tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17508351559800674362024-03-27T02:38:04.301-04:00Blue Stone Door StudiosExploring Polymer Clay Possibilities, Eating Gluten Free, and living Life, day by day. Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07236419783040389455noreply@blogger.comBlogger258125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750835155980067436.post-39679625321038509592013-11-01T00:31:00.000-04:002013-11-01T12:57:11.310-04:00Bonnie Bishoff Master Class<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/400-Polymer-Clay-Designs-Contemporary/dp/1579904602">'400 Polymer Clay Designs: A Collection of Dynamic & Colorful Contemporary Work'</a> was where I first met Bonnie Bishoff. Taking numerous trips through this goldmine of artwork by Polymer artists of the time her work stood out to me as something so innovative and stunning that I never got tired of looking at the pieces featured in this book. That was 10 years ago, a long, long time in the medium of polymer clay, we've come far since then but Ms. Bishoff still reigns Queen of the polymer veneers she artistically applies to her Husband <a href="http://syronbishoff.com/1artists.htm">J.M. Syron's </a>exquisitely crafted furniture and home decor that are museum quality functional works of art. </span></span></span></h1>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> Just this past month I got to meet Bonnie in person at our first Master Class of the new year at my local guild <a href="http://papcg.org/">PAPCG</a>. I wasn't sure what to expect as this was my first time taking a class in PC as I am a 'teach yourself' sort of artist but I was very glad I signed up for this. It was a long class (6 hours) but they seemed to fly by and I was so happy to know that Bonnie would be back the next day for our regular monthly meeting where she shared so much more of her wonderful techniques. </span></span></span></h1>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> Watching her create some of the canes she uses in her wonderful works was entertainment itself; like a magic show she turned a block of translucent clay with</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> a bit of color added into clouds, swirls, ocean waves and more! It was fantastic to see how she creates depth in her pieces and not only that but to have her so generously share them with us.</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></h1>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">What is also amazing to me is how I spent 13 hours there over two days and only came home with three small pieces completed, which I really didn't like very much. So I set about for the next month to work through the things she taught and give myself time to grasp and improve. I was having difficulty mainly because my clay was sticky which took a lot longer because of this, but I eventually got the hang of it and produced a few decent pieces. </span></span></span></h1>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> The Log Cabin and trying out my translucent canes over a skinner blend of gold and green. I really didn't like these very much but I'm not going to hate myself for my first tries. </span></span></span></h1>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> I did this landscape the following day, it was ok, but I knew I didn't have the kind of canes I needed to make this work to my satisfaction. </span></span></span></h1>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> My re-do of this one I like much better using a skinner blend for the background and different shapes for the trees it elevates it to a higher level. I love trees and never can seem to make them to my satisfaction, but I like this second try.</span></span></span></h1>
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My second attempt of the Log Cabin went a bit differently as I decided to think outside the box and instead of round or square, I made an elliptical shape log cabin square. Instead of the traditional red 'hearth' center, I went with gold foil. Adding this though made sanding prohibitive so this was the only one I did not smoothly sand and buff but rather tried out my newest favorite product, Renaissance wax.<br />
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So those were my re-do's for two of them and I went to make a re-do of the translucent canes over a background with this barrette but forgot to add that layer before putting in the oven. I decided to see how thin I could get it and if the colors would show through. They were dark with not much contrast to begin with. I was working very closely doing this with my glasses and magnifiers on and being that close you don't see the contrast problems as easy, oh well mistakes are learning tools!<br />
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And with this one I think a learned a new technique! along with managing to get the translucent canes really thin over a baked surface.<br />
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When I saw this sample of Bonnie's work in trees I was in love! I love, love, love birch trees, probably because of the stark black and white bark which is very unique among trees and I love black and white! When I saw this an idea immediately came to mind to try something to emulate the birch using an old ivory/bone cane I had at home, and when I got home that's exaclty what I did.<br />
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It took three tries to work out some issues, but I think by my 'mistakes' I know what to do now. I have to think up something to make the improved version on but that will come, I'm sure. Meanwhile here are my three tries, Birch Trees in Autumn, not too bad I think for an old ivory cane with a few alterations.<br />
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I decided to try out another tree theme. Bonnie had a few samples of other trees and this is my version. I made a rather unique skinner blend cane so that I could get two looks of leaves from one cane. </div>
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More lessons learned, my swirly canes are too large for this small application which measure about 4"x6" and my deep blue skinner blend with silver flecks from foil hardly show through but I'll know what to do and not do next time! </div>
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My last piece is the one shown at the top of this post, I just had to have my try at the fish, especially since I had made some canes, not knowing we were doing fish, but from brightly colored ones and just had to try them out. Here are some of my canes cut and thinned, ready for shaping into fish and applying. This piece has 5 layers yet is still micro thin.<br />
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Happy Autumn!<br />
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I thought I would save this entry for the first day of Autumn since that is the theme this month from <a href="http://artbeadscene.blogspot.com/">Art Bead Scene</a>.<br />
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I have been very busy this month getting ready for my first Master class and working on this entry. When I first saw the picture for this month I was immediately hit by the colors. I do love the Art Deco era and have seen many of the works of Alphonse Mucha. I had planned to do one of pieces in stained glass one day long ago when that was my 'medium' but never got to it, instead got into my own designs.<br />
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I was happy to have a chance of interpretation if not imitation with this selection. By the colors I knew the perfect art bead to use; one that I've had for about 3 years, bought at a Bead Show and held onto as too dear to 'do' anything with, (you all know about hoarding beads out there so I don't have to explain). But I thought, the time has come, be brave and do something with it!<br />
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As I looked at the bead I figured what I'd have to do is to bead a bezel for it, something I've never done before. I went to my teeny tiny seed bead collection and pulled out some golden beads, some 'root beer' and frosted green.<br />
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Funny thing is I didn't realize that the art bead had two holes in it for a soft neck lace to go through but I thought that would be good since I didn't want to rely on my beading skills to hold it all together and thought I'd figure out what to use later on. <br />
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A bit about the art bead; I purchased this at a Bead show years ago from a rep of <a href="http://americantradebead.com/">Harold Cooney</a> who makes fabulous 'trade beads' and is a master glass Bead maker. There were ones that were more vibrant, but I fell in love with this one, using almost my whole bead budget for that show on it! His work is phenomenal and he is composing an encyclopedic collection of glass beads to surpass any in history. He has collections designs for the different states in America and can be seen at his blog in the link above. He also sells through etsy at his shop <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/hwcglass">hwcglass</a> The Studio for the American Trade Bead. According to a forum post of his I think he's got many makers of beads and collectors beat because he saves his best for his own collection which two years ago totaled over 2,700 art beads! Now there's a record collection to beat! <br />
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~~~~~~~Special thanks to <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Polymer-Clay-Surface-Design-Recipes/dp/B0032Z6Z90">Ellen Marshall</a> (the founder of the PAPCG) who recognized his work and gave me his name yesterday at our guild meeting as I had not remembered the artists name nor could find any cards from my purchase. <br />
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I decided that this would also be a non Polymer clay entry and thought this would be a great chance to try out my Kumihimo wheel I had purchased at the same bead show long ago. I have a huge 5 lb 'skein' of beige chenille thread (the kind used to make sweaters on machines I'm guessing) and thought this a good thing to use to practice. I wound all my bobbins and started. I wrapped and wrapped and wrapped but nothing seemed to happen. It was then I realized that the yarn was way too thin. So I cut some lengths of rat tail and tried with that and made a quick and nice cord. So, try again. I unwound all the bobbins and then rewound them with three strands each; this gave me the same thickness of cord as the rat tail. So now I had my cord made. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTQihFbzEVaIZGDdwpmK30qKJ_TQ148VECkbFjuFpTA_yp8pSPTTp2n7KRFT-zsj2sEWHh7ith1FY0Oka5F5AQhcgF2Tzc28xh0xiz-n_lusRpUCD3GsAVdpJWpIVS3E9bBF6keU8v-dRN/s1600/medallions.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTQihFbzEVaIZGDdwpmK30qKJ_TQ148VECkbFjuFpTA_yp8pSPTTp2n7KRFT-zsj2sEWHh7ith1FY0Oka5F5AQhcgF2Tzc28xh0xiz-n_lusRpUCD3GsAVdpJWpIVS3E9bBF6keU8v-dRN/s1600/medallions.jpg" /></a><br />
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Returning to the art piece it was then I noticed something I don't know how I missed before, maybe it was her flowing red hair, or those lovely spider mums which I have a penchant for but I hadn't noticed the two 'metal like' medallions that seems attached to her dress. <br />
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I looked closer and they looked so familiar......................had I seen them before on here and just didn't recall?<br />
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So what I basically did was to finish the beading on the art glass and then I ran a wire through the holes and attached the two medallions to it with some bronzed chain. These are then attached to a heavier bronze chain and I used two to give it balance.<br />
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The Art bead needed something and the picture was about autumn and it's colors which is reflected in the art bead of course, and also in the glass cabachons in the medallions but I saw my chance to incorporate the leaves of the picture and the maiden herself.<br />
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I used some copper patinated leaves from Vintaj as well as the fairy princess. These dangle from beaded wires that incorporate some beads I had bought with the art bead, made to coordinate with them, made by the same man. These all flow out from an amber cushion bead in recollection of the golden grapes she gently holds in her hand. <br />
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<span style="font-family: "fzm Old Typewriter";"> </span> <span style="font-family: "fzm Old Typewriter";"> This month’s challenge art piece at <a href="http://artbeadscene.blogspot.com/2013/08/august-monthly-challenge.html">Art
Bead Scene Blog</a></span> <span style="font-family: "fzm Old Typewriter";">
is titled 'Tres Personajes', or 'Three people'. It is an oil on canvas work
from 1970 by the artist Ruffino Tamayo and is said to be one of his more
stellar works. It has been called a 'masterpiece in color, abstraction and
texture' and I decided to let all three speak to me as I took my inspiration, albeit a
very literal one, from this painting.</span><br />
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My bead stash is poorly lacking in these colors and if I'd known of this piece before
attending my last bead show I would have stocked up, but sadly my palette was
more earth bound.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "fzm Old Typewriter";"> So,
my only resource was my own worktable and I sketched out a few ideas, the
shapes, the colors and motion that attracted me, and to think this million
dollar painting was actually found in the trash only five years ago!</span><br />
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yellow</span></li>
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After making a variety of beads and auditioning Gray metallic findings, only a
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<span style="font-family: "fzm Old Typewriter";"> My
first 'bead' is structured like a pendant but is not the focal point, purposly. In my
representation I wanted to evoke the feeling the painting does, that of
abstraction and</span> <span style="font-family: "fzm Old Typewriter";">
have my necklace emulate that, not only with the beads but with the
construction and placing of those beads.</span><br />
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The three faces are Purple, Red and a Ying-Yang Red and Purple that stands for
the androgynous figure that the painting includes.</span> <span style="font-family: "fzm Old Typewriter";"> These faces are placed on a
background of stripes of Purple, pale yellow, black, Red & grey and purple & gray
stripes. The black has 'zipper' teeth highlighted in brass, cast from a real
zipper. This I did not want to use as a pendant so my greatest challenge was
how to attach this to the necklace in a different way than front and center,
focal. I did this by stringing silver-heart clear glass beads and attaching a
bail to the pendant and stringing it on top of them; when worn this falls off
to the side of the rest of the necklace just a bit and gives it a unique look.
