Wellcome to the 6:th BSBP first reveal day

First of all I want to Thank  Lori Anderson for hosting this HUGE event  again !!

This is what she writes in her blog :

I'm always amazed at how popular this blog hop has become!

This time, we have 400 attendees -- a record for the Bead Soup Blog Party 

how about that :)

And today is the first reveal day of three

And now to the jewelry I made from the beautiful  parts sent from my  talented and skilled partner Jennifer VanBenschoten     (You can have a full  look at the ingredients HERE) ...Do not forget to take a look at what she made with the soup she got from me.

I have to admit I got some new grey hair in the process of making this necklace. It is actually the third  one with this pendant. I should have known better then  to try and plan to much with drawing ideas and such  cause it did not work as it does not do much for me !!....So after one days disaster ....with chains ..pearls ans stuff... I just started playing and let the design make itself ....the way I work most of the time....and voila ..

I present to You  The Shaman´s Magic  necklace

 

Read about the Acorn as a symbol:

Acorn: During the Norman Conquest, the English carried dried acorns to protect themselves from the brutalities of the day. Considered to be an emblem of luck, prosperity, youthfulness and power....

So that is a good symbol for this Shamanic necklace :)

with a lovely piece of deep green sari ribbon with threads like hair...(from my friend Nancy at goldenonetoo )

Added hemp cord in matching colors with dangling Czech glass beads in those gorgeous new styles (jumm)

As a closure  one of my handmade buttons (a favo) made with a pattern from an antique button

Next project was a pair of matching earrings with faceted lucite beads and pearls from Jennifer + some more Czech glass beads silk hemp and ceramic discs

Next task was to make something with the clasp and I  found it very beautiful but a bit delicat  for my kind of bracelets so it ended up in a pair of sea inspired earrings together with the lovely shell beads and sea sediment jasper i got in the swap + some more of those jummy Czech glass beads and a ribbon that looks like a  fisherman´s net. Wires I made from ox. sterling silver ...

Fisherman´s wife assemblage  earrings

And finally one more pair of earrings as I was going on "high muse level" :)

Gorgeous stone lentils and spacers from the ingredients 

added Czech glass, wooden flowers and  those metal dangles that my friend Tiina in Finland  added this lovely patina to 

Focus healing earrings

And  I have a giveaway this time of a gift certificat to one of my Etsy shops

of 30 dollars

To participate in this You have to write a comment here and

LIKE my Lejonklou Design page on FB (click on pic. below to go there)
If someone who does want to be in the lottery for the 30 dollars free shopping in one of my two Etsy stores does not have FB just let me know You can like this page instead or... all ready did like the FB page just let me know You are in!

 winner will be revealed August 12  (Sunday)

A map to see where all the participants live

and Europe

To take a look at what all the other talented  artists made click on pic. below

I wish You a fun and inspiring journey around the world !!!
 Thank You so much for stopping by! 


all comments are very appreciated  and I will try to take a full tour myself!

some blogs are hard for me to enter  as my internet is not working so I am using a plan B mobile internet..

(lucky to have that plan B or I would not be here at all now..:) )

Birgitta

What I sent to my BSBP partner and a little teaser

Here is what  I sent to my lovely and skilled partner  Jennifer WanBenschoten

First picture brownish colors........

my handmade cab and pendant , carved Jade, tiny ceramic beads, Agate, old handmade brown-striped beads, wood, recycled glass, Bauxite beads, hand-hammered chain and clasp in copper, some copper color silk that is not in this pic.. etc....

And second picture  blackish and blues - my ceramic  cabs and pendant, silk, ox. brass chain, matte finish Agate beads, Czech glass in black and picasso finish + copper finish , charm and bead in my black clay etc

Now it is only 5 days before the BIG first REVEAL of this Years  BSBP  party

Do not forget to get back  July 28 to see what we made  and take a hop around the world !!

To read more about this click on the BSBP picture to the right on the blog!

