My Reveal for the 6th Bead Soup Blog Swap July 28, 2012!

Well I finally made it and I am so excited to show you all what I made with my yummy soup from Joan Williams - Lilruby Jewelry.  The challenge was interesting to say the least as I love vintage but have never really made anything like it before. I hope you like what you see......

Go check out all the other party attendees:

 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

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

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

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

Here is what I sent my wonderful Bead Soup Blog Party Partner...

Now that I posted what my awesome BSBP partner..Joan Williams sent me I thought I should let you all see what I sent to her. So here goes......


Joan stated that she loves horses so I just had to put a few in for her. I can't wait to see what she creates for our reveal on July 28th.

******Lori Anderson's Five Bead & Button Giveaway******

 So excited to share the great giveaway going on over at Lori Anderson's Blog...Pretty Things!!!
She is giving away some awesome items so go check them out and enter to win!!!

Giveaway #1...An assortment of donated handmade beads!




Giveaway #2 is a FREE Bead Soup Book.


The third giveaway is my eBook on blogging inspriations.

The fourth is a must for going to bead shows -- 

an "I'm a Bead Souper!" tote bag!

(Your choice of pink, mocha, or navy edges)

And finally, a MYSTERY SOUP

hand mixed by Lori Anderson!

Now go check out the link below for your chance to win!!!

http://www.prettythingsblog.com/2012/07/finally-five-bead-and-button-bead.html

MY FIRST BEAD SOUP SWAP IS HERE!!!

I am so excited to announce that my bead soup arrived from Joan Williams and WOW did she send some Beautiful items. As I stated in my previous post Joan make the most amazing vintage jewelry and she also loves to apply beautiful patina to the vintage copper pieces that she finds.

Joan send my this wonderful key pendant with a lovely green verdigris patina applied. 

The next pictures show all of the lovely vintage findings she sent:

A section of beautiful chain. 

Vintage copper spacer tubes and beads.  I so love the ones in the right hand corner. ;-)

And last..... but by no means least....

 two detailed connectors and an amazing toggle clasp.

I am very excited to sit down and begin to create something very unique out of these wonderful pieces. Please take a some time to check out Joan's blog and Etzy shop.  http://lilrubyjewelry.wordpress.com/

http://www.etsy.com/shop/lilruby

Her Jewelry is very AMAZING!!!

MEET MY PARTNER FOR THE 6th BSBP.....JOAN WILLIAMS

To be apart of the 6th Bead Soup Blog Party, sponsored by Lori McDaniel Anderson is totally Spectacular and to be partnered up with an amazing artist like Joan Williams is very AWESOME!! This is my first time participating in the Bead Soup Blog Parties...so here we go......

Let me tell you about my BSBP partner...

  JOAN WILLIAMS of http://lilrubyjewelry.wordpress.com/ is an amazing artist who creates the most beautiful vintage inspired jewelry. 

She is a self taught jewelry designer and mixed media artist who lives in the Missouri Ozarks with husband & son. Joan loves to create jewelry that bears the patina of time and travel, using a blend of new, found & recycled objects. her favorite influences are Art  Nouveau and Gypsy flair. 

Please check out her beautiful Etsy shop at 
http://www.etsy.com/shop/lilruby 


and also her Facebook page http://www.lilrubyjewelry.facebook.com/

I look forward to receiving my Bead Soup from her and creating something wonderful with it to reveal on July 28th.......I hope she enjoys a little taste of Wisconsin and what I am sending to her.

So you want to know why I started blogging....

A Blog Prompt from Lori Anderson -- Why do you blog? Why did you start your blog, and has it changed from when you first started writing? If you're new to blogging, what are your goals for your blog? 

Why do I Blog????
   I have to say that blog because I love to share some of the wonderful information I get form all of the amazing people I network with. I only wish that I blogged way more than I do cuz I have so much to share.

Why did I start my blog and has it changed????
   I started Adventures in Creativity as way to share my passion of Art & Jewelry Making with others. I wanted to be able to showcase not only my work but many of the other artists that I know. I also want to have a way to share different techniques and invite others to share some of what they know here too.

