Welcome to the next stop in the Bead Soup Book Blog Tour! Today I am joining a great line-up of contributors in celebrating the recent release of Lori Anderson’s book, Bead Soup – 32 Projects Show What Happens When 26 Beaders Swap Their Stash! Do you have a copy yet? If not, I think you’ll be ready to grab your own by the time you’ve read the many reviews this week!
I’ve been along on this exciting journey with Lori from the very beginning…. I remember the news that Kalmbach wanted to publish a book featuring her incredibly popular Bead Soup Blog Party. This blog hop phenomenon has so many in the jewelry community swapping beads, creating, blogging, and making new online connections. I have had the privilege of contributing to this book in a very unique way. Early on, Lori asked if I would take the pictures each of the bead soups to be featured in the book. Would I?? Oh, you bet! I enjoy staging pictures as much, if not more, than making jewelry! 🙂 I remember an over-nighter with Lori, staying up late going through the first round of bead soup mixes with excitement. I really feel honored that I was able to hold each of the bead soup contributions in my hands, and arrange them in to a bead bowl picture. Should I group the beads in sections, or show them randomly mixed? It was a fun dilemna. I want to thank Lori for trusting me to take on such an important role in her book. I loved every minute of it.
It was a nice challenge to work with bead soups from jewelry designers and bead makers that I admire. When you start with the beautiful sets of beads that they hand-selected, you can’t go wrong! I’d love to share some before and after photos – first a few shots of the bead soup bowls, then a snippet of the finished piece. I really enjoyed reading the creative names that Lori concocted for the jewelry pieces – I’ve included them with the pictures. This first set from Heather Powers features her polymer clay art beads (in my favorite colors!).
Next, an all-vermeil bead soup with a show-stopping tassel was put together by Lori Anderson. Its like having the benefit of a blank canvas when you start a design with an all-metal bead soup!
Now this was a fun challenge – a bead soup by Kerry Bogert featuring one of her handmade peacock focals. You can read more about her bead soup in her post here. This piece has now gone on to a new home with the bead soup originator herself & that makes me happy that she has a special piece of jewelry that we collaborated on together.
What a thrill to work with a soup featuring enameled beads by the Queen of torch-fired enameling herself! The aqua blues and pastels in Barbara Lewis’ bead soup was right up my alley. Combining pretty vintage flowers seemed like a natural pairing with the enameled focal and beads.
I know you’ll find so much to gain and enjoy reading the Bead Soup book. I’m fond of the book’s fresh format, with the soup theme carried throughout. You’ll find recipe cards, “utensils” for the supply lists, and incredibly creative soup-related project titles (I still don’t know how Lori came up with 32 unique names!). 🙂 The Gallery is another great feature, showing more designs by talented jewelry designers. I love having the Bead Soup Blog Party experience captured in a book that I can flip through time and again for inspiration.
There are lots prizes all along the book tour! I’m giving away a set of handmade, tumbled-to-perfection copper wire clasps. Simply leave a comment on this post to be entered to win. You’ll also be entered to win the BIG GRAND prize that Lori is giving away – each comment on a book tour blog post will be entered in to the drawing. Winners to be announced between on October 8th or 9th. Visit Lori’s blog for all of the details!
Thanks for joining me on this stop and be sure to follow the schedule below for more book reviews and give aways!
– Cindy
Monday, October 1st
Lori Anderson — http://www.PrettyThingsBlog.
Rebecca Anderson — http://www.songbeads.
Barbara Bechtel — http://secondsurf.com/
Tuesday, October 2nd
Lori Anderson — www.PrettyThingsBlog.com
Kerry Bogert — http://kabsconcepts.com/
Melanie Brooks — http://earthenwood-beads.
Jennifer Cameron — http://glassaddictions.
Wednesday, October 3rd
Lori Anderson —www.PrettyThingsBlog.com
Diane Cook — www.rosa-josies.blogspot.
Malin de Koning — http://www.
Thursday, October 4th
Lori Anderson — www.PrettyThingsBlog.com
Cassie Donlen — http://cassiedonlen.
Jeannie Dukic — http://site.jkdjewelry.com/
Nan Emmett — http://www.spiritrattles.
