Bead Soup is Happenin'

Hearts and Flowers

This first photo shows the ceramic beads I made for the bead soup swap. They are glazed in two different colors of turquoise, the melon beads have "eyes" in a light orangey tone.

Focal bead is made from one of my original stamps .

The photo below is the packet Marianna sent to me.
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It appears we are thinking along the same lines..both of us have included flowers in our packets.

I just love these brass flower spacers and clasp.

Marianna's lampwork focal bead is a wonderful swirly midnight garden. The packet she sent reminds me of a Monet painting of water lilies.

For the Bead Soup challenge , today, i'm leaning toward a necklace, but will take a few days getting to know this collection before making the final decision.