Well this has been weeks in the making and I’m so very excited that I participated this year in the Bead Soup Blog Hop put together by the fabulous Lori Anderson. As most of you know I dabble in jewelry making and I would love to one day be doing it full-time. I still love making art, don’t worry, but there is just something about handmade jewelry! I’m hooked no obsessed with making it, buying it, admiring it and more! I was thrilled when I saw a post from one of my jewelry making guru friends on Facebook about this event. I hope I can participate on a yearly basis. I received my beads from my swap partner Barbara York in TX and let my box of beads sit for a while until inspiration hit me. I had told her I loved aqua’s/corals/reds together and this is what she sent me:
My bead stash from Barbara York
One day when I was feeling creative I just started making links and the necklace then evolved! I really love how it turned out and I hope you do too. I used some of my artisan beads as well. There is a Gardanne enameled bead, and a handmade blue bird bead from someone I can’t remember now (I blame my prego brain.) I had enough beads to make an entire set that I can mix and match whenever I want to. I plan on keeping this set for me and every year that I participate as well. OK enough rambling from me…. here’s what I came up with:
Bracelet
Necklace
Side detail with clay bird.
Gardanne Bead
Earrings!
So? What do you think??? I’d love your feedback. Also you can see all the participants blog’s right from this link. PLEASE check everyone out over the next few weeks. We are all revealing on the same day but there are so many participants (over 300) who knows you may find a new favorite blog to visit! After all it is a BLOG HOP! Happy hopping!! 🙂
Aimée
creativeFlutters 
Aimee – just posted but then this popped up! I absolutely LOVE what you did with your mix 🙂 – from the unique asymmetrical necklace to the multi-strand bracelet and beaded earrings. What a fun mix of metals, beads and colors – you did a fabulous job!
Gorgeous creations. I too love coral and turquoise together, but never actually use them together.
I love the colour combination you received..one of my favourites. I like how you put the necklace together asymmetrically and also the dangles on one side..that little bird is too sweet! I also really love the fullness of the bangle and how there are multiple strands, very nice pieces.
jenni
I just love it. Great finished piece. 😉
Beautiful work Aimee – love that you got a whole set out of your ‘soup’! They look fantastic!
Love the necklace. Great job.
Beautiful stuff!! Makes me want to wear them 🙂 There is something happy in these colours !!
Great colours in your package – I like the asymmetric necklace, and also the bracelet!
Greetings, Michi
I love the colour combo and the asymmetry of positioned beads. It looks so fresh.
Fun and bright! Well done!
I love it! So great composition!!!!
Hello from Earthly Jewels…
I’ve been so excited about the bead soup party and now it’s time to make my rounds! Such a lovely stash of beads you got there! Wonderful necklace!
You made so much! Beautiful pieces, and one of my favourite mixes of colours.
Aimee – I love the range of pieces you created with your soup…they’re all gorgeous!
Wow, I have to say, for someone who ‘dabbles’ in jewellery making, you’re doing it like a pro! You’ve definitely made the blue and red colour combo work for you here, I think you’ve got the balance just right. Well done on a job superbly done 😉
WOW! Quite the compliment, thank you Jo!
Wow – what a wonderful stash you received and I love what you created with those beauties! Love how you used the focal stone and built around it! The bracelet looks so light and comfortable to wear and the earrings are awesome! Great job and I hope you had fun your first time around!
love what you’ve done. that birdie is awesome!
Patty
cabaribeads
Aimée,
Love what you did with your soup. The bracelet is beautiful.
Line
Gorgeous! love the color combo! and i esp love the little swing the earrings have.
WOW thank you all so much!!!! 🙂 I appreciate the feedback!! Had so much fun making this set too!!
So lovely! My favorite is the necklace. The colors work together so well.
I love the color combo.
Great work.
Oh, that color palette is divine! While all three of your pieces are really beautiful, I am totally drawn to that bracelet. The layers make it seem like so much more. Good stuff!!
I love all 3 pieces! So cool and just my style! GREAT job! I’m an official follower.
Nicely done, and a great way to showcase those special stash items as well.
Love it all!!
Love the design! What fun beads to work with, love the enamel bead, the focal, and the bird! Beautiful color combination too!
I love coral and turquoise too — you did a great job putting it all together.
Enjoy the hop,
Emanda
http://artemisiastudio.blogspot.com/2011/09/bead-soup-reveal.html
Hi Aimee, I love your colors and asymmetric design! Enjoy the hop!
wow! really nice! I like the way you put the necklace together. It’s fluid and different at the same time and it flows well together. very nice!
I love all of your pieces. They will be so fun to wear and I am sure you will get lots of compliments. I love the little birdie and the white and orange beads.
Alice’s Beads and Baubles
What a beautiful soup you made my friend, your work is truly stunning!! Thanks for sharing & all I can say is yummmmmy!!!
Very nice!
I love those colors and really, really love how you pulled it all together. Beautiful!
Lovely work! I really like the way you combined the turquoise and red in all three pieces. Such a classic, appealing combination
What a gorgeous collection you have made. They compliment each other so well without being matchy matchy as they say on Project Runway.
