2020 Bead Peeps Swap N Hop REVEAL!

 

Welcome to our annual Bead Peeps Swap N Hop Reveal!  This is the 6th year that we've joined this creative project; it's an event where beaders and jewelry designers partner up, swap beads, create and then showcase their creations in blog and social media hops.  Take a look below at the swap we sent and the swap we received!


Our partner this year was Rozantia Petkova from Bulgaria!  She is a regular jeweler blogger known for her accomplished wire work designs, especially creations with beautiful sea glass.  We were so excited to have her as our partner this year, her passion for her craft really shines through in her wonderful creations. ♥

We sent Rozantia a curated collection of beads that focused on gorgeous lampwork beads and a lampwork pendant made by the Dry Gulch gals.  We also sent glass, crystal and stones plus Shibuichi findings.  We can't wait to see what Rozantia creates with her Swap N Hop mix!


  

The beautiful components Rozantia sent us include amazing creations from Bulgaria!  This whimsical collection features pretty lampwork Angel Cat and Hamsa Hand beads from Petrovna Lampwork in Bulgaria, a cute hand painted pebble by Bulgarian artist Niuffa, a flower ceramic component from an artist in Kentucky, USA and finally a BEAUTIFUL hand wrapped sea glass pendant from Rozantia along with her own decoupaged washi tape wood beads.

Each of us tackled a specific item in this collection - the wide range of artisan pieces really made us think out of the box!

Also, we had a twist in the Bead Peeps Swap N Hop this year!  Participants had to add something colored in the 2020 Pantone Color of the Year to our projects.  The color is Classic Blue, so we sent metallic blue crystal beads for Rozantia's project, and she sent us a handmade washi tape bead in Classic Blue for our project.






 


Our first creation came from Gianna, our resident seed beader!  She used Rozantia's washi tape beads as beautiful accents for her design.  She was inspired by the Asian style the washi beads exhibited, so she hand forged an oriental inspired pendant out of iron wire and dangled a gorgeous mother of pearl "gong" pendant from it.  The beautiful Classic Blue bead in the pendant (as well as several beads in the chain) is Rozantia's washi tape creation.  Gianna also wired together two matching linked chain necklaces with vintage glass, freshwater pearls and blue Chalcedony stones.  To really bring a taste of the Orient to this design, she also incorporated several colors and shapes of lovely cloisonne beads!

 

Next, Deborah tackled the brightly colored Hamsa Hand lampwork bead.  She hand knotted coordinating colors of beads using nylon cord and made a fun orange tassel for the pendant.  This bright and summery necklace features vintage Czech glass beads, blue Jade stones and a hand stamped "Good Vibes" brass charm from Catherine.  This necklace is actually a Mala, which is a design made with exactly 108 beads and used by ancient monks and modern yogis alike.  Fun fact, the warm pine wood beads in this Mala have been scented with delicious cedar.

The other artisan piece was a fabulous black Angel Cat bead made by the same Bulgarian artists that created the Hamsa Hand focal.  Catherine loves to wear bracelets and earrings, so she incorporated the Angel Cat into a multi-strand boho leather bracelet.  We've actually featured this Gypsy Spirit bracelet design in several classes for our bead shows, but Catherine used copper glass rings and Czech wampum tubes to "weave" the leather cording in her Angel Cat bracelet.  The clasp features a gorgeous red and gold Czech glass button too.

Finally, Rozantia's beautiful wire wrapped sea glass focal didn't need much to create a gorgeous necklace!  In this collaboration, Deborah hand knotted olivine sea glass beads and sparkling crystals on nylon cord.  Catherine then forged the "bail" connector and the clasp from brass and copper wire to finish off the hand knotted necklace.  This necklace absolutely glows and we love the nature-like colors. ♥

Thank you all for viewing our 2020 Swap N Hop creations!  We want to send Linda Anderson of Bead Peeps a big thank you for hosting the 6th Annual Swap N Hop.  Don't forget to hop to all the links below to see what the other Swap participants created!

2020 Bead Peeps Swap N Hop Partners! 

NON Seed Beaders 

Linda Anderson (Hostess) http://www.instagram.com/cherryontopdesign

Nadine Edris http://www.facebook.com/MoondanceJewelryMaine

Rozantia Petkova https://bairozan.blogspot.com/

Catherine La Vite https://drygulchbeadsandjewelry.blogspot.com/ YOU ARE HERE!

