{"id":964,"date":"2014-03-27T18:47:01","date_gmt":"2014-03-27T23:47:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thecrafthopper.com\/?p=964"},"modified":"2014-03-27T18:47:01","modified_gmt":"2014-03-27T23:47:01","slug":"bsbp-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thecrafthopper.com\/?p=964","title":{"rendered":"BSBP #8!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Whew! This post is LONG overdue! It has been crazy busy around here with shearing, lambing, and just plain old regular household and farming duties, that I haven&#8217;t had a chance til now to sit down and write about the upcoming <a href=\"http:\/\/lorianderson-beadsoupblogparty.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">8th Annual Bead Soup Blog Party<\/a>, hosted by the amazing and wonderful Lori Anderson of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prettythingsblog.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pretty Things Blog<\/a>!! Lori is such a strong, inspirational woman, and despite the hardships of slowly healing from devastating health problems, she still manages to trudge on! She has an amazingly supportive husband, and a wonderfully helpful, handsome young man of a son, and together with the support of her friends in the online community, she bravely faces her illness head on, and doesn&#8217;t let it change what makes Lori, well, LORI! Please take a moment with me, and send some warm thoughts out her way&#8230;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dreamstime.com\/royalty-free-stock-photos-cherry-pie-ala-mode-image28116498\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-975\" alt=\"http:\/\/www.dreamstime.com\/royalty-free-stock-photos-cherry-pie-ala-mode-image28116498\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thecrafthopper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/cherry-pie-ala-mode-28116498-300x219.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"219\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.thecrafthopper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/cherry-pie-ala-mode-28116498-300x219.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.thecrafthopper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/cherry-pie-ala-mode-28116498-1024x750.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.thecrafthopper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/cherry-pie-ala-mode-28116498.jpg 1300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is my third year participating in the BSBP, and I&#8217;m excited! I have been partnered with wonderful artist, Heather Richter of <a href=\"http:\/\/desertjewelrydesigns.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Desert Jewelry Designs<\/a>. Heather creates all sorts of beautiful jewelry pieces, and is an awesome seed bead artist! I just love her cute little owls!!<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/desertjewelrydesigns.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-966 alignnone\" alt=\"owl\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thecrafthopper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/owl-225x300.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.thecrafthopper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/owl-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.thecrafthopper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/owl.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/desertjewelrydesigns.blogspot.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-968\" alt=\"owl2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thecrafthopper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/owl2-225x300.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.thecrafthopper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/owl2-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.thecrafthopper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/owl2.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I may not work with seed beads much, if ever, but I was very excited to learn that Heather is also into mixed media. I hope she enjoys the soup I sent and cannot wait to see what she creates with it! Here&#8217;s the soup I received from Heather:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thecrafthopper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/soup2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-970\" alt=\"soup2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thecrafthopper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/soup2-300x251.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"251\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.thecrafthopper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/soup2-300x251.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.thecrafthopper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/soup2-1024x858.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.thecrafthopper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/soup2.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thecrafthopper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/focalsoup.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-971\" alt=\"focalsoup\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thecrafthopper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/focalsoup-300x212.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"212\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.thecrafthopper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/focalsoup-300x212.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.thecrafthopper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/focalsoup-1024x724.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.thecrafthopper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/focalsoup.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thecrafthopper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Untitled-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-972\" alt=\"Untitled-1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thecrafthopper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Untitled-1-252x300.jpg\" width=\"252\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.thecrafthopper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Untitled-1-252x300.jpg 252w, http:\/\/www.thecrafthopper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Untitled-1.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 252px) 100vw, 252px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thecrafthopper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/soup5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-974\" alt=\"soup5\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thecrafthopper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/soup5-300x264.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"264\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.thecrafthopper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/soup5-300x264.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.thecrafthopper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/soup5-1024x901.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.thecrafthopper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/soup5.jpg 1429w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A sweet, natural agate slice, bone beads, brass flower toggle clasp, a pair of glass beads and beading cord! I knew immediately what I was going to do! I have already started working, and am looking forward to our reveal date of May 3rd! Make sure you check back then to see what I have come up with! Til then, keep calm, and enjoy life! =^..^=<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whew! This post is LONG overdue! It has been crazy busy around here with shearing, lambing, and just plain old regular household and farming duties, that I haven&#8217;t had a chance til now to sit down and write about the upcoming 8th Annual Bead Soup Blog Party, hosted by the amazing and wonderful Lori Anderson [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,4,6,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog-hopsparties","category-jewelry-making","category-mamas-craft-room","category-the-crafthopper"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thecrafthopper.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/964","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thecrafthopper.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thecrafthopper.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thecrafthopper.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thecrafthopper.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=964"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.thecrafthopper.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/964\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":976,"href":"http:\/\/www.thecrafthopper.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/964\/revisions\/976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thecrafthopper.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thecrafthopper.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thecrafthopper.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}