Not Beading it.

I had big plans to bead.

Yeah, um.... I present to you a collection of fail....

I promise that at one point this was more organized. 

(my 3 failed attempts at the beaded bead)

I have shoved my beading tray colossal mess away. I have spent way to much time feeling defeated after hours of work for this to be healthy. Now, I will say that I have learned some things... like maybe I am a better painter? Ha! 

I think I have a month or so left to complete the challenge. So this is going on the back burner. 

Xo.

Bead It.

So I am kicking off my blog with a bead soup challenge from my local bead store. I've done a lot of swaps (through sites like swapbot and crafster) but this is my first time trying to bead something on a deadline.

So basically, a bead soup challenge is where beads are exchanged and you have to use at least half of the beads that you're given to create a piece by a specific date. oh vey! 

I got some gorgeous beads:

(apologies for my atrocious camera skills)

So then I headed off to Pinterest to get inspired. (bad idea). I decided that I NEED (read: Michelle, you don't need anymore projects- Yes I do!!!) to recreate these earrings: 

(Valentino - Runway Earrings) 

I also found a bracelet that I think would be killer to try with my soup mix:

 Via: Another County Beads

Now granted- Some modifications are in order. Not just due to copyright? beader code of ethics? but because I just don't have the skills to do this. But, I think it's a good jumping off point. Also, I have been dying to learn to bead around a bead. And of course, because in for the penny in for the pound try a new bead (twin beads to be exact). 

There is an awesome free tutorial for this: 

Via: Simone @ perle4u

Wish me luck! I'll update with my progress Xo!