Angaza by Changes

zaterdag 10 mei 2014

It is that Special Time of the Year - again…
Time to celebrate The 8th Bead Soup Blog Party - 2014!

Thanx to our sweet hostess Lori, (though still having so much health issues,

I’m so sorry) it’s possible to participate in this Event.

Thank you so much Lori for all your efforts to keep the party going!

Take care, I wish you all the best!

I was very surprised by the Soup Saskia Letta sent to me, so many colourful

and phantasy full made glass beads.

Here is her weblog http://puenktliundanton.blogspot.nl/

She sent me lots of lovelies…

Look!!

Packed in a small sweet toilet bag, some chocolate Easter bunnies added.

They are gone… as you will understand, loooong time ago!

Because I am a glass bead maker too, I decided not to add glass beads to

my ‘jewellery- to- be’. I also did not send glass beads to Saskia for that reason.

Her beads really ‘don’t need much’. They draw a lot of attention because of the

vivid colours and their shape. So I kept it simple, what wasn’t so easy for me…

I only added some matching 'gemmies' and silver beads.

A necklace was born! Here I also used the beautiful silver clasp.

Some beads were left... A sweet little crown, and a small statue??? bead ?

Some beads could imagine a dress, maybe??? Okay, let’s make the statue bead

become a focal, a princess. Wearing a long dress…

And princesses need silk of course, so I gave her a silk ribbon 'to wear'…

She can dance for hours in this way!

There were only a few beads left. For matching earrings?

Yes, as a finishing touch! I love♥ their teal colour! With some silver beads,

bead caps and chain maille rings they look nice,

the sterling silver ear hooks completed my design!

Dear visitors, enjoy visiting the blogs of the other participants.

There are approximately 490 participants! In 30 countries, 48 states,

and North America, Asia, Europe and Australia as continents.

Have tons of fun, and thank you for visiting my weblog.

Here is the link to visit all the other participants.

♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥

zondag 6 april 2014

‘Color of Dreams’ Blog Hop

‘Our’ ♥sweet hostess Rita / Toltec Jewels is hosting this Blog Hop. It’s always a lot of
fun to participate and see in what way she inspires us, again and again…
This time she sent us beads, made by artist Patricia Handschuh of The Colour of
Dreams Boutique. Thank you Patricia and Rita, for donating and treating to the beads.
They are very special!

This Blog is about ‘Color of Dreams’, our dreams. Do I have one?
Ooo yes, many… Here’s a special one. As a child I was dreaming of working in Africa,
inspired by the great doctor Albert Schweitzer. I wanted to be a nurse…
And so I did. Did I go to Africa? No! I married and had my children.
Years later I worked in an Asylum Seeker Centre.

Many people from Africa came to the Netherlands to find peace and freedom.
I worked with them, learned a lot about Africa, but I still was here! In 2002 my
husband and I got retired. In all those years I had cherished my dream…
We decided to do some voluntary work. In Kenya, where my husband worked in
the early 1970’s We started our jobs in a Children’s Home in 2004.
We developed a complete vegetable nursery, did a lot of PR work for them and lots of other things.

We worked in the Home for about 10 months, divided over 4 years.
Nowadays we run our own Foundation” Changes” to support them.
So my dream came true and is still alive!

I’m sure the children in The Lewa Children’s Home in Eldoret would have
loved to see this colourful bead… Such strong, vivid colours, it really looks like candy.
So I dedicate my piece of jewellery to them! The pattern of the bead goes very
well with the pattern of the -recycled, yes it's Africa! aluminium- pendant,
made by me. I glued the bead on the aluminium, and used some stainless steel
wire for decoration and to cover the bead holes a bit.

It a simple design. In this way the bead attracts all the attention, and that’s good!

Have fun visiting all the other participants via this list:

Honorary Artist: Patricia Handschuh

Patricia's blog: The Color of Dreams
Patricias Etsy: The Color of Dreams
Hostess: TJ Jewel School Friends
Kay Thomerson   KayzKreationz
Audrey Belanger Toki No Hourousha
Alicia Marinache All the Pretty Things
Terry Carter TappingFlamingo
Lori Schneider Bead Addict
Jenny Kyrlach Wonder and Whimsy
Asri Wahyuingsih Asri's Beadwork
Dini Bruinsma Angaza by Changes
Karla Morgan Texas Pepper Jams
Debbie Rasmussen A Little of This, A Little of That
Veralynne Malone Designed by Vera
Kathy Stemke Vintage Memories Jewelry Design
Mowse Doyle   Mowse Made This
Heather Richter Desert Jewelry Designs
Lori Poppe    Adventures in Creativity with LorilliJean
Jayne Capps Mama's Got To Doodle
Andrea Glick Zenith Jade Creations
Kathleen Breeding   99 Bottles of Beads on the Wall
Becky Pancake   Becky Pancake Bead Designs
Karin Martinez Fairies Market
Miranda Ackerley Mirandack
Penny Houghton Smelly Nelly
Carolyn Lawson   Carolyn's Creations
Chris Eisenberg Wanderware
Christie Murrow Charis Designs Jewelry
Monique Urquhart A Half-Baked Notion
Eve Shelby    Raindrop Creations Jewelry by Evelyn
Cryss Thain   Here Bead Dragons
Jasvanti Patel Jewelry By Jasvanti
Nan Smith     NanMade Handmade Jewelry
Sue Kennedy SueBeads
Jean Yates   Snap Out of It, Jean! There's Beading to be Done!
Debbie Rogers Debbies Treasures
Marybeth Rich A Few Words From Within the Pines
Shirley Moore Beads and Bread
Shaia Williams Shaiha's Ramblings
Kathy Lindemer Bay Moon Design
Linda Anderson   From the Bead Board
Judy Turner   Silver Rains
Gloria Allen Gloria Allen Designs
Regina Wood Ginas-Design
Robin Reed Artistry HCBD
Mary Goovars MLH Jewelry Designs
Marlene Cupo   Amazing Designs
CJ Bauschka 4 His Glory Creations
Robin Showstack The Crazy Bead Hoarder
Cynthia O'Toole Sparkles and Sweets
Jael Thorp Jael's Art Jewels
Renetha Stanziano Lamplight Crafts

dinsdag 18 maart 2014

On the way to Saskia...

Yeeaaah, my Bead Soup for Saskia is on it's way!

I hope she'll like it.

When it's wrapped it looks like this...

And unwrapped...

it's a puzzle!

Look at her beautiful glass work! Really lovely♥ isn't it?

zaterdag 1 maart 2014

The 8th Bead Soup Blog Party - organized by Lori McDaniel Anderson

Wow, I'm really looking forward to this Amazing Event again... it's
my second BSB Party, and I'm very curious to 'meet' my
new partner for this year. A clasp, a focal and some matching beads are
very important ingredients to cook a good soup, as I understood!

But I really still have no idea about the rest of Bead Soup I'm going to
send. To her, or maybe it's a him, this time?
Just one more day and I'll know it.

What a job, pairing almost 500 persons in 3 different categories.
Lori, thank you so much, working on that hard conditions
and take care!

*************

And now -March 2nd- I know who my partner is...
tadatadaaaaatada... It's Saskia Letta from Switzerland!

And HERE's the link of her weblog,
enjoy all the beauties she's designing and making!!! In
my next blog I show some pictures of her ♥work...
Please take a look!

vrijdag 24 januari 2014

Winter Forest
the 11th BSC Non Blogger - Blogger Challenge

For the 3rd time I'm the hostess in this Challenge. And it was not easy

to decide which picture to choose as an "Inspiration" for all

those talented women in the Bead Soup Café @ Facebook.

I decided to pick a painting made by me, Winter Forest...

Click to enlarge...

And then the whole thing started, so many amazing creations were shown.

I have - have - have to blog about it!!!

Take a look at all those ♥wonderful♥ pieces of art work, and... enjoy!
The stories on the weblogs about 'The Making Of' are very interesting,
the whole creating process can be followed.

Asri N. Wahyuningsih

Lili Krist
♥Lili's Weblog♥

Dolores Raml

Sam Siegel

Ema Kilroy
♥Ema's weblog♥

Esterina K. Jagiella

Shalini Austin
Weblog = coming soon... (-:

Claire Fabian

Kelly Hosford Patterson
♥Kelly's Weblog♥

Marde Lowe

June Searcy-Josten

Marlene Cupo

Christina Miles

♥Christina's Weblog♥

Robin Kae Reed

Toltec Jewels

Krafty Max
♥Find her weblog here...♥

Isn't it amazing?
The pictures, the weblogs, just everything!

And the Winner is....Kelly Hosford Patterson.

Congratulations Kelly!!!

This is the PRIZE, have fun with it!

zaterdag 11 januari 2014

Into the Forest Blog Hop - Reveal Date January 11th.

Forest Walk

I ask my husband -who has no idea about this blog hop- what his first association

is when looking at this bracelet… He mentiones the name of a small forest

located close to where we live. Okay, right! Mission accomplished J

I decided to take a walk (-: and enjoy all those lovely shades of green. Our winter is
mild this year, no snow, no ice, with a lot of sunny days until now!
There are even some dried up brambles there, when you take a good look.
And lots of brown coloured dead branches with dried up 'golden' leafs.
A perfect concept for my design...

The focal used as a centrepiece is made by Shaterra, she is 'on Etsy'.
I used some of the Czech glass beads from the bead kit sent by Lisa Lodge
(our ♥lovely hostess) in my design. The glass beads are made by me,
the semi-precious leaves were in my stash for years!

In my bracelet Forest Walk, you find the sunbeams (a bit on the right side)
and all kind of different forest flora greens with a hint of purplish red for
some berries in my glass beads…

Enjoy my and your virtual Into the Forest Fun!