Lyn Foley — http://lynfoleyblog.com
Friday, October 5th
Lori Anderson — www.PrettyThingsBlog.com
Brandi Hussey — http://www.brandigirlblog.
Cindy Wimmer — www.SweetBeadStudio.com
Barbara Lewis — Painting With Fire
Libby Leuchtman – http://libbyleu.blogspot.com/
Saturday, October 6th
Lori Anderson www.PrettyThingsBlog.
Melissa Meman — http://www.melissameman.
Stefanie Teufel — http://
Sunday, October 7th
Sharon Palac — http://
Heather Powers — http://www.humblebeads.
Erin Prais-Hintz — http://treasures-found.
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Wow, Cindy! I really enjoyed your wonderful photos! You’re right, it’s been a wonderful ride! Your piece made with my beads took my breath away! You knocked it out of the park!
Your jewellery is beautiful! And yes, following this blog hop really makes me want to buy the book – it’s on the wish list, what’s teh betting it’s in my cart by the end of the tour!!
What beautiful creations! I love these clasps! They would be so fun to use in my designs!
Your photos are *so* beautiful! Thanks for sharing a couple of soup pictures…hm, now you’ve made me hungry 😉
Your creations and photos of them are wonderful. I would love to be able to use your clasps in my creations. Thank you for your generous offer.
Congratulations on being a part of this amazing book! How lucky were you to be able to hold each soup???? Thanks for the chance. 🙂
Ahhhh…what a way to start my day…with your beautiful photographs! Your pictures alone are a piece of art! You certainly did all of the wonderful soups justice! Congrats on being part of a wonderful book…one to use not only for reference, but for inspiration, too!
Your jewelry is beautiful! I would love to win a clasp set!
Another example of how it takes just one person to start something great. Lovely pictures and even lovelier clasps, Cindy!
The photography is great – I was wondering how everyone took their bead soup pictures in the same bowl. Your clasps are beautiful and I would love a chance to win them. Thanks for the opportunity.
I’m having so much fun checking out everyone’s posts. I’m slowly making my way through the book. I got to participate in 2 BSBP’s from Lori. It was a blast.
You mix a mean bowl of soup 😀 How fun to have been there photographing with Lori! Beautiful designs, and gorgeous clasps!
Thanx for the chance to win three your great clasps. I need to upgrade to better clasps & these would be great. Your pics sure did justice to Lori’s awesome book. I can’t say enough good things about the “Bead Soup” book. This hop enhances the book because we get to hear personal stories to go with the jewelry & we might win kool stuff. Being part of her last BSBP was an excellent experience.
So much fun… can’t wait to see the book.
I am glad I found your blog thru the blog tour. These are beautiful pictures, I like your blog and I am a new subscriber:)
Congratulations on your contributon to this wonderful collaboration! All the bead soups you have shown here are gorgeous! I need to order the book (or win it–crossing my fingers) so I can see the finished piece.
I’d love to win a set of your lovely copper clasps!
Blessings to you and your family! Have a wonderful weekend!
Oh Cindy, I feel so behind with anything going on in the beady world, but health is an issue right now, so to look at all your beautiful pics fill my heart with joy! You and Barbara are a perfect match and your sneak looks gorgeous!
I feel so lucky to have gotten a copy of the book at ArtBLISS – it’s awesome and so much fun to go through. I love your piece – I like those colors a lot also. Thanks for the chance to win.
Just beautiful
Such gorgeous pieces, I truly can not wait to see the book! Thank you for the chance to win the beautiful clasps!
your work is gorgeous, and so are the photos..Lori’s book is a must have..i keep going back for another look ..so many wonderful designers and beads ..
Wow, your photos are simply stunning! Lori’s book looks amazing. It is such an interesting concept and I can’t wait to see it in person. I would love a chance to win some of your handmade copper wire clasps. Thank you for the opportunity.
What amazing soups to work with! Your designs with them are just stunning. I would love to win the claps. They are so elegant.
Beautiful work!
I really love the copper clasps!!! I would love to win these! I really like that I could add charms to the closed end to add drama and texture!
