tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-269819192024-03-07T00:37:32.014-07:00The Sparklie Things BlogI love colour - the more the better. Which might explain how I got into stitching. I love hand dyed anything, especially if it's sparkly or shiny. And then I discovered glass bead making. It's colour, but even better. I've always enjoyed beading, and when I discovered I could make my own....well... nirvana finally appeared.Karinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02243345958466345233noreply@blogger.comBlogger562125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26981919.post-70096895695143626942018-04-07T13:54:00.000-06:002018-04-07T13:54:42.760-06:002018 Swap & HopIt's reveal time for the 2018 Swap n' Hop! My lovely partner is Jenny Kyrlach, who blogs over at <a href="http://www.anafiassa.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Anafiassa</a>.<br />
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Jenny couldn't quite decide what to send, so she sent two packages of beads - one from a green and earthtone mix and one from a red, white and black mix. Jenny's specialty is her hand-made paper beads, and I was lucky enough to get seven sets of those - in brown, green, grey and white, light red/white, medium red/white and red. Her handiwork is impressive on those beads - they are so consistent and lovely to use.<br />
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I have to admit that my beading mojo was at an all-time low over the last month. I didn't even torch once, and so completed a couple of things with what I had on hand. I'll continue to add to the work as I get things completed, so stay tuned for more work. I did complete two pairs of earrings - one large drop featuring vintage buttons, Jenny's paper beads and some metal beads/ The next pair featured the lovely matte black and transparent red/black glass, plus some German glass from my own collection.</div>
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<br />Karinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02243345958466345233noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26981919.post-26243592795193046302018-01-20T15:32:00.000-07:002018-01-20T15:34:51.181-07:00Swap n' Hop Intro - 2018The lovely host of the Swap n' Hop swap (Linda Anderson) has invited us to prepare a bit of an intro to ourselves, both so she can match us to partners and so our partner can prepare our packages.<b> </b>Linda's kindly provided some prompts<br />
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<b>1. Why or how did you get started in making jewelry?</b><br />
The jewelry really came about after I fell in love with beads. After all, it's super convenient to have something to actually do with the beads. I fell in love with seed beads after seeing an interpretive guide at a local history park use beads in loom weaving as a kid. One craft loom and a bunch of small vials of size 11/0's later, I was off to the races. I would have considered myself a seed-beader throughout most of grade school and early adult hood, but I ran into a woman in my travels who was into (mostly buying) lampwork beads. Another big light bulb moment occurred - if she was buying them, someone was making them - you could make beads! Again, one class at a local art college and a trip to a local glass store, and I was off to a different set of races, one that's subsequently included many other classes and hours of torch time. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yellow, orange and purple. With glass, ceramic and metal.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> Not matching. </td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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I create jewelry as a hobby only, so really I like to make things that I will wear (shocking, that). I like monochromatic and things that match until I don't. And then I'll combine all the colours and all the materials and all the textures. I'd consider myself more modern than not, mixing things up to keep life interesting.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">White Glass - All matching!</td></tr>
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<b> 3. What materials do you prefer to use (and which ones do you avoid)? </b></div>
I'd be lying if I said I didn't like sparkly things. It's the title I use for the blog, and given that I started as a seed beader and continued on to lampwork, glass has played a big part in my jewelry practice. Anything sparkly is fair game though - crystals also work, as do some gemstones. I will use most things, but don't naturally reach for most gemstones, wood or plastic unless they are good quality and will enhance whatever I'm working on.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There's plastic in here.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And in here!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gemstone here</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And wood here</td></tr>
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<b>4. Which techniques do you </b><b>prefer (and are there any that you don't like)?</b><br />
On the technique side, I like to string, and can do simple wirework - wraps and headpins and links. I took a proper jewelry making class at an art college, so in theory know how to do more advanced stuff like solder, but my current set up doesn't allow for those techniques.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of my very favourite pieces - hand made headpins, riveted charms and soldered chain.</td></tr>
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<b>5. What colors do you use most, and which do you run screaming from?</b><br />
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<span class="text_exposed_show">I hadn't really thought about this much until the question was asked, but I tend to like strong, clear colours. Black, white, primaries and secondary colours are my preferred palate. I will use muted or pastels, but try and mix them up in an unusual way - peach with mauve. Oh - and I wasn't kidding when I said the charm bracelet above is one of my favourites, even though it's all browns. I also try and vary the textures and saturation or transparency of beads in a work - perhaps frosted with opaque or metallic with transparent glass.</span><br />
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<b>Some other random trivia: </b><br />
- I share a birthday with Price William<br />
- I used to cross-stich, but haven't had the muse in several years. I got the sewing and quilting muse several years ago.<br />
- I love to bake, and will quite happily volunteer to make treats for almost any occasion<br />
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KarinKarinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02243345958466345233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26981919.post-69351848152000728202018-01-14T13:33:00.001-07:002018-01-14T13:33:40.475-07:002018 UpdateIt's been a while since I updated the blog - most of my updates are now on Instagram, but since that's mostly a "life" account rather than strictly a crafting/beading thing, I thought I would update here as well. I've been quite taken with quilting, and have pieced a number of quilt tops. This one is foundation paper piecing, and I love the ombre effect on it. <br />
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The next one is Libs Elliot's rebel quilt. The "rebel" block is the one whole block in the quilt. She gives a piecing guide for 7 colours, all of mine are shades of cream and tan. I've been on a monochromatic kick lately.<br />
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And finally, my WIP of Lib's Weight of Love pattern, exclusive to the class she teaches. There are 17 colours in this one, mine are all shades of Red, Grey or Black. Maybe the monochromatic thing is catching up with me!<br />
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Karinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02243345958466345233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26981919.post-66021925666545253672017-04-08T10:28:00.001-06:002017-04-08T10:28:11.278-06:00Bead Peeps Swap and Hop (3rd Edition) Reveal!<br />
It's been a tough go on these bead reveals - I've been out of town for work a lot, and there has been no time to torch, meaning I mostly had to pick from my existing stash. It's been kind of a fun exercise though, as I think the limitations mean that I have been more creative than I otherwise would have been.<br />
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My partner is Divya Narasimhan, who blogs over at <a href="http://www.jewelsofsayuri.com/" target="_blank">Jewels of Sayuri</a>, and lives in Chennai, India. All though I'm only in Canada, most of the bead swaps pair participants outside of the US with others outside of the US, so I'm always excited to see where my next partner will come from. Divya is very active in the Bead Peeps group, and offers up lots of inspiration and thought provoking ideas, so I was excited to see what she would send.<br />
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She included lots of locally made components and lots of colour! I sent her an entirely monochromatic bead soup, so the two sets of components could not have been more different.<br />
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First up, a bracelet featuring one of two toggle clasps that Divya sent - I added seed beads to complete the toggle, dig out a bunch of seemingly random lampwork that was at the bottom of the bead box, and added a few wood beads to mirror the texture of the clasp.<br />
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Next up, another bracelet with some of the painted wooden beads that Divya sent. I added a few of my handwoven beads, some vintage German glass and a metal focal to compliment the beads that I picked out of the soup. <br />
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And lastly, two pairs of earrings - one pair with the green glass drops that Divya sent, along with some cloissone from the local bead shop, and a pair of handmade lampwork headpins with the glass galaxy beads that Divya provided. <br />