I tried to take a photo of this to share, the weather was not my friend for
photography today but to give you an idea.....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "fzm Old Typewriter";"> I
know....... awful picture. but by the time I thought of draping it on my
manikin it was very late in the day and I had to use the flash. But this will
give you an idea of how the three faces are supposed to look when worn. You can
also see my metal bicycle chain woven throughout the left side of the piece.</span><br />
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I was next taken by those two red dots on the far right figure. I had to incorporate
that somehow. I did have a few red coral beads that I have included at the top
left side, but I wanted them to be more prominent so I set to work on another
bead. This was not originally going to be the focal, but when I strung it up
the side of the necklace it didn't look right, then I realized since I had given this bead
two holes instead of one that I could string down through it and back up, but
it should have a purpose and that is where three of my twisted purple beads
came into play. I added a small red coral bead to the center one and
highlighted the twists with grays, the other two have ombre grays to blacks
going the opposite direction.</span><br />
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focal is a rectangle rapped with a variegation of pale yellow, light grey,
dark gray and black.</span> <span style="font-family: "fzm Old Typewriter";">
Encircling the black side is a metal zipper, made completely from polymer clay
from a mold I took of a jeans zipper. This is what I saw in the middle of the
painting with the yellow line with small dashes. The two red dots have hammer
studs embedded as does the next bead up the left side.</span><span style="font-family: "fzm Old Typewriter";"> </span><br />
<br /><span style="font-family: "fzm Old Typewriter";"> This
next bead started its life a bit differently. I was going for the square within a
square on the one persons head and</span> <span style="font-family: "fzm Old Typewriter";">
added it to this silver cylinder. Not liking what it was doing I ended up
giving it a twist and deep lines, circles and embedded metal studs. This kind
of captures many of the elements in the painting into one bead.</span><br />
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There are also red and grey twisted beads for the stripes in the painting as
well as textured disc beads that bring out the circles and the reds. </span> <span style="font-family: "fzm Old Typewriter";"> Further up is my first attempt at a
hollow pod bead. The under layer is pale yellow with purple strings that encase
the pod but don't completely cover the yellow, allowing a peek and reminiscent
of the yellow with purple lines on the right figure.</span><br />
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My last prominent art bead</span> <span style="font-family: "fzm Old Typewriter";">
is a pale yellow and silver striped one wire wrapped with silver plated wire
with a few twists. This is for the large yellow area on the right of the
painting mixed with grays, it reminds me of a small tornado.</span><br />
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All this was strung on black beading wire and because I wanted all the beads to
show, once it gets up to the curve of the neck that disappears behind you I
attached a antiqued gray chain. And almost all the beads were antiqued with
antiquing medium in different shades of grays.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: "fzm Old Typewriter";"> I had
some fun with this one, it was very bold, but very interesting and it gave me a
chance to play with reds and purples. Although I can proudly and rightfully
wear the insignia of the Purple hat Society I haven't yet chosen to do so, but
If I ever do I have the perfect necklace to go with it and a story behind it to
boot! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> Weeds and Grasses, something we drive or walk by everyday and never stop to notice the color, texture, or the intricacy of these humble plants. But these should be revered for what they are, food for hundreds of animals around the world, including us. Have a sandwich today? Most likely if you are GF you had your bread made from a grass, wheat mainly.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> The seeds of many grasses make up a majority of the diet of birds everywhere including the songbirds we like to attract to our backyards. But these are usually left growing in fields or mown down on occasion along roadways where they grow wild.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> The center stalks on the photo right (which shows my lay out for my texture sheet talked about in the<a href="http://www.thepolymerarts.com/"> PolymerArts Magazine</a> Plein Air Article) are what I locally know them to be called: Indian grass.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> I remember as a child gathering the slender stalks in the field out back of my grandparents house and twisting them into garlands to wear on my hair or like a necklace. They are very graceful when growing, bending over with the weight of their tiny seeds bowing to the earth in the late summer sunshine.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> I also came across the outer grasses growing in close proximity to the Indian grass and decided to add them to this texture plate for variety.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> As I said in my last post I wanted to show the readers some ways these texture plates I made for the article can be utilized to make interesting pieces. Here is the texture sheet right after impressing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">While a bit dark I did this in editing to show the deep impression these grasses made. Also notice the few grains that fell off during the process. They can usually be removed easily with your water spray bottle, letting the water droplets help wash them away. For more stubborn bits, using tweezers carefully to remove them will do the trick. I have just baked the clay first and then removed the debris but this doesn't always happen with all vegetation, some will stick and nothing will remove it so get off all you can before baking. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> I made one experimental rectangle, keeping with my organic philosophy of not being perfect, baked it and then tried various coloring on it. I decided that it needed friends from the texture plate to join it and a bracelet seemed the obvious choice. I made them different lengths but keeping the width similar, pushed holes for stringing with care to denting the clay and textured the backs of all of them with my secret recycled texture plate.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> Each one was given the same coloring treatment and each on came out different, so not only are the textures different but similar on each tile, but the coloring is as well, very much like in nature!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">That center one is my favorite and stands out among the others for it is the tallest and gives a full view of a stalk of the Indian grass.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">What do you think, do you like the more natural organic shapes?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Acrylic sheets for making texture plates, swirl beads and assisting in all kinds of Polymer clay sculpting are available in my etsy shop <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/BluStoneDoorEmporium?ref=si_shop">blustonedooremporium.etsy.com </a>.</span><br />
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Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07236419783040389455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750835155980067436.post-57461354061116823622013-08-21T00:00:00.000-04:002013-11-01T00:33:24.016-04:00Fall Edition of Polymer Arts Magazine - Plein Air Polymer<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
The Fall edition of <a href="http://www.thepolymerarts.com/">Polymer Arts Magazine</a> published today includes my first contribution to this wonderful magazine dedicated to aspiring and professional PC artists; titled Plein Air Polymer.<br />
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In it you will find the outing at my favorite lake and some texture plates I made while visiting. I did not however make anything from them for the article but thought I should do something with them so you can see how the impressions from weeds and trees can make striking and interesting textures that can be turned into very intriguing pieces of art, wearable <i>and</i> decorative.<br />
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First one I did was of the bark of a tree I didn't recognize and since the weather wasn't so great that day I had to hurry to make my plates and take photos before the rain came. But it had very striking bark covered with lots of lichens.<br />
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This is what the bark looked like; I took the impression from a different area, one not as densely covered with the lichens.<br />
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There are many, many trees in this world and each one has it's own individual 'skin'. I might just set out in the fall to do a series of texture plates from a variety of trees to play with over the winter months and see what great designs can be made with those. <br />
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Meanwhile this is what I came up with using the texture plate of this tree. </div>
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These earrings were done at different intervals using white clay as a base. Successive applications of chalks, paints, inks and waxes helped to bring out the depth of the texture and give them the look of a surreal painting. <br />
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I am gradually changing my philosophy on what constitutes art, my art in particular. I am a perfectionist by personality type and strive to do the best I can at anything I tackle but I've come to realize at this stage in the game that I don't want my art to be work, I want it to be an expression, and extension of who the 'free me' truly is.<br />
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Striving for perfection all the time does not bring about possessive energy and this stress of trying to get something perfect actually strangles the need and ability to create, I know because I've been there, done that, don't want a return visit.<br />
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Now what has this got to do with these earrings you ask? Well I am just letting go and not striving for perfection because I don't want my art to look manufactured and I was there to be more human than machine look to it. We are all created perfectly imperfect and we aren't even symmetrical! in fact people don't look good when they are symetrical (I saw on the net once a photoshop of a mirror image of a person flipped to make the other side of their face, compared to the true image they just looked unreal) and I want to be more 'real', so...<br />
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When trying to decide what to do with this impression I had gotten from the bark plate I decided to free hand cut out the pieces, not using a template, not using a cutter, just a thin clay blade. I did make the shapes similar for cohesion, but not the same. One is bigger than the other, one is wider, but then again the impression is different and the colors are different which makes each one unique and interesting, just like people, even twins aren't exactly alike, why should your earrings be?<br />
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So, after cutting these out I baked them, and then had to decide what to do with them next. In keeping with the new philosophy I laid them onto a sheet of silver clay which I had textured slightly and cut around it. then I molded it to the piece, blending it in as I went. I had the foresight to try something different and made a long narrow tab at the top which I folded over to create a bail.<br />
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Next came the coloring and bringing out the texture without making it look like bark. I think I succeeded and won't go into details because when I get into that zone I just go with the colors and let my hands play and my mind wander! <br />
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When it came time to make these into earrings I was stymied. I didn't just want to use an ordinary jump ring with all the extraordinary things I'd done so far so I went hunting.<br />
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I'll let you in on a little secret I've come upon, I'm sure others have too but it's new to me. I used to have all my findings in little plastic egg cartons, stacked on top of each other and in a plastic drawer. Every time I wanted to make something I really had to know beforehand what, and when looking for it desperately trying to keep from catching the trays on anything and sending hundreds of findings all over the place! <br />
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Well, I got fed up and I'm glad I did. Sure I could have bought some storage pieces to sort and store them but I still felt it would be hard to see what all I have.<br />
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My solution? A simple little ziplock bag. Most everyone has these either bought or received with a bead order or findings, or you could go to your local dollar store and get 100's for cheap there. <br />
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I don't know why I didn't think of this sooner, as I recall I did something similar in my sewing room years ago. When storing all my notions, templates, etc I would forget what I had, buy it again or never get to try it. To solve that problem I used the sandwich sized zip close bags, punched a hole in the top under the zipper part and used a pushpin to hang on my wall. Now all my notions were in front of me, catching my eye, whispering me to try them out and I did!<br />
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Well this is similar but because these are mostly tiny items, using the 1"x2" bags suffice. I took some time to carefully gather everything out of dozens of egg cups and into the bags. I sorted by type, color and metal. I threw these bags into plastic shoe storage boxes, the kind you get for a dollar and have them without their lids, stacked within easy reach on my jewelry assembly table. Now when turning my clay pieces into jewelry I can very quickly got through the box of bags, grab a few out to 'audition' and put them back just as easily, just remember to zip the bag shut before you do! <br />
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So with this new system it allowed me to be adventurous and it also sparked creativity to solve this dilemma. I'll let you try and figure out what I used, but I must say I really liked this look and plan on using it again. <br />
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Got an unexpected treat yesterday in my email. I just recently reopened my shop on etsy formally known as Organic Odysseys and now <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/BlueStoneDoorStudios?ref=si_shop">BlueStoneDoorStudios</a> on August 1st without any fanfare.<br />
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Thought I'd share it here in all its organic goodness, please go check it out at etsy as well, just click on the photo.<br />
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I don't recall what finally brought me there; although it may have been a class I attended online with Maggie Maggio;but I've got a few pictures of some of the things I'd done to help me get back on the horse. <br />
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<br />Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07236419783040389455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750835155980067436.post-66396511000420368802013-07-28T23:53:00.000-04:002013-07-29T00:07:46.673-04:00And we're Back! Art Bead Scene entryFinally after three years, almost to the date, I've returned to the blogosphere! I had taken a hiatus that lasted longer than expected, from illness and then losing my muse. I have been working on a come back for several months now and have dipped my toes here and there.<br />
