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Showing posts with label bead stash. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bead stash. Show all posts

The Third Reveal -- It's Here, It's Here!!!!

Monday, March 24, 2014

I saw the mailman and I thought one of those has just GOT to be for me!  And I was so excited when one of those boxes had my name on it from my partner, Kay Mallery. There it was....a box all taped up just waiting for me to tear into it.

I've been given some really kewl bead soup........


Vintage Findings, Beads, Czech Glass, MOP
 But I had to take another pic to show off the awesome vintage rhinestone pin that Kay sent along with that very French box it's laying on.

Vintage Rhinestone Pin, Sardonyx chunky beads and Tourmalated Quartz
But WAIT......there's more more more~~~~~lampwork beads that Kay has made herself.  And look at all those colors. Green's that represent the lushness of Oregon's Willamette Valley, shades of Blue off Oregon's rocky Pacific coast, and the Amber's that are all the shades of sand the ocean splashes up on.

Kay's Lampwork Beads
Well, I better get busy thinking about what I'm going to do with all this bead soup goodness I've been given.....time to get creative!  Thanks, Kay, for your beautiful bead soup.

Until then........let the creative juices flow!!!

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The First Reveal of the 8th Bead Soup Blog Party

Friday, March 7, 2014


The first reveal of the 8th BSBP has arrived.....that being my partner for this Party.

Kay Mallery of Kay Mallery-Reflections and I will be exchanging our stashes and ramping up our creativity.  Kay enjoys using a variety of techniques and mediums in creating her jewelry. This gives me a lot to consider when putting Kay's Bead Soup together.

Stay tuned for three more reveals......

  • my Bead Soup to Kay
  • my Bead Soup from Kay, and
  • what I did with my Bead Soup on May 3.


Until then.....Happy Creating!


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It's Kinda Like......"Are we there yet"?

Thursday, March 6, 2014


I'm like that kid in the backseat of the car asking mom and dad....."are we there yet"?  I'm filled with anticipation that my BSBP partner will soon be revealed to me.  I'm on the edge of the backseat of the car bouncing up and down until mom and dad finally say....."almost"!

Lori Anderson has performed a mind-boggling task of pairing BSBP participants together.  Thanks for all the many hours you've spent to make this event fun, exciting, and challenging for all of us.

Until my partner is revealed......Happy Beading!!!!

Bead Soup Blog Party Mess and Hoarding

Monday, January 24, 2011

Havoc abounds in my bead room in preparation of putting together a stash of various sundry items for Leslie, my BSPB partner.  I had to soften up this picture so that it doesn't look as bad as it really is.  How does "stuff" seem to accumulate all over.... a saw, chain nose pliers, hammer, .........oops, don't want to give to much away.  Well, it felt good when I was done and hope Leslie likes what I put together for her.  It will be in the mail probably tomorrow. 

Are any fellow beaders out there "hoarders"?  When it comes to my beads and bead related items (otherwise known as "my stash") that I have, there are definitely things that I put in a special place and think, I'll use that, don't know when, but I know I'll make something from it or with it some day.  Just knowing it's there gives me comfort.  I can go look at those things when I want, think of things to do with it when I wake up during the night, go through my things and have that discovery moment when you're going through your stash and you see things that you forgot you had but know you had to keep them because you knew you'd make something with it some day!!!!  Well, you get what I'm saying.

The Bead Soup Blog Party provided me with a challenge to go through "my stash" and try to become an un-hoarder.  Now, things in "my stash" may not seem that special to someone else, but we each have our own special "stashes" that make us be hoarders.  So, I can thank Lori Anderson and her BSBP for helping me to become an un-hoarder!!!  Thank you, Lori.

Well, my bead room has been cleaned up and I feel so much better!!!  What has the BSBP done for you???

Until then....Happy Beading!!!

Kitty