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I had great fun working with all the colour in this soup! More with the other beads soon.Karinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02243345958466345233noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26981919.post-24727693625739854682017-03-24T23:33:00.000-06:002017-04-18T22:08:32.351-06:00Bead Soup Blog Party - Reveal (from Joanne Louvaine Bell and Johana Nunez)Welcome to the Bead Soup Blog Party, hosted by the amazing <a href="http://www.prettythingsblog.com/" target="_blank">Lori Anderson</a>. Lori's been through a lot of health challenges in the past few years, and has only recently felt well enough to host another Blog Party. There are about a 160 of us - down from the 500plus numbers of the biggest hop, but a manageable number, and one that I hope to get to over a few days. Saturday, my nephews and I have plans, the exact variety of which I'm not sure, but I suspect that it will involve some sort of play structure and some variety of sugar. I have two partners, and this is a long post, so grab some coffee and settle in!<br />
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My first partner is the lovely Joanne Louvaine Bell, who blogs at <a href="https://joannetinks.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">TwinkieDinky</a>, and sent an amazing Bead Soup filled with her hoarded specials, as well as some of her own work. <br />
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She packaged everything in little cloth packages, which I hope to recycle in other projects. The beads consisted of:<br />
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Joanne's own Resin Wings and Polymer Beads<br />
Lampwork from Juliette Mullete, Karin Hirza and Dee Howell<br />
Lampwork focal from Hendri Lourens <br />
Bronze from Anna Chernykh<br />
Ceramic and Polymer Flowers from Cherie Irwin and Lysa<br />
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and, what she notes as the most special, the Kim Snider wing, that she stayed up until 4 in the morning to get!<br />
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I've been massively busy with work, and had only managed to get a quick cell snap of the package, which does not portray the contents in their full glory.<br />
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Since Joanne said the wing was her most precious, I set out to do it justice. I quickly decided on a necklace of some sort. But there were so many options, and I picked out a few beads from my hoard that would match the scale of the wing. Rooting around in the lampwork bead box, I picked out bead after bead, trying to find something that would compliment. And then there was one.... a failed execution of lampwork technique, something that might have ended up in the garbage had I been more ruthless, might have been overlooked, but was suddenly was perfect. I pulled out a pewter grey leather, and suddenly it was simple. One wing, one bead, a piece of leather.<br />
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Fearing I had failed Joanne, and her precious hoarded bead with something so simple, I made a bracelet to match. It was all of the beads I'd intended to use for the necklace, but somehow the serendipity of the simple necklace took over.<br />
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Joanne also sent some very lovely resin wings which are her own specialty. They are truly gorgeous! I paired the wings with a few of my lampwork beads and some crystals for some lovely long drop earrings.<br />
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The next pair of earrings is also a set of resin wings - paired with a matte set of handwoven seadbeads beads, some silver beadcaps, crystal and silver earwires, I hope they compliment the resin wings.<br />
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And finally, a third pair of earrings! Joanna sent a lot of things in pairs, so I hope she's not disappointed to find a bunch of earrings in the reveal. The third pair features a lovely pair of ceramic buds by Cherie Erwin of New Zealand. Finding inspiration in the olive green colour of the tops of the buds, I paired them with a couple of chain connectors and some of my own lampwork beads for a lovely pair of spring earrings.<br />
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I still have more to come from this bead soup - there are more lovelies that I will work into jewellry as the inspiration strikes!<br />
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My second partner is the equally lovely Johana Nunez, who blogs over at <a href="http://www.artincendi.com/" target="_blank">Art Incendi</a>, sent the following Bead Soup, filled with all things spring! I was lucky enough to get Johana as a partner when her original partner did not feel comfortable sending beads to Puerto Rico. Luckily, Lori posted at the same time I was on-line and our partnership quickly came together. Puerto Rico is not that far away from Canada, and so her beads were the first to arrive. <br />
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This is what she sent:<br />
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Blue Berri Beads - Ceramic Yellow Bird<br />
Serena Smith Lampwork - Lampwork Flower Buttons<br />
Swoon Dimples - "Give More" Pink Polymer<br />
Bo Hulley Beads - Bracelet Blank<br />
Jade Scott - Resin Pendant<br />
Glass Flowers and Enameled Metal<br />
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Johana provided an amazing variety of beads, but what to make? I started playing around with the purple enameled metal beads on a bead board that had some yellow lampwork that I was intending for another project. The yellow glass was hand pulled cane, which produces beautiful striations of coloured and transparent glass. I also discovered that I had a set of lampwork spacers in precisely the same colour as the enamel. The glass used to make the spacers was discontinued about a decade ago, so I have no idea what possessed me to make a bunch of spacers from it, but there they were in the bead box. I also had a couple of bright orange lampwork beads kicking about. With the addition of the yellow, purple and orange a bracelet soon started to come
together. I wouldn't normally do an elastic bracelet for a blog-hop
with art quality beads, but because of the size of the enameled beads,
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Next up, a pair of earrings with the same enameled beads - a pair of lampwork headpins, the enameled beads plus some vintage German new stock glass are stacked to form earrings that are a statement piece without being two heavy.<br />
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I was not sure what to do with the amazing Swoon Dimples bead, which says "Give" on one side and "More" on the other. I had still had some of the beads considered for the first bracelet kicking around the bead board, and decided to make a super fun spring coloured confection! It's still pretty gray days around here, with the last of the snow slowly going away. The pretty pink polymer clay pairs with a couple of handwoven lavender beads, more of the veiled yellow lampwork glass from the first bracelet, and bright aqua vintage acrylic beads. <br />
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Last up, a pendant - the first piece that came together. The little yellow Blue Berri ceramic birdie seemed so happy on top of the lampwork bead and a lampwork headpin that the piece came together quite quickly. I love the combination of yellow and green in this - seems so fresh and springlike!<br />
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I had a fantastic time working with everything Johana sent - I'm looking for the perfect compliment to the pendant, bracelet blank and lampwork, and figuring out how to mount the lovely glass flowers, so stay tuned for those in a future post.Karinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02243345958466345233noreply@blogger.com31tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26981919.post-64759756550851604402017-02-25T08:11:00.000-07:002017-02-25T08:12:00.530-07:00Recieved by me - Package One - Bead Soup Blog Party<a href="http://www.artincendi.com/" target="_blank">Johana at Art Incendi</a> really spoiled me - a lovely bunch of spring pretties just at the bleakest point in winter. Yummy grape enamelled beads, a ceramic birdie, some lampwork buttons, a sweet little bird charm, a winged bracelet blank, a bright word bead and a selection of glass flowers! So spoiled.<br />
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Johana selected beads with her favourite theme - birds, wings and flowers. I've got lots of ideas to play around with this lot!<br />
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Karinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02243345958466345233noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26981919.post-55251480659717865562017-02-21T22:01:00.001-07:002017-02-25T08:00:19.647-07:00Received by my partner - Package One - Bead Soup Blog PartyThe lovely <a href="https://joannetinks.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Joane Louvaine Bell</a> received my package the quickest - yeah for Canada to UK postage!<br />
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The requirements were to send a hoarded bead. I sent two Sarah Hornik lampwork lovelies - an artist I'd long admired, a ceramic disk, a copper focal, a bunch of my own lampwork, a good chunk of vintage (middle column - either French flea market or German new stock) and a bunch of things that I'd consider "ordinary" - right column. It was a bit of a risk - purple, green, and orange! What kind of mean partner does that? Fortunately, Joanne loves this, or so she tells me, and I can't wait to see what she does with these!<br />
<br />Karinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02243345958466345233noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26981919.post-84325270675855005902017-02-13T22:59:00.001-07:002017-02-13T22:59:36.842-07:00Another Bead Soup - Lori Anderson's Blop Hop 2017Because of a mix-up, I now have two bead soup partners! This (very disguised soup, via two filters) is currently at the post office, on it's way to <a href="http://www.artincendi.com/" target="_blank">Johana</a> in Puerto Rico. I had picked out the soup before I knew anything about Johana, but I think she'll really like the soup. I can't wait to see what she might make with her lovely hand enameled creations! A proper introduction soon...<br />
