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  • Color Surprise Challenge, Summer Lovin’, and what’s in a name ?

    ((Don’t forget that I have a giveaway going until June 24th, midnight EST ! If you havn’t entered yet, please don’t forget to do so ! <3))The Bead Soup Blog Party partners are going out as I type this ! Again, I need to tip my hat off to Lori for her dedication to this swap, and all of…

  • GIVEAWAY !!!!

    [/exit pre-scheduled mode] Holy shit, ladies. Holy shit. Four. Hundred. (I believe the blog post still shows 397, but Lori confirmed we broke 400 on FB) My assistant and I are both very proud of the record-setting numbers for this bead soup blog party, and feeling for poor Lori. If sugar pie could ship well, girl, I would…

  • And I knew that somehow, I could find my way back…

    Have you ever seen Donna Millard‘s amazing lampwork ? No ? Well, go for it. I’ll wait. Try not to spend all your money now ! … … Oh, you’re back ! Well, let’s continue this, shall we ? This story starts with Donna posting some of her amazing bead sets in the BSC (or was…

  • Pink and purple paradise

    Remember these ? Well, you should. They are indeed very lovely, and Judy and I have become such amazing friends over that swap, and now we are constantly taking over each other’s beading stash ! (Not that I am complaining… lmao XD) It took me the longest time to think up that to do with them,…

  • I took the stars from my eyes and then, I made a map…

    A few weeks ago, Nicole of NValentineStudio had a 50% sale off everything in her store. Yup. 50% off. Amazing lampwork. I was on this faster than someone could even blink at their computer screen. In particular, there was one focal that tickled my fancy… And so I got it, as well as a lovely set of beads that matched…

  • That One Piece

    Well, those two pieces, but maentic schemantic, right. You know what im talking about, right ? That one piece which drives you CRAZY, and refuses to work out the way you want them to ? Yup. These were the two pieces. I am a writer (nowhere near a professional level, I assure you !), and…

  • Keep the sith lord in your life happy. They don’t force-choke you when you do that.

    Karen is my twin. There’s no other explanation. We are seriously, honestly, twins, and if we ever go somewhere at the same time we will have the whole damn world asking us if we are sisters. And this is perfectly dang fine with me. You know how the rule of twins must go, through. There’s the…

  • On Willpower Fails

    This was supposed to be Teresa’s birthday present. Her birthday is in July. Yup, I failed my willpower check. I failed it hard. But I have a very happy friend, so I would say the trade-off isn’t so bad. But would’t you ?! Ahhh ! Teresa’s favorite stone is tiger’s eye… As one might have noticed…

  • Oh, Blog of Mine…

    What will I ever do with you ? Really. I never remember to update this thing. At all. My backlog is quite epic by now too ! Well, I guess im gonna have to chip at it, post by post, and blow the dust off this joint by the time the bead soup blog party…

  • Pantone Bead Swap – or Why I Am A Lucky Ass Girl.

    I’ve taken part into my very first bead swap in the Bead Soup Cafe on Facebook – and well, I gotta say I got one hell of a welcome. I was matched with an amazing lady – Judy Daly Reganti ! Judy is a lampworker, and oh boy was I ever in for a treat when her envelope showed…