{"id":571,"date":"2012-09-13T06:00:29","date_gmt":"2012-09-13T11:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thecrafthopper.com\/?p=571"},"modified":"2012-09-12T21:21:19","modified_gmt":"2012-09-13T02:21:19","slug":"in-the-pink","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thecrafthopper.com\/?p=571","title":{"rendered":"In The Pink"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You may be sitting there, staring at your screen, thinking what on earth is she talking about NOW? Well, let me clarify. Back around the time of the first reveal of Lori Anderson&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/lorianderson-beadsoupblogparty.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">6th Bead Soup Blog Party<\/a>, a very great idea came to one of the participants-to do something special and amazing that would shower Lori with love and appreciation, and would reflect just how grateful we were that she not only coordinates the Blog Parties, but hosts them, pairs us up with amazing partners, and overall works herself to the bone to make sure our jewelry, our art, is what shines through when all is said and done. To show our unity in our appreciation and support, several of us have gone &#8220;pink&#8221; \u00a0as Lori is known for her sweet\u00a0fuchsia\u00a0highlights! After thinking long and hard on how I can join this blog hop, and still be a presentable bridesmaid in my brother&#8217;s wedding a few weeks later, I opted to turn to digital solutions and was quite pleased with the result:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thecrafthopper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/inthepink2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-573\" title=\"inthepink2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thecrafthopper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/inthepink2-231x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"231\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.thecrafthopper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/inthepink2-231x300.jpg 231w, http:\/\/www.thecrafthopper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/inthepink2.jpg 694w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 231px) 100vw, 231px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now that the wedding is over, I am contemplating a shocking new color!<\/p>\n<p>Along with our hair, and anything else we felt needed to be pink, we wrote sentiments for Lori, to let her know how special we feel she is:<\/p>\n<div>Dear Lori,<\/div>\n<div>Thank you for all the hard work you put into making the Bead Soup Blog Party #6 such an incredible one! I am amazed at all you accomplish in such little time, and single-handedly no less! Your blog hop has not only restored my faith in human kindness, but it has given me a great opportunity to connect with like-minded people all over the world who all share the love of creating beautiful things.You have created a wonderful community, one that I am proud to be a part of.<\/div>\n<div>Love,<\/div>\n<div>Heather Otto<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>I truly enjoyed the Blog Party, and look forward to Lori&#8217;s next one! Follow the links below to see how others celebrated Lori!<\/div>\n<div>=^..^=<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Gail Vanderster-Zwang\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/angelmoose.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: medium;\">http:\/\/angelmoose.blogspot.com<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Lea Avroch\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/lajewelrydesign.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: medium;\">http:\/\/lajewelrydesign.<wbr>blogspot.com<\/wbr><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Leslie Wayment\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.aabeadsonline.com\/blog\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">http:\/\/www.aabeadsonline.com\/<wbr>blog<\/wbr><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Kelley Katherine Hagerty-Fogle\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mylifeonebeadatatime.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">http:\/\/www.<wbr>mylifeonebeadatatime.blogspot.<wbr>com<\/wbr><\/wbr><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Sheila Davis\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stonedesignsbysheila.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: medium;\">http:\/\/www.<wbr>stonedesignsbysheila.blogspot.<wbr>com<\/wbr><\/wbr><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Amanda Effron\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/craft-o-licious.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: medium;\">http:\/\/craft-o-licious.<wbr>blogspot.com<\/wbr><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u200eSolange Collin\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blog.ahowinjewelry.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: medium;\">http:\/\/www.blog.ahowinjewelry.<wbr>com<\/wbr><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Jennifer\u00a0Chasalow VanBenschoten\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vanbeads.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">http:\/\/www.vanbeads.<wbr>blogspot.com<\/wbr><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Isolina Perez\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/isolinaperez.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: medium;\">http:\/\/IsolinaPerez.blogspot.<wbr>com<\/wbr><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Toltec Jewels\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jewelschoolfriends.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: medium;\">www.JewelSchoolFriends.com<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Sherri Stokey\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.knotjustmacrame.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: medium;\">http:\/\/www.knotjustmacrame.com<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Mary Howell Govaars\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/mlhjewelrydesigns.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: medium;\">http:\/\/mlhjewelrydesigns.com<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Bee Kuhlman\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/mixedmayhemstudios.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">http:\/\/mixedmayhemstudios.<wbr>blogspot.com<\/wbr><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Lynnea Perry Bennett\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/designsbylynnea.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: medium;\">http:\/\/designsbylynnea.<wbr>blogspot.com<\/wbr><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Alicia Marinache\u00a0\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.allprettythings.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">http:\/\/www.allprettythings.ca<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Heather Otto\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thecrafthopper.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">http:\/\/www.thecrafthopper.com<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Kimberly Flood\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.goddessesandbeads.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">http:\/\/www.goddessesandbeads.<wbr>blogspot.com<\/wbr><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Courtney White Breul\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/beadsbybreul.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: medium;\">http:\/\/beadsbybreul.blogspot.<wbr>com\/<\/wbr><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Lisa Liddy\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/lisaliddy.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: medium;\">http:\/\/lisaliddy.wordpress.com<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Marianne Baxter\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.simplyseablimejewelry.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: medium;\">http:\/\/www.<wbr>simplyseablimejewelry.<wbr>blogspot.com<\/wbr><\/wbr><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">M\u00e1ria Horv\u00e1th\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/horimarikabeads.blogspot.hu\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: medium;\">http:\/\/horimarikabeads.<wbr>blogspot.hu<\/wbr><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u00a0Andrea Beth Trank\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.heavenlanecreations.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">www.heavenlanecreations.com<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">Heidi\u00a0Mansfield Kingman\u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/mybeadtherapy.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/mybeadtherapy.<wbr>blogspot.com<\/wbr><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Emoke Schmidt\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/emoke1.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: medium;\">http:\/\/emoke1.blogspot.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Sandra MrtzDiaz\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.petaloazuljewelry.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: medium;\">www.petaloazuljewelry.<wbr>blogspot.com<\/wbr><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Lupe Meter\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gesmpccorner.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">gesmpccorner.blogspot.com<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Tanya Boden\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/fusionmusebangkok.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: medium;\">http:\/\/fusionmusebangkok.<wbr>blogspot.com<\/wbr><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Ambra Chicandfrog\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/chicandfrog.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: medium;\">http:\/\/chicandfrog.wordpress.<wbr>com<\/wbr><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u00a0Kumi Fisher\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/maliekaidesigns.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">http:\/\/maliekaidesigns.<wbr>blogspot.com<\/wbr><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Sandra Young\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.gypsyroadbeads.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: medium;\">http:\/\/blog.gypsyroadbeads.ca<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Sandi Marinaro Volpe\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sandivolpe.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: medium;\">http:\/\/www.sandivolpe.com<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Gretchen Nation\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artfoodlodging.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: medium;\">http:\/\/www.artfoodlodging.<wbr>blogspot.com<\/wbr><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Mimi Gardner\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.othercuriosities.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: medium;\">http:\/\/www.othercuriosities.<wbr>blogspot.com<\/wbr><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Audrey Belang\u00e9r\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/esperianterra.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: medium;\">http:\/\/esperianterra.blogspot.<wbr>com<\/wbr><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Sandra McGriff\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/skyescreativechaos.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">http:\/\/skyescreativechaos.<wbr>blogspot.com<\/wbr><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Shelley Graham Turner\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shelleygrahamturner.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; 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