Look What Our Postal Carrier Brought!

TWO PACKAGES!! It is like Christmas here. One package is from the divine Miss L. Lorelei Eurto and the other is from Amanda Davie. I will post about Amanda's package tomorrow. Today it is all about patience.


A few months back, quite a few actually, Lorelei hosted a Round Robin Necklace challenge. There were six of us that signed up for the challenge and we all started a necklace and wrote down ideas for the rest of the group to help with finishing each piece. (Read more about it HERE).

Well, we all got our pieces to Lorelei and she did a little something to each and then past them on to the next in line. Eventually I got to work on the pieces and then sent them to next. She worked on then and then sent them to the final artist who held on to all of them for what seemed like forever. I do not know, nor do I need to know, what the hold-up really was. I am just glad this story had a happy ending.

The whole shabbang

A detail

another detail.

I asked for dangly things, especially religious symbols for the 36" chain I sent. You can see lots of crosses, two hands, several hearts, some celtic pieces and a tiny vail with a picture of the face of Mary. There are also quite a few art beads and crystals.

I love it. Thank you my Round Robin Friends!

Just a Tease -- Virtual Bead Soup

I know. I am such a tease!

Judy Glende's gorgeous turquoise beads have been such a pleasure to work with and I am quite taken by the hand-wrought copper cross. It is going to be tough putting it in the post back to her. (Don't worry Judy, I promise I will!) (Deleted)

So, if you have been following the blog, you know there are 85 (eighty-five!!) participants in the Virtual Bead Soup Party and that the big REVEAL will be on February 10th. That is just eight days away. You need to prepare yourself for the day.

It took me three sessions to check out all the participants when the list was posted on Lori Anderson's blog. Get up early, because we will all be blogging about it, and set aside some quality "alone" time with no distractions. Have your favorite beverage (coffee, tea, hot cocoa, whatever) and a comfy chair. I promise this will be a trip from glory into glory! Everything is going to be breathtaking!

By the way, this is what I sent to Judy: Cannot wait to see what she does with it all. Her pieces are so gorgeous and romantic.

My Virtual Bead Soup Mix has Arrived!

Look what I found in my mail box today!

My Virtual Bead Soup Swap partner, Judy Glende of JudyBDesigns {link and her Etsy shops here and here ) sent me a lovely array of Turquoise and copper. I hear Turquoise if going to be very hot this year.




She even sent me a little note about the cross.

Just look at these lovelies!

The cross is gorgeous!

I know exactly what I’m going to do, but you will have to wait until February 10th for the “reveal.”

For more about the swap check out my previous post {link} Judy received my package yesterday and blogged about it. Go check it out. {Link}