Yumi Rustic Art Beads Soup Recipe!

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 I have been preparing a rustic bead soup for my friend Solange from YeeLen Spirit Designs and it's finally ready! My ingredients:


 ~ Rustic polymer art beads ~ Every bead is one of a kind, I rarely make them in pairs because I love experimenting.


~ Metal findings ~ A pair of metal elements from a vintage Native American belt, a vintage kuchi pendant, a set of fancy ear wires, hammered copper components, rhinestone spacers, religious art findings.


~ Yellow african glass beads, coral bead, two artisan ceramic beads from N. Carolina, that I've painted with alcohol inks.


~ More African glass beads, two small green trade beads, purple beans (!!), Lapis lazuli, long wooden  organic beads, african terracotta beads, vintage white and blue flowers ceramic beads, bone beads and some tribal bead caps. 


That's the whole yumi bead soup, I really hope she'll like it. Bad pictures taken with my not-so-smart phone because I lost my usb memory card reader and now I have to order another one. Can't transfer the pictures from my camera to my desktop without the darn thing.

I was so excited about your comments on my previous posts, thank you, I really appreciate each and every one of them!

Me, reading your lovely comments:-)

Terri, from Shantychicbeads, asked: "  Where do you get those fab rusty findings do tell (or don't if you must keep a secret)! and what are those coral earrings? Are they poly clay?"


 I made the roses from poly clay, dirt from my garden and Mod Podge. 


The white beads are made of some sort of seeds, vintage bead caps, tiny Moonstones....They sold already.

I get most of my supplies from my "Antique Lady". Her name is Zelda, she's in her 80's and has been collecting antiques and vintage stuff all her life. She's has sooo many pretty things!

I'm going to write more about them pretty things next time, this blog post is getting too long.

To be continued!

Love, Laura xo

Comments

  1. AliceJuly 7, 2016 at 2:33 PM

    beautiful bead soup!Your beads are amazing.Do you sell your beads on Etsy?
    Your friend is so lucky to get such of a gift.

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    1. Feeriee13July 7, 2016 at 8:28 PM

      Thank you so much, Alice! Not yet, but I will list some beads for sale soon!

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  2. AliceJuly 9, 2016 at 6:26 AM

    oh Good! I am looking forward to getting some.

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  3. Sonia ChauhanApril 18, 2017 at 10:11 PM

    I have been reading out many of your stories and i can state clever stuff. I will definitely bookmark your site.

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  4. Joseph DonahueJuly 20, 2021 at 12:44 AM

    Breakfast for dinner is always fun with the kids and we do pizza a lot too. They are getting to be the age that I can allow them to use the cook top, it makes cooking/baking fun.
    Joseph Donahue

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  5. Kelly HubbardSeptember 7, 2021 at 7:58 AM

    What a great idea to dye your crust!!! These are such a fun idea for the 4th…pinning this for sure! I'm thinking I need to add to my baking collection with some of those cute rings:-)
    Kelly Hubbard

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  6. Holly HooperNovember 4, 2021 at 9:10 AM

    I loved this the first time I made it using brown sugar but tonight I made it with Stevia not realizing that the ratios are so different. A word to the wise, if using a substitute use a LOT less. We had to throw the whole thing away!
    Holly Hooper

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  7. AnonymousDecember 25, 2022 at 1:20 AM

    For anyone contemplating this, MAKE IT! The paste is easy to make and I doubled the recipe to freexe the extras to make it super easy for my future self. Its really a pretty simple soup but it packs in nice flavour 🙂 We made it once with thing pork butt and that was great, and we made it once with daikon and cabbage and that was also great. Very versatile soup base.
    Paul Brown

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