This is so pretty Aimee! This color combination is beautiful and you mixed your soup perfectly!
I love turquoise and red together, too! Nice work.
Very cool! So many people have done some asymmetrical things I think I just have to try that now.
Lovely pieces! The color combination i really nice!
You made some beautiful pieces there with a great color combo!
Love it!! I did a red and aqua creation as well!
Awesome! I love these colors, you did an excellent job with your designs 🙂 Thanks for sharing! XO, Amanda
That is a really beautiful color combination! Love the design you created. I like the asymmetry of it.
Great job, love the asymmetric necklace and the color combination. Actually, the necklace looks one of those fancy ones which can be disassembled to use part of it as a bracelet? But that’s not the case, is it? It probably makes me think of those designs because you decided to put the clasp at the side. Well, some neat idea for the future maybe! And that little birdy is übercute. *steals it* =D
Great work with vibrant beads. Love the color combinations
I really love what you did with this soup! The red and turquoise color combination is a favorite of mine! Nice work!
Love this color combination…and your recipe for a showcase piece! This is going to be fantastic with denim!!
Love the color combo! Great job.
OOoh…I really like this combination. One of my best friends would snag this in a heartbeat! Beautiful!
beautiful work! I love all the turquoise and red combo I’m seeing, it’s one of my most favorite color combos! Great job!!
very pretty love the colours and the earrings are wonderful
Oh how funky fun! Congrats on such a happy piece.
Terri
Wonderful! You have created a terrific piece of wearable art. I like your use of color and texture and the asymmetrical necklace design. Thank you for sharing your artistic process with us. Cheers!
Lori
Love this color combo beautiful!
I am SO sorry for being late — today our internet provider decided to crash. My stress level is through the roof, to say the least! They’re still working on it, but it’s like dial-up.
I LOVE the side detail on your necklace — I’m a firm believer in unexpected details making a piece not look store-bought and meh — know what I mean?
I’m so glad you joined us, and I hope you’ll participate again!
Love, Lori
Thank you Lori for putting this together! I’d love to participate again! Unfortunately my partner didn’t post about getting her beads or making something with what I sent her. Kind of bummed about that but the event itself is fabulous!!! 🙂 Looking forward to future ones!
I love how you pulled the set together! Very fresh!
Love the color combo & you pieces are lovely!
Love the whole set! The color combo is similar to what I sent my partner…beautiful work!
Love the whole set…beautiful work! I sent a similar color combo to my partner.
Beautiful creations! Love the color combinations in your soup!
love it! And nice banner too!
The earrings are my favorite. Great job.
Beautiful! Love the colors! 🙂
Aimee, Love your designs they are very pretty .
Therese
Oh my, Very nice job!!!!
They all turned out so pretty. I can see why you want to keep them. The little bird is adorable and you did him justice.
great colour conbo & fab pieces!so glad you are having fun w/ your soup
Beautiful. Love the assymetrical necklace and hoop earrings.
Oh, I just love turquoise and red together!
Love how you layered the necklace, very nice look and very Florida too!
What a great color combination you got – and I too like the layers and asymmetrical-ness of it all!
Great job on your pieces! I think you did a wonderful job, and love the composition. I love the combination of coral and turquoise together!
I love what you did with the necklace and the bird accent. I could really see myself wearing the bracelet, the balance of materials in it is great it looks very “wearable” and comfortable. Often I end up with bracelets that are too chunky or the balance is off and it doesn’t hang right once I put it on. Yours seems to be perfect,i bet its comfortable on.
Carrie T
Thank you so much Carrie!
fabulous creations! life’s too short to wait…get stuck in and start creating jewellery sweetie…..
hugs
hello gorgeous xxx
Great work putting that colorful mix together! Very fun detail with the bird and dangling beads. I know you’ll enjoy wearing them!
Lovely !!!!
Great Soup !
m.e. 🙂
I love the color combination in this. It’s such a challenge to mix these colors well. You really don’t want one to overwhelm the other. I think you did an excellent job. Congrats on a beautiful piece!
Great piece!
Great variety from a lovely soup – coral and turquoise is one of my favorite combos. Like the fact that the focal is so uncluttered in the necklace. And so great that you used it all to make such lovely things. I struggled just to get a necklace done…
I just love your necklace! The colors are wonderful together and I really like the asymmetrical design. Very beautiful!
Enjoy your week!
you created some beautiful pieces from your soup!!! red and aqua are so awesome together!
love your color combo..beautiful piece
What you did looks just amazing, very lovely job!
You did a great job with your soup!! Lovely!!
Beautiful pieces! I love that color combination as well. Great job with your soup ingredients!
Aimee,
Love the pieces. This is my favorite color combination. I admire the asymmetrical way you put them together. I’m too left-brained, I have to have symmetry. lol Great job!
Beautiful! I am so impressed at how you managed to make up all three pieces and co-ordinate them so well.
Great job!
I love red and teal together, so pretty! Great job!
Great color combo, and the bird bead is precious – I love how it’s a cute little surprise that pops up as your eye wanders around the necklace!