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Today I have done a little dipping in the Art Bead Scene Challenge. Over the last several months I went to this <a href="http://artbeadscene.blogspot.com/">wonderful blog</a> and perused the months challenge art piece. What I designed in my head never made it further and the month had gone by and I promised myself I would try the following month, but it never happened...................until now.<br />
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I have been busy the past month working on something of interest to Polymer Clay artists which I'll save for later, but wanted to participate in this challenge. I was held back by the horrendous heat wave we had as my studio is not air conditioned and running the oven was just out of the question.<br />
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Thankfully the past few days we have gotten some cool air from the north and the temperatures have dropped almost 40 degrees! This was a blessing on my family <i>and</i> my electric bill. After enjoying a couple of days like this I remembered the challenge and realized the month was almost over.<br />
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I had studied the painting a bit of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olga_Khokhlova">Olga</a>, the Russian wife of Pablo Picasso, and each time I looked at her I thought of Sigourney Weaver. Instead of designing a piece like I usually do, sketching a design first and matching up beads and findings, this time I did it backwards. I looked at the painting and the things that stood out to me the most were: <br />
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<li>The fabric of her dress and the detail he paints of it. The folds of chiffon? that catch the light and reflect with a phosphorus metallic glow. </li>
<li>The Large leaves and the huge yellow flower that are embroidered on the tapestry that covers the chair she sits upon. </li>
<li>The tendrils that curl around the foliage and create music for this lovely dancer</li>
<li>The large cluster of grapes</li>
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The fan also caught my eye but did not prevail to impress upon my muse to be included. So I had cropped out the above parts and let the painting speak to me.<br />
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For the fabric that drapes so lushly I tried to make this the focal bead as this makes up a large part of the painting. I mixed together various colors of clay to make the base which is a sheer walnut brown. I loved the highlights of blues and used many ways to get this just touched on the folds. Inks, paints, powders, waxes, you name it I used it on here until I was happy with the look.<br />
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As a nod to the white bunch of grapes I included between the folds of fabric, three 3-D illusion beads.<br />
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Nine hand sculpted polymer clay leaves gather in a cluster to indicate the lushness of foliage on the Chair. Each has been treated to inks, waxes and more to create a luster and variegation of greens and blues. These I made without any idea how I was going to incorporate them. <br />
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I knew I had some yellow glass flowers that echoed the shape from the painting,so I threw them on the table while I was making the other pieces. <br />
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The Grape vine tendrils caught my eye from the beginning as I love curlyQ things. I wanted this to be part of the design and I have been experimenting lately with faux heavy metal pieces. I followed the design of the curves in the painting and formed my pieces. <img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh64-2VovKMYSSTTkJ-xvOTxesVHVKkaqxH3kZ2uV3ipqwobrHBP9ew9111_RyNvq3YV_xO-7ZIKXikH3yJfKJwO2kpU7385KIyj48Qa3O8VoLvcVpZj5aCF39OQr2QekJszT9lng9lVoCE/s320/Olga+necklace+009.JPG" width="320" /> These undergo numerous rubbings and polishing to improve the faux look to become more authentic. </div>
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Once these pieces were cured I did some final finishing , coloring, polishing, and some more until I was satisfied. I think I might have stayed on this task because I really had no idea what I was going to do with these pieces.<br />
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But time was getting away from me. That was Friday. Saturday night I finished with the components and left the design until today. <br />
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So, what to do with these pieces? Well I tried this and that and somehow came up with this design. I had added chains, taken away things but managed to use every piece I'd made even though I wasn't sure how they would be used or if they would even be used.<br />
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Playing around with the yellow glass flowers I happened upon making a lariat necklace, using the flowers and some contrasting beads to make the loop. This solved my problem of a clasp and I really like how that turned out.<br />
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The silver pieces were a bit harder to figure. I wanted to use the black ribbon and cord necklace from the beginning but not sure how, but it helped to reflect the ribbon on the dress.<br />
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After playing a bit more I figured out how to arrange them along one side (originally I figured one on each side of the necklace). The cluster of leaves topped off the connection of the ribbon to the bead loop and balanced the piece just right.<br />
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It was now getting late in the day and I wanted to take my photos outside, we had had a downpour a few hours before but it was now overcast and I hurried out to snap some pictures. It was a bit hard with all the metallic, but I think they came out well and did justice to the piece. <br />
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I of course had to edit and pick out of all the pics I took but I got it uploaded to flickr which I haven't used in quite awhile so it took me longer than usual with the new system.<br />
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I hope to start writing regularly and have photographed some tutorials to share and will as time allows.<br />
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Be sure to check out the other entries at <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/artbeadscene/">Art Bead Scene Flickr Photostream</a>. <br />
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Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07236419783040389455noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750835155980067436.post-36534074491249024542010-07-26T18:31:00.007-04:002012-03-08T18:50:39.951-05:00Winner of 'Commitment' Giveaway Announced<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinUCqDiPvuZCRTaksqGZPZSYl1HkD-ww34NUxOSD3_Wa_HJacRHeB67awIrAbHioiJEYdwoc_99mtWrM4WaT2AieaotLWSSG3s89VthO2NvgppsHwgK-PaQdKxfo8ZnCIbZjL3W9gsCqE/s1600/002.JPG"><br /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgenDlP_ddomqGvr3q-X3gen7nNhTULb1un-hOcMlvPEdGHkvioQRKDDrd9cIMK3yP2MSCeO_KgmLDz-e9dsSe-DnLldi0OI2kX8GGc-tjxEZ2HMyW1GylVNwpOmBjTWIqMWu2saAfMivA/s1600/014.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgenDlP_ddomqGvr3q-X3gen7nNhTULb1un-hOcMlvPEdGHkvioQRKDDrd9cIMK3yP2MSCeO_KgmLDz-e9dsSe-DnLldi0OI2kX8GGc-tjxEZ2HMyW1GylVNwpOmBjTWIqMWu2saAfMivA/s400/014.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498350309406656338" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijjthqXE8dIxY9G26YOQ5ux7_-bOsLUxJ8J4KiwnjH_-U2KBB7qGaJk0rUghwogAPpf36D9IN_DNGsH_XeQFEPSUgUAVfeCbdmheNfyBMEZQENntaQYsmdk5K5iMBY3ORLHzU3Z7N_HW8/s1600/Hawk+049.JPG"><br /></a><br />Thank you for those who came to my blog and read my newest ABS (ART BEAD SCENE) post on <a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://organicodysseys.blogspot.com/2010/07/commitments.html">Commitments </a>and left a comment. As announced in the post I was having a drawing for these earrings for anyone that left a comment to this post.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijjthqXE8dIxY9G26YOQ5ux7_-bOsLUxJ8J4KiwnjH_-U2KBB7qGaJk0rUghwogAPpf36D9IN_DNGsH_XeQFEPSUgUAVfeCbdmheNfyBMEZQENntaQYsmdk5K5iMBY3ORLHzU3Z7N_HW8/s1600/Hawk+049.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijjthqXE8dIxY9G26YOQ5ux7_-bOsLUxJ8J4KiwnjH_-U2KBB7qGaJk0rUghwogAPpf36D9IN_DNGsH_XeQFEPSUgUAVfeCbdmheNfyBMEZQENntaQYsmdk5K5iMBY3ORLHzU3Z7N_HW8/s200/Hawk+049.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498348000163049042" border="0" /></a><br />I was supposed to make the drawing yesterday but we had a small break in this horrible hot weather we've been having and after a pretty bad storm passed through we took a drive to a new Lake I've discovered and spent the evening until sundown there having our picnic dinner under a young apple tree right on the shore. I'll share more pictures tomorrow.<br /><br />Now for the winner......................................<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinUCqDiPvuZCRTaksqGZPZSYl1HkD-ww34NUxOSD3_Wa_HJacRHeB67awIrAbHioiJEYdwoc_99mtWrM4WaT2AieaotLWSSG3s89VthO2NvgppsHwgK-PaQdKxfo8ZnCIbZjL3W9gsCqE/s1600/002.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinUCqDiPvuZCRTaksqGZPZSYl1HkD-ww34NUxOSD3_Wa_HJacRHeB67awIrAbHioiJEYdwoc_99mtWrM4WaT2AieaotLWSSG3s89VthO2NvgppsHwgK-PaQdKxfo8ZnCIbZjL3W9gsCqE/s320/002.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498355171904510242" border="0" /></a><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://pattylakinsmith.blogspot.com/">Patty Lankinsmith!</a> congratulations Patty, send me your snail mail and I'll get these right out to you! Patty makes Gorgeous lamp-worked beads, a must see at<a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/pattylakinsmith"> her shop on etsy</a>.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-size:78%;" >517</span>Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07236419783040389455noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750835155980067436.post-34084650519236532252010-07-15T18:07:00.008-04:002010-07-15T19:10:04.106-04:00Need Some Color?Been really busy but thought I might post a really great mosaic of Color for you of a treasury one of my OrganicOdysseys pieces is featured in . <a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/25391160/poppy-fields-forever-necklace?ref=tre-4c3e9686f5eb8eefa4323921-7">Poppy Fields Forever</a>.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil7CI4fln9E2U_5lYQxPrNEd1SgsEK7DlnfO6S5eqlhWFj0iscd0fSeHwkzc5EYDuOb2I2EIzvwqx99RKtcm077GpvoI22W6Zed5PJMqDEm7HyX2ZXOVRY4xeVi_6h5xFLuCGeW3VZAqc/s1600/Treasury+oo+featured+red+poppy+fields+nontt.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 377px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil7CI4fln9E2U_5lYQxPrNEd1SgsEK7DlnfO6S5eqlhWFj0iscd0fSeHwkzc5EYDuOb2I2EIzvwqx99RKtcm077GpvoI22W6Zed5PJMqDEm7HyX2ZXOVRY4xeVi_6h5xFLuCGeW3VZAqc/s400/Treasury+oo+featured+red+poppy+fields+nontt.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494258456806746818" border="0" /></a><br />I love poppies and used to live near a whole field of them. I miss seeing them at this time of year. I'm not a great fan of red, but this is just beautiful and I hope it perks you up if you need a lift!<br /><br />It was made by <a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/xaosart">Xao</a><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/xaosart">sart</a> who has a beautiful Fine Jewelry and Glass art shop on etsy. I love the colors of this handpainted glass she makes and then encases in her own metal work.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwZQXamAmu-oE3d2KPJPXPDObhWLZTIR3JDbypeStJrRgJ3IVFkvJ1ac5-Uw7t1rPLESSyG8ebBKxNtdYt-hI0jC4C9bpUNwgm5Q4QwrmogntA9fxQ_4sDm93qLVTEmhHUgy97z84cBHU/s1600/xoasart+ring.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwZQXamAmu-oE3d2KPJPXPDObhWLZTIR3JDbypeStJrRgJ3IVFkvJ1ac5-Uw7t1rPLESSyG8ebBKxNtdYt-hI0jC4C9bpUNwgm5Q4QwrmogntA9fxQ_4sDm93qLVTEmhHUgy97z84cBHU/s320/xoasart+ring.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494260627170727794" border="0" /></a><br />Thank you also to all those who have featured me this past week:<br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4c3ed0ef92dc6d917d47a653/opened-a-dictionary-hoary-meaning-very">opened-a-dictionary-hoary-meaning</a> by <a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/diggerbren">DiggerBren</a><br /><a href="http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4c3b75aa08386d912b49fb16/bastille-day-en-rose#4c3b75be08386d91fd4ffb16"><span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);">bastille-day-en-rose</span> </a>by <a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/hoganfe">hoganfe</a><br /><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4c3bb0c205818eef9df29e0f/natures-bounty">natures-bounty </a>by <a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/phofun">phofun</a><br /><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4c3bb0c205818eef9df29e0f/natures-bounty"> </a><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4c3ed35a92dc6d91b863a653/slow-buds-the-pink-dawn-like-a-rose">slow-buds-the-pink-dawn-like-a-rose</a> by<a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/Silvia66"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);">Silvia66</span></a><br /><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4c3e4c21f5eb8eef19d42d21/the-heirloom-garden">the-heirloom-garden</a> A bounty of Summer goodness! by<span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);"> </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/MySelvagedLife">MySelvagedLife</a><br /><a href="http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4c38dc9a4fcf6d91c40fb3f0/sweet-summer-corn"><span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);">sweet-summer-corn</span> </a>by <a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/divinedepth">divinedepth</a><br /><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4c3dfb8ef9688eef6e165c26/love-is-everywhere">love-is-everywhere</a> by <a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/drndesigns">drndesigns </a><br /><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4c3e4038f5eb8eef67a42b21/animal-antics">animal-antics</a> by<span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);"> </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/hoganfe">hoganfe</a><br /><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4c2df5c575d38eef5c7627dc/coffeethe-elixir-of-life">coffee the-elixir-of-life</a> Deep Dark Coffee Browns by <a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/OklahomaMama">OklahomaMama</a><br /><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4c38abe3229d8eef79a7415d/sky-blue-sky">sky-blue-sky</a> by <a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/jennyndesign">JennyNdesign</a><br /><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4c3652dc50918eef0802b67e/sew-i-think-i-love-you">sew-i-think-i-love-you</a> by <a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/HeatherKent">HeatherKent</a><br /><br />Many of these have some cool looking beads or bead work!<br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-size:78%;" >329</span>Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07236419783040389455noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750835155980067436.post-58999330169234076812010-07-09T00:55:00.001-04:002010-07-09T00:55:00.317-04:00Hope you're Keeping Cool!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjuWYwiagxTxomxakNS6BtllzW53U2R4LzS67GZDFFNSb28gd1s4qry80ESa2O4w7cJ4XOuo3h1Hn608ds7Y_qMKfGd8xO8CTqN1gxcyTwllBRykqwaOWe6nw5cGpvXRuWT8vs6scd2rM/s1600/127.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 322px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjuWYwiagxTxomxakNS6BtllzW53U2R4LzS67GZDFFNSb28gd1s4qry80ESa2O4w7cJ4XOuo3h1Hn608ds7Y_qMKfGd8xO8CTqN1gxcyTwllBRykqwaOWe6nw5cGpvXRuWT8vs6scd2rM/s400/127.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491735320395253986" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);font-size:130%;" >'Hey! You Splashed me!'</span><br /><br /><br />Click for larger view.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">190</span><br /></span></div></div>Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07236419783040389455noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750835155980067436.post-41140022298202262912010-07-05T09:57:00.018-04:002010-07-05T12:36:37.856-04:00June Winner of Mystery Monday AnnouncedWe didn't have that many entries this month and that is understandable, so I am taking a vacation from it for the rest of the summer. I know we are all so busy in the summer months so we will resume in September.