Bead Soup #8!

Remember this?

I got fun bead soup ingredients from Tracy Martin (Nutkitten's Jewelry), my Bead Soup Partner.  Funny thing is, she picked some of the same colors I sent her...purple.  I love purple...

This is what I sent her.

So...what did I come up with?

Well...first I knew I wanted to incorporate some of my paper beads, so I made some.

 I had seen some cool sparkly silver scrapbook paper, and decided to try making beads with it.

I had wrapped and glued them, then put three coats of heavy glaze on each bead.

I added those beads to several of the beads Tracy sent me, and....

"Booya!" Piece number one. 

I loved these butterfly beads and also those purple "eye" beads. I think they look like eyes, lol

I put those cool beads with some fluorite chips I had, and added some lace, along with the silver beads and other focal Tracy sent me to make this long necklace.

I had a lot of these leaves and decided to make earrings.

I've worn these several times and they are very fun to wear. I have a skirt outfit that they perfectly with.

See the big ear wires? I loved them, and decided to put some beads I've been hoarding to use.

These are a stand alone piece, in other words, no other jewelry needed when I wear these.

Now for my last, and favorite piece. I decided I needed a bracelet, so I made some more paper beads...purple and turquoise, and added Tracy's purple beads to them and finished it off with the pretty clasp that was in my ingredients. I also added a bead like what I had sent her.

Well, there ya have it. Once again, I had a lot of fun messing around with all the fun stuff Tracy sent me. I'd like to that her for everything and I'd also like to thank Lori Anderson for all her hard work putting this blog hop together. There were close to 500

 participants this time, and that is A LOT of WORK!!!! I really don't know how Lori does it.

Now go check out Tracy's creations from what I sent her, then go check out everyone else's. I know you will not be disappointed. 

After you finish out with Tracy's blog, you can go to the link below to click on other Bead Soupers. 
http://www.prettythingsblog.com/2014/05/welcome-to-8th-bead-soup-blog-party.html