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Between my mother's surgery and recovery, the shower valve's constant drip, keeping my A1C levels down, and taking classes in creating with precious metal clay, I am well and truly stressed out. However, I did manage to at least finish the pendant, even though I will probably redo it sometime in the future. The bead(s) my partner Shai sent are unique and in some of my favorite color to work with--copper with bronze tones. You can tell the piece was rushed a bit.  I plan to make a Kumihimo rope to finish the design.



I also quickly made a pair of earrings from the ceramic beads.



Thank you Lori for hosting the BSBP again!  The link to list of participants is below.

http://www.prettythingsblog.com/2017/03/welcome-to-bead-soup-blog-party-bead.html

Comments

  1. Beautiful designs - I love your bead embroidery to bring those pieces together as a pendant and the rope will finish it off perfectly I'm sure.

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  2. Those are super fun earrings and I adore the pendant. You did a beautiful job. Thanks for sharing so much inspiration with us.

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  3. Love the design of the pedant - great work :-)

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  4. Your bead embroidery piece is amazing to say the least, it is really spectacular!!! Hope I get a chance to see it completed.

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  5. Wow! Look at all that work you are one uber talented lady!

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  6. Wow - well good for you because it looks like it would take a long time to get as far as you have gotten!! I could not live the earrings you made any more than I do!!

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  7. I just love what you did with the focal! Be sure to show it off when you get it finished.

    Those earrings are incredible! I had that pair of beads for a few years & never could come up with a design to do them justice.

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  8. What you did with the large bead set is fantastic! I'm loving those fringy earrings too!

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  9. Incredible bead work. Love it. Those earrings are so much fun. I hope your mom has a speedy recovery.

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  10. Oh wow! That pendant is stunning!

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  11. Lovely bead work and neat earrings. Hope your Mom is okay now.

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  12. Beautiful work. I love the bead embroidery!

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  13. WOW - I love how you created a stunning focal!

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  14. Wow I would never call what made rushed. Every last thing is amazing!

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  15. The bead embroidery around the focal raises it to a whole new level. It will be cool to see the piece come together with a beaded rope. I really love the long tassely earrings. Great design. Great use of your soup!

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  16. Your embroidery work is awesome, what a great pendant! I love those earrings!

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  17. Each piece is gorgeous. Your designs highlight the colour and texture of the beads.

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  18. Beautiful embroidery! And, those earrings are stunning!

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  19. Those are my favorite colors too. I'm drooling over my keyboard now. I LOVE how you did your seed bead work (I don't have the patience, eyes, or neck for that much detail) you really pulled it off and I can't tell it was rushed. My other fave are the earrings with unique seed danglies. Too fun - where didja get those seeds?
    Great job, great soup - hope life calms a bit for you.

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