<br /><br />Here is a reminder of all the mystery photos posted for June. I couldn't get the one to upload properly for me so it is all by itself, but the dates are printed on each photo.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnKoTjNhFBrHchEabSaCgIHi5KbV6plDr0GwCJCAc28W6jg38Jgb8Jgx5dGhA2zWd8sZ9NbnlTCmVpx8Rm03x5caUwv3w8KB4SrK6oeGb98VHRvrE8SaY6TBxF3l3WEgEg7Aj0KkQ3Hn0/s1600/June+mystery+monday+mosaic.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 135px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnKoTjNhFBrHchEabSaCgIHi5KbV6plDr0GwCJCAc28W6jg38Jgb8Jgx5dGhA2zWd8sZ9NbnlTCmVpx8Rm03x5caUwv3w8KB4SrK6oeGb98VHRvrE8SaY6TBxF3l3WEgEg7Aj0KkQ3Hn0/s400/June+mystery+monday+mosaic.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490446213800952114" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPo4j7M3KVl6J3J5_FwAo1JXJmAuYGonDgkbIjMxz4qhuUZn2aezSWnKg6mMRga91AQonO5mdGXpP2K3kERf571R-UDWaDoAL2M0uUCHAXSwqNQVgCq_rMqlao0k_7Zgfure96G04GIS8/s1600/my+challah+breadnew.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 223px; height: 138px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPo4j7M3KVl6J3J5_FwAo1JXJmAuYGonDgkbIjMxz4qhuUZn2aezSWnKg6mMRga91AQonO5mdGXpP2K3kERf571R-UDWaDoAL2M0uUCHAXSwqNQVgCq_rMqlao0k_7Zgfure96G04GIS8/s320/my+challah+breadnew.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490445122301203634" border="0" /></a>I tried to give you an eclectic mix this month, hoping to stir up more interest. These are what the Photos were of:<br /><br />June 7 - A Van Gogh painting titled: Draw bridge with carriage,<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI1ALHN_G_OJqLiCUMB_9nmKGfBOPSikmjWIt-ZHXAgrslQut21r_MOXeezytT83RTLoshpjJYGs0vCTOvmLcTLYnEmzg6d4NGWlkUWl7CJvAqrhzAvYkM3KPU7xvvhSw5VBqiexy21eo/s1600/029.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI1ALHN_G_OJqLiCUMB_9nmKGfBOPSikmjWIt-ZHXAgrslQut21r_MOXeezytT83RTLoshpjJYGs0vCTOvmLcTLYnEmzg6d4NGWlkUWl7CJvAqrhzAvYkM3KPU7xvvhSw5VBqiexy21eo/s200/029.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490449513800702322" border="0" /></a> This Mystery photo was a close-up of the brickwork with the Arles Sunshine reflecting the water below. This is on a very cool vintage tin I've had for over a decade or more. There is another painting on the other side. I just love his use of color in this one.<br /><br />June 14 - That one was a close up of the center of one of my Challah <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg54vBQVPVvbPNuugu5Vw9oWkSLFryBYl5sii9kCBywvZC2o2miKzQVHmpCZpr0awTK1YivvLZQz6BNZUbOBqGyFJSB6dnNEsnXqtwkJPNgjpz7EEUvzB7zzyyVUgOs5PUBGGuex3tkymc/s1600/challah+bread.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 145px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg54vBQVPVvbPNuugu5Vw9oWkSLFryBYl5sii9kCBywvZC2o2miKzQVHmpCZpr0awTK1YivvLZQz6BNZUbOBqGyFJSB6dnNEsnXqtwkJPNgjpz7EEUvzB7zzyyVUgOs5PUBGGuex3tkymc/s320/challah+bread.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490445445913087794" border="0" /></a>bread loaves, back when I could eat it, before I got Celiac Disease. Here is the loaf in full. I love how the camera captured the braids in a glowing way that reminds me of mist between the mountains very early before the crack of dawn.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPeL9cGRXJCqiVFQA8D-Ke9I9CtsV2UIhgQFrtolvCY7m9c05ygLVtTQ_lD2WxZ2Vf4yLvDA-xFQJIQkOnV1OX_GeFnmrDgLvc6CdvsdYvDhh9X082rkRQcrFSLAVZoCWctlNsu3a3PCQ/s1600/beads+and+things+013.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 169px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPeL9cGRXJCqiVFQA8D-Ke9I9CtsV2UIhgQFrtolvCY7m9c05ygLVtTQ_lD2WxZ2Vf4yLvDA-xFQJIQkOnV1OX_GeFnmrDgLvc6CdvsdYvDhh9X082rkRQcrFSLAVZoCWctlNsu3a3PCQ/s200/beads+and+things+013.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490450977682602610" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />June 21 - This photo was a close up of the Native American Pottery featured on a this stamp from the 1970's - Folk Art Series. I used it in a brooch/pendant I made with polymer clay and copper wire. It took me forever to drill those holes to weave the wire through, I wish I'd have thought to do this before I baked it!<br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikPMKZHot8d-oOsLOZcZMy6rv5O7rjnS7GID2_rM1NT4xviKfZvJY-7Cs1xi4L5gt7OaPY3zIbPl6dw99HSZaRUOldZcYMwO-yRtZw5ZA1N_TWV7iwiwD_tmUeQOb-PwhtiraaJ9iyU4Y/s1600/Hawk+127.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 146px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikPMKZHot8d-oOsLOZcZMy6rv5O7rjnS7GID2_rM1NT4xviKfZvJY-7Cs1xi4L5gt7OaPY3zIbPl6dw99HSZaRUOldZcYMwO-yRtZw5ZA1N_TWV7iwiwD_tmUeQOb-PwhtiraaJ9iyU4Y/s200/Hawk+127.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490451662541003170" border="0" /></a>June 28 - Very close up of the foot of my resident (one of them, we have a pair now) hawk. He was sitting only 12 feet from my patio door for over an hour one day and I took the opportunity to snap some photos of him while he watched me and about a dozen squirrels and chipmunks frolicking in the yard. Here he is perched on the framework of the roof of our tent gazebo, we haven't put the top or sides on yet and the birds love to perch there.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEginE1BT_18CMizrQmQ3T0XUCK_uKyaEt1vOdK6_2xkBQwE7ddWGI0yEBxc3ReBgBU-ICXf9_Oe2p44DY3nxd1ak2KXGhXupjfvWsOV3rcUh7X0ZVElSVFhbsy7pyzcyqq2nCNWhMEp9DE/s1600/my+challah+bread.jpg"><br /></a><br />And of the entries we had, most which were on the last photo, where tallied together and this is the winner drawn: Cindee!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg54vBQVPVvbPNuugu5Vw9oWkSLFryBYl5sii9kCBywvZC2o2miKzQVHmpCZpr0awTK1YivvLZQz6BNZUbOBqGyFJSB6dnNEsnXqtwkJPNgjpz7EEUvzB7zzyyVUgOs5PUBGGuex3tkymc/s1600/challah+bread.jpg"> </a>I will be emailing you shortly about your prize! thanks to all who played this month, I know it's been very busy! See you all in September with a new Mystery Monday Photo!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg54vBQVPVvbPNuugu5Vw9oWkSLFryBYl5sii9kCBywvZC2o2miKzQVHmpCZpr0awTK1YivvLZQz6BNZUbOBqGyFJSB6dnNEsnXqtwkJPNgjpz7EEUvzB7zzyyVUgOs5PUBGGuex3tkymc/s1600/challah+bread.jpg"><br /></a><br /><br />I did take the time to stop and smell the roses as promised <a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://organicodysseys.blogspot.com/2010/07/commitments.html">here in my Commitments post</a>, Friday evening and have posted some pics here for you to enjoy if you aren't near a rose garden. I also got some excellent ideas for future organic beads for <a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/HeARTofEdenBeads">Heart of Eden Beads</a> so look for those, coming soon I hope!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcxfVeeplbBzfsDSLWQ1YqKqhnGlRcMGJAtgfbTexWD5ahs8SK8yzJjlXW6k9OT9CHOmalQ9rvfpefbUiONhNGV5MjJQWEAVLL4VNzWGx2SvAoA4j7pbqK3P53eFOsBkDNWZdP3JPINGE/s1600/mosaic+roses.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 135px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcxfVeeplbBzfsDSLWQ1YqKqhnGlRcMGJAtgfbTexWD5ahs8SK8yzJjlXW6k9OT9CHOmalQ9rvfpefbUiONhNGV5MjJQWEAVLL4VNzWGx2SvAoA4j7pbqK3P53eFOsBkDNWZdP3JPINGE/s400/mosaic+roses.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490456361352947746" border="0" /></a><br />The end of last week was so beautiful I spent most of it outside enjoying the temperatures in the 70's with clear blue skies and low humidity. At times I even had to pull on a sweatshirt to stay warm! Oh how I loved that. But On Saturday it took a turn, the mercury started climbing, yet was still bearable. But yesterday when I woke up I could feel the humidity creeping in. Saturday night my feet had swollen to almost half size, very uncomfortable! They went down and for that I am grateful but this coming week it is promising to be downright awful! High humidity and in the highest 90's into the 100's! I don't think I will be going out anywhere this week, nor firing any beads in the studio, there's enough high to combat with our two air-conditioners. I really can't go anywhere anyway as hubby's car died and I am left without one till we find another. But I will be working on some sketches for those beads, and will finish up some other projects that don't require much heat.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtPLlZUVaF3Db5_8ohEqrwyQJzWlWz1-Ddo2f7QkIqxR-fXYHbBTviA0HpPqyu9E_yESLiRvzKB_nX81mB17hyphenhyphen7CTi6_if1N38J41OewKR5pfOUOSUHZwUN24tAwOnwdCPEDIXMIrmOUU/s1600/mosaic+fireworks.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 101px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtPLlZUVaF3Db5_8ohEqrwyQJzWlWz1-Ddo2f7QkIqxR-fXYHbBTviA0HpPqyu9E_yESLiRvzKB_nX81mB17hyphenhyphen7CTi6_if1N38J41OewKR5pfOUOSUHZwUN24tAwOnwdCPEDIXMIrmOUU/s400/mosaic+fireworks.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490458905704446866" border="0" /></a><br />Yesterday was very hot but we went over to the park to watch the fireworks (the first time in 10 years I've been able to do this and it is only because Jazmine died last August, as we always had to stay home with her because she got so upset it would cause her to go into a seizure.) They were pretty good, we had great seats by the river and it was so cool there, and the sky was clear so I got to take for the first time with my digital camera some shots of fireworks. I love the ones that look like dandelions in the moonlight, I shall have to make some more dandelion beads.<br /><br />Hope you had a great 4th! Stay cool this week!<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-size:78%;" >14121</span>Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07236419783040389455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750835155980067436.post-13535732479967092432010-07-01T05:58:00.016-04:002010-07-26T18:50:46.539-04:00Commitments......................<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLlz6CynrMaZqMIDwXb6R5ssHdzhA5OBe2GXU8JyCRxiVuCU-d9HIDZGiC9iANGB1X0xr7cCgVTyNi3l-OZPEmBEZy_5MEhNcTeuPUey2lTSTI7V3CuzI9p94Xxva6FqQvCRLFveAZ2oA/s1600/ink+well+stamp.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 295px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLlz6CynrMaZqMIDwXb6R5ssHdzhA5OBe2GXU8JyCRxiVuCU-d9HIDZGiC9iANGB1X0xr7cCgVTyNi3l-OZPEmBEZy_5MEhNcTeuPUey2lTSTI7V3CuzI9p94Xxva6FqQvCRLFveAZ2oA/s320/ink+well+stamp.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488938145354191714" border="0" /></a>This is part of a project I've committed to do.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Hopefully I will be showing you in it's completeness soon.<br /><br /><br /></div>Commitment:<span style="font-style: italic;"> means to show loyalty, duty or pledge to something or someone.</span><br /><br /><br />I am an<span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 255);"> </span><a style="color: rgb(51, 255, 255);" href="http://www.personalitypage.com/INFJ.html">INFJ</a>. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 160);font-size:100%;" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">An INFJ is a perfectionist who doubts that they are living up to their full potential. INFJs are rarely at complete peace with themselves - there's always something else they should be doing to improve themselves and the world around them. They believe in constant growth, and don't often take time to revel in their accomplishments.</span><br /><br /></span>And that is just a hint at my complicated life.<br />We also place a very high regard on truth and keeping ones word, but we are also very generous at the same time and that can lead to problems, mainly regarding commitment. Or rather over committing oneself.<br /><br />Have you ever been to the circus or an event that has one of those special jugglers? The kind that twirl multiple plates on long sticks high up in the air? And some even have 3 or more going in each hand. Most days I feel like that and sometimes even like this photo below that I found on Flickr. You've heard the adage 'you've bitten off more than you can chew' or 'I have a full plate, or too much on my plate right now'? Well that is what life is like for me.<br /><div style="text-align: right;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;">I want to do so much, for so many, yet there seems to always be so little time and I can't always depend on<span style="font-style: italic;"> having </span>the time as my medical condition doesn't allow for this on a day to day basis. The spirit is so willing but the body doesn't always cooperate. So I get to feeling like this photo, not only juggling too many plates but doing it while standing on my head whilst the blood rushes down and I can't think any longer. My creativity is cut off and I can't function. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yewenyi/353594319/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/147/353594319_9ca096f8d8_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;">Plate twirling<span style="margin-top: 0px;font-size:0.9em;" ><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yewenyi/353594319/"> acrobats</a></span><br /><span style="margin-top: 0px;font-size:0.9em;" >Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/yewenyi/">yewenyi</a></span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><br /></div><br />Some people have trouble making commitments (more-so men than women), but there are also those of the creative vein that have trouble with OVER commitment. That is were I fall and that is where I need to retrain myself to reach a happy medium. Being an INFJ, as you have seen, makes me of the type that always feels I could do better, could do more, and that is a very powerful drive. But in doing that I never get the chance to enjoy the accomplishments of the commitments I've made.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZyZnOC0kvtRo0cdPCFWYIDi1vraCiqlYbYHRHtAQFckjfodGPA1LXMOJjAbK-dYyJpSlfPQzrDr8cGt20FQiIXv2qC649ibJO9cFMcwU0STk6kLB0xxdG3nz9qg5hl-3pQOpdeQzAyHk/s1600/Erins+Beads+Tulips+mosaic.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 81px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZyZnOC0kvtRo0cdPCFWYIDi1vraCiqlYbYHRHtAQFckjfodGPA1LXMOJjAbK-dYyJpSlfPQzrDr8cGt20FQiIXv2qC649ibJO9cFMcwU0STk6kLB0xxdG3nz9qg5hl-3pQOpdeQzAyHk/s400/Erins+Beads+Tulips+mosaic.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488914593761902594" border="0" /></a><br />I have taken to rectifying that. I have a list of things that I've promised to do for individuals or groups and I am evaluating them one by one, and purposing to complete these obligations and promises while striving each day to cross at least one thing off that list. And I have promised myself to not add any more to that list until that has been accomplished.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD_dbmAcCkVsj6fD_peSIVqPX4zZuWn319uXQ3Bg49eNk3rr-JdiSJRMMp8FkvpxccAD6DrjdGkxuluO5_2Us7T3FL3eiMONos9NASmugpQG7uPjonQNiAr6rpUPODQs_ua5My4D2T3gM/s1600/Erins+beads+after+storm+mosaic.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 81px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD_dbmAcCkVsj6fD_peSIVqPX4zZuWn319uXQ3Bg49eNk3rr-JdiSJRMMp8FkvpxccAD6DrjdGkxuluO5_2Us7T3FL3eiMONos9NASmugpQG7uPjonQNiAr6rpUPODQs_ua5My4D2T3gM/s400/Erins+beads+after+storm+mosaic.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488923546271665314" border="0" /></a><br />Then I have promised myself, made a commitment to myself, because I need to find myself worthy of making a commitment to, to sit down after this has been done and to evaluate what direction I want to go in. To write a plan and stick to it, to learn to say 'no', to narrow my vision to excel in a few areas instead of trying to have so many plates spinning. I will only put on my plate (one plate) that which I find the most reward in. And at this point in the artistic side of my life I believe it to be in my bead work. I have always loved little treasures and I also love helping others to grow their creativity since being a Art counselor at my fathers summer camp so long ago. So I see this year ahead as being more dedicated to my making all the little treasures that lay in my designing book in my head and in my sketch book on paper into a reality with my Art Beads.<br /><div style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"><span style="margin-top: 0px;font-size:0.9em;" ><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yewenyi/353594319/"><br /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/yewenyi/"></a></span></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkHmOZrRh73Rh988HXf51MEUpJvMxVNnZK4KA4ww4wtjYApAvI7Ki4uTYcrVV3chA2jrA4zDtlM1C4KVwPZr4MvqpN7tUpLxWZX1L2NV1iDvbGyOUHSbhyzOzG6j8_O5zZxUdQEBx54rY/s1600/Erins+beads+platter+mosaic.