You’ve created some beautiful pieces! I can’t wait to see the book!
Just love your clasps. 😉
Both the before and after bead bowls are fantastic; it must have been very difficult to decide which photo to select! How fun to see everyone’s soup beforehand. I really enjoyed the pieces you created in the book, especially “Fine Dining” with the soup from Barbara Lewis. That is a real stunner!
I love your handmade clasps! Thank you for the awesome giveaway!
Those are truly some of my most favorite in the book. The beads from Barbara look frosted, almost like a garden frozen in time. The soup from Kerry really had me doing a back flip. The colors, the textures, the patterns… all very striking. And I can never have too many Humblebeads! You did a fantastic job on photographing the soups and it is an honor to be on this bead soup tour with someone that I admire so very much! Enjoy the day!
Erin
Wow…what beautiful soups and the photographs are just wonderful!! I really love the fonts you use too…are they Photoshop?
I loved working on this with you — it was fun to have one person to share every piece with! And I like how we traded all metals — and everything you made was of course your trademark creative and clever and beautiful. Thank you for the gorgeous photos of the soup in the bowls — that made SUCH a difference to how things looked!
You and Lori must have had a blast working (err…playing) on all the photos! Great work. I see a sneak peek of a necklace and think ahhh that’s my favorite until I see the next one. Every one of them is a treasure and inspirational.
Thank you for the offer of the giveaway (beauties! I love working with copper.) and congratulations on all of your contributions to the book.
What beautiful photos. I really need to take better photos. The soup is beautiful. I have just started making my own clasps and findings. I would really love to win yours..
These clasps are amazing. I can’t wait to flip through the book and see what everyone made. What a feast for the eyes.
Those soups are yummy! Your jewelry is to die for – so pretty! Thanks for the chance to win the clasps. I have been using a lot more copper lately.
so fun to see the before and after photos and get a sneak peak into the creative process!
Thanks so much for sharing your bead soups with us. Your clasps are wonderful and I would love to win one.
Thanks for sharing your great photos of all these gorgeous pieces. And sharing about your design process as well. Loving the chance to win some of your copper work. This week of blog tours and giveaways has been a blast.
Absolutely stunning creations and the colors are so very pretty. I would love to work with your clasps. Thanks for the opportunity to win
Beautiful copper clasps! Love the chance to win them!
What a lucky duck you are! You got to see (& fondle) all the soups! That really sounds like fun! I’d love to win your clasps – they are just lovely!
Congrats on being in the book. Your photographs are stunning.
Those are wonderful photos—no wonder Lori asked you to be the photographer! I would love to win those beautiful copper clasps. Thank you for the opportunity.
Cindy,
You did an amzing job with your soups, the telling of your story and the sharing of the journey. i agree – having a tangible format “the book” to refer to is NICE! I love looking through past blogs, it is going to be nice to have reference in my hands though 😉
I think is is awesome that you all are celebrating the book’s launching in such a fun and familiar way – blog hopping 🙂 Thanks for your participation and generosity in the opportunity to win your clasps!
Now that would have been an overnighter that I would have loved to be part of. You , Lori, beads and pj’s (I threw that in) What amazing soups you played with!
CONGRATULATIONS on the book! You are an amazing designer and I am so glad you got to be a part of this awesome book! I would love to win some of your clasps, so count me in!
LOVE the soups you’ve made and the beautiful pieces of Art that you’ve created. I about held my breath and turned blue when I saw the lovely clasp you were giving away. WOnderful is too simple a word. dot
What fun to see the soups as you arranged them and then a glimpse of the finished projects. I can’t wait to see the whole book. I would love to win your giveaway of your clasps. Can’t say that I am going to share them though. They will probably end up on pieces of jewelry that are mine, all mine!
Thanks everyone for all of your kind comments. It really was fun to be a photographer and bead souper behind the scenes! 🙂 Stacie asked about the fonts I used for the sneak peek pictures ~ I used the free online photo editor, iPiccy.com
STUNNING combinations and final creations! I’m having so much fun going through the book and matching people with projects.
And your clasps are amazing!
Wow what beautiful copper clasps! My favorite metal! I would love to win!