'one cannot make soup out of beauty.'
~ estonian proverb
obviously, they had never heard of bead soup! lori anderson at pretty things came up with the idea of a bead soup party - where participants exchanged components and then worked their personal magic on them... today is the big reveal... if you go to the link above, you will find the links to all of the participants... wander around and see what everyone created!
these are the incredible beads that i got from laurie at mermaid glass... she does such beautiful lampworking... just look at that focal bead... and she was really generous with me... they have such a beach-y feel to them, i just love that...
for me the beach is the best of everything, light glittering off of the water, sand rubbing on my feet, skies that go on forever, treasures of all kinds at your fingertips... and also very natural - wash up from storms, driftwood, remnants of crabs and fish - organic matter...
and so i tried to recreate that effect...
thank you laurie for the beautiful glass, and sterling to work with... and thank you lori for putting this together... it was a big job!