Kari Asbury https://www.facebook.com/kariasburyjewelry/

Divya N https://www.jewelsofsayuri.com

Joanne Bell https://www.facebook.com/twinkiedinkyshop/

Sarah Reid http://www.instagram.com/sarahreiddesigns

Gloria Allen https://www.facebook.com/GloriaAllenDesigns/

Jenny Kroeger http://www.facebook.com/reliccharm

Michelle Marson https://www.instagram.com/ellecountry/

Inge von Roos https://ingetraud.wordpress.com/

Colleen Foley https://www.facebook.com/colleenfoleycreations/

Marde Lowe http://fancimardesigns.blogspot.com

TerryJeanette Carter http://tappingflamingo.blogspot.com

Beccy Peterson https://www.facebook.com/Beccyp58/

Jackie Marchant http://www.instagram.com/jackiemariemarchant

Kathy Lindemer https://bay-moon-design.blogspot.com/

 Seed Beaders 

Dora Oresic https://www.facebook.com/nakitich/

Palak Udeshi https://www.facebook.com/udeshipalak/

Christina Hickman https://www.instagram.com/laughingsalmon/

Allison Rochelle http://www.instagram.com/akwindsong

Tina Hemr http://instagram.com/mariecaroldesigns

Naomi Knafla https://www.instagram.com/naomiknafla/?hl=en

Renetha Stanziano https://www.instagram.com/rrstanzi/?hl=en

Heather Canepa http://www.instagram.com/canepaheather

Art Elements July Theme Reveal - Funky Seed Pod Jewelry

Welcome to the Art Elements Theme July Challenge Reveal from Dry Gulch.  We missed the June challenge last time, but we made sure to join the July monthly challenge!  We have enjoyed working on our project for the reveal the past few weeks in between getting ready for our summer shows this August.  We would like to send a thank you to hostess Jennifer for putting this challenge together. Don’t forget to visit all of the participating reveals, listed in the links at the end of this blog.

A selection of our late summer garden seed pods & dried berries.  We often use them as photography props.

This month, the Art Element's Theme Challenge was Seed Pods, one of our favorite things!  We tend to a flower and vegetable garden every year, and we always love seeing the different seeds our plants provide.  From the sweet little seeds we plant in the spring, to the dried husks of seed pods throughout the hot summer and cool fall, we enjoy finding inspiration in their rustic and organic shapes.  We have 2 shows that we're preparing for in August, a bead show and vintage show, so we focused on creating a pair of earrings that we could bring along.

 

This pair of earrings showcases our lampwork headpins.  We lampwork in our studio once a week and love to create funky shapes that can be used as charms or in earrings.  We named this shape Dew Pod because they look like little seed pods that have been studded with dewdrops.  In this pair, Catherine melted glass in beautiful caramel raku colors and then added soft metallic gold dewdrops.  Once the headpins were ready, Deborah then paired them with our Ancient Alchemy bead cone caps, filigree brass caps and sparkly Swarovski crystals.  We really like the juxtaposition of the shiny pod lampwork paired with the rough caps!

This pair of earrings and lots more handmade jewelry will be available at our shows in Tulsa, OK and Joplin, MO. Visit our website for more info on our Dry Gulch shows.

We would like to send another big thank you to Art Elements and Jennifer for hosting this fun challenge.  Be sure to hop around all the links below to see all of the participant challenge creations in this month’s reveal!

Guest Artists:

Tammy 

Raven 

Alysen

Anita

Cat 

Kimberly 

Rozantia 

Sarajo 

Divya

Caroline

Catherine

Kathy

Jill
Norma

Art Elements Team: 

Claire

Caroline

Lesley

Niky

Laney

Susan

Marsha

Jenny

Cathy

Jen

Bead Peeps Bead Swap Reveal Coming Soon

We're working on our designs for the big reveal this Friday, we're really having a lot of fun playing with all of the beads and handmade components our partner Joanne sent us!  Speaking of, below are a few photos of the fabulous goodies she mailed us from the UK.

Joanne owns TwinkieDinky on Etsy, and she specializes in making silk-screened butterfly wings and polymer clay leaves and many more creative components.  She sent us a collection of her wings and leaves, and Czech and pewter beads.  We love the fun ribbon and fabric she wrapped our goodies in too!

Below is our Swap we sent to Joanne.  We mailed off a collection of copper and green components with our handmade in-studio lampwork, stamped pendants, copper, Aventurine and even real Monarch butterfly wings from our Ranch (our wings only come from butterflies that have died from natural causes).  We can't wait to see what Joanne makes with her Swap components!