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<br />Karinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02243345958466345233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26981919.post-54573842728492427132017-01-29T15:09:00.003-07:002017-01-29T17:10:01.190-07:00Bead Hoarders Bead Soup and Swap and HopI signed up for two swaps/blog hops in the upcoming months. One is the Bead Peeps "Swap and Hop", where I've been partnered with Divya, who blogs at <a href="http://www.jewelsofsayuri.com/" target="_blank">Jewels of Sayuri</a>. I picked out something I'm hoping she'll like, but will be a challenge to design with - after all, why participate in a swap if you're only going to get things that are your own style. Disguising the beads in the swap so they'll be a surprise to Divya was a challenge,but I found a filter that did it.<br />
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The second swap is what I think will be the ninth edition of the Bead Soup Party. This time, host Lori Anderson has designed the swap as a Bead Hoarders swap, so I can pick out my beads before hand. I dipped into my stash of lovelies, and found a couple of things that I'm hoping my swap partner will appreciate. The beads were a challenge to colour match for the rest of the soup, but I'm hoping my partner will appreciate what I've set aside.<br />
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Bead Hoarders Bead Soup - March 25th Karinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02243345958466345233noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26981919.post-77182471101901469542017-01-28T13:57:00.000-07:002017-01-28T13:57:11.671-07:00Earring Duo - Blue Birdie and Carmel Steampunk Gears<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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These cute little birdies were found at my local bead store - most of the charms and dangles they have are not really my style, but when I found these folky little brass birds, I knew they would be perfect. Paired with handwoven beads in a matte silverlined blue, they'd be the perfect piece to attract attention at a casual gathering. </div>
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I haven't made many pieces recently without handwoven beads in them - once the muse took over, so did the beads! I took apart a necklace recently that just wasn't working, and the little clay steampunk gears and the colourful lampwork rounds ended up on my work table next to each other. They'd be perfect for a steampunk enthusiast who wants something that's a little more subtle or casual than your ordinary steampunk garb. </div>
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It's completely the middle of winter here, maybe getting a little lighter each day, but still mostly just dark and grey. So a little colour (and fun!) is in order. The bracelet is an essential oil diffuser bracelet - the little white ball in the middle of the white and turquoise petals is made of felt, so you can include your favourite essential oil within a wonderfully fun bracelet. A sterling silver clasp adds to lampwork beads, a handwoven beaded bead and some vintage acrylic flowers. <br />
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The earrings are more lampwork - apple green disks and donuts, mini dark blue spacers and vintage acrylic navy rounds. <br />
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Links to purchase are <a href="https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/507499485/essential-oil-diffuser-bracelet-summer?ref=shop_home_active_6" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/473754785/apple-green-and-vintage-blues-drop?ref=shop_home_active_10" target="_blank">here </a>Karinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02243345958466345233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26981919.post-2680394181159469182017-01-24T12:21:00.002-07:002017-01-28T13:58:02.728-07:00Romantic Duo - Peach and Violet Bracelet and Earrings<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This isn't my comfort zone. Peach and Violet? Not me. But sometime karma and glass speaks to you. And you go rummaging around the beadbox for "something" and a large acrylic cube just kind of sticks out at you. Sure, it's been there for 20 years, but it needed to be in this bracelet. </div>
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The peach and light lavender beads are my own lampwork - some times its not as exciting to make spacers, but there are other times, like this, where the simplicity and striations of the glass make everything just right. </div>
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If you'd like either of these pieces for your own collection, the earrings are <a href="https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/507488429/lavender-boho-style-earrings-lampwork?ref=related-1" target="_blank">here</a> and the bracelet is <a href="https://www.etsy.com/ca/your/shops/maverickbeads/tools/maverickbeads/ca/listings/494003286" target="_blank">here</a>Karinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02243345958466345233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26981919.post-7415682922962046422017-01-24T10:51:00.002-07:002017-01-28T13:58:41.227-07:00Northern Lights - Essential Oil Diffuser Bracelet in Subtle Light Blue<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I've become slightly obsessed with making beaded beads out of seedbeads, as seen by the lovely, just barely there blue coloured beads. Not a seedbead colour I would normally work with, but it worked well in the bracelet. This particular bracelet also has a felt diffuser ball, so it can also be used with essential oils. Just put a couple of drops on the felt ball, and you'll benefit from all of the healing properties that essential oils have.<br />
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My Etsy shop has been sadly neglected, but the bracelet has been listed <a href="https://www.etsy.com/ca/your/shops/maverickbeads/tools/maverickbeads/ca/listings/493978996" target="_blank">here</a> Karinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02243345958466345233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26981919.post-62417953468309732242014-05-10T08:52:00.000-06:002014-05-10T09:05:48.081-06:00Bead Soup Blog Party #8!!Today's reveal date at the Bead Soup blog party. I know I'm way late, and didn't even let you know I was participating, but it's been an extremely busy spring, and well... life happens. Hosted by the fabulous Lori Anderson, the bead soup blog party is an event where two people swap a group of beads, and make items with those beads. The beads must include a clasp and a focal, but can include anything else the two people want to send. There are 468 of us participating this year, and all of the creations will be available for viewing today on the blog party. My partner is Karen Jones, a lovely lady that lives only an hour and half from me, and who blogs at <a href="http://offthetopcreations.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank">Off the Top Creations</a>.<br />
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Karen sent me the following pretties to play with - a gorgeous selection of green beads, some stone, some ceramic, with some copper accent pieces and a few lovely brown pieces to balance it all out.<br />
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I picked up an issue of Bead Stringing this week, and used Lorelei Eurto's bracelet recipe to make this bracelet. I used the glass and wood beads from the soup, combined them with a clasp from TheaToo, and added my own lampwork focal and accents to the mix. I really love this bracelet, and will think fondly of Karen and the lovely things she sent me when I wear it.<br />
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Next, on to what I did with the clasp that Karen sent. I had quite a hard time with this one, as the clasp was a different shape than what I'm used to. I tried several different combinations, including one version with hot pink beads, before settling on this. I also used the copper round butterflies and some of the serpentine that Karen sent, along with chain and vintage glass from my own collection.<br />
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Lastly, I created a quick pair of earrings out of some fancy jasper and a couple of lampwork rounds. I'm quite happy with these, and think the bronze beads at the top and bottom add a lot to the earrings.<br />
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Of course, I also sent Karen some goodies to play with, and if you'd like to see what she's done with these, head on over to <a href="http://offthetopcreations.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank">Off The Top Creations</a> to see her reveal:<br />
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If you want to see all of the other pretties, this <a href="http://www.prettythingsblog.com/2014/05/welcome-to-8th-bead-soup-blog-party.html" target="_blank">link</a> will take you to all of the other participating bloggers in the Bead Soup Blog Party!Karinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02243345958466345233noreply@blogger.com28tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26981919.post-84219282181133566622013-07-20T10:36:00.000-06:002013-07-20T11:07:58.323-06:00Bead Soup Hoarder's HopIt's been kind of a busy and distracted month here - a quick weekend in New York, a work trip to the mountains, a flood, and a friends wedding all added up to not much beading. I was glad that <a href="http://www.prettythingsblog.com/" target="_blank">Lori Anderson </a>is hosting a blog hop this weekend so I could get back at it.<br />
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Lori's challenged all of us to pull things out of our stash that we've been hoarding - things that we see as to precious or too expensive to use anywhere else, and put something together. When she announced the theme of the hop, I knew what I should be using. I'd bought 5 bone pieces over 25 years ago from a craft store in Edmonton. Even though I've been beading a long time, none of the 5 pieces has found their way into anything over the years. That became my personal challenge - use one of those pieces in my work. When I was designing this piece, I ran across a single earring that was purchased as part of a grab bag in Savannah this spring. I knew I would find a use for it, and I think it balances out the bone. It's not a new dangle, but the fact that it has some age (and a few stones missing) adds some character. <br />
