Link Library With Melanie

 I am taking a break from the archive link library this week to tell you about the awesome Bead Soup Blog party that just happened yesterday!  Lori Anderson picked 200 bead artists to swap bead "soup" mixes and make beautiful creations with them, which were all revealed yesterday.  Click here to see the whole list of Bead Soup participants for lots of links to art bead inspiration!  Shown above is my own Bead Soup project, made with beads by myself and Libby Leu.

Here are some other fun things going on in the bead blogosphere this week:

  A Bead A Day
Where does inspiration come from? Join in the conversation over on A Bead A Day!

About.com Jewelry Making
Tammy has the perfect jewelry tutorial for you to ready yourself for an up coming St. Patrick's Day celebration.

Art Bead Scene
Check out the February blog hop to see all the beautiful pieces that were inspired by last month's artwork

Beading Arts
Antique keys and lampwork beads are a natural combination...come see how!

Carmi's Art/Life World
Carmi makes a rub-on shine on a bead with resin!

Charlene Sevier Jewelry
Charlene makes beads from simple materials - wire, embroidery floss, and muslin

Earthenwood Studio Chronicles
Melanie ends February with the last of her icy inspiration with some new crackly window pendants

Jean Campbell
Jean's got a new design in need of a name and your opinion!

Resin Crafts!
Resin Crafts has a cute idea for a St. Patrick's day pendant.

Snap out of it, Jean! There's Beading to be done!
Jean is going to try the Fusion Beads 30 day challenge! Read about it on her blog and see what she has already made for Day One. You might want to try it too!!!  

Melanie Brooks is the ceramic beadmaker behind Earthenwood Studio, who blogs from her Metro Detroit, Michigan home.