Bead Soup Gifts

Oh the goods I am blessed to create with. Look at the wonderful pieces I received from my partner Melissa Meman. 

I am thrilled that Melissa included one of her handmade metal focals.

Melissa's packaging was fun too open. A variety of packages to open, each one included details of the items inside. 

Melissa included a beautiful handmade focal and a handmade toggle. I LOVE these. She also sent along some torch fired enameled beads. I have been learning about enameling and I am so happy to have some of Melissa's work to create with. I also received a strand of feather laced amethyst, copper rondelles and some sweet czech glass beads.

Here is a close up of the focal piece. Melissa set a mother pearl into this piece.

You will have to wait until Saturday to find out what I created with all these wonderful pieces. 

Here is a quick shot of the pieces I sent to Melissa. I had planned what I was going to send to Melissa and then the day before we were scheduled to send out our beads I had a brainstorm and completely changed my mind. It was back to the torch for me. Thankfully Melissa was willing to change our mail date by a few days which allowed me a little more time to pull it all together.

You can find Melissa on the web....

 Melissa's blog 

 Melismatic Art Jewelry on Facebook. 

Etsy shop, Melismatic Art Jewlery

You can also visit our hostess, Lori Anderson, to find a list of all the 6th Bead Soup participants.