I perched the owls on Vintaj tree branch with 20g Vintaj wire. I just can't get over how cute they are. Rebekah has tons of other cute critters on her Etsy store. Hoot!
Please hop over to all the other wonderful artists' blog to see what they created! Mahalo for visiting!
Kumi ♥
Artisan Jewelry Designs by Kumi Fisher ~ adorn your heart with one of a kind creations!
Showing posts with label 7th Bead Soup Blog Party. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 7th Bead Soup Blog Party. Show all posts
Monday, April 1, 2013
Friday, March 29, 2013
Bead Soup 7 Reveal!!
Aloha and E Komo Mai! I signed up for Lori Anderson's Bead Soup Blog Party 7 and here is my reveal! For those of you not familiar with Bead Soup Blog Party, the way it works is you sign up to participate and you are partnered with someone from around the world. Then you put together your Bead Soup which must contain a focal, clasp, and other components. We all exchange our soups and must wait to reveal what we've made until our designated reveal date. We must use the focal and the clasp but doesn't have to be used together. I love the surprise aspect and the challenge of working with materials that you typically don't work with.
I was assigned to Reveal #1 and am so excited to share what I created with the gorgeous soup I received from my uber talented partner Donna Millard. Donna is an internationally known lampwork artist currently living in Wisconsin. She has over 25 years in working with various forms of glass and you can purchase her gorgeous work on her website or Etsy store.
This is the soup I received from Donna! Each item was carefully wrapped and every time I opened a packet I was in awe. I must have said "Wow!" 100 times. So many beautiful glass beads and brass findings! I am one lucky gal!!
I typically work with metal and wires so working with delicate glass beads was a bit intimidating. I also wanted to come up with designs that showcased Donna's beautiful beads. This is what I sent to Donna.
The first design idea that came to mind was using the beautiful flower button. I made a triple wrapped leather bracelet with 4mm round olivine and purple velvet Swarovski crystals. I love how the sunlight created a stained glass effect on the wood! The flower button makes the perfect focal point of this bracelet. I've always used metal buttons and now that I see how beautiful the glass buttons are, I will definitely incorporate glass button beads to make other wrapped bracelets in the future!
The second piece I made were earrings using the flower, leaf, and rondelle glass beads from Donna. I used 1mm leather cord to tie them altogether. The leather gives a branch like look. I used the brass ear wires she sent me which tied in with the design. The beautiful glass beads look gorgeous in sunlight.
The next piece I made was another bracelet. I love viking knit and decided to use the Vintaj bronze wire to compliment the clasp and charms Donna sent me. I also added one of the glass leaf bead as an accent. I threaded three 20g Vintaj wire through the flower focal and braided olivine Swarovski crystals to create the focal piece for the bracelet.
The last piece I made was a necklace using the focal Donna made with her flower bead with crystals and brass findings. I lightly braided 1mm leather cords and knotted the leather to secure the lavender and light green glass beads in place. I added some copper beads as an accent. Finished the 30 inch long necklace by tying the leather around a Vintaj finding.
Mahalo Nui Loa to Lori Anderson for once again taking on this daunting task of bringing 500+ people together to share our love of jewelry making!
Another big Mahalo to my sweet Bead Soup 7 partner, Donna Millard who gave me incredible gifts of her gorgeous creations! Donna's lampwork beads will definitely be added to my future collections! I'm so happy we got to know each other and I hope to meet you in person one day Donna!! xoxo ♥
Hop on over to all the other Reveal #1 blogs with your favorite beverage and savor the beautiful creations. Enjoy!!
A Hui Ho! ('till we meet again)
Kumi ♥
I was assigned to Reveal #1 and am so excited to share what I created with the gorgeous soup I received from my uber talented partner Donna Millard. Donna is an internationally known lampwork artist currently living in Wisconsin. She has over 25 years in working with various forms of glass and you can purchase her gorgeous work on her website or Etsy store.
This is the soup I received from Donna! Each item was carefully wrapped and every time I opened a packet I was in awe. I must have said "Wow!" 100 times. So many beautiful glass beads and brass findings! I am one lucky gal!!I typically work with metal and wires so working with delicate glass beads was a bit intimidating. I also wanted to come up with designs that showcased Donna's beautiful beads. This is what I sent to Donna.
The first design idea that came to mind was using the beautiful flower button. I made a triple wrapped leather bracelet with 4mm round olivine and purple velvet Swarovski crystals. I love how the sunlight created a stained glass effect on the wood! The flower button makes the perfect focal point of this bracelet. I've always used metal buttons and now that I see how beautiful the glass buttons are, I will definitely incorporate glass button beads to make other wrapped bracelets in the future!
The second piece I made were earrings using the flower, leaf, and rondelle glass beads from Donna. I used 1mm leather cord to tie them altogether. The leather gives a branch like look. I used the brass ear wires she sent me which tied in with the design. The beautiful glass beads look gorgeous in sunlight.
The next piece I made was another bracelet. I love viking knit and decided to use the Vintaj bronze wire to compliment the clasp and charms Donna sent me. I also added one of the glass leaf bead as an accent. I threaded three 20g Vintaj wire through the flower focal and braided olivine Swarovski crystals to create the focal piece for the bracelet.
The last piece I made was a necklace using the focal Donna made with her flower bead with crystals and brass findings. I lightly braided 1mm leather cords and knotted the leather to secure the lavender and light green glass beads in place. I added some copper beads as an accent. Finished the 30 inch long necklace by tying the leather around a Vintaj finding.
I really loved incorporating glass beads with leather. I am definitely going to be in the hunt for lampwork beads!
Another big Mahalo to my sweet Bead Soup 7 partner, Donna Millard who gave me incredible gifts of her gorgeous creations! Donna's lampwork beads will definitely be added to my future collections! I'm so happy we got to know each other and I hope to meet you in person one day Donna!! xoxo ♥
Hop on over to all the other Reveal #1 blogs with your favorite beverage and savor the beautiful creations. Enjoy!!
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A Hui Ho! ('till we meet again)
Kumi ♥
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