Thanks for stopping by for the big reveal day of the 2014 Bead Soup Blog Party.
So glad that I am able to participate in this epic blog party again.
As always, a shout out to Lori Anderson for organizing and hosting the party, and applause to all of the creative participants who provide endless hours of blog hopping entertainment.
I’ve been needing some design inspiration and I had a fabulous bead soup to work with courtesy of my partner, the talented Crystal Rector. (Autumn Sky Adornments on Etsy)
This is what was sent to Crystal…
This is the loot I received to work with …
First off, I was all over those little jade tube beads (yup, I have an eye for vintage beads.) I decided to pair them with those little yogi components because I can’t resist the chance to fiddle and put the jewel puzzle together. What do you think? A spirit trio of necklaces. They can be worn individually or one at a time. Decided to make a few earrings to go along for the ride.
The second design round produced a little necklace using that leopard jasper donut bead. I’d been wanting to try knotting this “Joan Babcock style” macrame necklace for some time. No time like the present. I used the color palette from the threads that my partner sent, but substituted waxed polyester cord. Love my waxed cord, it burns nice.
Third Round produced a multi strand necklace using lots of those tiny little beads with the tiny little macrame cord and thousands of knots. It was a bugger to make, but came out well. I had fun making the little goddess pendant out of clay.
Perhaps my favorite creation is the fourth piece. A micro macrame bracelet utilizing that oh -so- cool bone peacock pendant. Really loving how this turned out.
And I could not resist a little knotted necklace with the stone Buddha pendant from the soup.
Last but not least, another necklace using one of the cut quartz stones and the little buddha heads (these are a favorite of mine too!) from the soup mix.
Hop on over to Lori’s Bead Soup blog for the complete list of participants. Happy hopping.
I especially enjoyed your take on the peacock-style bone bracelet. Your macrame is beautiful! Beadingly fun!
Eyecatching creations, Cece. The first necklace is a stunner – love it!
I really enjoyed all of your dishes. The one that I kept going back to for second and thirds was the first trio of necklaces. Just love the fact that you can wear one or all.
What a wonderful mix of creations. My favorite is the spirit trio of necklaces.
Great mix of designs. I love the spirit trio of necklaces.
Drooling all over – love, love, love all of your pieces. I really love the micro-macrame you used. The peacock bracelet is fantastic!
Beautiful, detailed pieces. I love the three-strand necklace.
Wow – what a whole heap of gorgeous goodies you made from your soup! All wonderful but I keep going back to that first necklace trio….mesmerising!
I am so in love with your micro macrame. I am like you, the bracelet is lovely but so are all your other creations. I am envious of your talent.
Wow you have such a unique Style so inventive! Gorgeous pieces!!
Wow! You have such a unique style and your designs are so special and individual!
What a fabulous collection of fun designs. Nice work with your soup.
Such lovely work well done!
You came up with a bunch of very nice items. The macrame is very well done and used extremely creatively, especially in the last necklace.
My favorite was the bracelet as well. Way to use that focal!
Amazing work, the first necklace is absolutely spectacular. I love the micro macrame … stunning pieces.
Your creations are stunning! I am in awe of the work and skill and talent that each piece reflects. Really loving the micro macrame bracelet too.
Hi my dear friend Cece!
As every time I see Your work Im blown away !!
Your muse is a skilled one with so many faces……..
I love every piece …specially the macrame ones …
and that Buddha necklace …Id wear that anytime 🙂
The bracelet with bone is just DIVINE !!
colors so perfect in the macrame necklace with the dougnut pendant and matching earrings yummelliyumm
those earrings with up side down chandeliers a fun idea !!
hat of for the CHEF of this restaurant
xoxo B
Your macrame pieces are so cool, specially love the bracelet and the ‘Babcock’ style necklace!
Love them all! The knotted piece with the jasper donut is my favorite. Love, love, love!
Beautiful work. Simply stunning, especially the goddess necklace.
Fabulous what you did with a fab soup! I’m hard pressed to pick my favorite. Love the Goddess! Love the macramé! Love the Buddha! Love all!
gosh! you really created some bead wonders. i love both the multi-stand necklace and the peacock bone piece. your pieces are so asian inspired!
Where to even start. What a fantastic collection of designs you have created. From beginning to end each piece with such detail, style and shape I’m blown away!
I am with Debi…I can’t decide which I like the best, they are all exceptional!!!! Micro macrame is something I hope to learn along with everything else I want to learn…..You really did your soup good and I know your partner is proud. Great job! Thanks for joining and posting!
Whoa! My jaw literally dropped when I saw your Joan Babcock style necklace! I love your micro macrame work and how you incorporated them into your designs! I’ve taken Joan’s class couple of years ago and you have inspired me to do micro macrame! Wow!
