Bead Soup Blog Party 2011 Party Favor Tutorial

What a week! Such pretty necklaces, such nice comments. Thanks to all who have stopped by to see my necklace. In the limited amount of time I had this past week, the necklaces that I managed to see were just lovely. This has been a great party so far.

And on that note, I think every party should have a party favor. So I worked a little magic and wrote up a tutorial on how I made my necklace.

You can download the tutorial here. 

I take you step by step on how I went from this...

...to this.

Read this post first (if you haven't already) on how I chose my beads for the necklace. Then download the PDF and see the process step-by-step.

Let me know if you make a piece of your own based on this design...I'd love to see it. You can post it on my Facebook Page or post a link in the comments. Hope you enjoy it.

Bead Soup Party Reveal!

First I wanted to to say what fun this whole cooking session had been. Meeting new internet friends, receiving pretty beads in the mail and creating a new piece of jewelry are the best things ever!

If you are visiting here and have not heard about the Bead Soup Blog Hop, you can read all about it here. The the entire list of 362 participants is here. Thanks so much to Lori Anderson of the Pretty Things Blog for being such a great hostess!

Now without further ado.

Here are my lovely beads from partner Lorelei Eurto.

This is the Bead Soup color palette that I created. 

Read more on how I chose my beads here.

And here she is!

Here are a few snaps from the process:

Today is SUCH a busy day with 362 blogs to look over! So not to delay you with your blog hopping, stop back by tomorrow and I will have a party favor for you to download and I'll cover my stringing process for you in more detail.

Have a great hop everyone! I'm off to celebrate these lovely necklaces (and my birthday!) Let the party BEGIN!

Almost Time for Soup!

Whoohoooo!
It's almost time for the big soup reveal!

Working with the lovely centerpiece that Lorelei Eurto sent me.

Stop by on the big day (9/17) to see the finished piece in all its glory. And since it's my birthday on Saturday, I'll have party favors for everyone. (What better way to celebrate than with the biggest bead party ever!!!???)

See you then!