Let's Party!

Earlier this month, I signed up to participate in Lori Anderson's Bead Soup Party and Bead Swap! You can read more about how the party works and see a listing of all the participants on Lori's blog post here. All the party participants were assigned a party buddy, with whom we swapped our beads with. My party friend is Juli Cannon of Juls Beads! She makes the most beautiful glass beads and not only that, she creates stunning bead weaved jewelry! Talk about talented! It's been great to get to know Juli through this event. If it weren't for the party, I might not have ever met her. Juls really was the perfect match for me. We both lean toward more earthy styles and we share a love for the same color palettes, too! Take a look at the gorgeous beads Juls sent me:
I absolutely love them! Her handmade lamp work glass beads are amazing! I love the details, the patterns and the colors. The turquoise blues, reds and browns are one of my all-time favorite color combinations! I love all of Juls lamp work beads and the coordinating beads she pick out to go with them, the clasp is beautiful and the feather charm is one of my favorite parts, too. I definitely will incorporate it in my design. I just hope I can do Juli's lamp work glass justice. I'm excited to get working with her beautiful beads. I think her work will compliment my ceramic work as well. I may even be able to throw in a few of my porcelain beads in between her glass beads. We will see. Time to get started! Be sure to come back on FEBRUARY 10th for the Bead Soup Party reveal day! In the meantime, you have to check out Juls blog to see what I sent her! Click here to go to her post about it.

Also, if you are interested in some additional bead eye candy, you might want to take a look at the Bead Soup Party Flickr Gallery Page to see pics of the bead swaps by some of the other participants! See all you party people Feb. 10th!