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In addition to the bone, I also wanted to use something from my vintage treasures - I hoard anything vintage with a passion, and have amassed quite a collection of things from bead shows in town, as well as a flea market in Paris. The large dark brown glass beads came out of that collection. Purchased at a bead show several years ago, they look lovely when combined with the bone.<br />
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When I first started collecting beads, I was still in high school, and everything had to be funded out of my allowance and a part time job at a bead shop. I don't know how much money I actually took home from the bead shop, as my purchases added up quickly, but the discount was very much appreciated. I still have several relics from that era - I tended to purchase smaller, inexpensive beads so that my dollars would go further. A few years ago, I cleaned out my bead collection, and the wood and plastic beads were donated to a local charity. I kept anything that I would see using in a piece - the nut beads were part of the things that I kept, as were the leopard jasper rounds, which were purchased at a local gem show around town. <br />
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"New" components in the piece include the lighter faceted glass, purchased at a local bead shop recently and the two leaf connectors, purchased in New York on my spring trip.<br />
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If you'd like to see what everyone else is making, here's the list of participants:<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">1. Lori Anderson, </span><a href="http://www.prettythingsblog.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Pretty Things</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">2. Nancy Dale, </span><a href="http://www.nedbeads.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">NEDBeads</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">3. Roxanne Mendoza, </span><a href="http://www.roxidesigns.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Roxi Designs</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">4. Melissa Trudinger, </span><a href="http://beadrecipes.wordpress.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">beadrecipes</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">5. Rana Lea, </span><a href="http://ranaleadesigns.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Rana Lea Designs</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">6. Perri Jackson, </span><a href="http://shaktipajdesigns.com/blog/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Shaktipaj Designs</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">7. Rita Avila, </span><a href="http://www.jewelschoolfriends.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Jewel School Friends</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">8. Linda Anderson, </span><a href="http://fromthebeadboard.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">From the Bead Board</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;"> 10. Erin Guest, </span><a href="http://www.renlish.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Renlish</a><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">11. Joan Williams, </span><a href="http://lilrubyjewelry.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">lilruby jewelry</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">12. Diane Hawkey, </span><a href="http://dianehawkey.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Diane Hawkey</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">13. Jo-Ann Woolverton, </span><a href="http://itsabeadifulcreation.blogspot.ca/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">It's a Beadiful Creation</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">14. Sue Kennedy, </span><a href="http://www.suebeads.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">SueBeads</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">15. Lisa Cone, </span><a href="http://inspiredadornments.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Inspired Adornments</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">16. Kari Asbury, </span><a href="http://www.hippiechickdesign.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Hippie Chick Design</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">17. Nichole Byers, </span><a href="http://www.nicholebyers.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Nichole Byers</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">18. Lori Jean Poppe, </span><a href="http://lorillijeanscreativecorner.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Adventures in Creativity</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">19. Linda Landig, </span><a href="http://lindalandig.wordpress.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Linda's Bead Blog and Meanderings</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">20. Lori Schneider, </span><a href="http://www.beadaddicted.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Bead Addict</a><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">21. Molly Alexander, </span><a href="http://beautifullybrokenme.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Beautifully Broken Me</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">22. Cece Cormier, </span><a href="http://www.thebeadingyogini.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">The Beading Yogini</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">23. Niki Sayers, </span><a href="http://silverniknats.blogspot.co.uk/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Silver Nik Nats</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">24. Elsie Deliz-Fonseca, </span><a href="http://ladelizchica.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Eliz-Eliz and All That Craft</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">25. Amber Dawn, </span><a href="http://www.inventivesoul.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Inventive Soul</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">26. Heather Powers, </span><a href="http://humblebeads.indiemade.com/blog" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Humblebeads</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">27. Sarah Goode, </span><a href="http://www.pookledo.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Pookledo</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">28. Monique Urquhart, </span><a href="http://ahalfbakednotion.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">A Half-Baked Notion</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">29. JJ Jacobs, </span><a href="http://comingabstractions.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Coming Abstractions</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">30. Cheri Reed, </span><a href="http://creativedesignsbycheri.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Creative Designs by Cheri</a><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">31. Robyn, </span><a href="http://museiddity.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Museiddity</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">32. Catherine King, </span><a href="http://catherines-musings.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Catherine's Musings</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">33. Jacquie, </span><a href="http://beadgypsy.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Bead Gypsy</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">34. Janet McDonald, </span><a href="http://janet-singingwoods.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Singing Woods</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">35. Kay Thomerson, </span><a href="http://kayzkreationz.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Kayz Kreations</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">36. Tanty Sri Hartanti, </span><a href="http://tjewellicious.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">TJewellicious by Tanti</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">37. Hannah Rosner, </span><a href="http://goodrivergallery.wordpress.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Good River Valley</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">38. Rochelle Brisson, </span><a href="http://www.acreativechelle.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">A Creative Chelle</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">39. Nelly May, </span><a href="http://www.smellynelly.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Smelly Nelly</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">40. Skylar Bre'z, </span><a href="http://brisingbeads.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Brising Beads</a><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">41. Beti Horvath, </span><a href="http://stringingfool.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Stringing Fool</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">42. Christie Murrow, </span><a href="http://www.charisdesignsjewelry.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Charis Designs</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">43. Leanne Loftus, </span><a href="http://firstimpressiondesign.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">First Impression Design</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">44. Valerie Norton, </span><a href="http://www.hot-fused-glass.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Hot Art</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">45. Judy Riggs, </span><a href="http://www.rigglettes.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Rigglettes</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">46. Crystal Thain, </span><a href="http://beaddragons.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Here Bead Dragons</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">47. Terry Carter, </span><a href="http://tappingflamingo.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Tapping Flamingo</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">48. Sue, </span><a href="http://midlifegreaterexpectations.