I took the fun chain Hannah sent and made you a fun tie to attend this event, Lol. Brass Stampings from www.BsueBoutiques.com
I was very challenged with my soup as I would never on my own choose black as a major design element. However I thought my vintage inspired brass looked real good with the black chain. But you know me, I have to have some color and so the brass flower has Lumiere paint and Krylon sealer to retain its colors. Did you see the Golden yellow freshwater pearls?
I added beads from my CC Designs stash and Wah-La
Next I just wanted to use some of those Czech fire polished Jet beads in a multi strand bracelet so I used blue seed beads that matched the main focal sent to me, and they coordinate nicely with the Preciosa crystals. I also used gold to match the freshwater pearls. 
I had a kitchen fire last week everybody is fine and my house is still standing. The insurance company had to send a cleaning crew.I guess your wondering why Im telling you this in the middle of a party? Smoke all through my house couldn't find my beads, still can't find some things and it made me late posting, I do apologize. Now for the Main Focal and clasp. Everything I love, dangles, sparkles a little silver filigree. I even did beadwork:
This beaded neck chain IS Gorgeous with this focal. The pictures don't due justice. Its been storming all day here in NY I couldn't get outside to photograph. I used the Sterling Silver beads in the chain and I used the Sodalite daggers for dangles. Thank you so much for stopping by and Do visit Hannah and the rest of the participants:
http://www.prettythingsblog.com/2014/05/welcome-to-8th-bead-soup-blog-party.html
Gloria! I'm glad to hear everyone is okay and I hope the cleaning crew does a good job for you!
ReplyDeleteI love what you've made! I wouldn't have thought to pair the gold pearls with lamp work beads, and it works so well! The bow tie necklace is awesome, and the final necklace is gorgeous. Even with okay photos, I can see that. It looks like you had fun, and I hope you did! Thanks for partnering with me this year!
Thanks Hannah and I did have fun
DeleteSo sorry about your kitchen, glad you and the house are okay! I love your tie, so I will wear mine to the party too! Love the lamwork and pearls, as well as the beaded necklace. Great job, Gloria! Gina H
ReplyDeleteHi Gina thanks for visiting
DeleteWow rough week! So glad you're ok!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous necklace!
Here's to next week being better.
Holy kitchen fire, Batman! Glad you and your family are okay! The yellow pieces are so cheerful, and the tassel necklace is especially lovely. Great work!
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DeleteGloria your designs are bright and cheerful. Good job. Kudos to you for doing beadwork. The spiral rope design is my favorite. I have always thought that black added sophistication to jewelry but you made it funky and fun. I am a pink girl too but I do like pink and black together. I am glad to hear that you are ok after the fire.
ReplyDeleteAwww... so sorry to hear of your fire. I wish you a hassle free insurance claim... <3 Your pieces are beautiful.
ReplyDeleteFirst and last necklaces are my favs here, even though they are so different from each other, but that russian spiral chain is just awesome with that focal. Amazing work
ReplyDeleteOh Gloria.. so sorry for your kitchen.. but glad you're ok and so the rest of the house.
ReplyDeleteI love your last necklace.. the blue one with round focal. Great design!
Hi Esterina, thank you so much for stopping by
DeleteYour designs are wonderful! So bright and cheery! Sorry to hear about your kitchen, I hope you're fixed up soon!
ReplyDeleteThank you Caroline for stopping by. Just love visitors
DeleteGlad your house is still standing! Your pieces look wonderful! I think I like
ReplyDeleteLovely pieces! :)
ReplyDeleteGorgeous necklace, I really love all the dangles on it. So sorry to hear about your kitchen but glad that you are ok.
ReplyDeleteHi Gloria!!! These are really great Designs!!! I love the multi strand bracelet and the Wonderful necklace with the bead braided chain and the large focal!!! Absolutely beautiful!!! Hope your kitchen is back good as new soon!!! Have a Blessed Day!!!
ReplyDeleteI am glad that you are ok Gloria...I love your spiral necklace...nice work>
ReplyDeleteI love all the pieces from your soup! but the last one is my favorite!
ReplyDeleteHi Gloria ,I am glad that you are ok .All your designs are beautiful but that tie pendant is my favorite.
ReplyDeleteWow! You are amazing, a fire and you still got this posted? Glad you are ok and your house is still there! A kitchen fire is a really serious thing.
ReplyDeleteSo glad you posted this, your work is amazing, I love the first piece, the color you used on the metal flower is great, the whole piece reminds me of something Art Deco. I scrolled down to see the yellow and Wow, that is a beautiful piece! I like the bracelet and the last necklace, but I just can't get passed the yellow necklace and earrings. I think I am in love!!!
Maire a girl after my own heart> I love color seems to just spread cheer and you feel happy wearing it.
DeleteI am so sorry to hear about the kitchen fire. Glad you are okay. I love the blue necklace... Simply gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteSo sorry to hear of the fire. Most important thing is everyone is safe and the beadsoup was safe too!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful pieces Gloria.
I'm glad everyone is safe after the fire! I love your pieces, they have a real sense of opulence.
ReplyDeleteFire in your kitchen, not much fun. Glad everyone is safe. All of your pieces are fabulous. I was wondering what you were going to do with that big focal and I love what you did.
ReplyDeleteThe focal is divine. Love that last necklace.
ReplyDeleteYour pieces are all beautiful, but I really love that flowery, springy, necklace!
