First Impression Design

The day is here & I'm so happy to be participating in the Bead Soup Blog Party! Lori Anderson of Pretty Things Blog is once again organizing this great event - Thank you for all of your hard work Lori! This year the theme is the Bead Hoarders Edition.
According to Lori's post on her blog:

I would like to start 2017 by opening our hearts to hope and beauty and true gift-giving. I don't want people to send just anything, but something they love and would imagine brightening the day of someone. The beads do not have to be expensive, but should be exceptional in some way---I want this to feel like a true giving of the heart. Paying love forward to a person you may not even know. Acceptance of what you receive because every single one of you is an artist and could string popcorn and make it wonderful. You're allowed to use your own beads in your design, including your own hoarded beads (because I know you have more than one!)

I was paired with Carla Fry of Carla Fry Creations. We chatted a few times and I gathered together some beads I have been hoarding (I actually forgot to take a picture of the stash I sent Carla - so please visit her page!)

I received my BSBP package in the mail in February and was very happy when I opened what felt like a present!

What a great soup!

I loved everything Carla sent me and I started to think about what I wanted to create. Well, my favorite color is purple, soooo I was really drawn to the enameled butterfly. This beautiful pendant was made by Carla herself! I wanted to incorporate at least two of the pendants. I thought the earthy shell pendant was wonderful & decided to turn it around for a different look.

I came up with this design:

I mentioned that I love purple so I had a stash of purple seed beads, faceted Czech glass beads and Chinese knotting cord.
I used all three in the design.

I like to work with leather and Irish Waxed Linen also and decided to use both in the design as well.

I hope Carla likes what I made with her beautiful soup! I can't wait to see what she made with the stash I sent her and what everyone else made!

Have fun hopping!!

Elizabeth Bunn

Marianna DeLuca Wehner

Kristina Eleniak

Terry Jeanette Carter

Donna Hoblit

Dolores Raml

D'Arsie Manzella

Julia Lund-Trott

Erin Kenny

Kelly Hosford Patterson

Sam Waghorn

Sandra Wollberg

Dyanne Everett-Cantrell

Kathy Lindemer

Jean Wells

CJ Bauschka

Michelle Escano Caballero

Rachel Mallis

Barbara Judy

Joelyn Bissing

Dee Elgie

Robin Lynne Showstack

Maria Rosa Sharrow

Kim Dworak

Maria Rios
Babette Cox
Nadine Davidson

Hi everyone.... The reveal day is here!! This is my second Bead Soup Blog Party and it was just as much fun the second time around. It was organized again by the wonderful Lori Anderson of Pretty Things - Thank you, Lori for all of your hard work pulling all of this together (especially when you aren't feeling well)!!

My partner is Lecia (Lisa) Woessner from Copper Roses. She is a transplanted southern belle living in Easton, MD. We chatted a few times and she is very sweet. Check out her boards on Pinterest.

I debated whether to participate this year because I am very busy visiting colleges with my daughter this year (she is a Junior). We are actually visiting Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore on Friday - So, I am finishing this post before we leave. But it all worked out (especially with the extra week Lori gave us!)

Here is what she sent me (Sorry about the pictures - I took them with my iphone):