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Mid-Life Great Expectations</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">49. Nan Smith, </span><a href="http://wirednan.blogspot.ca/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Wired Nan</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">50. Miranda Ackerley, </span><a href="http://blog.mirandack.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">MirandAck Arts</a><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">51. Marie Covert, </span><a href="http://thistledown-and-swaddlings.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Creating Interest</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">52. D'Arsie Manzella, </span><a href="http://thisherenowmamacita.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">This Here Now, Mamacita</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">53. Stephanie Haussler, </span><a href="http://www.pixybugdesigns.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Pixybug Designs</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">54. Lori Bergmann, </span><a href="http://www.loribergmann.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Lori Bergmann Design</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">55. Johanna Nunez, </span><a href="http://thelovelyonedesign.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">The Lovely One Design</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">56. Mary Govaars, </span><a href="http://mlhjewelrydesigns.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">MLH Jewelry Designs</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">57. Becky Pancake, </span><a href="http://beckypancakebeaddesigns.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Becky Pancake Bead Designs</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">58. Alicia Marinache, </span><a href="http://www.allprettythings.ca/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">All the Pretty Things</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">59. Debbie Rasmussen, </span><a href="http://kepirasmussen.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">A Little of This, A Little of That</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">60. Nat, </span><a href="http://www.grubbiceramics.blogspot.co.uk/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Grubbi Ceramics</a><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">61. Marjorie Savill Linthwaite, </span><a href="http://bennubirdrising.blogspot.com.au/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Bennu Bird Rising</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">62. Cheryl McCloud, </span><a href="http://www.cherylmccloud.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">One Thing Leads to Another</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">63. Heather Otto, </span><a href="http://www.thecrafthopper.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">The Crafthopper</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">64. Candida Castleberry, </span><a href="http://www.spunsugarbeadworks.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Spun Sugar Beadworks</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">66. JuLee Wolfe, </span><a href="http://thepolymerpenguin.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">The Polymer Penguin</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">67. Ginger Bishop, </span><a href="http://lilmummylikes.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Lil Mummy Likes</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">68. Karen Mitchell, </span><a href="http://www.overthemoon-design.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Over the Moon Design</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">69. Jeannie Dukic, </span><a href="http://site.jkdjewelry.com/blog/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Jeannie's Blog</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">70. Dini Bruinsma, </span><a href="http://angazabychanges.blogspot.nl/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Angaza by Changes</a><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">71. Birgitta Lejonklou, </span><a href="http://lejonklou.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Create With Spirit</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">72. Shalini Austin, </span><a href="http://jewellery-by-shalini.blogspot.co.uk/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Jewellery by Shalini</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">73. Jayne Capps, </span><a href="http://mamasgottodoodle.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Mama's Got to Doodle</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">74. Ile Ruzza, </span><a href="http://ile1974.blogspot.it/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Ilenia's Unique Beaded Jewelry</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">76. Annita Wilson, </span><a href="http://awjewelryandbeadwork.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">AW Jewelry </a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">77. Sherri Stokey, </span><a href="http://www.knotjustmacrame.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Knot Just Macrame</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">78. Hannah Trost, </span><a href="http://pzdesigns.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">PZ Designs</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">79. Linda Inhelder, </span><a href="http://musthavesjewelry.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Must Haves Jewelry</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">80. Miri Agassi, </span><a href="http://miri100.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Beadwork</a><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">81. Hope Smitherman, </span><a href="http://craftyhope.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Crafty Hope</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">82. Dyanne Cantrell, </span><a href="http://deelitefuljewelrycreations.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Dee-Liteful Jewelry Creations</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">83. Susan Bowie, </span><a href="http://susanbowie.wordpress.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Susan Nelson Bowie</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">84. Megan Milliken, </span><a href="http://maemaemills.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">MaeMaeMills</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">85. Menka Gupta, </span><a href="http://menkag.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Menka's Jewelry</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">86. Ambra Gostoli, </span><a href="http://chicandfrog.wordpress.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Chic and Frog</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">87. Lori Lochner, </span><a href="http://www.bloghner.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Bloghner</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">88. Gerda Jurimae, </span><a href="http://gerdascraftsblog.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Gerda's Crafts Blog</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">89. Susan, </span><a href="http://mistheword12.wordpress.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Mistheword</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">90. MaryLou Holvenstot, </span><a href="http://time2cre8.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">MaryLou's time2cre8</a><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">91. Mary Shannon Hicks, </span><a href="http://uptwnsh-fallingintothesky.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">falling into the sky</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">92. Karin King, </span><a href="http://maverickbeads.blogspot.ca/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">The Sparklie Things Blog</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">93. Christa Murphy, </span><a href="http://adventuresofwonebeadywoman.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Adventures of One Beady Woman</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">94. Jenny Davie-Reazor, </span><a href="http://www.jdaviesreazor.com/blog" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Jenny Davies-Reazor</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">95. Donetta Farrington, </span><a href="http://simplygorgeous-donetta.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Simply Gorgeous</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">96. Mallory Hoffman, </span><a href="http://rosebud101-fortheloveofbeads.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Rosebud 101 - For the Love of Beads</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">97. Danielle Kelley, </span><a href="http://imbuethemuse.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Imbue the Muse</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">98. Kym Hunter, </span><a href="http://kymhunterdesigns.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Kym Hunter Designs</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">99. Dolores Rami, </span><a href="http://craftydscreations.wordpress.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">CraftyD's Creations</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">100. Marcia Dunne, </span><a href="http://thealternativefoundry.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">13 Alternatives</a><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">101. Marlene Cupo, </span><a href="http://amazingdesigns-marlene.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Amazing Designs</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">102. Emma Todd, </span><a href="http://apolymerpenchant.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">A Polymer Penchant</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">103. Wendy Holder, </span><a href="http://jewelrybywendylea.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Jewelry by WendyLea</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">104. Michelle Escano, </span><a href="http://cabbycraft.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">The Cabby Crafter</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">105. Louise Glazier, </span><a href="http://lilyandjasmine.