The Bead Soup Blog Party

by staci louise smith

Every year, Lori Anderson of Pretty Things hosts the Bead Soup Blog party.  It is a creative and social whirlwind of beads, jewelry and artists.  Lori created the Bead Soup Blog Party for a few reason, one, to swap beads with someone who has a different style from you, so that you can be challenged to create with beads you may not normally choose for yourself.  Another reason, is to give artists a nudge to branch out socially, to try blogging, to meet new people, and of course, to plain old have a great time.  If you want to read more about it, here is a link to Lori's bead soup page.

 

So, the beads have been swapped, the jewelry has been made, and today is the first Reveal Date- blog hop.  Grab your tiara(cause this here is girl time) and a cup of coffee or tea, and enjoy the eye candy that is the Bead Soup Blog Hop.

photo by Lori Anderson- property of Lori Anderson

I participated in this round.  So you can get the list of links here www.stacilouiseoriginals.com .

 

Here is some of the "soup" I recieved this year from Emily Greer of Gaia Copia. 

 

 

She sent me lots of fun beads, but you only need to use the focal and clasp.  Again, hop over to my blog if you want to see what I created with these guys!

 

I am also offering a special discount in my shops this week in honor of the Bead Soup blog Party. 

 

Use code beadsouprocks13 in either shop to save:

 

give you a 25% discount in my jewlery shop

 

gives you a 10% discount in my bead shop

 

Have a great day, and have fun hopping !