Bead Soup Swap Reveal

The Bead Soup Swap & Create is sponsored by Lori Anderson. I appreciate the time that Lori spent organizing and setting up this swap and reveal. In a previous blog I introduced my partner for the swap-- artist Bee Kuhlman from Fort Worth, Texas. She is a digital artist, traditional painter, and tinkerer. Bee specializes in creating colorful illustrations as well as jewelry. She is also a colorful character. I love that during the swap she dyed her hair purple.  I adore purple and several other friends of mine have or have had purple hair. Kudos to Bee!

                                 

                                                                           My Bead Soup from my partner

                                        

As soon as I saw a geode in the mix I knew that would the focal that I would use. I also decided that I would love to take the big and gorgeous crystals and some of the tiny crystals that she sent me and make a long chain necklace. I spotted an antique brass clasp in the mix so I selected an antique brass chain that I had on hand as well as some antique brass wire.  I now have designed a necklace with the three requirements of this reveal.  I used some of the beads, a focal, and a clasp that I was sent.

                                                             Mark Valentine on Unsplash

I have a collection of geodes around my home because I am very fond of them.  If you are wondering what a geode is they are rocks that are hollow inside, rather than solid all the way through. Geodes are generally round, though some are egg-shaped. They range from the size of a nut to several feet. Most geodes are about the size of a basketball. When broken or cut open, geodes reveal a lining of crystals or other materials inside. These crystals can be quite beautiful.

                                     

                                                                    Geode Necklace by BayMoonDesign

I can't wait to see what the other participants made especially my partner Bee.

To learn more about Bee check out her social media.


Bee has the blog Mixed Mayhem Studios and can be found on a variety of Social Media sites.

Facebook Page: artistbrkuhlman
Facebook Page: mixedmayhemstudios
Instagram: brkuhlman
Pinterest: mixedmayhem
Tumblr: mixedmayhem
Twitter: mixedmayhem

Thank you so much for reading! Please visit the other participants  to see some beautiful creations:

Anastasia Urbanski

Andrea Garvens

Ann Snyder Rishell

Bee Kuhlman

Becky Pancake

Birgit Klughardt

Bobbie Rafferty

Bridget Torres

Candida Castleberry

Christina Hickman

Divya N

Donna Hoblit

Dorit Woldenga

Elaine Robitaille

Elisabeth Auld

Ginger Bishop

Heather Canepa

Hope Smitherman

Inge von Roos

Jackie Locantore

Jayne Capps

Jenny Kyrlach

Jennifer Reeb

Jill Bradley

Joan Williams

Jodie Marshall

Joyce Becker

Kate Dufour

Kathleen Breeding

Kathy Lindemer (here)

Katie Nielson-Nunez

Katrina Baslow

Kelly Hosford Patterson

Kim Hutchinson

Lisa Baxa

Lisa Long

Lorelei Eurto

Lucy Clasen

Marianna Wehner

Melissa Trudinger

Monica Dockery

Natalie Ettinger

Natalie Moton

Pamela Traub

Raquel Rosario

Robin Reed

Rochelle Brisson

Sarah Beardslee

Shaiha Williams

Susan Kelly

Terri Gauthier

Terry Jeanette Carter

Valerie Norton

Thanks for stopping by and seeing what I created.  All of my handmade greeting cards and jewelry can be purchased in my online BayMoonDesign shop.