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Lily and Jasmine Treasures</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">106. Dana Hickey, </span><a href="http://magpieapproved.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Wind Dancer Studios</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">107. Lennis Carter, </span><a href="http://windbent.wordpress.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">windbent</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">108. Anne Betenson, </span><a href="http://crystalriverbeads.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Crystal River Beads</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">109. Audrey Belanger, </span><a href="http://esperianterra.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Dreams of an Absolution</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">110. Lisa Stukel, </span><a href="http://www.carefreejewelrybylisa.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Carefree Jewelry by Lisa</a><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">111. Janine Lucas, </span><a href="http://www.esfera.me/travel/blog/travel-stories" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Travel Stories</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">112. Claire Lockwood, </span><a href="http://www.somethingtodowithyourhands.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Something to Do With Your Hands</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">113. Kathy Engstrom, </span><a href="http://catherinesdreams.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Catherine's Dreams</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">114. Paula Hisel, </span><a href="http://simplybeadiful.weebly.com/simply-stated.html" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Simply Beadiful</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">115. Karla Morgan, </span><a href="http://texaspepperjams.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Texas Pepper Jams</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">116. Mischelle Fanucchi, </span><a href="http://micheladasmusings.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Micheladas Musings</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">117. Kim, </span><a href="http://cianciblue.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Cianci Blue</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">118. Linda Sadler, </span><a href="http://idalouisejewelry.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Ida Louise Jewelry</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">119. Karen, </span><a href="http://spokalulu.wordpress.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Spokalulu</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">120. Jennifer LaVite, </span><a href="http://www.drygulchbeadsandjewelry.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Dry Gulch Bead and Jewelry</a><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">121. Andrea Glick-Zenith, </span><a href="http://zenithjade.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">ZenithJade Creations</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">122. Karen Martinez, </span><a href="http://fairiesmarket.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Fairies Market</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">123. Robin Reed, </span><a href="http://www.willowdragon.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Artistry HCBD</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">124. Amy Bright, </span><a href="http://labweorc.wordpress.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">LABweorc</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">125. Jasvanti Patel, </span><a href="http://jewelrybyjasvanti.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Jewels by Jasvanti</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">126. Tammie Everly, </span><a href="http://ttedesigns.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">TTE Designs</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">127. Karin Slaton, </span><a href="http://backstorybeads.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Backstory Beads</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">128. Natalie Moten, </span><a href="http://runningoutofthread.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Running Out of Thread</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">129. Sharyl McMillian-Nelson, </span><a href="http://www.sharylsjewelry.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Sharyl's Jewelry & Reflections</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">130. Jenny Kyrlach, </span><a href="http://anafiassa.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Wonder and Whimsy</a><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">131. LiliKrist, </span><a href="http://www.pcbylik.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Handmade by LilK</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">132. Jessica Klaaren, </span><a href="http://jessicaklaaren.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">The Truth Space</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">133. Cynthia Abner, </span><a href="http://createdtreasures.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Created Treasures</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">134. Beth Emery, </span><a href="http://storiesbyindigoheart.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Stories by Indigo Heart</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">135. Heather Davis, </span><a href="http://www.blissfulgardenbeads.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Blissful Garden Beads</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">136. Jeanne, </span><a href="http://www.gemsbyjeannemarie.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Gems by Jeanne Marie</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">137. Sandi Volpe, </span><a href="http://sandivolpe.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Sandi Volpe</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">138. Laren Dee Barton, </span><a href="http://larendeedesigns.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Laren Dee Designs</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">139. Steph, </span><a href="http://www.stringaholic.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Confessions of a Bead Hoarder</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">140. Carolyn Lawson, </span><a href="http://carolynscreationswa.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Carolyn's Creations</a><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">142. Patty Miller, </span><a href="http://pattymillerbeads.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Cabari Beads</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">143. Elizabeth Bunn, </span><a href="http://elizabethbeads.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Elizabeth Beads</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">144. Marianna Boylan, </span><a href="http://www.stargirlshop.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Pretty Shiny Things</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">145. Lizzie Clarke, </span><a href="http://theneedtobead.blogspot.co.uk/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">The Need to Bead</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">146. Christina Miles, </span><a href="http://wingsnscales.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Wings 'n' Scales</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">147. Patricia, </span><a href="http://thecolorofdreams.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">The Color of Dreams</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">148. Marde Lowe, </span><a href="http://www.fancimar.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Fancimar</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">149. Ev Shelby, </span><a href="http://raindropcreationsbyevelyn.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Raindrop Creations</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">150. Sarah Small, </span><a href="http://bysalla.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">By Salla</a><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">151. Perri Jackson, </span><a href="http://shaktipajdesigns.com/blog/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Shaktipaj Designs</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">152. Laurie Vyselaar, </span><a href="http://lefthandjewelry.wordpress.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Lefthand Jewelry</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">153. Pam Traub, </span><a href="http://www.klassyjoolz.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Klassy Joolz</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">154. Lisa Harrison, </span><a href="http://daisymeadowstudio.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Daisy Meadow Studio</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">155. Anzia Parks, </span><a href="http://anzipanzisworkshoppe.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Anzi-Panzi's Work Shoppe</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">156. Ingrid, </span><a href="http://lilisgems.wordpress.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Lilisgems Handcrafted Jewelry Inspirations</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">157. Andra Weber, </span><a href="http://andrasjoyfuljourney.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Andra's Joyful Journey</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">158. Kelly Hosford Patterson, </span><a href="http://travelingsideshow.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">The Traveling Side Show</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">159. Adlinah Kamsir, </span><a href="http://www.dreamstruckdesigns.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Dreamstruck Designs</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">160. Marci, </span><a href="https://thatnothingbewasted.wordpress.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">That Nothing Be Wasted</a><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">162. Stephanie Perry, </span><a href="http://mustardbeadbystephanieperry.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Mustard Bead</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">163. Birgit Klughardt, </span><a href="http://www.gitesbeads-gite.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Gites Beads</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">164. Inge von Roos, </span><a href="http://ingetraud.wordpress.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Inge's Blog</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">165. Rebecca Sirevaag, </span><a href="http://godsartistinresidence.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Becca's Place</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">166. Sandy Markley, </span><a href="http://gypsyspiritdesigns.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #d82898; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Gypsy Spirit Designs</a><br />