Bobbie
One of my favorite color palettes! Gorgeous work.
Great soup! Love how you pulled it all together and added those artisan beads as well. Love the bird and the asymmetry of it all!
Love the colors and the things you made.
What a lovely set you have created! The necklace is a show stopper. Georgeous!
Love the colors – and what you did with your bad soup!
Cute detail on the necklace. I think going outside the box is a good thing. Thanks for sharing. Nice colors. Cherrie
Love the necklace and the color combination. The little blue bird is sooo cute.
Love your colors. Really like your necklace
Beautiful designs from a wonderful bowl of soup.
Beautiful work-wonderfully creative use of your soup!
Oh I ADORE the earrings! Beautiful work on all the pieces 🙂
I love those colors together too — and your pieces are just gorgeous!
Love the color combination, your pieces came together wonderfully.
i love the enameled bead you added, so cute.
turquoise and red are one of my favorite combinations! love your pieces!
Love this color combo!! i was sent the same colorway but a very different style! I love what you did – the little clay bird is perfect perching there!!! Very very nice!! I would love to have you hop by my blog to see my red and turquoise9 more of a sky blue) combo!!
so nice to meet yoU!!
LOVE the colors! Good job!!!
I love all of your pieces especially the bracelet. Gorgeous!
It’s wonderful you made three different pieces with your soup, all of them gorgeous. I particularly love the bracelet.
Great color combination and designs.
Really pretty designs
Oh, how I love turquoise and red together! Beautiful job on all of the pieces!
Fantastic Ingredients and ONE smashing SOUP!! LOVE IT!! Great work!~ 😀
I love what you did with the bead soup! Especially the necklace is amazing!
What did you add that was yours? It was a great color palette to begin with – very festive, tropical. Wear them in health and happiness.
Hi Jenny,
thanks for your comment! 🙂 I added the red seed beads, black glass beads, artisan beads and the white with orange dot lampwork beads. She sent me such a huge stash I tried to use most of it.
Aimée
Very beautiful work.
Gorgeous! Love the colour scheme, it’s one of my favourites.
great colors, the earrings are my favorite!
Love what you did with your soup, I really like all the details in your necklace. Something I would wear in a heartbeat.
Gorgeous fun stuff. I really like the beads you added.
I love it! So great composition!
Love the colors…they are are lovely…love love the necklace…
I’m liking the funk asymmetry of the necklace.
Very nice job.
Great job, I love the colors together!
I love turquoise and red. One of my favorite color combos! I especially love the earrings–they look swingy and fun to wear!
Love the orange/red with the turquoise. So great for fall (really anytime). Love what you did with what you received!!
Love the asymmetrical necklace and the variations on either side. Beautiful.
What a great color combinatinon. All your pieces came out so lovely!
Red and turquoise is such a great colour combination…. it always pops! I love the shape of the sweet dangling earrings.
Turquoise and red are fabulous together and your special touches really made for some great pieces.
Such great colors in your soup, and you did a great job with your bracelet! Lots of fun details!
I totally love the bird, the colors, but the bracelet really is stunning to me!
This is a great color palette. It is a classic. I love the movement and the way you positioned the beads and the colors. Well done!
Enjoy the day!
Erin
I love the colors of the soup. The bird on the side is too cute and I love the placement of it.
Love your designs! They are fabulous!
Aimee! Just wonderful…your ability to cross mediums has always been an inspiration. This is such a fun idea and am so glad to see how you were able to piece together something unique and truly “you” with just a simple mess of beads. Keep letting your creative soul flutter, chica!
That is always a winning color combo! Love the asymmetrical necklace. Beautiful pieces 🙂
Love the entire set, the color combo is a winner every time. Yes, very beautiful pieces. Great job. 🙂
How gorgeous,the colour combination is great.
I love the little clay bird and the blue holey beads.
You have a great blog, just yummy.
I like the color combination – I am usually not a big fan of jewelry that is too colorful, but that red and turquoise just looks very friendly to me. and I love the organic style too.
Awesome! The bracelet is my favorite! So pretty!
Wow! Love the color combo and how the necklace is cohesive and yet the same time variable with the asymmetry, etc. Great, great work!
Really pretty! The necklace is my favorite. Great job with your soup!
Love the colors and unique details! Very pretty!
I love both pieces but I am smitten with your bracelet. I love multistrands bracelet and red and turquois work perfectly together!
Ambra
Love the colour combination and it´s so pretty!
Cool soup – love the colors! I think the bracelet is my favorite – great job!
This seems to have been a popular color palette this year and you did a fantastic job with your soup mix. loving the asymmetrical design. Really soup-er job!
Lovely jewellery! I really like both the style and colours. And the asymmetry in the necklace is very nice. Great job!
Very nice soup! I love the way you kept it simple to let the colors shine.
Oooh, Aimee – I love what you did with your Bead Soup – especially that asymmetrical necklace – you hit THAT one out of the park, Sweetie!
Wow, love the soup you had to work with. You did a wonderful job of putting it all together. Love the colors. And I too am an asymmetrical kind of girl.
Fantastic, love turq and blue!!!