Time flies when you are having fun designing. It’s hard to believe that it’s been 10 weeks since I received my wonderful bead soup from Heidi Kingman. You can read about that HERE.
She sent me SO many wonderful things, and I really tried to use them all! I still have a few items left, but I put a pretty good dent in the soup. Here’s what I came up with:
First off, is a very hip bracelet featuring Heidi’s hand-wrought copper clasp, rings, twisted jumprings, Baltic amber drops and a beautiful fire agate stone. I added some lampwork frit beads in orange blossom and some lampwork iridescent gold discs.
Next up is a choker made with three of Heidi’s beautiful sesame jasper drops and several matte blackstone rondelles. I added my own wire wrapped beads and chainmail.
Here is Heidi’s wonderful Viking knit chain (I really must learn how to do that!) and super cool copper BIG hole bead caps. So obviously I needed to cap some BIG hole beads! I made three of my Tiger pattern beads, and finished off the chain with some copper cones and a hammered toggle.
Heidi sent me these really cool copper twisted wire headpins. I had many visions of what I wanted to do with them, but they seemed to just want to be cool dangly earrings. I could do these in tons of colors!
And for the pièce de résistance: The Guitar Bracelet.
Is this not The. Coolest. Thing. Ever??
I was SO excited to receive Heidi’s Strike a Chord Guitar piece, which was featured (as a leather bracelet)Â in the gift bags at the 46th Annual Country Music Awards! I really struggled with what to do with this. I could have made an elaborate necklace, but I really wanted
to just feature the guitar. So I decided to create a wire bangle, and added a touch of color with some tiny lampwork aqua beads. I fashioned a simple copper clasp to finish it off. Isn’t it the bomb?So, I still have a sea urchin shell, yellow quartz, and Chinese porcelain donuts left, along with some faux leather suede and a smattering of copper findings. I’m sure they will find their way into some jewelry in the future.I really had a lot of fun with my first bead soup. It was definitely a challenge, but so much fun breaking out of my usual design routine. Thanks Heidi! And MANY thanks to Lori Anderson for coordinating this EXTRAORDINARY Bead Soup Blog Party. I’m so honored to be a part of it. 🙂 Please check out the other 200+ participants in this 3rd reveal: http://lorianderson-beadsoupblogparty.blogspot.com/2013/04/welcome-to-3rd-reveal-of-7th-bead-soup.html
These are beautiful!!
All your designs are really, really stunning. That guitar bracelet is the BEST though. I just love it. Fabulous job!!
All designs are beautiful. I love the guitar bracelet – the guitar is so nicely integrated that is seems it was made for that bracelet. I also love your wire wrapped beads in the necklace. Have a nice weekend. Ana
Oh there is lushness inevery piece you created from that fabulous soup I think I need each and every piece just for me 😉
Hey Amy – it was a lot of fun to see how you and Heidi Kingman interpreted the bead soup! LOVE the delicious finished products! In my spare time, I am still looking at all the other artists – WOW~ that's a big project!
Oh!!! All pieces are very gorgeous, but the guitar!! Love ist most!
That guitar bracelet is cool indeed! I love your wirework and also that you can make your own beads, they're gorgeous
Your pieces are wonderful! The first bracelet and that cool guitar bracelet are my favorite.
Absolutely love every piece you made. Your tiger beads are gorgeous, and I am in awe of the guitar bracelet. Very very cool!
How beautiful! I too love the guitar bracelet!
Ohhh my, the guitar-bracelet – sooo cool!
OH WOW! Ok everything you have created is wonderful. I love Heidi's stuff and you really lucked out in getting her as a partner judging by all the cool stuff she sent, and how wonderful that you made your own glass beads to use with the bead caps, I so wish I had skills like that! Every piece is absolutely stunning. Great job.
Love the details you add to all your creations and the first bracelet and the guitar bracelet are show-stealers.
Very nice cooking, Amy! Yummy colours – love the first bracelet, and the guitar bracelet!
Such a creative idea: yes it is the coolest thing ever :0)!
Ok the guitar bracelet is to just die for. I love every thing that you created from you soup. What a great meal
Great pieces! I think it's fantastic that you were able to showcase not only what you were sent but your own beautiful beads as well. The first bracelet is awesome and the guitar bracelet is too. Both you and your partner have talent to share!
Wowza!! loved the soup! the guitar was amazing what a wonderful piece to talk about year after year with it's history…..your big hole beads in the tiger eye fit perfectly too. Try the viking knit it is so much fun…:)
Really nice work!
I thought that the first bracelet with all the jump rings would be my favorite–until I saw the guitar bracelet. Amazing work!
What fun!! Awesome pieces – have to say my fave is the guitar bracelet!! 😉
wow! I love all your designs – but the guitar is fabulous!
Ohhh IA love the guitar =)
beautiful beautiful pieces! great designs!
Very cool jewelry! I love all your pieces, most of all your metal work!
Sabine
I love the first bracelet! ciao dall'Italia
All the pieces are beautiful. I LOVE what you have done with that amazing Guitar focal! The guitar in itself is a fantastic piece of art and you have just made it extra special! Well done Amy!
I love all of your creations but I think my favorite is the first bracelet and the viking knit necklace! Of course the guitar bracelet is the most fun I've seen so far in this reveal!
