Seed beads & Jump rings

Went blog surfing the other day from the list of 

blogs that I follow.

Through KimmyKats Blog 

I found this tutorial from Gossiping Goddess

on how to create this seed bead and jump ring bracelet.

It is just my speed (easy) and really cool. 

So I made this bracelet today using some of the beads 

that Lorelei had sent me from a previous bead soup.

Added an old button and a cream bone bead 

disc spacer, a few Sodalite beads strung on 

 natural waxed cotton cord.

Looks great with my jeans!!!
Update: 7/20/12
Here are two more

 One was done while watching the View

The other while watching the Chew.

Waiting on the Soup

Well it seems to be taking a while 

for the bead soup for me 

to arrive from England.

Mine arrive to Sarah in  record time.

The thing is we have no control over 

international shipping.

I'm hoping they arrive this week.

This is the assortment I sent Sarah and 

she has already blogged about it.

She said it reminded her of peacock feathers.

You know...she's right!

Bead Soup Partner

My bead soup swap partner this go round is 

Sarah Goode of  Pookledo . 

image from Sarah's blog

Sharon likes to recycle/up-cycle.  

And is very talented at this. 

Reclaiming what others would consider discards, 

Sarah makes into totally new pieces of jewelry. 

She is a self confesses bead-a holic.

She is not alone.

There will be 3 reveals this time for Lori Anderson's

Bead Soup blog hop.

Our reveal is August the 11th.  

We chatted via e-mail doing our best to get 

a feel for what each other likes. 

So stop back by if you can to see the reveals