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 81px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkHmOZrRh73Rh988HXf51MEUpJvMxVNnZK4KA4ww4wtjYApAvI7Ki4uTYcrVV3chA2jrA4zDtlM1C4KVwPZr4MvqpN7tUpLxWZX1L2NV1iDvbGyOUHSbhyzOzG6j8_O5zZxUdQEBx54rY/s400/Erins+beads+platter+mosaic.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488936155604176370" border="0" /></a><br />I have to tell you as I write this it is early morning of a crisp unusually beautiful Summers day. I am outside on my porch enjoying the peace and quite and the sounds of the birds singing, they too are enjoying this respite from the awful hot and humid weather we've had. I see Squirrels feeding in my backyard, baby Blue Jays being fed by their mamas, a wood thrush bopping around hoping to find a tasty bug. Our 'BIG bunny' who has just hopped out from the edge of the woods nibbles on grass and wild strawberries. A baby dove pecks in a flower planter as I listen to the bubbler on the small pond on my patio. Purple Finches singing to me from only 8 feet away on the feeder.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxmX_71N2_bnLFDhW7_Ipy1dVwzBgfGaUMQYnMJRdDuQxyRoFqXVniYQ203hRgkkM-ZRghdWRcYLwC-1ezwhk50iPnxXTT_enhUB-zOiUvUvBdgwXbywsmwfDG8ehPJDtGAQNGfWDUgjs/s1600/122.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 113px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxmX_71N2_bnLFDhW7_Ipy1dVwzBgfGaUMQYnMJRdDuQxyRoFqXVniYQ203hRgkkM-ZRghdWRcYLwC-1ezwhk50iPnxXTT_enhUB-zOiUvUvBdgwXbywsmwfDG8ehPJDtGAQNGfWDUgjs/s320/122.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488957621798779058" border="0" /></a><br />I am easily distracted these days to little joys like this, slowing down I guess from all the rush, learning to take time, no, <span style="font-style: italic;">make time</span> to STOP and smell the roses. Which reminds me........... the Rose Garden only a few miles away from me is in full bloom right now. I think I'll take a drive over there tomorrow evening when the dew starts falling and enhancing the heady fragrance.<br />This is a commitment I make to myself, and I'm sure that more bead inspiration from this will materialize.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi35YeP9fTTqqMZrpVCxp_atsiJtm151UCt9oKNK2s9C1uVPzDNMc-JoUUTMk-Q3TGaliChermFuSAAeJ92_Jrrc08oiVFzxanIwiTTz4vm-oitwRtUGCQW6Pdzae9km9jsCZOmxU3wVwQ/s1600/123.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi35YeP9fTTqqMZrpVCxp_atsiJtm151UCt9oKNK2s9C1uVPzDNMc-JoUUTMk-Q3TGaliChermFuSAAeJ92_Jrrc08oiVFzxanIwiTTz4vm-oitwRtUGCQW6Pdzae9km9jsCZOmxU3wVwQ/s320/123.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488958387678985090" border="0" /></a>This is another commitment I can cross off my list.<br />I will write you in more detail about it later.<br /></div><br /><br />Here is a pair of earrings I made recently <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGT2DGMKxzid_MJYPxG16YfsRBBF5mD6ijdji44buKvE1R0yJEFUOADQICm0bSaqI3a1L1T6Nt_zHRPY2X1ferSnlAxTyG6HSEAPvQMeGZhgwZN0Gj5ESxmWYEYimLWP971SIDuvSE0xY/s1600/Hawk+042.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 166px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGT2DGMKxzid_MJYPxG16YfsRBBF5mD6ijdji44buKvE1R0yJEFUOADQICm0bSaqI3a1L1T6Nt_zHRPY2X1ferSnlAxTyG6HSEAPvQMeGZhgwZN0Gj5ESxmWYEYimLWP971SIDuvSE0xY/s200/Hawk+042.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488901673104578258" border="0" /></a>and they will belong to the one whose name I draw on July 25th. Just leave a comment on this post to be entered into the drawing. Thanks for taking time to read!<br /><br /><br /><br />Have a JOY Filled and Creative Day!<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI0UQHK_DlkLYr1o7GLV0inJLJyeBb57wf79B14DW-DFDkHamLVqcposR3d8bR3yqYtIcurNMP5Ju16eQkxkGZlxxA-QJm4ja_evR2_ZSktbQl-aLAP_b_r20yslvXtr3f9cd1pdlz6R0/s1600/Kate.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 104px; height: 41px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI0UQHK_DlkLYr1o7GLV0inJLJyeBb57wf79B14DW-DFDkHamLVqcposR3d8bR3yqYtIcurNMP5Ju16eQkxkGZlxxA-QJm4ja_evR2_ZSktbQl-aLAP_b_r20yslvXtr3f9cd1pdlz6R0/s200/Kate.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488900817159211010" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">Photo mosaics are of completed commitments meant this past month. More about them later. :)</span><br /><br />007-290</span>Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07236419783040389455noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750835155980067436.post-17365172497047502612010-06-30T02:29:00.009-04:002010-06-30T15:23:42.346-04:00Bead Soup Giveaway Winner Revealed!Hi! For 'What's new Wednesday' we have the finale of the Super Bead Soup Swap II. Lori Anderson did a great job as did all the participants in taking someone else's ingredients and making them their own. Many had them stewing on the back burner for weeks, tweaking their recipes with a bit of this and a smattering of that, until the dish was finally done to perfection.<br /><br />I know I agonized over mine, using an opportunity to shop at a local Bead Show to find some extra ingredients to add, buying too much and only using a bit of all I got in the end, but I am pleased with the results and thankful to all you who stopped by to visit my blog and see my soup reveal and enter my giveaway.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYTVAvBk-k8P_qOi8DuZu3Y17YfcIHwteGoy5Z1aBlNLU5SEMakaCohBdkGCgWyTYXR58zEyd1qeQWiAvAmdiC0Me0y5Oa3QM0NsCTIrkLztl9v3QwgQ_-rO3A3qnXkt7iD2Bf-DTPJxA/s1600/002.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYTVAvBk-k8P_qOi8DuZu3Y17YfcIHwteGoy5Z1aBlNLU5SEMakaCohBdkGCgWyTYXR58zEyd1qeQWiAvAmdiC0Me0y5Oa3QM0NsCTIrkLztl9v3QwgQ_-rO3A3qnXkt7iD2Bf-DTPJxA/s320/002.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488461466717622338" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I wanted to have something special for this event and I discovered this book back a few months ago. I have also this year joined <a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://www.swaptree.com/">SwapTree</a> where you can trade your read and used books for those you want thus passing on to others and keeping them out of landfills, reducing your carbon footprint and saving money at the same time. The only cost is the shipping. But this particular book I knew I wanted to pass on to a fellow beader and what better than a giveaway for the Bead Soup II Swap?<br /><br />So my <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">First part of the prize</span> is the first Kitzi Camden Mystery by Barbara Burnett Smith Called <a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://www.amazon.com/Bead-Trouble-Kitzi-Camden-Mysteries/dp/1597226572/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1277881626&sr=1-1"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Bead on Trouble</span></a>. (There is a second in the series out you may want to look for called <a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://www.amazon.com/Beads-Doubt-Kitzi-Camden-Mysteries/dp/042521608X">Beads of Doubt</a>.)<br /><br />With a four and a half star rating at Amazon you can see that this book enthralled those who read it and made a review. I hadn't read a good mystery for awhile and this was a very comfortable and interesting read for me. Set in the summertime at an old Summer camp from the main characters childhood, the venue is a Beading retreat, something I think we all would love to do someday. What's at stake is a Big Beading contract any more than a few covet being awarded this big prize. Also intertwined is a lost love relationship with the brother of an old friend of Kitzi's and maybe new love interest as well. So if you can't get to your own beading retreat this year, you can live one vicariously through Kitzi. Check out your local library or find a copy here <a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://www.amazon.com/Bead-Trouble-Kitzi-Camden-Mysteries/dp/1597226572/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1277879634&sr=1-1">at Amazon.com</a> and have a perfect Beaders summer read where ever you are!<br /><br />The <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Second part of my prize</span> was a promised 1/2 cup of beads. Not that I'm not generous (ask any of my customers about the mini soups they get in with their purchases) but I thought 1/2 cup sounded more 'recipe like' than a cup. So don't hold me to that measurement I'm sure it will be more. A selection from some older hoards, some vintage even and some newer purchases from my recent bead shopping even! I don't have a picture because I want to tailor it to the winner.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVbwX9du3Up-l23MdYTW9T_hZTdEPQw3BjO2rWwCgySpa0jMvskAJZKOvMIvUn03mkmZCkqbMrEcFTamVHnRUsIRBiC5N-wrwRikJstcES62TlbexUr3BIFIsk6xCz4lxOEFaszqmKQFc/s1600/Bead+soup+giveaway+021.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVbwX9du3Up-l23MdYTW9T_hZTdEPQw3BjO2rWwCgySpa0jMvskAJZKOvMIvUn03mkmZCkqbMrEcFTamVHnRUsIRBiC5N-wrwRikJstcES62TlbexUr3BIFIsk6xCz4lxOEFaszqmKQFc/s320/Bead+soup+giveaway+021.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488648720023682258" border="0" /></a>And The<span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"> Third part</span> was a Mystery surprise in the theme of the Bead Mystery Book, and that is a necklace I've made just for the occasion. Did I mention that Kitzi teaches her own class at the retreat on how to make beads? The recipe for it is included in the book. I took my cue from this and did my own version using stamps from around the world in all shades of browns. Then I used this as a focal bead to make this one-of-a-kind necklace for my winner. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9oXXd7CYMLW_O9HtlgXziFurfBlYAtrBavvsIvVPRczgKUWcWiQmE4uleLqCePqCR7Xbo8RIa55Dmz24fe4sJ46vDGkvbqQohvZNO8dG6UTSloQcAC8oWiwE6tLx0pSnSJCaa7FAPR3E/s1600/Bead+soup+giveaway+072.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9oXXd7CYMLW_O9HtlgXziFurfBlYAtrBavvsIvVPRczgKUWcWiQmE4uleLqCePqCR7Xbo8RIa55Dmz24fe4sJ46vDGkvbqQohvZNO8dG6UTSloQcAC8oWiwE6tLx0pSnSJCaa7FAPR3E/s320/Bead+soup+giveaway+072.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488649450040034770" border="0" /></a>I choose neutral shades so it can go with anyone's wardrobe. I've used one of my new acquisitions, some of my very first silk hand sewn beading strings and some 'mystery' fiber I have been saving for just such a design. There are also Kukui nut beads (aka Candlenuts) that I brought back myself from Hawaii in the year of the Total Eclipse there (1991), some Copper coils and my own faux turquoise.<br /><br />So after gathering all the names and using the RNG I have a winner and her name is..............<br /><br />Elisabeth of <a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/beadsforbusygals?ref=seller_info">Beads for Busy Gals</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);">.</span> Here's her <a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://beadsforbusygals.blogspot.com/2010/06/bead-soup-revealed.html">blog post about her bead soup reveal</a> (which I missed and don't know how, I thought I got everyone!,)<br /><br />Congratulations Elisabeth! And thank you to everyone who participated, commented, tweeted, became a follower and made this party a blast! Dont' forget I have an ongoing giveaway each month with <a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://organicodysseys.blogspot.com/2010/06/mystery-monday.html">Mystery Monday</a> where the prize is something made tailored just for you!<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-size:78%;" >954</span>Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07236419783040389455noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750835155980067436.post-17449748716903788872010-06-28T13:08:00.007-04:002010-06-29T09:56:34.657-04:00Mystery Monday! Last one for JUNE!I'm sorry dear readers I thought this was posted already!<br /><br />Here is your photo of the week. I found it lurking in my Backyard.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxddRG9ULl4lrMlX-AVAUM48wNw1NV_n-flYMl5AGFxGEdsQ6vWSt25EXdyQkFfvhsDWPsfrpgx2SFhXgHtJyHlqrjpPT3pAfQINpvi_k9HfqfoAFjCGPxsGXCcPVV3HXibQ2H1xhRX3k/s1600/Hawk+128.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 173px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxddRG9ULl4lrMlX-AVAUM48wNw1NV_n-flYMl5AGFxGEdsQ6vWSt25EXdyQkFfvhsDWPsfrpgx2SFhXgHtJyHlqrjpPT3pAfQINpvi_k9HfqfoAFjCGPxsGXCcPVV3HXibQ2H1xhRX3k/s200/Hawk+128.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487874848230067090" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Have fun guessing. <a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://organicodysseys.blogspot.com/2010/04/mystery-monday-new-and-improved.html">Here are the rules</a> for a reminder or for those new at playing.<br />Remember you must<a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/07236419783040389455"><span style="font-style: italic;"> email me.</span></a><br /><br /><br />And don't forget about the Bead Soup + Mystery Bead Novel and Mystery surprise Giveaway I am having, only two days left to enter!. See <a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://organicodysseys.blogspot.com/2010/06/soups-on-giveaway-revealed.html">here</a> for details.<br /><br />And Erin Prais-Hintz is having her <a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://treasures-found.blogspot.com/2010/06/inspired-bypaper-crafting.html">Inspired by giveaway</a> (get your entry in by Wednesday) and also she is <a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://treasures-found.blogspot.com/2010/06/servin.html">giving away a pair of earrings from the Bead Soup party. </a><br /><br />Here is one of my entries for the 'Inspired by': Paper Crafting Challenge<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjYF17OzI4C8r7JGDylceW-0NnIj5d8X_jrJJQYey6zEBtnZR71C_i4aZoT2CzlqWP8cvxToyZX37e91ONaz3vFh2LdkIYyE58ruSGPUYjgJlxJUXx9CCyudlepcJUnfZSHOp-x9Iuy4Q/s1600/027.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 140px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjYF17OzI4C8r7JGDylceW-0NnIj5d8X_jrJJQYey6zEBtnZR71C_i4aZoT2CzlqWP8cvxToyZX37e91ONaz3vFh2LdkIYyE58ruSGPUYjgJlxJUXx9CCyudlepcJUnfZSHOp-x9Iuy4Q/s200/027.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487877135675767698" border="0" /></a><br />Bracelet or Necklace! <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOhRSWxP_ozYYLqASmit9JWwJkWWXnHa2Ykgc92D_inwlSlwOEyth7aG9nkBoL68NoScR78g9hoczTHPQTs80F3aZzjlukqinIfYx2Yi11ariWktYBCN_F9iLH-C0-I63hJkmhKVjJZ7A/s1600/045.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOhRSWxP_ozYYLqASmit9JWwJkWWXnHa2Ykgc92D_inwlSlwOEyth7aG9nkBoL68NoScR78g9hoczTHPQTs80F3aZzjlukqinIfYx2Yi11ariWktYBCN_F9iLH-C0-I63hJkmhKVjJZ7A/s200/045.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487877293556609298" border="0" /></a><br />(click for larger view)<br />Using a Scrap booking buckle covered in Polymer clay and embellished with a fresh baby Nasturtium leaf and an even tinier one. Also I've set it off on each side with a vintage (almost 70 year old) Indian coins that have holes which make them natural link components. I've been saving these for quite some time not knowing what to do with them and then the cut off selvedges of some linen begged not to be thrown away but used and that is what I did. Looping them through the links on the buckle and then tying them to each other. It is worn by wrapping around the wrist several times and clasps with the magnetic buckle. Or it can be worn with the fibers twisted and lays at about collar bone length. Thanks Erin for helping me with one of my UFP's! (unfinished projects) It all came together pretty well I'd say!<br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">891</span></span>Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07236419783040389455noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750835155980067436.post-1607913795604739252010-06-26T06:27:00.001-04:002010-06-26T06:27:00.069-04:00Last Day, EAT UP!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjkiwSeom13GVE-9vpxv2BtnHF9DIkIzG0F0weX7Aq4olSegLPKQlEMfmzefybgk-BdMoO9FlF58b5AG369VTntgAKLaSX8EOG0ymDLLgJDfp3ffaLPFZkM3ZfwfjYnmYGXKm-ronlFMs/s1600/Hawk+114.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjkiwSeom13GVE-9vpxv2BtnHF9DIkIzG0F0weX7Aq4olSegLPKQlEMfmzefybgk-BdMoO9FlF58b5AG369VTntgAKLaSX8EOG0ymDLLgJDfp3ffaLPFZkM3ZfwfjYnmYGXKm-ronlFMs/s200/Hawk+114.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486844701908824194" border="0" /></a><br />If you missed out on the Bead Soup Party this past week, you can still take a visit. Today is the last day, and the chefs for today are:<br /><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >85. Melissa, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://one-earedpig.blogspot.