Bead Soup Party Goodie Bag

I'm participating again in the Bead Soup Party.  Anyone else out there doing it too?  It's always a lot of fun, but this time around, I'm a bit more perplexed.

You see, my partner and new friend,  Melissa Clarke (Liss),  sent me this wonderful selection of beads.  My photo isn't fantastic, but you can see the agate slice focal, lots of little sparkly beads in shades of pink and some black lava beads that are textural and very cool.  Oh, as she is a seed beader, lots of those too in a lovely coordinating selection.

I've never worked with bright pink and black together.  So this decision making is taking a little too long.  I wake up and mess around with combinations,  I go to sleep wondering what the heck I'm going  to do, and the deadline to post on my blog- is Sept. 17th.  Coming up soon!

So be sure to visit me on the 17th, (and of course you are welcome every other day in between), to see what I end up with.  I've been making some coordinating flamework beads, which I think will help me make decisions.

See you tomorrow.  www.studiomarcy.blogspot.com

Bead Soup Party

I"m excited that another Bead Soup Party is getting ready to start.  Hostess extraordinaire, Lori Anderson  has announced sign ups will be Aug. 1st.  Even though I'm traveling that day, it's already on my calendar.

Here's the link:     http://lorianderson-beadsoupblogparty.blogspot.com/

If you aren't familiar with one of her parties, it's a blast.  After asking you a few quick questions, Lori teams you up with someone very different from your style.  You will need to send that person a group of beads and a clasp and vice versa and then you'll make up some jewelry using your new goodies.  (although you can supplement with other stuff).

I did this last year, and found my buddy Laura Zeiner from it.  We even got to meet when I was last in Austin teaching at Blue Moon.  We're just the same height, (neither of us are very tall) and we got along famously.  Did I mention that Laura made a gorgeous necklace from the lampwork beads I sent her?  I blogged here about it before.

So mark your calendar and sign up quickly.  The spots go fast.  If you have any questions at all, please contact Lori at lori@lorianderson.net, 410-819-8161 (before 8pm EST), or via her blog, www.PrettyThingsBlog.com.

And tell Lori I sent you.  Hope your experience is as fantastic as mine was.  Hope to see you there.