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Bead Soup Blog Party

I have just signed up for Lori Anderson's 7th Bead Soup Blog Party. This is my first experience of participating in a bead soup and of course I am looking forward to it a lot!

Click on the image below to find out more about Lori's Bead Soup Blog Parties. That is as much as I know at the moment and I look forward to meeting the designer I get paired with and receiving my soup!

Will update you as this moves forward :-)

7th Bead Soup Blog Party at Pretty Things

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