BSBP8 It's Party Time!

Hello and welcome to one of 500+ posts 

on the massive Bead Soup Blog Party.

The amazing brainchild of Lori Anderson. 

This global project pairs those who love to make jewelry. 

Then those gals (have we had a male participant yet?)

send bead packets to one another and challenge themselves to create

something with the clasp and focal they receive.

Every year my partners challenge me in ways I've never been challenged before.

This years was the toughest. GOLD finish. 

I don't wear and therefore don't have much in my stash to add to this year's mix.

But I gave it a go and made some things I'm rather proud of.

This is a little girl's bracelet. Recently while volunteering at a shop I watched a toddler put on a bracelet and pull it all the way up to her shoulder. I've kinda been on a 5inch bracelet kick ever since. The lemon jade and tiger's eye beads are on powerline with a polymer clay heart focal. I wish for the life of me I could remember where the heart came from, but all I remember is it was a free gift with purchase and the bag read "Thanks! M.E."
UPDATE: Thanks to Becky Pancake I can now tell you that M.E. is Mary Ellen of BeeTree by m.e.

Here's where I used my clasp. Isn't it lovely? Yes, I think so too. I've used the yellow wonder beads and oval turquoise beads I was also sent. Look! I used crimp covers. I next to never do that, and there are gold crimp beads under them. Not that anyone will ever see them, but I felt awfully professional doing that so I had to share. Oh and this is a mom size bracelet. 

Oh and a very Happy Mother's Day to all the other mom's out there. 

No matter how hard it's been you created a person. You are AWESOME!

Okay, these were a challenge.

I wanted these bead caps to make the Korean crystals look like crystal pears. I had to cut the petals of the bead caps because the top of the crystals were so small. That's why some of the petals touch which is more strawberry-esk than pear, but I love the little buggers anyway.

And bless that sweet Carmen.

She sent me some blue and silver, my favorites, so I wouldn't be totally at a loss. 

Though surprisingly the gold pieces were done first. 

Since I couldn't decide which focal to use I put them together with 2 of the largest jump rings I had for antenna and silk cord of the necklace. Then in my OCD way I bent the dragonfly 2-3mm to flatten it and the body separated from the wings. Luckily four types of glue later it seems to be fine, and you can't tell unless you are really, really close. So unless I'm suffocating someone in my decolletage no one will ever see it. 

Alrighty, you've got blogs to visit & I'm late for my monthly quilt meeting so let's wrap this up.

This will be a bracelet when I find the right chain to connect the two. I'd love suggestions.

Lilmummy's BSBP8 class photo

Add these to the first pic of the post and that's what I've left to play with.

If you would take time to visit Carmen's blog Little Maketto we'd both appreciate it.

Want to know more?

Here's the bead reveal...

A recap of my previous BSBP participantion...

and of course...

List of fellow participants.

THANKS Lori and Carmen!