A big Texas HOWDY and thanks for stopping by !
This is my first time to participate in the BSBP. I enjoyed the 1st reveal and loved seeing all the amazing designs. I am honored to be a part of this event.
My partner is Billi RS Rothove of Billi's Paper Batiks. Billi is a polymer clay artist and here's a picture of the soup she sent me.
My bright soup created quite a challenge for me because I usually work with copper, wire, and much darker colors. I reached out to my dear friends Cheryl and Heather - also BSBP participants - as well as Lori, for some input and inspiration. I am sending them a grateful shout out for the pictures and ideas and for helping me to see in COLOR !! lol
From the soup mix, I chose this focal, because every time I looked at it I saw a little Mayan or Aztec child playing dress up in a parents' colorful ceremonial costume. See how the headdress falls down on his head and covers his eyes ?
.......that thought lead me down the google "Mayan" and "Aztec" rabbit trail. I can't say I read a lot about the cultures but I was certainly inspired by all of the colorful ceremonial costumes.
After I finished my google adventure I started creating......and a necklace was born using the focal, the clasp, and the colorful polymer clay beads
along with a matching pair of earrings
The set:
I also made a ceiling fan pull using another of the polymer clay focals. I added some wire and a few beads from my personal stash..
Hanging from my ceiling fan:
Thank you Billi for the colorful soup, and thank you Lori for including me in the party.
Please hop on over to Billi's blog to see what she made with the soup I sent her.
I etched a copper focal and made a copper clasp
I etched a copper focal and made a copper clasp
and sent a variety of copper adornments, a 2nd clasp, unakite, jasper, a little bling, and
assorted glass and ceramic beads.
assorted glass and ceramic beads.
Please visit the other participants in the second reveal:
Agata Grygiel
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Ali McCarthy
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Alice Craddick
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Amy Severino
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Ana Krepel
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Andra Weber
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Andrea Glick
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Andrea Trank
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Anitra Gordy Boyers
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Annette Rivers
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Anu Tuppurainen
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April Grinaway
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Audrey Bélanger
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B.R.Kuhlman
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Barbara Bechtel
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Barbara Mason
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Becky Pancake
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Beti Horvath
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Billi RS Rothove
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Bobbie Rafferty
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Brandi Burdick
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Candida Castleberry
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Carol Dillman
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Carolyn Gebert
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Carolyn Lawson
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Caron Reid
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Catherine King
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Cathy Jakicic
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Chandra Merod
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Charlene Jacka
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Cheri Reed
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Cherrie Fick
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Cherrie Warzocha
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Cheryl Brown
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Cheryl Dunham
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Cheryl Foiles
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Cheryl Gangle
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Chris Eisenberg
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Chris White
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Christina Miles
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Christine Murrow
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Cindy Ritchie
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Clare Etheridge
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Cory Tompkins
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Cris Peacock
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Cynthia Abner
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Debbie Rasmussen
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Debi Levine
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Deborah Brooks
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Deborah Read
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Debra Behrends
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Dorota Żerańska
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Elaine Robitaille
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Elsie Deliz-Fonseca
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Emma Todd
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Erin Guest
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Evelyn Shelby
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Evie and Beth McCord
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Francy Inman
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Ginger Bishop
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Gloria Allen
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Hajer Waheed
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Hope Smitherman
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Ilenia Ruzza
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Ilona Hegedűs
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Ine Vande Cappelle
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Jackie Ryan
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Janine Lucas
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Jean Peter
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Jean Wells
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Jeanne Steck
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Jelveh Jaferian
Johnson
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Jennifer Cabic
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Jennifer Reno
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Jennifer VanBenschoten
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Jenny Davies-Reazor
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Jenny Kyrlach
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Jenny Robledo
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Jessica Brower
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Jill MacKay
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JJ Jacobs
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Jo-Ann Woolverton
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Joanne Tinley
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Johanna Rhodes Nash
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Judy Robinson
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Juli Cannon
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Julia Gerlach
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Julie Bowen
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Julie Panusis
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K Hutchinson
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Karen Martinez
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Karen Vincent
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Karen Williams
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Karin Slaton
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Karyn Bonfiglio
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Kat Douglas
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Kate Dufour
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Kate Mulligan
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There are also two Pinterest boards for the 7th BSBP - it is especially fun to see all the designs and soups posted on pinterest.
BSBP soups and designs
and
BSBP contest entries
Have fun hopping !!
