2017 Bead Peeps Swap’n’Hop - Reveal
Hurray! "Reveal Day" for the 2017 Bead Peeps Swap’n’Hop on Facebook has finally arrived! Just to remind you, the beads we swapped are here : Unfortunately I simply didn't have enough time left to make many pieces with the gorgeous beads that my swap partner, Rozantia Petkova, sent me all the way from Bulgaria (they took an unexpected month-long vacation in the postal system!). But I did manage to make a pair of earrings with the gorgeous lampwork leaf headpins, and I used one of the beautiful poppy beads as a focal in a pretty bracelet. I'm also very much looking forward to making some more pieces after Easter! The autumnal earrings above feature a beautiful pair of artisan lampwork leaf headpins and some of the Czech beads Rozantia sent me, together with my handmade sterling silver earwires and some sterling silver spacers and caps from my own stash. And the photos above and below show a simple, summery bracelet make with one of the fabulous artisan lampwork p