 

Finally  this last picture is a small teaser of what I made from some  my ingredients :)

Thank You for stopping by

Birgitta

I got my ingredients for the in BSBP 6

Now I have a bunch of amazing  ingredients to work with for the BSBP 6 

My partner Jennifer VanBenschoten     sent it to me and I got it in the mail yesterday

Lovely colors and lots of pretty beads and my head and soul started to give me ideas about what to make :)

a closeup of the lovely focal and pearls in matching colors

the  pretty clasp that gives me a theme I do like and is nice for the summer :) and those shell beads are so pretty !

apart from the pretty stones and pearls I found those I think vintage lucite beads and some beads I never saw before  ( I thought I saw them all) ...looks like made of wood-fiber  ??

Finally I do have to show You an incredible artwork of my soup partner  who is a magician
with beads just have a look...!!!!

Here is a list of the participants in the first  reveal  date

    July 28 

As there are so many participants this time there are 3 different reveal dates  !

Thank You for all time and love You give to this event Lori  <3 !

 Hostess, Lori Anderson, PrettyThingsBlog.com

Alice Craddick,  Alice's Beads and Baubles

Alicia Marinache,  All The Pretty Things

Amanda Tibbetts,  Amanda Made

Amber Dawn Goldish, Inventive Soul

Annita Wilson,  AW Jewelry

Beth Emery, Stories by Indigo Heart

Beti Horvath, Stringing Fool

Birgitta Lejonklou,  Create With Spirit   

Candida Castleberry,    Spinning Spun Sugar

Carolyn Lawson, Carolyn's Creations

Cassie Donlen, Glass Beadle

Cheri Reed,  Creative Designs by Cheri

Cheryl McCloud,  One Thing Leads to Another

Cheryl Roe, BeadRoe

Christina Hickman, Vintage Treasures Jewelry

Christine Hendrickson,  Clamworks

Cilla Watkins, Tell Your Girlfriends

Cindy Wilson, Mommy's Dream

Cindy Wimmer, Sweet Bead Studio

Cory Celaya, Art With Moxie

Cory Tompkins, Tealwater Designs

Cris Peacock, Cris' Page

Cynthia Deis, Shiny Little Things

Cynthia Machata, Antiquity Travelers

Cynthia Wainscott, Exotic Peru

Dana Hickey, Magpie Approved

Dana James, Dana's Jewelry Designs

Dana Lang, Tumblestone Handmakery

Debbie Price, Green Shoot Jewellery Designs

Denielle Hagerman, Some Beads and Other Things

Diane Valasek, Dragonfly Close

Doris Stumpf, Glaszwerg

Dyanne Everett-Cantrell, Dee-Liteful Jewelry Creations

Eileen Snyder, Dorset Hill Beads

Elaine Robitaille, Too Aquarius

Eleanor Burian-Mohr, The Charmed Life

Enikö Fabian, Perl-eni

Erin Prais-Hintz, Treasures Found

Heather Davis, Blissful Garden Beads

Heidi Post, Ex Post Facto Jewelry

Hilary Frye, FryeStyle

Ilenia Ruzza, Ilenia's Unique Beaded and Painted Jewelry

Inge von Roos, Inge's Blog

Jami Shipp, Celebrating Life

Jayne Capps, Mama's Got to Doodle

Jean A. Well, Jean A. Wells Handcrafted Artisan Jewelry

Jean Yates, Snap Out of It Jean! There's Beading to Do!

