Kalmbach Bead Soup Party - the reveal

To celebrate the release of Lori Anderson's book, Bead Soup, Kalmbach Publishing is hosting its own bead soup party.  I entered for a chance to receive a bead soup from one of the generous shops working with Kalmbach for this event.

I received this soup from Advantage Beads in Wichita, KS.  

I wanted to use only beads from my stash for this project and the color palette of my soup made it easy.

I started with a cabochon that's been sitting in my stash a bit too long and created a focal inspired by Lisa Kan's Corsage Cuff, published in the February 2009 issue of Beadwork.

I started a spiral rope and based on Scarlett Lanson's "Aegean Sea" necklace in the October/November 2009 issue of Beadwork.  I was able to incorporate the bead soup beads here and there in the rope.

I found the fuchsia crystals and pink pearls in my stash.  Both were either left over from something or bought for something else and never used.  I thought the blue seed beads brought a nice "pop" of color and echoed the colors in the cabochon.

I really love the end result.

I love how all the different beads work together and add interest to an otherwise boring spiral chain.

Thank you to to Advantage Beads for providing the soup and to Kalmbach Publishing for putting this whole thing together.