8th Bead Soup Blog Party Coming to a Computer near you!

My greatest challenge yet!

New Date for BSBP 8: May 10, 2014

This year my Bead Soup partner is Bev Breisinger of Country Frog Creations. She lives in the Pittsburgh area, so she was inspired to send me a little something in her team colors. 

Actually, clicking around the Web a bit, I found that not only the Pittsburgh Pirates baseball team, but the Steelers, and the Penguins have yellow and black as team colors. 

Oh, not those cuties, here is what she sent:

You do see the similarities, though, right!

Stay tuned, and you will be amazed by the creativity that this Blog Hop, Sponsored by Lori Anderson of Pretty Things brings out in us!

Got my soup, now time to get going!

I got my soup mix from Bev Breisinger.....

I vowed not to unwrap them until Bev got hers...except that I couldn't wait, so I ripped into the nicely wrapped package that she sent. Oooops! I jumped the gun and didn't take a picture! So I wrapped them up again, to show the cute packages and great quotes written on them. 

Bev sent one amazing focal that she made out of polymer clay, two coordinating polymer beads, and a charm made from another coordinating bead. Is that not bountiful?  There are lots of small beads and spacers, even some bead caps and other metal pieces. A key with a message, some ear wires, two clasps... wow!

 And can you see the theme in the colors of the focal and coordinating beads? Pittsburgh team colors. Not that I would have Known that if she hadn't told me... but cool nonetheless. I'm going to have loads of fun with this!

Thanks Bev!

Check out more of Bev's work at her blog Country Frog Creations.