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My Bead Soup Blog Party post is HERE .  ~~~~~~~~~~~ Hi! Today is the reveal day for the Monthly Challenge 2014 hosted by the highly creative  Lili Krist .  This month theme was astronomy and below is the inspiration photo. Gravity I had several ideas for a project but none was put into practice. I have been organising my growing stash of seed beads and findings and I've been hopping the 8th Bead Soup Blog Party . So, what I have to show you is new to you but not to me.  Star Flower Earrings  - can you see the connection to astronomy? - made with Swarovski Petrol pearls and Preciosa gold coloured seed beads in a design by Obstinate Pursuit . Today I'll be adding them to my Etsy shop. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Olá! Hoje é o dia do Monthly Challenge 2014 organizado por Lili Krist . Tem como tema a astronomia e a imagem de inspiração é a que podem ver acima.  Tenho estado a organizar a minha colecção de missangas e de acessórios, além de ter visitado muitos dos blog...

Hi! Welcome to the 8th Bead Soup Blog Party. My name is Ana Cravidao and here in the blogosphere I am called ACBeads. In the English language, the name can be misleading because I don't make my own beads, I just love playing with them. I've been creating jewellery for about five years but my blog is only one year old. I am the sole participant from Portugal. My partner Siobhán Keogh  is from Ireland and this is the delicious soup I have received from her.  Click on any photo to enlarge My plan was making a necklace with the turquoise focal bead and the clock toggle clasp should be used in a bracelet as it's too beautiful to be hidden in a necklace, and that's what I did. NECKLACE Besides the turquoise focal  I've used  some dark green and teal glass beads, gold brown glass beads,  miracle beads,  copper beads, and  copper coloured and  orange  aluminium jump rings.  All is connected with copper wire that I've hammered - first time using ...