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.