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Karinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02243345958466345233noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26981919.post-33923264735293226422013-06-01T07:31:00.001-06:002013-06-01T07:31:57.010-06:00History Hop - Warring States China - 475BC to 221BCI'm participating in Beady Eyed Bunny's "History Hop" this weekend. Each of us is to pick a country and period in history, do some research and then create a piece of jewellery around that research.<br />
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I decided I needed a bit of a stretch, so picked China as my country from the list that Beady Eyed Bunny gave, then picked the Warring States period, manly so I could make beads with lots of dots on them! The Warring States period is known for a specific style of beads, often used as inspiration by modern beadmakers, and is known for layers of dots, often referred to as horns. I took a class with <a href="http://www.brickmanartglass.com/" target="_blank">Larry Brickman</a> several years ago, who introduced me to the style, and since I hadn't used the technique in a while, I thought this would be perfect.<br />
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Lets go back to the Warring States period. It was a period of significant conflict, leading to the conquering and consolidation of seven states of China into the Qin dynasty. Significant advancements in the art of warfare, including the invention of the crossbow and advancements in ironworking, are likely to have happened during this period. Because of the amount of conflict and change, advancements in schools of thought, including the rise of Confucianism and Taoism, were thought to be the "golden age" of Chinese philosophical thinking, and this period is included in the time that the Hundred Schools of Thought existed.<br />
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In my work, I tried to capture some of these elements in the necklace that I made - this was one of the first periods in Chinese history where mass production was used to arm soldiers in conflict. This made outfitting an army much easier, and so the scale of military campaigns was greater than in any period before. I represented this through the repeating elements of small turquoise circles, which would have been time consuming to reproduce by hand, but much easier with mechanical assistance. I incorporated the "free thinking" aspects of the period into the bold and unusual colour scheme - I don't normally work with turquoise, or orange or green, but they seem to have worked out well in this piece.<br />
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My research into jewellery or elements that would have existed around this time uncovered two trends - one was the Warring States style beads, which are easily identifiable by the layers of dots incorporated. Because of this, they are also known as <a href="http://en.shmog.org/cp/html/?111.html" target="_blank">"Dragon Eye Beads"</a>. The Warring States period was one of the first periods in Chinese history to start creating glass jewellery, although techniques were thought to have been adopted from Europe. The other trend was to make monochrome funeral objects out of glass, using glass to represent the more expensive and harder to work with material of jade.<br />
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To incorporate these trends, I decided to make a disk in the Warring States style at the bottom of the necklace. This is then hung from cord, and attached with another Warring States style bead to the main necklace with a small bail. For the main necklace, I decided that I really liked a technique that I used in my "Bead Soup Blog Party" work, which uses a right angle weave technique to set disks flat. I spent quite a bit of time trying to find the right stringing material - too stiff, and the work wouldn't hand properly; too weak, and the material wouldn't support the stone and glass that is incorporated.<br />
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Overall, I'm pretty pleased with the work - it's a large departure for me from the colours and materials that I usually use, but it's nice to step out of the box once in a while! I look forward to seeing what everyone else has made!<br />
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If you'd like to visit others on this hop, the list of participants is as follows:<br />
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Leah Curtis - Indus Valley - <a href="http://beadyeyedbunny.blogspot.co.uk/">beadyeyedbunny.blogspot.co.uk</a> <br />
Laney Mead - Māori - <a href="http://laney-izzybeads.blogspot.co.uk/">laney-izzybeads.blogspot.co.uk</a><br />
Becca - Art Nouveau - <a href="http://godsartistinresidence.blogspot.co.uk/">godsartistinresidence.blogspot.com</a><br />
Melissa - English Romanticism and Mourning Jewelry - <a href="http://beadrecipes.wordpress.com/">beadrecipes.wordpress.com</a><br />
Tracy Stillman - Native American - <a href="http://tracystillmandesigns.com/">tracystillmandesigns.com</a><br />
Gerda - English Romanticism and Mourning Jewelry - <a href="http://gerdascraftsblog.blogspot.com/">gerdascraftsblog.blogspot.com</a><br />
Liz E - Native North American - <a href="http://beadcontagion.blogspot.com/">beadcontagion.blogspot.com</a><br />
Ahowin - Māori (New Zealand) - <a href="http://www.blog.ahowinjewelry.com/">blog.ahowinjewelry.com </a><br />
Jasvanti - Indus Valley - <a href="http://jewelrybyjasvanti.blogspot.co.uk/">jewelrybyjasvanti.blogspot.com</a><br />
Lizzie - Art Nouveau - <a href="http://theneedtobead.blogspot.co.uk/">theneedtobead.blogspot.co.uk </a><br />
Julia Hay - Merovingian - <a href="http://pandanimal.blogspot.co.uk/">pandanimal.blogspot.co.uk</a><br />
Dini - Celtic - <a href="http://angazabychanges.blogspot.nl/">angazabychanges.blogspot.nl</a><br />
Caroline - Art Nouveau - <a href="http://blueberribeads.co.uk/">blueberribeads.co.uk </a><br />
Charlie - Moche of Peru - <a href="http://clay-space.com/">clay-space.com/blog </a><br />
Karin - China - <a href="http://maverickbeads.blogspot.co.uk/">maverickbeads.blogspot.com</a><br />
Niky Sayers - Rome - <a href="http://silverniknats.blogspot.co.uk/">silverniknats.blogspot.com </a><br />
Marcia Dunne - Celctic and Mourning Jewelry - <a href="http://thealternativefoundry.blogspot.co.uk/">thealternativefoundry.blogspot.co.uk</a><br />
anafiassa - Mesopotamia - <a href="http://anafiassa.blogspot.com/">anafiassa.blogspot.com</a><br />
Kokopelli - Native American - <a href="http://kokopellidesign.blogspot.com/">kokopellidesign.blogspot.com</a><br />
Christa - Native American - <a href="http://adventuresofwonebeadywoman.blogspot.com/">adventuresofwonebeadywoman.blogspot.com</a><br />
Clair - Roman - <a href="http://obstinatepursuit.blogspot.co.uk/">obstinatepursuit.blogspot.co.uk</a><br />
Susan Bowie - Native American - <a href="http://susanbowie.wordpress.com/">susanbowie.wordpress.com</a><br />
Gloria Allen - English Romanticism - <a href="http://gloriaallendesigns.blogspot.com/">gloriaallendesigns.blogspot.com</a><br />
Sheila Garrett - Early Russia - <a href="http://4brownowl.blogspot.co.uk/">4brownowl.blogspot.co.uk</a>Karinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02243345958466345233noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26981919.post-70760414877618234252013-05-26T07:57:00.001-06:002013-05-26T07:57:10.493-06:00New again..<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />The first three or four months of any year are pretty heavy on the travel commitments for me, and this year was no exception. A long work trip, combined with a couple of shorter weekends away meant that I didn't have time to spend beading or on the computer. <br />
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It did mean, however, that I got to some pretty cool places, and got to poke around some vintage shops in my spare moments. I always like making something current out of older components, and this bracelet is no exception. I got the amber glass buttons in New York, and found the dual hole brass and lacquer components on a very, very dated bracelet in Savannah. When put together with a large clasp, they look like they were always meant to be together. <br />
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I'm hoping to update more regularly from now on - I'll be participating in the "History" blog hop next weekend. Each of us has chosen a period and country from history and will be creating something to reflect the times. I've been getting a little more torch time in lately, so decided to try my hand at the "Warring States" period of China, which has a specific bead style that has often been recreated by lampworkers. <br />
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<br />Karinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02243345958466345233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26981919.post-89500722063489924852013-04-26T07:11:00.004-06:002013-04-26T07:12:24.292-06:00Bead Soup Blog Party #7!!I'm participating in the Bead Soup Blog party this year. Over 500 of us are participating this year, and this is the third of three reveals of beautiful work. I started with a collection of beads, a clasp and a focal bead from my lovely partner <a href="http://www.helmiriippuvuus.blogspot.fi/" target="_blank">Merja Syrjamaki</a>. The reveals officially start tomorrow, but I'm heading out for a weekend away, and wanted to put the post up before I left.<br />