  I have to say that somewhere along the line my posts slowed down due to the business of life and not enough time in general. I also found out that there is a lot involved with blogging and it is absolutely a join if you put time aside for it. 

  I am not that new at blogging but my goals are to schedule time each morning to share just little bit of something with everyone who chooses to follow my journey of Adventures in Creativity with Lorillijean.

The Excitement of being 1 in 400!!!

  I can hardly contain myself right now as I get my beads & findings ready for the 6th Bead Soup Blog Party. This Blog Party is sponsored by the one and only Lori Anderson. Lori is an amazing artist and blogger and deserves a BIG.....WHOOT WHOOT for taking on such a huge task not only once.....but now 6 times. WOW!!! 
  This weekend we will know who our swap partner is and then we get to choose some really nice beads from our own stash and send them to the other person. Once we receive the beads n things that our partner sends us we then have the wonderful task of creating some beautiful jewelry out of it. This is my FIRST Bead Blog Party and to say the least.....I AM SOOOOO VERY EXCITED to be able to do this.  Please follow along as I will be posting pictures of the before n after.

6th Bead Soup Blog Party

I am so excited to be signing up for the next Bead Soup Blog Party sponsored by Lori Anderson.  If you would like to be apart of this awesome experience please sign by today June 17th 2012. You can follow the link below. Happy swapping n blogging everyone.

http://lorianderson-beadsoupblogparty.blogspot.com/

7000 Bracelets For Hope: Blog Hop

Welcome Everyone!

I am very excited to be apart the 7000 Bracelets For Hope: Blog Hop today hosted by Erin of Elysian Studios and Christine of One Kiss Creations to benefit the Global Gene's Project. It is their mission to collect 7000 denim-blue inspired bracelets for families living with rare disease.

The Global Genes Project exists to raise awareness and support for the more than 30 million people affected by rare diseases. There are currently over 7,000 rare diseases identified, and 75% of those affected are children.  With the 7000 Bracelets Campaign, the Children's Rare Disease Network gives artists and crafters an opportunity to lovingly share their creative gifts with families who have a child suffering with a rare disease.

My loving contribution is called "Spunky with a touch of Denim".  I love mixing different types of media when it comes to making bracelets. I had wanted to make a cuff made out of denim embellished with stones and chain but time was not on my side.....so instead I make this lovely bracelet using one denim belt loop, white & blue shades of stone and different chain attached with split rings. I then attached feather charms to carry the person wearing it to a quiet place when needed.

I pray that the wonderfully dedicated person who receives this bracelet will be uplifted and feel just a little spunky each time they wear it.

Thank you so much for stopping by and supporting this awesome event. To see what all the other wonderful participants have created simply click on the links below and start hopping.

Elysian Studios  and  One Kiss Creations

  

The Studio Sublime

Crafty Hope

The Gossiping Goddess

SilverRose Designs

Firefly Visions

Pink Chapeau Vintage Jewelry

Michelle Mach

Pine Ridge Treasures

Backstory Beads

Adventures in Creativity with Lorillijean

Carefree Jewelry by Lisa

Sue Beads

MiShel Designs

Created Treasures

Taralinda Muses

My Life Under The Bus

Elizabeth Creates

SilverNikNats

Erin Siegel Jewelry

Carolyn’s Creations

My Life…one bead at a time

Fresh Baked Designs

Songbeads

Sunshine Bliss

Lori Anderson

Rainy Days Designs

Pat Barden Jewelry

Tell Your Girlfriends

Therese's Treasures

Windrock Studio

Bead Lola Bead

Spice Box Designs

Antiquity Travelers

Vitamin C...A Daily Dose of Creativity

Beads and Bread

Sharyl's Jewelry and Reflections

Ahtee's Blog

Thoughtful-Notions

Beads for Brains:365

Wild Sally Road

All The Pretty Things

Skye's Creative Chaos

My Addictions...Handcrafted Jewelry by Patti

Lindy's Designs

Falling Into The Sky

Star Hitched Wagon

Mama's Got to Doodle

Lori

(Lorillijean)