Jennifer Cameron, Glass Addictions

Jennifer Pottner, Rock Candy Beads

Jennifer VanBenschoten,  Jewelry, Art and Life

Jenny Davies-Reazor, Jenny Davies-Reazor

Jenny Vidberg, Shyme Design

Jessica Dickens, My Jewelry, My Life, Me

Jessica Klaaren, Beadful-Things by Jessica

JJ Jacobs, Coming Abstractions

Joan Williams, Lilruby Jewelry

Judith Johnston, Judith Johnston

Judy Riggs, Rigglettes

Judy Turner, Silver Rains

Julie Anne Leggett, The Peaceful Bead

K Hutchinson, Jumbled Hutch

Karen Meador, Dreamcatcher Ranch

Karyn Bonfiglio, Plus Size Bangles

Katherine Gale, Terra Beadworks
Kathleen Lange Klik, Modern Nature Studio

Katja Benevol Gabrijelcic, Slovonske Technobe

Kelli Jacobson, Creative Moon

Kelly Ramstack, Adventures with Kelly

Keri Lee Sereika, Pink Lemonade

Kim Ballor, Vitamin C... A Daily Dose of Creativity

Kim Bender-Hora, KimmyKat

Kirsi Luostarinen, Kirsi Luo Korut

Kitty Bozzini, Kitty Lampwork

Laura Demoya, The Bead Therapist

Laurie Hanna, Laurie's Jewelbox

Leah Curtis, Beady Eyed Bunny

Lesley Watt, The Gossiping Goddess

Linda Inhelder, Must-Haves Jewelry

Linda Landig, Linda's Bead Blog & Meanderings

Lisa Liddy, Metal Me This

Lori Dorrington, Lori's Adventures in Etsy Land

Lori Poppe, Adventures in Creativity with Lorillijean

Mallory Hoffman, For the Love of Beads

Marge Beebe, Rock Creek Creations

Marianna Boylan, Pretty Shiny Things

Marion Simmons, Shade Tree Studio

Marla Gibson, Spice Box Design

Marta Weaver, Marta Weaver Jewelry

Marti Conrad, Marti C's Clay Blog

Maryse Fritzsch-Thillens, GlassBeadArt, Lampwork Beads

Melanie Brooks, Earthenwood Studio

Michelle Hardy, Firefly Visions

Mikala Coates, Maybe Just Perhaps

Mowse Doyle, HoCArt

Nan Emmett, Spirit Rattles - Spirited Earth

Nancy Boylan, Snazzy Doodle Designs

Nancy Peterson, Beading From the Heart

Nicole Rennell, Nicole Rennell Designs

Niki Meiners, 365 Days of Craft

Niky Sayers, Silver Nik Nats

Norma Turvey, Moonlit Fantaseas
Paige Maxim, Paige Maxim Designs
Pamela Gangler, She Always Loved Pink

Patricia Johnson, Patricia L. Johnson Glass Art

Patti Vanderbloemen, My Addictions ... Handcrafted Jewelry by Patti

Perri Jackson, Shaktipaj Designs

Raida Disbrow, Havana Beads

Renetha Stanziano, Lamplight Crafts

Shannon Hicks, Falling Into the Sky

Shannon LeVart, Miss Fickle Media

Sharon Driscoll, Right Turn Art Werks

Shelby Foxwell, Sundown Bead Designs Rhetoric

Shelley Graham Turner, Fabric of My Life

Sherri Stokey, Knot Just Macrame

Shirley Moore, Beads and Bread

Skylar Bre'z, Brising Beads

Stacie Florer, Soul to Substance

Stacie Stamper, Park Avenue

Stacy Alderson, Iridal's Attic

Stephanie Haussler, Pixybug Designs

Stephanie Stamper, Rainy Day Designs

Sue Hamel, The Bottle Cork and Crystal

Sue Kooiman, Black Tassel Bazaar

Suzette Bentley, Ellie's Bijoux

Szarka, Magpie Gemstones

Tammy Jones, Jewelry Making Daily

Tania Tebbit, Glass, Craft, & Artful Goodness

Tanty Sri Hartanti, TJewellicious by Tanti

Terry Matuszyk, Pink Chapeau

Tina Bosh, Every Good and Perfect Gift

Tracy Bell, Copper, Glass and Recycled Trash

Vonna Maslanka, Just Vonna

thank You for stopping by

Birgitta

OOOOOOOOoooops about BSBP reveal date

.......well the reveal date  it is a bit of an  OOooops as I did not think about that the   27  July   I change my  internet service provider   and get a new  router  

and  the post must be up  28 July 

 unfortunately my experience of those changes is not very good..

My plan is to make it all ready before changing  internet and if problems occur post it from a friends computer...  :)

and now a picture of what I did  NOT sent to my lovely partner   Jennifer VanBenschoten   who is a skilled beader and addicted to jewelry making just like me :)

what I actually did send will show up when it arrives at the new home.....

and

I cant wait  to see what she sent ...... it will arrive any day now!

a  flower from the garden to look at while waiting 






Thank You for stopping by


Birgitta