Bead Soup VII reveal

Only one Bead Soup this year but Lori has done a fantastic job of organizing and setting up partners.  It's almost midnight here and I am in the first reveal for March 30 - so here is my piece ...  

The beautiful beads are from my partner Rachel Stanley. I tend to wear more bracelets than necklaces and really wanted a two stand bracelet.  

On this bracelet I did wire guards at both ends but only added split rings at one end.  Next bracelet will have split rings on both ends and that makes it a lot easier to crimp the wire.  I used the magical crimp pliers so my crimp beads are round.  

The nice thing about bead soup is that it makes me look at how I have been making things and want to improve my designs for a more polished, finished look. 

Hopefully I have the link working www.BeadSoupBlogParty.com  so that you can go to other participants in Bead Soup VII.

And Lori - thanks again - I really enjoy these exchanges.  



    

Bead Soup Update 

Received the Bead Soup from my partner Rachel Stanley 

http://www.2catchahummingbird.blogspot.com/

and she has received the ones I sent - 

Here are the beads I received.  

So - Soup's On - and the reveal date is:

March 30, 2013

Bead Soup # 7

Update - my beading partner is Rachel -

she blogs at http://www.2catchahummingbird.blogspot.com/

I'll add a pic of the beads she sent me in the next day (hopefully).

Bead reveal is in late March which is good as much of day to day life is keeping me busy.

There will be three reveals and over 500 beaders exchanging focals, toggles and beads.

It's gonna be FUN - just wait and see.

7th Bead Soup - underway

Yep, Bead Soup time - ah .....

What a fun blog hop and a way to meet other beaders.

So here's the linking:

www.BeadSoupBlogParty.com

hope to trade beads or visit your blog.

MEMORIES

This turned out to be a very special blog hop for me.  

January is the birth month for my dad

 James R Hitch (1912-2000) 

and

 my mom's little sister,

 Norma June Christiansen Morris Maiers (1919-2001)

Using red beads was a must
 one for Dad and one for Aunt Norma.

They say that life happens while you're making plans.  

Well, so does death.

On December 12th, 2012 my cousin June was in a serious motor vehicle accident and critically injured.  Two days later, my uncle (my mom's little brother) and his younger daughter Norma  made the heart wrenching  decision to cease the life support.  June passed within a short time.  She was the first of the cousins (ages 74 to 51)to leave this world for a better place. 

June was 53 years old.  She was an amazing woman.  Tall (6'3" - that's not a typo), smart and caring - very much so as she was a nurse.  She had a great sense of humor (she'd tell you she was 5'15"), had a wonderful laugh and was as beautiful as her mother Beverly.  

Our family is great for nick names.  

June's was JuneB and JuneBug.

The next part of the bracelet involves Bees and LadyBugs.

She was born in the month of June so pearls were also needed.

While the magnets I used aren't pretty, they are incredibly strong and tiny,

 and not very noticeable.  

I will be sending this to my cousin Norma as a memory bracelet in honor of her sister

June Bliss Christiansen Wilson (1959-2012)

Thank you for taking the time to read this.

  

and the link to the rest of the memory and thanks blogs
http://www.prettythingsblog.com/2012/11/participants-for-memories-and-thanks.html

http://www.prettythingsblog.com/2012/11/memories-and-thanks-blog-hop.html

This blog hop is both for Marianna and for those people in our lives who mean a lot to us -- a mom, a friend, a brother -- anyone who has meaning to us.  Create a piece of jewelry that tells that story.

For instance, Marianna loved red and cardinals, so if you would like to make something in honor of her, you could use red, or you could use beads of birds, leaves, trees, nests, eggs -- things like that.  If you have a friend you want to remember and thank and she's a painter, you could make a necklace full of the colors she often uses in her paintings.

If you would like to join this Blog Hop please click on the "blog button" above and it will take you to Pretty Things to sign up.

Lori Anderson ( creator of this blog hop) creates jewelry and bead kits as well as collaborative mixed media art with her son, Zack.  Visit her shops by clicking here.  She is also the creator of the Bead Soup Blog Party®   and author of the book Bead Soup.

PS. You need a blog to participate in this hop.


...as usual am hoping I did this correctly... 

from Beading Daily

Make Your Beadwork More Spiritual

The one thing that Native American beadwork techniques and stitches have in common is the belief that the time spent doing them to create beautiful objects is a way to honor the spirit world. So, take a deep breath and relax before you sit down to bead. Light a candle and focus your intentions before you pick up your needle and beads, and most of all, remember to enjoy your journey.

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I so understand the above and agree with it.