 

Be sure to check back this Friday for the big 2018 Bead Peeps Reveal and hop to all of the blogs that are participating this year.  Seeing all the different designs beaders and creators do with their swaps makes this Blog Hop one of the most inspiring Blog Hops of the year!

Have a wonderful and Happy Easter!!

 

Our 2018 Bead Peeps Swap N Hop Partner

Every year we join the Bead Peeps Swap N Hop, an event where bloggers and Instagramers are assigned partners, swap beads, create, and post about their experience!  This years marks our 4th year in this event which is hosted by Linda Anderson (find her blog here at FromtheBeadBoard).

This year, we were partnered with Joanne Bell of the United Kingdom.  Joanne lives in a beautiful part of the country called Durham, and owns Twinkiedinky on Etsy and Facebook.  She creates the most whimsical jewelry designs and jewelry components.  Her designs often showcase natural elements like dried plants and wings encased in clear resin and metallic copper.  You can find her magical works on her Etsy shop and on her various Facebook groups.  Don't forget to check out her blog here at JoanneTinks on WordPress, too.  Below is just a smattering of the gorgeous designs she's created - there's so much wonderful color and texture! ♥ ♥ ♥

We're really excited to be partnered with Joanne this year, she's an artist that we very much admire.

We can't show off what we sent to our partner just yet, but when we receive her swap goodies we will be posting about that.  There will be several of us at Dry Gulch creating designs from our goodies, so be sure to check back when we post the big Reveal this March 26th!

Dry Gulch Jewelry Roundup

 

It's been a while since we've blogged, but we're saddled up and ready to go for a big and fabulous year!  We have lots in store including new bead and craft shows, more content on our social platforms and much more.  Stay tuned as we'll be blogging more about that soon.  We started out this year with lots of de-cluttering, painting and rearranging of our pages, be sure to take a look at our newly redesigned website at www.drygulch.com and of course our new look on our blog here.  We're making a goal of really livening up our Instagram page too, which you can visit here, but we also wanted to showcase some of the jewelry we've been sharing.  Let us know what your favorite design is in the comments below!

 

Bead Peeps Swap N' Hop 2017 Big Reveal

Welcome to the 3rd Annual Bead Peeps Swap N' Hop Reveal!  We partner up with another blogger, SWAP a collection of beads, CREATE with our Swap beads and then HOP everyone's participating blogs to see what they created too.

This year we were partnered with Barbara Ann Price of Colorcopia Jewelry Designs.  As a fun twist this year, Barbara used Instagram to post her Swap collection.  You can find her Instagram account here: https://www.instagram.com/colorcopiajewelrydesigns/  Barbara sent a gorgeous mix of turquoise, green, black and white handmade lampwork beads and sterling silver findings (seen in the photo above).  

Above you can see what we sent to our partner Barbara.  She works almost exclusively in colorful designs, so we wanted to challenge her by sending a Swap collection of stones and hand forged copper pieces in a color range of purples, earthy tones and mauves.  

Our biggest challenge this year during the 3rd Annual Swap N' Hop was just finding time to create!  Between shows and events, it was tough finding time to just sit down and put our creative hats on.  However, we thoroughly enjoyed playing with the yummy turquoises and spring greens that our partner sent us.  Now, on to the collection of fun-ness that we created with our Swap goodies!

 

Deborah hand knotted this striking necklace using lampwork beads from Barbara.  These beads, created by artist Régis Teixera, are paired with vintage glass, crystals and sea glass.  The focal features a vintage chandelier crystal and a sterling silver hand-wrapped ring by artist Barbara Gumerson.  This necklace was a tough one for Deborah because of the very modern-looking lampwork beads, but she is very happy with the end result!

  

 

Gianna, who is our resident seed beader, made this fabulous design!  She used Barbara's enameled beads, baby lampwork spacers, aqua dagger beads and sterling silver toggle in this extravagant necklace inspired by the ocean.  She was dreaming of summer days by the water, so she created the sea horse pendant by drawing it out on a suede background and then filling it with seed beads and a crystal rivoli.

This white and black necklace was made by Jennifer and features lampwork beads also from Barbara.  Jennifer wire-wrapped filigree beads, rings, crystals and even the clasp in this necklace, and the focal features a collage of vintage washer parts, a brooch and rusted key for a touch of shabby style.  She also made lightweight earrings to match.

