Bead Soup 6

Welcome to my reveal of the Bead Soup 6!

I have been able to participate in just about every Bead Soup since the beginning. I have always been delighted to make a new friend on the other side of the world and to see all the lovely designs that people make with a few simple beads. And I am excited that I am one of the contributors to the upcoming Bead Soup book that will be out in just a few short weeks. Can't wait to see it!

Lori Anderson deserves a round of applause for always making the experience a delightful one. I always let her know that I would be more than happy to share my stash with someone from another country. I enjoy making new friends in faraway places!

This year I was paired with Eniko Fabian from Austria. Her blog is Perl-Eni. Eni is a whiz with seed beads and I have just been in awe of her creations like this one.

{The colors on this and the way it is hugging the exposed donut underneath are so lovely! If I understand the translation from Hungarian... I think that is a curtain ring. Brilliant!}

I have to apologize because I was so focused on getting this done on time (actually I was early!) that I neglected to take a picture of the beads and findings that Miss Eni sent me. Doh!



Included in the package was a set of large chalky white barrel beads (sorry no picture!), a set of silver bead caps, a swirly leaf clasp and a beautiful polymer clay pendant that I think she may have made herself. The pendant has a slight glittery sparkle to it and these beautiful stylized leaves in teal, turquoise, black and white. I set aside the white beads for another day and decided to go with black as my color base and allow the silver to be bring out the white and the sparkle.

 


I found these matte black faceted glass beads in my stash from Bead Trust. I added Swarovski bicone crystals in a rich teal color. I decided that they would wear the caps so that there was just a hint of that color coming through. I also found some variegated dyed charoite beads from Michaels in a shimmery teal (I also have them in a rich shade of purple, I love them!). It looks like a tiny planet to me.




That swirly leaf clasp is so pretty that I wanted it front and center. I also wanted it to look like the pendant was floating. So I used some teal seed beads to attach the clasp through the hole. When you hold it up it flips a bit sideways, but it lays perfectly when you wear it. I know. I wore it today and got loads of compliments! ;-)

{'Bohemian Forest' named for the vast forest in the German, Austrian and Czech areas.}

I enjoyed working with these pieces. The colors are rich and the pendant is oh so light. But most I love that I have made a new friend on the other side of the world. So to Miss Eni I say "élvezik a nap" which in Hungarian means enjoy the day! (I hope ;-)



Please go to Lori's blog for a complete list of the participants in this first round of the Bead Soup 6!