Saturday, September 17, 2011

Bead Soup Blog Party Begins!!!!!

So the big day is here. YAY!!!!! This is my finished project. I added ribbons, cloth roses and seed beads to what my partner sent me. The focal was a big challenge to me, but I really like the end results. Thanks Allison!! Below is a list of all who participated and their partners.







 


















This is what I started with in case you missed my previous post






Here's the link to my partner Allison's bead soup creations!


Click on each name to go to their blogs.
These are the partner pairs.
The Hostess, Lori Anderson and her partner, Manuela Wutschke
19. Anna Sabina­­­­ and Erin Siegel
140. Mary Hicks and Laurel Steven
For a total of 362 participants!
Amazing!

117 comments:

  1. You did a fabulous job with your soup. Love the finished piece. ;-)

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  2. Great job, it looks like you have used a lot of what Allison sent...very nice piece..like the beading around the focal.
    jenni

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  3. I like it - especially the combination with ribbon!

    Greetings,
    Michi

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  4. The ribbons were such a nice touch to this lovely necklace

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  5. Very interesting piece! Ribbon adds a nice touch! ;)

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  6. That is lovely! The ribbon is the perfect finishing touch.

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  7. Awesome finished piece! Love the touch of the ribbon added!

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  8. What a gorgeous piece, I just love it, especially with the ribbon finish.

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  9. Oh my goodness! Love it! The ribbons n roses are a wonderful touch! And love the beading around the focal! You did so much more than I imagined with those beads! :)

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  10. I just love what you did with your beautiful bead soup!

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  11. great color combo! i love the look of this whole piece.

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  12. Love those colors You put together so nicely!!

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  13. You did an amazing job, especially with the focal bead, it is unrecognizable, but gorgeous!

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  14. Beautiful! Love the addition of the ribbon! Adds dimension and a bit of whimsy! Nice color combination too!

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  15. Nice use of mixed media to rise to the challenge of your soup.

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  16. Nice work, good color combinations.

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  17. Very creative. You did an awesome job. I love the pendant. I have some blue slices you gave me some ideas;
    Be blessed to be a blessing

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  18. Those colors really are a lot of fun. The piece has a lot of great texture to it!

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  19. your piece is very now with what the current trends are. The bows are so cute and I love what you did with the focal. Very nice job!
    Alice's Beads and Baubles

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  20. Great Job -- so many of us were working way outside our usual boxes, nicely done!

    Enjoy the hop,
    Emanda

    http://artemisiastudio.blogspot.com/2011/09/bead-soup-reveal.html

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  21. Beautiful necklace! Love how you did that. Congrats!

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  22. Love, love, love the flirty, girly ribbon detail!

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  23. Lovely! I love the addition of the ribbon bow also. Adds some whimsy and character.

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  24. Very unique and very pretty. The color combination is gorgeous and the bows add such a great dimension to the piece!

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  25. A wonderful piece with great colors and balance, well done!

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  26. That's a great piece you made and a really fun touch with the ribbon :)

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  27. Such a fun, colorful mix and you did an awesome job with your pieces :) - love the added texture and placement of beads in your stringing too!

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  28. Totally love it! That color combination is fab, and you worked magic with it!

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  29. beautiful work!!! Love that ribbon it really is a nice touch!

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  30. Love the bead combination, very pretty!

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  31. Wonderful! Thank you for sharing your artistic process with us. Cheers!
    Lori

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  32. Love how you brought the focal to life! Beautiful, warm colors!

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  33. I love that you added the rose to the focal bead. Its a beautiful necklace!

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  34. That necklace would be so much fun to wear.

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  35. Beautiful necklace! The ribbon added the final touch!

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  36. Awesome job with the color scheme...lovely necklace! This would be a fun necklace to wear with jeans or a jean jacket!

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  37. What a great way to adorn the coral. Nice work.

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  38. Nice work - I love the addition of the ribbon. Well done!

    Karyn
    Australia

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  39. Very nice. I love the colors. And the ribbon and cloth roses really make it romantic. Beautiful.

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  40. Hi Cynthia, very pretty design love the colors and your use of the beads that Allison sent to you.
    Therese

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  41. I love how you framed the pendant. The addition of the roses and ribbons makes this a sweet, happy piece of jewelry.
    Carrie T.

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  42. Sweet, I love the bows. Great work!

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  43. Great colours, I like what you did with the pendant!

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  44. Love the colors and the festive design with a touch of romance. Great job!

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  45. Looks wonderful, not the easiest of colours to work with but all fits together so well with the focal.

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  46. I love the high contrast of the colors and you've made them work beautifully together with the symmetry in your design. Beautiful!

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  47. Beautiful necklace, and yes I agree, you worked the colors perfectly into the design. Nice touch on the ribbon too! Love it.

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  48. Interesting colour combination! You worked well with the colours to make a well-resolved piece.

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  49. Simply beautiful! I love those colors together and you made a wonderful piece with them!

    Enjoy your week!

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  50. Beautifully done, I love the little ribbon accents!