Finally, we have Catherine's creation.  We've been playing with leather bracelets and tassels lately, so she paired Barbara's Greek Mykonos silver triangle beads and green lampwork with leather and wire for a funky leather wrap bracelet.  This bracelet is also long enough to wear as a necklace!  The feather featured is a Dry Gulch original too.


We'd like to send a big thank you to Linda for this year's Swap N' Hop, and a thank you to our partner Barbara for all of the goodies she sent.  Don't forget to check out all of the participating blogs and Instagram accounts below!


Linda Anderson - Hostess - #BeadPeepsSwapNhop17
http://fromTheBeadBoard.blogspot.com  
  
  
Non-Seed Beaders    
Linda Anderson       http://fromTheBeadBoard.blogspot.com
Christina Hickman    http://www.vintagetreasuresjewelry.blogspot.com
  
Catherine LaVite    http://drygulchbeadsandjewelry.blogspot.com/
Barbara Price          http://www.instagram.com/colorcopiajewelrydesigns/
  
Kathy Lindemer        https://bay-moon-design.blogspot.com/
Linda Raggo        http://www.instagram.com/linda_raggo_
  
Marianne Baxter        http://simplyseablimejewelry.blogspot.com
Rachelle Walker        http://www.chellerydesigns.net/blog
  
Gloria Allen        http://wingsandbeads.blogspot.com
Ally Asato        https://instagram.com/purplemosspal
  
Robin Lynne Showstack    http://heartsdesiresjewelryforyou.blogspot.com/
Naomi Knafla        https://www.instagram.com/naomiknafla/
  
Maria Rosa Sharrow    http://willowstreetshops.blogspot.com
Dana Phillips       http://www.neverwinterdesigns.blogspot.com
  
Michelle McCarthy    http://www.fireflydesignstudio.blogspot.com
Beth Blanc          https://www.instagram.com/beth.blanc.designs.jewelry/
  
Hope Smitherman        http://CraftyHope.com
Kari Asbury           https://www.instagram.com/kariasburyjewelry/
  
Shai Williams         http://www.shaihasramblings.com/
Betony Maiden         http://beadwenches.blogspot.com
  
Inge van Roos        http://ingetraud.wordpress.com
Kelly Hosford Patterson    https://www.instagram.com/pyxeestyx/
  
Kristina Peck        http://tealeavesandtinyhats.blogspot.com/
Lori Schneider        http://beadaddicted.blogspot.com
  
Rosantia Petkova       http://bairozan.blogspot.bg/
Erika Price         http://erikaprice.co.uk
  
Claire Fabian        http://saraccino.blogspot.de/
Rachel Mallis        http://www.sharpthingsblog.com
  
Deb Fortin           http://mhotistudio.blogspot.ca
Nicole Rennell         http://nicolerennell.com
  
Joanne Bell        https://joannetinks.wordpress.com/
Johana Nunez        http://www.artincendi.com
  
Sam Waghorn         http://palemooncreation.blogspot.co.uk
Natalie Davidson    http://www.northshoredays.com/
  
Robin Reed           http://www.willowdragon.blogspot.com
Faye Wolfenden        http://torchfairy.blogspot.com
  
Karin King        http://maverickbeads.blogspot.ca
Divya            http://www.jewelsofsayuri.com
  
Rebecca White        http://morganafeycreations.wordpress.com
Palak Udeshi        http://kalaabhushan.blogspot.in
  
Seed Beaders  
Rebecca White        http://morganafeycreations.wordpress.com
Palak Udeshi        http://kalaabhushan.blogspot.in
  
Penny Houghton        http://smellynelly.blogspot.com.au
Krafty Max           http://www.kraftymax.net/blogposts/
  
Heather Canepa        http://www.desertjewelrydesigns.com
Ginger Bishop        http://lilmummylikes.blogspot.com
  
Katy Heider            http://onthepondcreations.blogspot.com/
Renetha Stanziano    http://lamplightcrafts.blogspot.com/
  
Becky Pancake        http://beckypancakebeaddesigns.blogspot.com/
Tina Pawass        https://freebirdsinnovations.blogspot.com
  
Mowse Doyle        http://www.midnight-leopard.com/
Tami Norris        https://www.instagram.com/taminorris79/
  
Minnette Miller       https://www.instagram.com/minnettemiller/
Veralynne Malone    http://www.veradesigns.blogspot.com