Bead Peeps Swap N Hop 2017 Swap Goodies Reveal

 

Our partner's Swap goodies arrived today!  There was a fantastic mix of fun things, but first check out what we sent our partner Barbara Price of ColorCopia Jewelry Designs on her Instagram page here: https://www.instagram.com/p/BRZSak4h9xa/?taken-by=colorcopiajewelrydesigns

We sent her an earthy mix of colors like coppers, purples and sand opals in beads such as garnets, crystals, mother-of-pearl and druzies.  Our partner Barbara works extensively with bold and colorful elements, we wanted to challenge her by sending a color palette with out-of-the-box textures and colors!  As part of the Swap N' Hop rules, we also sent handmade components like a hand forged copper pendant by Deborah, and lampwork floret headpins by Catherine.  We also sent antique copper plated chain, charms and findings.

Now on to the mix that arrived from our partner!!  Barbara works loves to collect and work with handmade lampwork beads, so she sent a lovely mix of lampwork in turquoises, blues and greens.  Artisans represented in this lampwork collection include Brenda Chamberlin, Joan Fogarty, Patty Thomas and Regis Teixera.  Our Swap partner also sent some fun findings in sterling silver.  Thank you Barbara, we're excited to work with all of these!

We already have some ideas on what we're doing with this colorful mix, so stay tuned for the Swap N Hop reveal this April 8th!

Bead Peeps Swap N Hop 2017 Partner Intro

We joined the 3rd Annual Swap N Hop this year!  Participants get matched with Partners, then Swap beads and handmade components with each other, create fabulous jewelry, then reveal what they created in a Blog Hop.  The gals at Dry Gulch Beads & Jewelry are very excited to join this yearly Hop again!

This year, we are partnered with Barbara Ann Price of Colorcopia Jewelry Designs from Ohio, USA.  She creates strung jewelry out of lampwork beads that she loves to collect.  She has an entire wall of lampwork beads that she holds dear.

Her favorite metals to work with are sterling and gold, partly because she's allergic to other metals.  She has also created lampwork beads too, but now just likes to collect them.

As part of a Swap N Hop Twist this year, Barbara will be participating with an Instagram account.  Currently, she doesn't have anything on it but she's already working on photographing her collection of handmade lampwork jewelry to add to it.  You'll be able to see her Reveal on her account here: https://www.instagram.com/colorcopiajewelrydesigns/

Find out more about the Swap N Hop here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/beadPeeps/

Stay tuned for our Swap N Hop Reveal on April 8th!