OWOH - The winner is....

I had sooo much fun on my OWOH flight!
I met incredibly talented people, got lots of inspiration and hundreds of lovely comments on my blog.
Thank you all!!!
Today the random generator picked the winner of the One World earrings:
Grace from whymsyloft!
Congrats, Grace!!!
Please check out her blog: http://whymsyloft.com

As promised, I had another drawing just for the few lovely people who posted a comment but don't have a blog.
Congratulations, Val - you are the winner! I won't tell what your prize is - it's a secret.

Now that the storm is over, I am looking forward to visit the blogs I didn't manage to visit during the official OWOH ride.

Hope to meet you ;)

My Bead Soup has arrived!

Finally, I was able to take some photos of the fabulous bead soup my partner Nicki sent to me a while ago.
Look at this treasure trove!



Nicki sent to me an international Bead Soup:
beautiful beads she found in a shop in France,
some big gems (red and green fire agate and others) she bought in Cologne (where she lives),
cute lampwork beads (artist unknown) from her favourite shop in Plymouth, USA, lacquered Chinese paper beads,



a variety of beads she bought at Michaels,
an adorable copper dragonfly charm from Summers Studio,
Susan Lenart Kazmer's Industrial Chic Charms,
some green nut beads,
a stunning lampwork egg from super talented Kelley Wenzel,
Alcantara,
rubber tube,
recycled sari ribbon...
...and...
.... drum roll...
...tadaa...
...look at this!!!



A flower shaped brass with copper pendant she sawed out especially for me!
I LOVE it!!!



Nicki even found the perfectly matching clasp for it!

(She was kind enough to give me an extra pendant (beautiful ceramic pendant from Indian Creek Studios) in case I don't like the one she made for me... I don't have to tell you which one I'll choose for my bead soup necklace...! )

Please visit Nicki's blog, where you can find some pictures of the soup she got from me: http://nickisreef.blogspot.com

Thank you, Nicki! I am over the moon with everything you sent to me!!!
And I am sooo glad I have found another kindred spirit in you!