I love all of the micro mini macrame, I have been fascinated by it for awhile and your pieces are absolutely stunning and showcase your soup wonderfully!
You are so talented, but that doesn’t come as a surprise, as I already follow your creations. Every piece here is exquisite, I think the macrame are the best, but each one has its own story and is so beautiful in its colors and techniques.
Love everything that you made, but my favorite is the trio of necklaces. Kudos on a well served soup!
Holy COW Cece! These are all so beautiful! You really pulled some gorgeous pieces out of beads that have had me stumped…for years, in some cases.
(Seriously…I’d had that peacock since 2002)
I still have a handful of those little coconut namaste charms, and now I have a much better idea how to work with them!
Your micro-macrame is just stunning….it’s a technique I’ve been wanting to learn more about, and these pieces are absolutely inspiring.
Also, I suddenly want that peacock back.
Kidding….sort of.
Amazing micro-macrame!
WOW!! You made soooo many beautiful pieces. I love how your macramé flows so effortlessly into your jewelry designs. Bravo!
The Buddha makes me smile so much! (:
Love all of it. Love your tribal style. The first piece is my favorite though. I adore mix and match sets. Beautiful work.
Oh, and thanks for the intro to Joan Babcock. Her work is exquisite.
So many pieces, and each with its unique style – lovely. The micro-macrame on the bracelet and necklace are something I would like to learn one day: I love how they turned out. And I’m very attracted to versatile designs, like your triplet necklace that can be worn multiple ways. Love it (and all your pieces!)
I absolutely love the multi strand necklace and the pretty necklace with the Buddha pendant! Everything you made is beautiful!
Wow, amazing talent here. It started out great and just got greater and greater.
Love the macrame peacock. The macrame necklace. The trio of necklaces. Everything is fabulous. Great job.
Wow, Cece, these are absolutely gorgeous! I just love the hip style… you certainly tamed that soup 🙂
There’s SO MUCH goodness you made with this soup! I really like the one with all the colorful macrame, but that last one has got to be my favorite. It looks so simple at first, but the details really draw you in. Beautiful work, all of it!!
Master of macrame!!!-impressive projects, bracelet absolutely amazing!
Wow – you took a fantastic soup and made so many wonderful pieces with it! I *love* the micromacrame (especially since I have a hard time seeing myself doing it, so I appreciate it all the more!), and the “Babcock-style” piece is truly amazing…but…my heart is drawn most strongly to the top trio of spirit necklaces. Those, I don’t know exactly why, but they have such a wonderful peaceful vibe that they’re hard to resist! Well done all around!
Oh, these all are so great! But I have a favourtite. It’s the peacock bracelet. Thats really outstanding. Wonderful work!
What a wonderful array of creations. Your spirit trio of necklaces is my fav. Great work.
Hi Cece, Your designs are seriously AWESOME. Making the coordinating trio of necklaces and earrings gives so much wearability. This is my favorite from all of your pieces. Cool macrame. It is a perfect compliment to the leopardskin jasper donut. The carved bone peacock pendant is gorgeous and the macrame you did for is suits it well. I think that I would wear it so that the peacock was facing the other way, so that I could look at it while I was wearing it.
Oh, my…your work always leaves me stunned, but this batch has left me speechless. The first set with the beautifully harmonized trio of necklaces is a visual treat. The necklace in the style of Joan Babcock (another of my favorite designers) is a jaw dropper. And I really appreciated the way you highlighted the beauty of the peacock pendant with intricate knotting that enhanced the focal, without detracting from it at all. Brava!
Your pieces are STUNNING! I love that you mixed techniques and textures. The colors worked really well together, too. My fav is the piece with the czech glass. I just like the variety. =)
Linda A.
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The triple necklace is a queen – beautifully done and structured! And I love an unconventional use of findings (the earrings!). The knotted necklace is stunning! I have a thing for multistrands and this one had three completely independent and well grouped strands. Your macrame on the last pieces is gorgeous!
OMG!!! Love each one of your soup dishes! Love the 1st set as it incorporates so many elements, knotting, linking, wrapping, dangling. The set is stunning with each necklace uniquely standing alone yet wow together! Beautiful micro macrame work! Never tried this. You have sensational artistic talent! Fond of the earring bunch too! Great soup!!!
I love seeing all that macrame. Especially on the bone bracelet. Your pieces are so detailed and fun. The three necklaces that can be worn together or separately are a wonderful design.
Wow LOVE all your pieces! I am going to have to go look up that knotting method. Your pieces are so pretty!
You definitely simmered the pot to perfection, just gorgeousness here.