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >One-Eared Pig Beads</span></a><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >86. Rebecca, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://2sistersbeadwork.blogspot.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >2SistersBeadwork</span></a><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >87. Karyn, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://releasesbyrufydoof.blogspot.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Releases by Rufydoof</span></a><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >88. Denise,<span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);"> </span></span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://www.deniseyezbakmoore.blogspot.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Bling on the Blog</span></a><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >89. Doris, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://glaszwerg.blogspot.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Glaszwerg</span></a><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >90. Megan, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://megjustsaying.blogspot.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Churchy & Her Sailor</span></a><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >91. Jo, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://daisychaindesignsjewellery.blogspot.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Daisychain Designs</span></a><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >92. Jen, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://www.vanbeads.blogspot.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >VanBeads Jewelry and Design</span></a><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >93. Kristie, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://www.artisanclay.blogspot.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Artisan Clay</span></a><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >94. Jess, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://vintaj.com/wpblog/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Vintaj</span></a><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >95. Suzann, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://beadphoria.wordpress.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Beadphoria</span></a><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >96. Sharon, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://sharonsjewelrygarden.blogspot.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Sharon's Jewelry Garden</span></a><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >97. Michelle,<span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);"> </span></span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://bmichelledesigns.blogspot.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >bMichelle</span></a><br /><br />Go give them some love, they've had to wait all week to serve it up! :)<br /><br />Also don't forget about the Giveaways some of our chefs are having. I've been trying to list each one each day but I may have missed some. Here is<a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://organicodysseys.blogspot.com/2010/06/bead-soup-party-has-begun.html"> the main list of all the 'Chefs'</a> .<br /><br />Also there are four days left to enter my <a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://organicodysseys.blogspot.com/2010/06/soups-on-giveaway-revealed.html">GIVEAWAY</a> as well as 4 days left to make a Paper Crafting inspired piece of Jewelry for Erin Prais-Hintz's June Challenge of<span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);"> </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://treasures-found.blogspot.com/2010/06/inspired-bypaper-crafting.html">Inspired by Paper</a>. And don't forget the <a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://artbeadscene.blogspot.com/2010/06/june-monthly-challenge.html">June Challenge of Toulouse<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:inherit;">-Lautrec</span> at ABS. </a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-size:78%;" >786</span>Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07236419783040389455noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750835155980067436.post-62970761205606772172010-06-25T12:44:00.009-04:002010-06-25T14:03:40.320-04:00My Designing Muse Getaway at DeLoach Vineyards<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghMnl2NlGrepmQo5moPI2qMyQ0EY1UHRpU9jPnf5bg6SjIdWjb68VBqM8lfpzdDpAI76wtdczH1C1y7o5AXymjzUS2xOwuRqa6UICmNPQOtH1-TqEC9Q_4ZtPaGNSHhUBgYfjWubRXng8/s1600/OrganicGardeningLogo1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghMnl2NlGrepmQo5moPI2qMyQ0EY1UHRpU9jPnf5bg6SjIdWjb68VBqM8lfpzdDpAI76wtdczH1C1y7o5AXymjzUS2xOwuRqa6UICmNPQOtH1-TqEC9Q_4ZtPaGNSHhUBgYfjWubRXng8/s320/OrganicGardeningLogo1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486754690048270050" border="0" /></a>I think some of you know that my designing muse comes from the produce and flowers from Rodale Farms Institute. Rodale also has been a leader in Organic Farming literature in magazines and books for many, many, years and is well known for their Organic Gardening magazine. They are having a fantastic get away. Read about it below. And be sure to stop by todays Bead Soup revealers!<br /><br /><strong><span style="">72. Cindy, </span></strong><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://www.cindydolezaldesigns.blogspot.com/"><strong><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Cindy Dolezal Designs</span></strong></a><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" > </span>- Cindy made a fantastic necklace with an unexpected twist using a recycled piece of glass, totally cool!<br /><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >73. Valerie, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://www.hot-fused-glass.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Hot Art</span></a> - Valerie took some great enamel and copper pieces made by her partner Sharon Palac and turned it into a very striking art piece.<br /><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >74. Courtney, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://beadsbybreul.blogspot.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Beads by Breul</span></a> - Courtney made a luscious necklace with the ingredients that her partner Copper deim sent to her, it really is a work of art!<br /><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >75. Johanna, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://firephoenixcreations.blogspot.com/2010/06/bead-soup-blog-party.html"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Fire Phoenix Creations</span></a> - Johanna did a great job with the fantastic and unique fabric painted pendant focal that Kella her partner sent. She is even using it to auction off for a worthy cause, check it out.<br /><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >76. Shea, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://gr8findings.wordpress.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >gr8findings</span></a><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" > - </span>Shea made a great Slide Show to show off her three course meal. And it's a beauty, made with all kinds of great ingredients including her partners Polymer Clay beads!<br /><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >77. Julie, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://www.prycedesigns.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Pryce Designs</span></a> - Julie Had a focal similar to mine and she also manage to use all her beads in her piece!<br /><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >78. Jeannie, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://site.jkdjewelry.com/blog/2010/06/25/bead-soup-party-in-progress/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Jeannie's Blog</span></a> - Jeannie used only the beads she was sent and made a very cool earthy necklace. She has it up for grabs in a <span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);">GIVEAWAY</span> so be sure to stop by and enter.<br /><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >79. Patricia, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://www.verredesign.blogspot.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Verre Design</span></a> - Patricia made a fabu triple set of the soup ingredients she got which were very earthy and wonderful, I love the wirework she did pulling it all together, especially on the bracelet. She is also having a <span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);">GIVEAWAY</span> for another pair of earrings so hop on over!<br /><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >80. Christa, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://adventuresofwonebeadywoman.blogspot.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Adventures of One Beady Woman</span></a> - Christa cooked up two necklaces with her ingredients with the help of a bead show nearby and a wire working class!<br /><br />l<span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >81. Heather, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://aquariart-chocoholic.blogspot.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >My Muse</span></a> - Is a fellow Polymer Clay artist and send her wonderful beads to my friend EmandaJ who created a great neck piece from them. Emanda in turn had sent her some very exotic ingredients and I've been waiting to see what she would create with them. And she didn't disappoint! Beautiful bead work in a stunning necklace and a matching bracelet and earrings to boot! Just lovely!<br /><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >82. Susan, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://nightbeaderatlarge.blogspot.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Night Beader at Large</span></a> - Susan's soup isn't quite ready yet but stop back soon!<br /><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >83. Sonja, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://drachenei.blogspirit.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Drachenei</span></a> - Sonja made a lovely set with her ingredients, even taking a design element from Marie Dodd. She even gave away the bracelet as a Birthday present. Lovely.<br /><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >84. Jennifer, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://www.glassaddictions.blogspot.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Glass Addictions by Jennifer</span></a> - Jennifer's partner was none other than our hostess, Lori Anderson. She sent her a bag of ingredients that she isn't comfortable working with size and color wise so she was really challenged! But she met it terrifically with a great Victorian Steampunk design! She is also having a <span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);">GIVEAWAY</span> of a beautiful pair of earrings. So hurry and go take a look now!<br /><br />Don't forget to leave a comment on my <a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://organicodysseys.blogspot.com/2010/06/soups-on-giveaway-revealed.html">Wednesday Reveal post for my Giveaway! </a><br /><br /><p align="center"> <strong>DeLoach Vineyards Collaborates with <em>Organic Gardening</em> Magazine to Offer a Chance to Win a Weekend Getaway for Two at DeLoach’s Private Guesthouse in Sonoma’s Russian River Valle</strong>y</p> <p align="center"> <em>Celebrating DeLoach’s first harvest from its estate vineyard since receiving CCOF and Demeter Biodynamic® certifications for its farming practices</em></p> <p> <strong>Russian River Valley, CA</strong> – June 23, 2010: The 2010 harvest will mark DeLoach Vineyards’ 35<sup>th</sup> vintage in the Russian River Valley, and will be the first harvest from its estate vineyards since achieving certification for organic and Biodynamic® farming practices in 2008 and 2009, respectively. To celebrate this milestone and commitment to sustainable farming, DeLoach, in partnership with Rodale Inc.'s <em>Organic Gardening</em> magazine, is offering the chance to win a weekend getaway at the winery’s private guesthouse retreat. The sweepstakes runs now through November 9<sup>th</sup>, 2010. Consumers can enter to win (it is free to enter, and no purchase is required), and learn more about DeLoach and its commitment to sustainable winegrowing, at <a href="http://cts.vresp.com/c/?CharlesCommunication/e8ef568f93/a56bb780e4/18520d93ef" target="_blank">www.organicgardening.com/<wbr>sonomasweeps</a>. </p><br /><p> Free airfare for two, gourmet meals prepared by the DeLoach chef, and a VIP tour of the DeLoach winery and its highly-acclaimed portfolio of small-production, vineyard-designate wines are but accoutrements to the opportunity to learn about Biodynamic® winegrowing from one of the Russian River Valley’s pioneering producers of Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Zinfandel. Sweepstakes winners will arrive at DeLoach with perhaps an appreciation for wine and a need for a vacation, but will leave well-rested, well-fed, and with a greater understanding of responsible, sustainable farming methods and their effects on both the wine world and the environment as a whole. DeLoach is part of a small community of like-minded wineries that have made the commitment to seek Demeter certification for Biodynamic farming practices. Currently, there are just sixty-eight wineries and vineyards in the U.S. that have or are seeking Demeter Biodynamic® certification. </p><br /><p> A vital foundation of the Biodynamic® farming philosophy is to treat the vineyard as a living organism, self-contained and self-sustaining, responsible for creating and maintaining its individual health and vitality. In harmony with this fundamental principle, the DeLoach property boasts a half-acre garden first planted in 1995 (also certified organic and Biodynamic®), and supports a thriving, balanced eco-system: sheep and chicken reside beside the garden’s seemingly endless variety of fruits and vegetables, while a colony of honeybees pollinates the flowers and produces estate honey sold in the tasting room. The garden includes over 60 raised beds producing a collection of herbs, vegetables, edible flowers, and diverse plants intrinsic to Biodynamic® farming practices, and is an important contributor to the winery’s kitchen, nourishing guests, friends and winery employees. </p><br /><p> DeLoach’s garden, philosophical approach and partnership with <em>Organic Gardening</em> magazine touches an important vein among Americans today, who have progressed far beyond simply recognizing the benefits of buying and supporting locally-farmed, organic and/or Biodynamic® garden produce and are now looking to their own backyards as a potential and viable resource. Gardening in general is a pastime with little overhead and high return, allowing people to participate in a low-cost activity while simultaneously creating an enduring food resource, which can save money, gas, and perhaps future trips to the doctor. In 2009, 43 million U.S. households planned to grow their own fruits, vegetables, berries, and herbs, reporting their motivations stemmed from the desire to grow better-tasting, higher-quality food, save money, and satisfy an overwhelming desire to “get back to basics.” DeLoach’s efforts in farming and gardening appeal to this new “green generation” of educated, connected, and affluent consumers who have made a commitment to live a healthy and sustainable lifestyle.</p><br /><p> The 2010 harvest and weekend getaway sweepstakes signify DeLoach’s commitment to responsible farming, and solidify its role in educating consumers about responsible viticulture and business practices that are inherent to the health of the industry and the environment around us. The relationship with <em>Organic Gardening </em>unites it to a partner with a common cause – one of the leading voices espousing healthy, sustainable living from the garden to the table. Enter the sweepstakes and learn more at <a href="http://cts.vresp.com/c/?CharlesCommunication/e8ef568f93/a56bb780e4/44d6ef098e" target="_blank">www.organicgardening.com/<wbr>sonomasweeps</a>.