I did finish something, though -- not something elaborate, by any means, but it does meet the requirements of using the focal and the clasp I received in my soup from Penney Klaproth (more about the soup later). Because I wound up waiting until the last possible minute to work on my piece, there's only one... this sweet little necklace that I named Dulcinea.
I mentioned before that I was required to use the focal and the clasp (and you'll see later that there were LOTS of other beads, including a huge bag of seed beads and bugle beads that weren't even part of the soup!), but as soon as I saw the clasp I knew that it was going to wind up being part of the focal -- this little swirly copper loop is just too pretty to sit at the back of someone's neck. So I chose to use it to suspend the little stone donut. The necklace itself is an ndebele rope I made using beads from my own stash: pretty bright copper lined seed beads that coordinate perfectly with the copper pieces Penney sent me.
Want to see the "soup" I received? Here it is! It has a great collection of metal and natural beads that will eventually be used in some project. In fact, I have them sitting on my bead board now, while I ponder what I can do with them. I'm particularly intrigued by the little glass plugs, the ones nearest the hand in the photo below. Their colors are wonderful, and I'm thinking I might actually try something with wire...
Now I have some blog hopping to do... And I'd like to invite you to hop along with me. You can visit http://www.prettythingsblog.com/2012/08/6th-bead-soup-blog-party-2nd-reveal.html for a list of all the Reveal #2 participants. Don't forget to visit my swap partner's blog, Faerie Acres!
46 comments:
great way to use focal and clasp !
Lovely !
Delicious soup!
m.e. :)
Smart idea and precision in realization! good job! Regards!
You know how much I love your work, and I wasn't disappointed. You came up with a unique design, that focuses on the pendant, and shows it off beautifully. And now I can look forward to seeing what you do with the rest of your lovelies!
Elegant beautiful necklace
lovely. love the ndebele rope and the way you made the bail. So elegant and beautiful.
I love how you used the clasp and focal differently! Lovely necklace!!!
cool idea! I really like the simplicity of the design.
Yes, I agree very "Sweet".
Love the idea of using the S-hook for a bail on the focal.
Nice, streamlined and simple design :)
I love the chain you made, and I hope you get inspired by the leftovers! Thanks for playing!
OMG!!!! Those are beads!!! The necklace looks so much like a perfect chain that I enlarged the photo and saw BEADS! Wow! I am blown away by your work and I love, love, love that you've used my hand forged clasp as a bail! Thank you for sharing this beautiful piece.........
Simple elegance accomplished. You still have plenty of great beads to use. It looks like you have some yo-yo beads among them. I ordered some of them the other day myself.
Sometimes beads need to hang out with other beads a while before they decide what they want to be - at least that's what I tell myself. That rope is so pretty and subtle
Such a beautiful work ^_^
I wish that I could turn out something so perfect on short notice. Lovely necklace.
Great design idea. Can't wait to see what else you create, those beads are lovely.
Very spectacular necklace!Congrats!
BEAUTIFUL! Simple and elegant, I would wear that in a minute~ nice work
More is not always better. You made a beautiful piece.
The simple lines are sometimes the hardest to achieve.Well done.Love and Hugs Tanya
beautiful design! Love your work! :-)
Fun hopping! Kris
Gorgeous design, the chain is fantastic and the focal is perfect suspended from the clasp!!
Beautiful necklace ... I love the green stone with the copper wire.
your piece is very lovely. ~diana
Very pretty.
It's beautiful, and I love the name you chose for this piece!
I love your necklace! I would wear it in a flash!
Beautiful necklace! I love the look of the ndebele rope.
Beautiful use of the focal. Love the ndebele rope you used to go with it. Very ingeniuos using the clasp for your focal. I love that idea.
Hi Mary Lou,
Sometimes simple is all you need to create beauty and that is just what you did. I love the beautiful necklace that you created.
Therese
Cool designing. Love !
Beautiful bead soup with lots of possibilities. Beautiful blues - great job.
Very simple, very elegant!
It is a very sweet necklace. Nicely done.
I love your necklace and the way you used the clasp with the donut was really creative.
Simple yet striknig. Great design job.
What a sweet necklace! Love the copper!
Hey and hi! This piece turned out beautifully.
Nicole/Beadwright
I think your necklace is beautiful in its simplicity and it was a great idea to use the clasp to hang the focal!
A sweet and delicate necklace very pretty!
Jackie
A sweet and delicate necklace very pretty!
Jackie
Sorry I am so late, I have been having computer issues! Great creation. Can't wait to see what you make out of the rest of it!
The chain is gorgeous. Well done!
Love the chain...nice use of the clasp...very pretty
great way to use the focal and the clasp, so original! I love the chain too.
I'm still hopping, sorry I'm late :)
ciao dall'Italia
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