Slowly steadily

I have been busy! First there’s my designer quest entry, which should be starting to be in completed stages, instead it fell apart so have to pull that apart & restart. Instead its sitting in a pile waiting. I spent so so so many hours so when it fell apart I was gutted, which is why I haven’t restarted it. But I know where I went wrong & how to fix it. The designer quest is to try & push your boundaries & that I am, I think!

I signed up also for a seedie swap on the beading forum, where I have to create a bracelet for another member with my inspiration being “art” I have my inspiration & now just have to begin. I do not have success writing my ideas down so I’m kind of letting this idea build & grow mentally. I do hope I can pull it off.

Theres also an idea I have for a necklace which I have been working on for a few weeks, but I haven’t gotten very far due to a teething baby. He’s now got 2 teeth & thinks its very interesting having these strange things poking out in his mouth, so hes been biting me when he should be feeding. Extremely painful, but yay for pumps!!

But of course with plenty of things to work on, the only thing to do is add a few more projects in!

These were made for a wedding, they are swarovski pearls on clip on earrings

These are a pair of earrings I made. They are plain crystal with purple seedies, which glows off the crystal, I really love the look of these. I would be wearing them if I thought our boys wouldn’t touch them!

& this is a set I made for my sister in law in 2008. I used sterling silver wire, swarovski crystals & these adorable little rose clasps, which I found matching charms for the earrings.

Add a comment March 14, 2010

Growing

When I first started beading a little over 2 years ago & joined the beading forum & met the amazing talented women(& a few men) I was in such awe. I thought to bead was simply string a few beads & job done. I had no clue just how many mediums there were to beading. I was immediately drawn to seed beading. The first pieces I saw with seed beads really took my breath away. About 6months later I made my first seed beaded piece, a bracelet & then a cab. I have alot of beads-well to me I don’t have that many, hubby thinks I have heaps & they’re never ending. But as I delve more into the world of seedbeads I realize what a teeny tiny stash I really have. Theres so many different kinds of threads needed, thread conditioner, needle sizes, fabrics & this has not even begun with the seed beads themselves, which come in many different forms, the colors are well… theres so many, thousands.

Sometime this month hopefully I will be buying myself 3new books, all on these little critter beads. One is all about bead embroidery, because although I’ve made cabs & I have done alot of different stitches in ropes this is something I’m yet to try & it really calls me. I love how such small beads make a masterpiece & I can’t wait. I want to grow as much as possible with my beading & most importantly I hope to never stop learning new techniques so that I can constantly grow with my beads.

Add a comment March 4, 2010