ReplyDeleteThe last necklace is my favorite piece ! Nice and substancial, just how I like em ! So sorry for the kitchen fire and glad no one got hurt and the house is relatively undamaged, dear.
ReplyDeleteLove the pieces you made and whilst having the grief of kitchen fire and clean up to cope with too!
ReplyDeleteYou large focal piece is wonderful i love how you beaded the chain.
Oh my goodness Ms. Gloria, they are all beautiful! YES, I see and LOVEEEEE the golden pearls! And oddly enough, the last focal (the large stone) looks 'smokey' to me!!! I guess you were meant to have that one! I hope your kitchen if fixed (or about to be) and it hasn't interrupted your beading to much! :) ~KM
ReplyDeleteWow that last necklace is Killer. I'd love to learn to do the twisted "chain"
ReplyDeletegenius! love your colour combinations <3
ReplyDeleteYou did a great job, Gloria - your soup is lovely. I like the last both necklaces, the sunny one with it's yellow pearls especially!
ReplyDeleteWOW beautiful each one, the first necklace is a show stopper, the second one is so bright and sunny just makes you happy looking at it and the last necklace with the bead chain is gorgeous, great job!
ReplyDeleteLove all the me cklaces, but think my favorite is the first one. Sorry about your fire. Hope all is back to normal.
ReplyDeleteThe beaded chain is gorgeous with the focal and i love the gold pearl bracelet(I have a strand of those gold pearls too cause I just love them)
ReplyDeleteThe tie stamping is genius! And I *love* those earthy lampwork beads! SO darling! Well done and so sorry to hear about the fire. =( Begs the question: if your house was on fire, what would you be sure to grab? Beads of course! ;)
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dear Gloria, you tried so many new skills (that turned out so beautifully) since I know you :-) and now you did some beadwork! Great job! Love your spirit, see you here on the internet!
ReplyDeleteLove that tie necklace and the last necklace too. Your pieces are all very nice. A kitchen fire...yeesh. Glad everyone is okay. Life getting in the way of making art.
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ReplyDeleteEvery piece is happy! I love the first necklace with tie and dark chain!
ReplyDeleteGloria, every design is amazing! My favorite has to be that last necklace - very yummy ;) So glad to hear that everyone is fine with the fire and that you were able to save the beads!! :)
ReplyDeleteGreat work. The tie is so fun. The gold pearl set is bright and happy. The darker bracelet is beautiful and your beadwork on the focal necklace is gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteGloria: That is a beautiful beaded chain and tassel for the focal bead! And love how you used the filigree flower finding for the tassel. Making seed bead tassels is my current fascination. I'm curious to know more about using Lumiere paints on metal, so now following your blog.
ReplyDeleteI am so sorry about your kitchen. Glad that nothing serious happened.
ReplyDeleteThe blue necklace with the strand beads and tassel is so lovely.
I love how you choose which beads go to which designs....they are suite each other very well and each of them creates different impression.
ReplyDeleteLove the necklace you made with the large focal - the tassel is beautiful and really adds pizzazz to the overall design.
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun piece with that chain and the necktie. The pop of color in the necklace and earrings is great and the multistrand bracelet is so pretty and feminine. Very nice.
ReplyDeleteLove all your pieces, absolutely stunning. Hope all is resolved with the kitchen etc.
ReplyDeleteSoup-perb pieces! I'm really drawn to the large focal and the tassel necklace.Too cool for words! So sorry to hear about the Kitchen fire.Hopefully things are settling back into place.
ReplyDeleteI love your cool pieces! Love the tie and my fave is the yellow set. Such nice color combos. Great job! (glad your fire wasn't too bad...had to ban popcorn here!)
ReplyDeleteYour pieces are lovely! Love the fun tie you brought to the party!
ReplyDeleteYou did a beautiful job with your soup Gloria!!!
ReplyDeleteWow! All that creativity amongst all that chaos. I'm glad to hear no one was hurt and the house wasn't too badly damaged. Small blessings. All your pieces are great but I love love love that golden and turquoise set. Beautiful!
ReplyDeleteYour second necklace made me smile - it's very cheerful. I don't see many designs using yellow nor do I use it often myself. You may have inspired me to buy some yellow beads!
ReplyDeleteYou made great colour choices to match your soup, Gloria :) All your pieces are awesome, but the feature necklace is to die for!
ReplyDeleteGlad to know everyone is unhurt after your fire... hope things get settled easily for you!
Oh goodness these are wonderful you certainly made some amazing pieces, I love your beaded chain its so pretty and just matches that focal, the yellow bracelet and earring set are so vibrant a real ray of sunshine can't choose a favourite they are all lovely!
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I was wondering what you were going to do with that larger stone focal and I have to say that what you came up with far exceeded my imagings. That necklace is incredible!
ReplyDeleteWow, great soup Gloria! Even with the fire you did an excellent job. I truly love the first and the last necklaces. Isn't fun to try new colors and ideas!
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You designs are so pretty and fun! I love the "tie" necklace! And the last necklace really is beautiful. I hope your kitchen is all fixed now.
ReplyDeleteFirst off, here's hoping your kitchen is okay. As for your soup, all of your pieces are great. However, that first one is my favorite. Its just awesome, really.
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun necklace to make - the one with the tie is unique! And I also love the happy necklace and earrings set - so colorful! The last necklace is gorgeous - the bead woven chain and the dangles match the focal so well!
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