Beautiful designs. The guitar bracelet is the coolest bracelet ever! I love your classic style.
Love all your designs… the guitar is my fav!
Everything is gorgous! I love the first bracelet, copper is my favourite metal even though I rarely wear it. the Colours in the bracelet are lovely. The viking knit necklace is elegant, just love it. I know both my daughters would love the guitar bracelet, one is studying a Bachelor of Music and the other plays guitar. You so lucky to have received such an amazing soup.
Lovely – really love that bracelet – what a cool soup.
Beautiful. Just beautiful with a WOW thrown in.
Love all of your pieces – your lampwork beads go perfectly with your soup!!
Coolest. Thing. Ever. 'nuff said.
Amy your designs are great. I like your tiger beads. Your guitar bracelet is way cool !!!
what amazing creations i really love them all. Such impressive work, well done.
I love every single thing you made…you are an amazing jewelry artist!
Stunning Work! You did an amazing job with the soup, and I love how you added your own lampwork!
Beautiful work and great use of the materials!
Fantastic designs! Love the guitar bracelet!
Wow ! Love the guitar bracelet love all your pieces very creative!
Ha Ha, I got so lucky didn't I?!
Thank you so much! I started out doing wire work before I ever even learned about lampwork beads, so I've been doing it a long time. I appreciate your kind words!
Cool! Thanks so much. I certainly couldn't have done it with out Heidi's guitar-it definitely takes center stage!
Thank you! That piece definitely evolved-it started out as a necklace!
Oh my gosh! Each piece so delightful! I love those first 2 bracelets, each so distinctive! And the loose dangly earrings in really cool colors are fantastic!
I can't believe you got a Heidi Kingman exclusive guitar in your soup! Now that's mighty special! You did amazing work with that too!
Every single piece is great, but the guitar bracelet is my favorit too.
Very well done!
The Guitar Bracelet… absolutely COOL!!!!
Stunning pieces! You are so talented…the guitar bracelet is my favorite, but the first bracelet is amazing too!
Guitar bracelet!!! Yes! What a fun bunch of things you made. They're great!
Love all the designs – love all the jumprings on the bracelet – but oh wow – the guitar focal – too cool!
holy cow! beautiful! you have a great creative eye. currently drooling over the guitar piece….
I love your pieces ,but that guitar made my day.
Wow, the guitar bracelet is so cool indeed! But all your pieces are great, i love that choker too.
Fabulous soup…LOVE the guitar bracelet, it so ROCKS!!!!! :)))
Thats a great cool beadsoup! And! You did an amazing job. The bomb at the end. Wow! I love such creative ideas!
At my to-do-list is also written learning viking knitting.
Cant decide which one i prefer. Every single piece is so beautiful
Greets Gite
WOW. Amy, you have outdone yourself. Each piece was better and better, but then that Guitar bracelet. WOW What a fun focal and a great design you came up with. I really like you you incorporated your own beads. Love love love each and everyone.
Love the guitar bracelet! the earrings were also fab! my favorite color combo
Fantastic!!! All the pieces are fabulous, but if I would have to chose a favorite that would be both bracelets.
great pieces, especially the firts bracelet, congrats!
Yes, Picasso too could have been envious for your guitar bracelet.
Wow!!! I can't decide which piece I like the best. The first bracelet is just lovely and I just love the way you balanced out all the elements in it, but the guitar bracelet just rocks. Your wirework is so great. I envy your skills. That is something I struggle with. and the Viking Knit with those tiger beads is just great in its simplicity. I love all of your pieces.
Fabulous! And the guitar!!!!!!!
I love all your jewlelry. Smashing! Your guitar bracelet has made my favs list that will be posted tomorrow!
kathy
The top bracelet and bottom bracelet are my faves, but wow, they're all gorgeous 🙂
That guitar bracelet is incredible! You did an amazing job with that mix Heidi sent you. The bracelets are my favorites. Thank you for such a fun soup feast!
The guitar bracelet is super-cool, bur my favourite piece is the orange bracelet. So pretty and perfectly balanced.
Yes! It is. The. Coolest. Thing. Ever. Love the guitar bracelet!
I love them all. You made a great job with your soup. But the guitar bracelet ist absolutly stunnig! I'm so impressed. Congrats!
Your gitar bracelet is to die for!!!! All your pieces are absolutely fabulous. but WOW!, that gitar…
Oh, Amy!!! Your pieces are sooo FANTASTIC!! Each and every one is fabulous! I love that first bracelet. The colors are so perfect together. Funky and fun! The choker is really cool. And that viking knit with your large hole beads?! I LoVE it!! I just may have to send you more bead caps and commission some of those beads for myself!
The earrings are adorable and sweet. And I love what you did with the guitar!! It just screams to be worn with some cute cowgirl boots! 😀
Thanks for being an incredible Bead Soup partner! I had (and am still having) a blast with the beads you sent me. I don't have many more left either — just a few opaque purple teardrops, the green butterflies, and three Czech purple flowers. 🙂
Thanks for sending me such a fantastic soup!! I had so much fun with it. ?
Beautiful creations. The guitar piece is amazing. But my heart favors the first bracelet…so pretty.
Thank you! That piece definitely evolved-it started out as a necklace!