THE PARTY HAS STARTED....

Last week I invited you to Lori Anderson's Bead Soup Party where blogging jewelry artists, whether designer or glass bead artist, signed up for a virtual party where we are hooked up w/ party partners who we then trade a focal bead/piece, coordinating spacer beads & a nice clasp w/. We then have to create a fabulous piece of jewelry w/ what goodies they sent & post it to our blog by February 10th. All in all, EIGHTY-FIVE artists signed up to participate! How cool is that?

I wanted to introduce you to my party partner, Jen Judd-Velasquez, of Jen Judd Rocks! I first checked out her blog to learn a little bit about her & check out what she creates before getting in touch w/ her. We've been chatting back & forth a little bit, getting to know eachother. She's a cutiepie & really talented!! (she's also in the Air Force & I grew up an Air Force brat! She's been stationed in a few places that I lived a long LONG time ago, that's been really cool!) Alot of what she does is work w/ other artists lampwork beads & other focals, like this gorgeous piece she put together using a clay focal piece by Kristie of Artisan Clay.

Isn't that fabulous? She obviously has a fantastic eye for detail. But she also makes her own beautiful polymer clay focals that I just love.

They're just so creative & really funky!! Jen actually asked me if I wanted her to send me other artist's beads or something that would coordinate w/ mine & I responded: "As far as what I'd like to work with, if I really had a choice, I want to work w/ YOUR pieces, not someone elses. I think it'll be really fun to see what I can do w/ something completely different than mine & I love your polymer pieces, so don't worry about putting together something that will go w/ my stuff. Challenge me! :o) I'm going to do the same! This'll be fun! :o)"

So that's what we're doing. I know she'll do something fabulous w/ what I'm sending her... I can't wait to see what she's sending me & start figuring out what out of the box type of piece I can come up w/!!

I thought I'd tease Jen a little bit by posting what I'm sending her... kinda. ;o)

Here's a picture of the box...

& here's a picture of the contents...
See what I mean by sorta?? LOL.

When I know she's received my package, I'll post a REAL picture of what I sent her.

Can't wait to see what everybody else is sending & receiving...& then see what they create out of it!! I'm sure there will be some extraordinary pieces created!

Till then....

Julie