</p> <p> </p> <p> <strong><u>About DeLoach Vineyards </u></strong></p> <p> DeLoach Vineyards has been a pioneering producer of Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Zinfandel in Sonoma’s Russian River Valley since 1975. DeLoach seeks to produce exceptional wines that spotlight the singular personality of the Russian River Valley, with its rare and bountiful convergence of the sea, the soil and the stars. The Boisset family of Burgundy purchased DeLoach in 2003, bringing the techniques and approaches of Burgundy to the Russian River Valley, which they believed to be California’s most expressive <em>terroir </em>for cultivating Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. Under Boisset, DeLoach has grown its small-lot vineyard designate wine program, converted to organic and Biodynamic® farming practices, and implemented traditional Burgundian winemaking techniques such as open-top wood fermentors, native yeast fermentations, and hand punch-downs. <em>Wine & Spirits </em>magazine named DeLoach Vineyards a <em>Top 100 Winery </em>for the tenth time in the winery’s history in 2009. Located at 1791 Olivet Road in Santa Rosa, the DeLoach Vineyards tasting room, picnic area and organic garden are open to the public daily from 10:00 am to 5:00 p.m. For more information, visit <a href="http://cts.vresp.com/c/?CharlesCommunication/e8ef568f93/a56bb780e4/6d83fd285c" target="_blank">www.deloachvineyards.com</a>. </p> <p> </p> <p> <strong><u>About <em>Organic Gardening</em></u></strong></p> <p> For 70 years, Rodale's<em> Organic Gardening</em>, the leading magazine resource for living a healthier, more environmentally conscious lifestyle, has been empowering its readers with the most trusted, eco-friendly news and information. With the mission to “work in harmony with nature,” its editorial landscape leads the charge toward a sustainable future, delivering the safest and most natural approach to health, home, food and garden. In 2009, the magazine experienced double-digit gains in ad sales, newsstand sales and total circulation, further reinforcing the power and growing vitality of the green movement. In 2010, <em>Organic Gardening </em>earned the #8 spot on <em>AdWeek</em>'s prestigious "Hot List: 10 Under 60."<br /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-size:78%;" >773</span><br /></p>Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07236419783040389455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750835155980067436.post-67707983431669313132010-06-23T06:30:00.002-04:002010-06-23T23:10:17.300-04:00SOUP's ON! & GIVEAWAY Revealed!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL1cdjcPX-JwQM1fPGf65yybohzyYfHJJDWvUYz5vB3eNZz_YfqVFr52VbNBXDooOmrZNzLKDcGLVd8QKtW3zSO-Ig1o3ynSnZ89vgYgJ8AY9e5XM6sZdB1ibFU1SK333eHbp715IH-AU/s1600/bead+swap+2+080.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 105px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL1cdjcPX-JwQM1fPGf65yybohzyYfHJJDWvUYz5vB3eNZz_YfqVFr52VbNBXDooOmrZNzLKDcGLVd8QKtW3zSO-Ig1o3ynSnZ89vgYgJ8AY9e5XM6sZdB1ibFU1SK333eHbp715IH-AU/s200/bead+swap+2+080.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485801508331668946" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">SOUP'S READY~!<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJXEjC7yqb0qxWbD4Ew0Kg2Qmg0AriDT476DAMZ1WzVGh9Ky9BWy_Z5DcBh-DouuGV9HDR1kWW6A3bDDuzeQ757ycyAJKZYbGLNVylzaVr7ZNjvTJ4Uf7XIpA4cld9AKBHHPDxOCQh6ac/s1600/bead+swap+2+099.JPG"><br /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVUx3iqEZiFnpfUY66Ox3iC9-HCYMqZPj-DqCcAdgys4vy7Ar2QiUN8UJ9Moa5gmV_q4_5ZLFBDq5faxpp7ophlgFU9OOKBzuaO1pzcBOraORe66zDYIpQb_OzEwNyuQUoSLg7lLHG0Go/s1600/bead+swap+2+099.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVUx3iqEZiFnpfUY66Ox3iC9-HCYMqZPj-DqCcAdgys4vy7Ar2QiUN8UJ9Moa5gmV_q4_5ZLFBDq5faxpp7ophlgFU9OOKBzuaO1pzcBOraORe66zDYIpQb_OzEwNyuQUoSLg7lLHG0Go/s200/bead+swap+2+099.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485777242505968338" border="0" /></a>Finally the day to serve up my Main course has arrived! I hope I whetted your appetite through the week with some sneak peeks and my mini reveal of the first course..............................<br />These earrings that were made with the leftovers from the ingredients sent by my Swap Partner <a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://melissameman.blogspot.com/">Melissa Meman</a>. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAeY_329EFOOSL2HeJpTyxG8wT8lwxKdUtR8cjx2A3qAmX9NWgkX8EUrx5ghg0Q6O959sMQN55PBYo1Wpkqk6FAuGqgum1sRL02XC0oxKK4knnbW0YOddVrqrNrBM2geiQP2wvLXE-V5Q/s1600/090.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAeY_329EFOOSL2HeJpTyxG8wT8lwxKdUtR8cjx2A3qAmX9NWgkX8EUrx5ghg0Q6O959sMQN55PBYo1Wpkqk6FAuGqgum1sRL02XC0oxKK4knnbW0YOddVrqrNrBM2geiQP2wvLXE-V5Q/s320/090.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485779759591109186" border="0" /></a>Part of what she sent were those great white freshwater stick pearls. I've always admired them but never tried them until now. I love how they are drilled through the center and not end to end which gives you a horizontal element instead of the usual vertical one. Those are what I focused on first when my soup ingredients arrived. --------><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJXEjC7yqb0qxWbD4Ew0Kg2Qmg0AriDT476DAMZ1WzVGh9Ky9BWy_Z5DcBh-DouuGV9HDR1kWW6A3bDDuzeQ757ycyAJKZYbGLNVylzaVr7ZNjvTJ4Uf7XIpA4cld9AKBHHPDxOCQh6ac/s1600/bead+swap+2+099.JPG"><br /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhshAuch_MRqNB5CRTsHj1lCl78NbphFIc_uKkGSmlVRI3a1ouYQOCF1UAznU5JsWIeVe-HsU3yw_9HLl4k7lYz8wE9tfo9kUVpfanoeTozn8aIvp2823kOAJ72rEVwHnZBk2CBNRy7g4c/s1600/bead+swap+2+078.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 168px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhshAuch_MRqNB5CRTsHj1lCl78NbphFIc_uKkGSmlVRI3a1ouYQOCF1UAznU5JsWIeVe-HsU3yw_9HLl4k7lYz8wE9tfo9kUVpfanoeTozn8aIvp2823kOAJ72rEVwHnZBk2CBNRy7g4c/s320/bead+swap+2+078.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485795895302260610" border="0" /></a>The focal is a <a href="http://www.limabeads.com/Porcelain-Jasper-Gemstone-Beads-C762">Porcelain Jasper</a> Pear drop which contains plum and mauve, something I've never worn, nor worked with. Then three rusty red jasper rounds. I have learned that Jasper, no matter what color (and it comes in so many) is a gemstone that helps with emotional stability and helps to ease stress. Perhaps I should have been carrying it around with me while trying to come up with the perfect 'recipe' for these ingredients because these colors sure stressed me out! I have never worked with these colors and put together ( the plum mauve and rusty red) I think I would have used a steel metal or gun metal with them, but Melissa choose Copper.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwpWQobfRDb2n5YYUvlxv-vReXVTQOn8KDr0ZGFVGheodwL9Ea7yJdYE2mZ4QHCTKWhYD6_5C2ovUHbiYNYP2lzkphV0oYbVqA5YxoahHAHv4ApPOGhjLZmSoc-zwHpXdeIMEiSI8cq2A/s1600/bead+swap+2+069.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 163px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwpWQobfRDb2n5YYUvlxv-vReXVTQOn8KDr0ZGFVGheodwL9Ea7yJdYE2mZ4QHCTKWhYD6_5C2ovUHbiYNYP2lzkphV0oYbVqA5YxoahHAHv4ApPOGhjLZmSoc-zwHpXdeIMEiSI8cq2A/s200/bead+swap+2+069.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485798346237046386" border="0" /></a><br />She made a beautiful clasp and toggle from copper wire and included two small copper bead caps. I could have mixed the wires together but I went with just the copper. Also included were three tiny purplish beads she didn't identify but some kind of stone, and she also made a torch fired enamel filigree bead that had the same deep mauvey plum color as the Focal.<br /><br />I was determined to work with this combo, but knew it had to have a 'bridge'. I took my soup with me to the Bead show last week and bought all kinds of things I thought I could use with what Melissa sent me. I gathered what I had from the bead show, added from my stash , this and that, fiddled with everything and my original idea for the focal with a bought copper filigree piece and a porcelain pendant fell through.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLnSeLtZn8wcPe838S5tyWbjlfO3vRDTJqzCuJaSGsJEMtOdmtoA7CON_3eAAyktRwFHOJbLO0YbJr7hV2enn5X0DvQQaYKgU17uNdzCsbknrxVJzbd3zy7pEBrqUPb3xczhTx2dbFxdg/s1600/bead+swap+2+049.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 159px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLnSeLtZn8wcPe838S5tyWbjlfO3vRDTJqzCuJaSGsJEMtOdmtoA7CON_3eAAyktRwFHOJbLO0YbJr7hV2enn5X0DvQQaYKgU17uNdzCsbknrxVJzbd3zy7pEBrqUPb3xczhTx2dbFxdg/s200/bead+swap+2+049.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485800658739088594" border="0" /></a> One by one I eliminated the beads and components I got to go with it and played with the copper chains I'd purchased. I could get nothing to work. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwRJSJx4MbaXKtxvOR5ftQ2QyzWuaxj9z9LDEYMlrahp4dKl37xKZNdx33YkNpmmeYeuZulMDyoFilnBSCTxU3PWU1qxB2GnBd1XMrZjRKBqXJw-Sz-QegBn1kwUpyIAtgL-ZWlUP9QbE/s1600/bead+swap+2+074.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 124px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwRJSJx4MbaXKtxvOR5ftQ2QyzWuaxj9z9LDEYMlrahp4dKl37xKZNdx33YkNpmmeYeuZulMDyoFilnBSCTxU3PWU1qxB2GnBd1XMrZjRKBqXJw-Sz-QegBn1kwUpyIAtgL-ZWlUP9QbE/s200/bead+swap+2+074.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485801944051548386" border="0" /></a>I didn't just want to do a simple wire wrap with the focal, it needed more. Then I remembered a bead 'cap' I made that was in my Bead Shop and tried it out. It was a bit too big and not the right color green but I quickly saw that's what I wanted. So I made a new one. I had wanted to use the green stone beads I'd gotten at the beads show, they looked like jade and the different shades I liked, so I made my leaf bead cap in a imitation jade from Polymer Clay.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7AEBxf844_1nfrAxv5tVIShJJ-k4TmFZF7pvE__ZPkbrkf8dYh4fByrD8K7VoDHfdeWXAbtDFJO5EFxakjh5bkWjojpA_KPYSgDDXrXe9LXz_1b2hZ86Jjgfa99HMRL3UInxzj5qBOHQ/s1600/bead+swap+2+067.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7AEBxf844_1nfrAxv5tVIShJJ-k4TmFZF7pvE__ZPkbrkf8dYh4fByrD8K7VoDHfdeWXAbtDFJO5EFxakjh5bkWjojpA_KPYSgDDXrXe9LXz_1b2hZ86Jjgfa99HMRL3UInxzj5qBOHQ/s200/bead+swap+2+067.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485802460297201074" border="0" /></a>Once this was done, it easily came together, I <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB84hB2sH2WuN8qo-pQUv4ZXdTWDDAVttLHqlTcvUjlZX_KvAKsuXNo9-p2Gdj_UnRW6M0p1VaJ1V8Q19d8__zHtTqouq7NkhM3hd2HTG7X_XF8Srq1sNWpc7x1kEd_N0Gb5r4FeGJwsI/s1600/bead+swap+2+066.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB84hB2sH2WuN8qo-pQUv4ZXdTWDDAVttLHqlTcvUjlZX_KvAKsuXNo9-p2Gdj_UnRW6M0p1VaJ1V8Q19d8__zHtTqouq7NkhM3hd2HTG7X_XF8Srq1sNWpc7x1kEd_N0Gb5r4FeGJwsI/s200/bead+swap+2+066.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485802706114992514" border="0" /></a>wanted to do a variety of chains and I used four different ones I had. I also wanted a asymmetrical design with the stick pearls on one side and the red/orange jasper on the other.<br /><br />I taught myself lots of new techniques with this one and tried some new designing ways that I will use more in the future. I also threw out the window that the metal I used had to match. I used antiqued and bright and shiny copper in this one.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1eZkfMugznbUNgg8mVMuz-kyx_2sW29C4ht7oN9sobqaAfrAi4x3rqxF9qnWR2zjJ8vzZ6OGttKaWa0s0jU1oZwtjjczeZYEEp2tZSiv51gkaZiY0eyOCW7TShg5kjseflfCXrSp3nBA/s1600/bead+swap+2+040.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1eZkfMugznbUNgg8mVMuz-kyx_2sW29C4ht7oN9sobqaAfrAi4x3rqxF9qnWR2zjJ8vzZ6OGttKaWa0s0jU1oZwtjjczeZYEEp2tZSiv51gkaZiY0eyOCW7TShg5kjseflfCXrSp3nBA/s320/bead+swap+2+040.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485829870135184210" border="0" /></a><br />Here are the ingredients I added to what Melissa sent me:<br /><br />6 Antiqued copper leaf bead caps to wrap the red Jasper beads<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqOVs3UdC3rmlwmnV3rzjxlRpObw2PvMFYc5cICVyEJOHjx-fYdkOnjJdAkXb_stMlHvi4Tl-Sx5gIEelRmJ5x8m5osGAvNnicJyfOMcmFmKgPasxbC661rd0C_PJ_Zl36l7rlAfDbRj8/s1600/bead+swap+2+034.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 209px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqOVs3UdC3rmlwmnV3rzjxlRpObw2PvMFYc5cICVyEJOHjx-fYdkOnjJdAkXb_stMlHvi4Tl-Sx5gIEelRmJ5x8m5osGAvNnicJyfOMcmFmKgPasxbC661rd0C_PJ_Zl36l7rlAfDbRj8/s320/bead+swap+2+034.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485841096307771426" border="0" /></a><br />8 round and flat white fresh water pearls<br />1 Green stone ring wired for a connector<br />5 Amethyst nuggets<br />3 Assorted green Jade beads<br />4 triple ring twist copper spacers<br />4 copper beads, 2 melon 2 smooth<br />4 copper crimp covers<br />2 purple glass leaves<br />1 Faux Jade Lariat Bead Cap<br />4 styles of copper chain and links, smooth, twisted and flat<br />Beadalon Satin copper Wire<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeBhN41rinMlIPnaHdndUfdDssG4Rr7ok4lPnmlTAJ_6vA2gNZyNojCjj0OSoA8jUxO0xD-fVKEbz8VQjzch61A4GKuO2pnYUkBmsUwcrpoFNNGZSWUoImmsEbRiYFdfFt9hc_dKOl11U/s1600/bead+swap+2+045.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeBhN41rinMlIPnaHdndUfdDssG4Rr7ok4lPnmlTAJ_6vA2gNZyNojCjj0OSoA8jUxO0xD-fVKEbz8VQjzch61A4GKuO2pnYUkBmsUwcrpoFNNGZSWUoImmsEbRiYFdfFt9hc_dKOl11U/s200/bead+swap+2+045.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485832036511802354" border="0" /></a>I used every single thing Melissa sent me except for one of the tiny purple stone beads. I think I did pretty good using all the components in one piece (the earrings only used the stick pearls but four of them are in the necklace). Tell me how do you think I did? It is long but I wanted it to hang mid chest so the focal swings freely, it has nice natural movement from the three copper chains I have freshwater pearls hanging from.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqTu9ezeDMp8zqoFmQAED9i15Ea5Mn43sNavRvZ9Q4SJ7OPGcLeCQ5qnKNzTGEmYzkSX7RQqcmi_SKmFAilbiPr0UcMp9YdpNxTuGU2RhjjQD0AqBE5oH2PY9OgxeCF9Kadn1YpjEU2_M/s1600/bead+swap+2+100.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqTu9ezeDMp8zqoFmQAED9i15Ea5Mn43sNavRvZ9Q4SJ7OPGcLeCQ5qnKNzTGEmYzkSX7RQqcmi_SKmFAilbiPr0UcMp9YdpNxTuGU2RhjjQD0AqBE5oH2PY9OgxeCF9Kadn1YpjEU2_M/s320/bead+swap+2+100.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485809272987716994" border="0" /></a>I'd like to thank<span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);"> </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://lorianderson.blogspot.com/">Lori Anderson of Pretty Things</a> for hosting another great Bead Swap! And to my partner Melissa Meman for giving me the opportunity to really stretch my design wings with this challenge!<br /><br />And now for the promised <span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">GIVEAWAY</span>! I've been holding onto this for just such a special occasion. If you are a regular follower of my blog you know that I hold a monthly giveaway called Mystery Monday where I post a piece of a photo and let you guess what it is. Winner gets a specially made for them custom gift. This is posted every Monday so if you aren't a follower be sure to stop by! But for this giveaway I've been wanting to share a great novel I bought and read recently. It is about what we all love .............BEADING!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPSr9UKcJKJZpS-KqIjGoW7JEcbxOIBzr0qbIpxtaiMctdV77M44uSLYg68UcFjYwUAPqc6gT8BShodpGyZFHCtgyKPyIl1SPgPY4vPbxJ2XfzIjzUPCy8ocuBFl33b7A1Ml0Zy45DMM8/s1600/bead+swap+2+001.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPSr9UKcJKJZpS-KqIjGoW7JEcbxOIBzr0qbIpxtaiMctdV77M44uSLYg68UcFjYwUAPqc6gT8BShodpGyZFHCtgyKPyIl1SPgPY4vPbxJ2XfzIjzUPCy8ocuBFl33b7A1Ml0Zy45DMM8/s200/bead+swap+2+001.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485834025233067106" border="0" /></a> It is a mystery novel for those who like that and about a beading retreat. I found it very intriguing and got to sleep very late one night finishing it off! So if you are looking for that perfect novel to take with you on vacation, or anywhere you can't have your beads with you, this is it! It happens to be a giant print for those of you with more mature eyes, and also for younger eyes that have been strained by seed beading all day! :) And that's not all, I have made a special bead for this giveaway, that relates to the novel with my own twist.<br />You will also, in honor of the Bead SOUP swap be receiving a 1/2 cup of mixed beads, findings and components. And a secret surprise!<br /><br />To participate you need only to leave me a comment on my Bead Swap menu.<br /><br />To get another entry, become a follower (if you are already please leave a separate comment anyway)<br /><br />For TWO more entries blog about this giveaway, or Tweet it or put it on Facebook. Please leave a comment for each that you do so my count will be easy!<br /><br />For another entry, share the love and host your own giveaway, comment with URL by Next Tuesday.<br /><br />Drawing will be held and winner announced Next Wednesday June 30th.<br /><br />Now please take time to visit the others participants that are revealing their Swap creations today (my swap partner Melissa will be revealing what she did with the beads I sent her today too!).