A Month and a Day

With a white button down

It's been a full month and a day since the Bead Soup reveal, when I promised that I'd post pictures of my completed piece as soon as it was.  Finished it up late last week.  And as of a few minutes ago, I have pictures! 

I even made a set of earrings to match, to use more of Kim's wonderful beads, though I had a heck of a time trying to photograph them! 

So here's one last cup of bead soup before the next one in January.  Entries for January will be run by lottery, so don't know if I'll be in it, but I can hope! 

The grey turtleneck worked better for pics

The full piece

matching earrings with Kim's beads

Time to Start Cooking

Bead Soup ingredients from Kimberly Roberts

Delayed by Irene's little tantrum, my Bead Soup ingredients finally made their way to my doorstep Friday afternoon.  Sent from Kimberly's studio on the island of Abaco in The Bahamas, they whisper stories of warm blue waters and tropical beaches as if there were no such thing as hurricanes or storms.

My first thought was run to the beach to photograph them in their natural environment, then I imagined losing the lampworked beads in the sand and squelched that idea.  No lost beads for me!  Not these beauties.

Most of the pieces are Kim's original work, including:

Fused glass focal by Kimberly Roberts

Beach glass with silver bezels and a glass/silver clasp by Kimberly Roberts

Lampworked beads by Kimberly Roberts

Now I have just under two weeks to come up with something equally fabulous to showcase these lovelies.  The Bead Soup Blog Party, September 17th, is fast approaching!