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I was a bit challenged with this, as I haven't worked with gemstones in the past, and typically don't work with pink, but I love what Merja sent me. I know she was a little worried about the quantity, but I got three sizeable pieces out of the soup, so it was definitely a generous helping! First I created a "wine inspired" bracelet, with the leaf shaped clasp, the jasper, green stone and some lovely dark burgundy pearls. <br />
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Next up was more reminiscent of my style - a three tier necklace, with big copper loops for interest. I used the lovely crystal, rose quartz and pearls that Merja sent me, adding a couple of clear beads, the chain and copper loops</div>
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And finally for the focal - I'd had the idea to use the brass spacers as chain after seeing a similar piece in a local jewellery store. I strung them together with a couple strands of Fireline and a right angle weave technique. I added the chain accents, along with some lampwork spacers and the pearl drops before adding the brass and crystal clay focal. All in all, I'm very happy with the way that this turned out.</div>
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<span id="goog_964648458"></span><span id="goog_964648459"></span><br />Karinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02243345958466345233noreply@blogger.com29tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26981919.post-85678247100987978152013-02-24T10:03:00.000-07:002013-02-24T10:08:06.746-07:00Bead Soup!! <br />
Blog Candy giveaway winner is Jen Ren! Congrats, Jen! <br />
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I mentioned before that I'm participating in the Bead Soup Blog Party - a chance for beaders all over the world to exchange materials and create with something new with what they received. My partner, <a href="http://www.helmiriippuvuus.blogspot.fi/" target="_blank">Merja Syrjamaki</a>, from Findland sent the most lovely soup, and I'm so excited to be working with it! I have to admit that I tore into the packaging when I got the soup, so some of the photography groupings might be different than Merja had originally intended. Each soup has to include a focal and a special clasp, and could include as many beads as the person wants to send. I'm looking forward to working with this soup, as I haven't worked much with gemstones in the past, so this is something to get me out of my comfort zone!<br />
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I`ve also included a picture of what I sent Merja at the end of the post - included are some of the lampwork beads that I made, as well as a very cool button that I found at one of the local knitting stores. At almost 2" in diameter, I'm curious to see what Merja does with it!<br />
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<br />Karinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02243345958466345233noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26981919.post-79905083692037810562013-02-18T13:18:00.000-07:002013-02-18T13:18:03.425-07:00Bead Giveaway - Blog Candy!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I created a number of beads for the "Memories and Thanks" blog hop that Lori Anderson hosted a few months back. I used a number of them in the piece that I created honouring my childhood babysitter. I quickly realized that I have just too many, and some of them are just too similar to the ones in the finished piece and I won't ever use them in something else. <br />
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Karinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02243345958466345233noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26981919.post-22231838360537640302013-02-12T21:54:00.000-07:002013-02-12T21:54:25.817-07:00Bead Soup Blog Party - PreviewI'm participating in Lori Anderson's fabulous project - <a href="http://lorianderson-beadsoupblogparty.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank">The Bead Soup Blog Party</a>. There's over 500 of us,<br />
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What is a Bead Soup Blog Party? Each of the participants sends their partner a selection of beads, which has to include a clasp and a focal bead and a few other beads, which is the "Bead Soup". Each of the recipients then creates jewelry based on the items, including things from their own stash. On the reveal date, the two partners blog about their creations, along with everyone else on the reveal date in a blog hop. The result is a whole lot of really wonderful, and often inspirational jewelry. I found out about the blog party through blogs that I read, and was upset that I missed the last go round. For this event, I'm partnered with <a href="http://www.helmiriippuvuus.blogspot.fi/" target="_blank">Merja Syrjamaki</a>, from Findland who produces fabulous work, and we're in the third reveal date, on April 13th. To give you a sneak peek at what I sent off to Merja, here's a hidden picture of what I sent her. <br />
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It's a semi-cold and blustery winter day here - nothing like the northeast of North America, but just a few skiffs of snow to make the day seem more like winter than the weather has been. I shared this picture on Facebook a few weeks ago, but wanted to post here as well. This is Sabine and Scout, who usually aren't too sure if they like each other, but sometimes show that they share the same household. Besides, it's nice if someone else cleans the top of your head...</div>
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I'm really enjoying joining blog hops this year. I had joined a lot of exchanges in the past, and although I loved the time and effort that everyone put into their work, there were times that I kind of liked what I'd made, and wasn't ready to part with the item yet. I love that blog hops allow you to make your own thing, but you also get to check out what others have created. The <a href="http://thestudiosublime.com/2013/01/07/inspired-by-winter-challenge-sign-ups/" target="_blank">Inspired by Winter</a> blog hop is just that - a challenge to design a piece that reflects winter.</div>
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I have to admit that the Inspired by Winter piece wasn't what I'd started out to create. I'd imagined a stunning lariat, the loose end spilling over into a multitude of clear and white beads. I really enjoyed an earlier piece that I created for a charity event, and always thought that it would be beautiful in white. And using lots of little clear beads reminds me of hoar frost that makes the trees look like beautiful decorations. That's what I'd intended to create before life got in the way - a couple of trips in January, a weekend away and not enough time meant that I'd have to rethink. I'm still very happy with what I came up with - a piece that drips clear and white beads from links. When the necklace is on, it looks very regal, kind of like a snow queen.</div>
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Karinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02243345958466345233noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26981919.post-64438402391202180872013-02-04T23:01:00.000-07:002013-02-04T23:01:05.821-07:00BJP - #4I participated in the Bead Journal Projects 2011 year. Or at least I intended to. I made it to about March or April, behind by only a little bit, and life happened. If you're not familiar with the Bead Journal Project, you create a bead embroidery piece, one per month, over the course of a year. But of course, life had other plans, and despite my best intentions, I didn't complete the project. Not that I wasn't busy - I followed favourite rock band around North America for a month. I got a new job. I got another new job. I went on another vacation. And, if you judge by my pathetic attempts at blogging last year, 2012 wasn't much better. The newest new job involves a lot of travel, and a lot of time away from home, and therefore beading. But 2013 is another new year, and I thought I'd try and finish up the 2011 series.<br />
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I don't know if I really had an intention for the fourth series. The second and third pieces just materialized. This one was harder. I will tend to monochromatic pieces if not driven in another direction. I'd also picked this one up after over a year absence. It was hard. In beading it, it felt a lot like I was starting over. I guess in many ways I have.Karinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02243345958466345233noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26981919.post-76176198786030103792013-01-20T11:01:00.001-07:002013-01-20T11:01:29.176-07:00Pantone Swap RevealI've had this prepped up forever, but it never managed to find it's way
to the blog until now. I joined a Pantone swap through one of the
Facebook groups I belong in. The idea was to take inspiration from <a href="http://www.pantone.com/pages/fcr.aspx?pg=20948&ca=4">Pantone's fall colours</a>, and swap with someone else from the group. It was a very
relaxed exchange - you could decide on the number of beads, and whether
you wanted to exchange beads for all of the colours, or just a few. My partner, Maryse, from Luxembourg, and I decided on 3 sets of beads to exchange. Maryse is also a lampworker, and she had a different style to mine, so I was excited to see what I would receive.<br />
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- "Ultramarine green" beads with "Olympian blue" highlights<br />
- "French roast" beads with "Olympian blue" and white dots<br />
- "Bright chartreuse" and "Rhapsody" rounds with "Titanium" spacers<br />
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I also sent a set of large holed beads to represent all of the colours in the line-up - French roast, Titanium, Ultramarine green, Bright chartreuse, Olympian blue, Rhapsody, Pink flambe, Rose smoke, Tangerine tango and Honey gold.<br />
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Maryse sent me back a very sweet set of beads in Titanium, Olympian blue and Pink flambe.<br />
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Which got turned into a very awesome set of earrings!<br />
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I really enjoyed this exchange, and hope there's one for the Spring / Summer 2013 colours!Karinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02243345958466345233noreply@blogger.com1