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  51. very nice necklace. simple but with a great color palette.
    Shannon C

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  52. I like the ribbon and the beading around your focal - Great job - enjoy your hopping!!!

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  53. Great job, I love the color combination you used!

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  54. I love the colors, the way you used texture, and the RIBBON!

    I hope you'll join us again next year!

    Love, Lori

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  55. The bows really spice up your soup. Nice job.

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  56. What a clever idea! The ribbons and fabric roses absolutely make that piece. Well done - gorgeous creation xo

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  57. I positively love the use of ribbons, the color scheme, and the coral! Totally an amazing design. Great work! ♥

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  58. Very lovely!! The colors are great.

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  59. How neat that you were able to create something so nice with so few additions from your own stash -- good job!

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  60. Fantastic color scheme and I love what you did with it!

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  61. I really like that you made something with mostly just the soup ingredients. I did that as well. Great pieces, love the colors!

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  62. Wow! This is really nice. It's amazing how much the fabric contributes to the overall piece. Fabric has been used in a lot of the beautiful BSPS pieces!

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  63. I like the way you used the ribbon! Beautiful!

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  64. I think your necklace is lovely...the ribbon makes everything pop. Good job.

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  65. Really well done-great idea adding the ribbon!

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  66. Well done! Like the cute dangle at the back:) The focal would've stumped me too, and I can't stitch or wire-wrap well enough to have pulled it off >.<

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  67. Great colors, perfect for fall! Great job!

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  68. Really cool necklace. Love what you did with the focal!

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  69. I love the organic shapes of beads you used- lovely colors and the ribbon accent is so pretty!

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  70. Very nice! I love the ribbons. I have to start trying out fiber...

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  71. Great job - Very pretty! Love the colors!

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  72. What exactly did you do to the focal? I like how you resolved your challenges; looks good.

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  73. Relly love the extra special touch the ribbon adds! Beautiful colors, great job!! -Andrea & Julie

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  74. Love it! Especially the addition of the roses!
    Beautiful~

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  75. I love the use of fiber in the piece! It makes in a stunner.

    Also, thank you so much visiting my blog! I hope you enjoyed it and will visit again soon...

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  76. Great job. I love the finish you added to the focal, and the bows just make it.

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  77. Great colours! The ribbon is a nice touch. It soften such bold necklace.

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  78. Beautiful job Cynthia - I love the seed beads and ribbon you added - this is one of my favorite color combinations! :)

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  79. Adding the ribbon was a nice tough. Good job.

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  80. Very pretty - I love these colors together! The ribbon is a sweet addition!

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  81. Oh, I love that you added the ribbons and roses... just the right amount of detailing. The little dangle down the back of the neck is such a nice touch!

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  82. Love the ribbons you added - completely pulls together all the texture and color in this. I love it!

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  83. Beautiful! Love the colours and ribbons too :-)

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  84. Terrific designs with your soup ingredients! Great job!

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  85. Very cool! Love the color and I love how you incorporated the ribbon!

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  86. Fantastic design. The focal piece is gorgeous and I love the ribbon-adds a fun element to the design.

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  87. How bright and colorful- what fun you had! Well done !

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  88. Such a great color palette! Enjoy the day!
    Erin

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  89. Still blog hopping:>)

    Awesome designs!

    Love the colors!

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  90. So Colorful. Looks like it will be fun to wear.

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  91. I like the addition of the ribbons. It really softens the look and gives it that finishing touch.

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  92. I so love the addition of the bow! So fun!!

    Ingrid~Wrapped In Silver

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  93. Thank you everyone for all the kind comments.

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  94. What a sweet necklace. Love the color combo!

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  95. What a pretty piece! Love the colors and the ribbon is a perfect touch!

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  96. The ribbon is a very nice touch, I would have never thought of that!
    Ambra

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  97. Lovely, What a great use of color!

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  98. I can't believe you hit every blog already. I keep thinking I will be lucky to hit them all before the next hop.

    I love your pieces. I'm seeing a lot of that color combination lately. And I love agate! It turned our really beautiful!

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  99. Lovely necklace! I like the balance between the colours as well as between the bead shapes in this one. And the little bow with multiple ribbons is such a nice finishing touch. Great job!

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  100. Welcome to the Bead Soup party! Isn't it incredible? I'm so impressed that you've finished hopping. I'm still working my way through, but it's great fun.

    Nice work with complimentary colors.

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  101. This is such a lovely necklace - the ribbons are an eye catcher, love it.
    ♥ Manuela

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  102. Cool necklace! Nicely designed & the use of the ribbon is a perfect touch! Really Soup-er!

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  103. love the necklace!I loved the use of the ribbon as well. I think it is time I should play more with fibers!

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  104. Cynthia - I would have been boggled by the color scheme, but you totally rocked it! I love the way you added your own touches of ribbon and roses to pull the whole thing together - very well done!

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  105. Great job, love the way you added the ribbon, I am still hopping, trying to ge to all the soup!!

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  106. Love how you embellished the focal!

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