<br /><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >48. Nan,<span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);"> </span></span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://spiritrattles.blogspot.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Spirit Rattles</span></a> -I went back to visit Nan's blog and found she is having a great giveaway of a cup of beads. Make sure to visit and comment on her reveal thread.<br /><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >49. Amy, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://copperdiem.blogspot.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Copper Diem</span></a> - Amy just started her blog so she could join in on the party. It's a lovely blog and lovely Bead Soup creation!<br /><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >50. Malin, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://beadingbymalindekoning.blogspot.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Beading by Malin de Koning</span></a> - Malin made three stunning designs with her soup! Three courses! and more to come!<br /><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >51. Anne, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://gardannelife.blogspot.com/2010/06/bead-soup-reveal.html"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Gardanne Glass Lampwork</span></a> - Anne has beautiful Hydrangeas and also made a fabulous two course menu with her stunning beads from Lisa of Lucid Moon<br /><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >52. Alice, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://www.alicesbeadsandbaubles.blogspot.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Alice's Beads and Baubles</span></a><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >53. Barbara, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://secondsurf.blogspot.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Second Surf</span></a> - Barbara made two main dishes, one cool and one warm, both delicious! She is also having a great <span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204); font-weight: bold;">GIVEAWAY</span> so make sure to stop by.<br /><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >54. Amanda, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://www.amandadavie.typepad.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Articulations</span></a> - Amanda made three stunning colorful and fun pieces that beg to be touched and examined closely! She is also hosting a <a href="http://www.amandadavie.com/my_weblog/2010/06/giveaway-time-.html"><span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);">GIVEAWAY at this post</span></a> for some great components.<br /><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >55. Heather, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://www.humblebeads.blogspot.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Humble Beads</span></a> - Heather out did herself with many dishes (4!) with all the artisan clay beads she received. <br /><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >56. Melissa, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://melissameman.blogspot.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Melissa Meman, Art, Life, Love</span></a> (My Partner) - Melissa met the challenge of a very large dicronic glass leaf pendant I sent her in the soup. She made a fabulous entree with it and it is now served! I love what she did and how we both got to really stretch ourselves in this cook-off! :)<br /><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >57. Kate, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://organicodysseys.blogspot.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Organic Odysseys</span></a> - YOU ARE HERE! :) Hope you like what you see, don't forget my <span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);">GIVEAWAY</span><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >58. Patti,<span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);"> </span></span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://www.pjclarkdesigns.blogspot.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >PJ Clark Designs</span></a> - Patti made a beautiful summery necklace and a hot Summer bracelet with her soup! Check it out.<br /><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >59. Stefanie, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://stefaniessammelsurium.blogspot.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Stefanie's Sammelsurium</span></a> - Stefanie did a wonderful, fun and fresh main dish with her soup and it's just gorgeous!<br /><br /><br />Thanks for sticking it out to the end! :)<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-size:78%;" >471</span>Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07236419783040389455noreply@blogger.com59tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750835155980067436.post-58512935326613396232010-06-22T05:29:00.006-04:002010-06-22T21:29:18.385-04:00Featured on PCD, Bead Soup still being served! Great Book Deals! and More Giveaways!I've been so busy working on some bead projects for a special order as well as working on my Bead Soup project that I haven't been able to keep up on my emails or blog followings. So it came as a surprise to me to find out that some of my new Spring Beads from my recently renamed Bead Shop, <a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/HeARTofEdenBeads">Heart of Eden Beads</a>, were featured on the Ultimate Polymer Clay blog, Cynthia Tinapples:<span style="font-weight: bold;"> Polymer Clay Daily</span>. You can see the article Garden Inspirations from........ <a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://polymerclaydaily.com/2010/06/18/garden-inspirations-from-clawson/">Here</a>. This is the third time that I've been featured on Cynthia's blog and each time is a sweet new surprise and honor. Thanks Cynthia! I think we all need a Fresh Start, and this feature has helped me to feel even more motivated to create new beads!<br /><br />Now today's Chef's for the Bead Soup Reveal are:<br /><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >37. Filomena,<span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);"> </span></span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://www.pinkvelvetbird.blogspot.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Pink Velvet Bird</span></a>- Check out the VEGAN piece Filomena made from her bead soup.<br /><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >38. Lyn, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://www.lynfoley.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Lyn Foley</span></a> - Lyn (click on blog at top right) Made a wonderful earthy piece with copper and turquoise, and even sold it before the reveal! Congrats Lyn!<br /><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >39. Tari, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://www.pearlandpebble.blogspot.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Pearl and Pebble</span></a> - Tari had a fabulous focal to work with from <a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://www.whitneylassini.com/blog/?p=287">Whitney Lassini</a> and turned it into a more fabulous focal with her wonderfully textured necklace, a must see! She is also offering a Surprise<a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://pearlandpebble.blogspot.com/2010/06/real-reveal.html"> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">GIVEAWAY</span></a> too!<br /><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >40. Rebecca, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://www.songbeads.blogspot.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Song Beads</span></a> - Rebecca was the partner to Nikki who made some very cool pieces with her soup . Rebecca didn't disappoint either and made a fabulous necklace and bracelet. You also must stop by to see her <a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://songbeads.blogspot.com/2010/06/giveaway.html"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">GIVEAWAY</span> </a>of a great Beading book!<br /><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >41. Regina, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://reginaswritings.blogspot.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Regina's Writings</span></a> - Regina uses beautiful pearls in her design to add to the soup that Miss Fickle Media sent her and her soup is really cookin! Love it. She is also having a <a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://reginaswritings.blogspot.com/2010/06/now-it-is-my-turn.html">GIVEAWAY</a><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> </span>for a fab pair of earrings.<br /><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >42. Nancy, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://www.therabbitmuse.blogspot.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >The Rabbit Muse</span></a> - Did a fabulous necklace with Herringbone wire weaving (something I have on my 'to try' list) and some great beads. It has a 'galaxy' feel to it, very modern and ancient at the same time.<br /><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >43. Whitney,<span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);"> </span></span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://blog.whitneylassini.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Whitney Lassini</span></a> - Whitney made a stunning necklace with a down to earth organic feel that can be worn again and again.<br /><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >44. Maria, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://mariagrimes.blogspot.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Garden Path Beads</span></a> - Maria Grimes made the most luscious summer soup with her ingredient, and sweet too! Take a look, summer's here and soups on!<br /><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >45. Michelle, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://www.beadalotta.blogspot.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Life in the Bead Lane</span></a> - Michelle made a huge summer statement with her soup, check it out! Necklace and earrings with the promise of a bracelet to come.<br /><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >46. Ann, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://mycriticaleye.squarespace.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >My Critical Eye</span></a> - Ann made a very interesting seed bead bail for a large stone donut that really sets her piece off.<br /><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >47. Lisa, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://lucidmoonstudio.blogspot.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Lucid Moon Studio</span></a> - Lisa made a stunning set with beads in her favorite colors. Wonderful texture and materials, a must see. She is also having a great <a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://lucidmoonstudio.blogspot.com/2010/06/party-giveaway-and-sale.html">GIVEAWAY</a> of a cool ocean bracelet and a gift certificate to her new Supply shop<a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/lucidmoonsupplies"> Lucid Moon Supplies</a> at etsy.<br /><br /><br />She won't be making her reveal until Saturday, but in case I forget Denise Yezbak Moore is having a monster GIVEAWAY, over 7 POUNDS of beads. You've got to check it out <a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://deniseyezbakmoore.blogspot.com/2010/06/best-bead-give-way-ever.html?showComment=1277249006946_AIe9_BET4TkolRGhagmTT2HARn1Gxd51TmGreSE-BfWQJ6dWQznf-oNgHbu7CGyX4wYmkgSQn_f0kcP-Or3kBKFb05_i4PpULVMMWzlwqeqL1wPu_Ln5SyFeCfUF050wUbz_5uokvQ8PzQ3FfVmzuxw9n_fkkG-qr3zc9aTIzwYJFIGQBWApfKDbTfxSr1W9SO-7W0VGrVvCG1ZPB1YmCmNelCj7vo2TqjYF6GHw79UYJiEzE3YlUiRUgfcXIPycUhOv8Uk0G6K_#c6328467243907933674"><span style="font-weight: bold;">HERE</span>.</a><br />Another peek at my soup through the steam........................<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3Nfz8IdBaDkIBKNr3ucexttWDRq0NAHjuGC6PdGbKz6mmzokyJxL0hwAqyUnaYcU1wC5Z0vpGMb6dUglE65YlB1cXnbZT8X0327AZ3kcykjbUcVz5FDd-UsdsbvoGKZpb3YiBdeodDnc/s1600/bead+swap+2+045.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 154px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3Nfz8IdBaDkIBKNr3ucexttWDRq0NAHjuGC6PdGbKz6mmzokyJxL0hwAqyUnaYcU1wC5Z0vpGMb6dUglE65YlB1cXnbZT8X0327AZ3kcykjbUcVz5FDd-UsdsbvoGKZpb3YiBdeodDnc/s200/bead+swap+2+045.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485381428297417986" border="0" /></a><br />And for those who can never get enough of learning in your craft or maybe branching out to learn about another facet of it, <a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://www.interweavestore.com/Hurt-Book-Sale.html">Interweave books is having a 'Hurt books' Sale,</a> going on now. There are 63 different books on Jewelry and Beading as well as other categories. Most are half price, so get while the gettings good!<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-size:78%;" >430</span>Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07236419783040389455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750835155980067436.post-54566042174727664562010-06-21T18:33:00.006-04:002010-06-21T19:29:52.027-04:00Beads, Beads and More Beads! Plus 3 giveaways!I'm hoping you have had a chance to join in the party, the Bead Soap Swap reveal party that is. Today is the third day of the revealing and there's much more to see.<br /><br />Here are today's Stars:<br /><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >27. Lisa,<span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);"> </span></span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://alterityart.blogspot.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Alterity</span></a> - Lisa made a fabulous necklace that almost makes you hear the ocean. She is also having a <span style="font-weight: bold;">GIVEAWAY</span> of a beautiful pair of earrings too so make sure you stop by.<br /><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >28. Dale, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://www.meisterdalediane.blogspot.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Dales' Flights of Fancy</span></a> - Dale had the fun of discovering what to do with a hole-less focal bead (and she didn't wirewrap it) check out her intriguing creation.<br /><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >29. Melanie, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://kookiedesigns.blogspot.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Kookie Designs</span></a> - Melanie was blessed with a ladle full of wonderful porcelain componants from Nancy of Round Rabbit which she turned into an intriguing blended creation. For those in the PC world it has a Skinner Blend look to it, but with beads!<br /><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >30. Christine, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://www.ahotpieceofglass.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >A Hot Piece of Glass</span></a> - Christine got two necklaces from her Bead Soup ingredients. She made a fabulous Art piece focal with the component sent by her partner, a work of art on it's own. A must see.<br /><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >31. Nancy, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://npbeading.blogspot.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Beading From the Heart</span></a> - Nancy is a seed beader so this was a challenge for her but she met it beautifully with a very special design.<br /><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >32. Laurel, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://www.laurelsteven.blogspot.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Rue's Daftique</span></a> - Laurel got some great components from Marie Dodd (Lucky Laurel!) and when I saw them I couldn't wait to see these two styles merge and I wasn't disappointed. You must see what Laurel made, it is fantastic!<br /><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >33. Sandi, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://dobedobeaddo.blogspot.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Do Be Do Bead Do</span></a> - Sandi has posted her finished piece and promises better pictures tomorrow, I can't wait to see a close-up of the focal, the whole piece looks very exotic!<br /><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >34. Nicki, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://nickisreef.blogspot.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Nicki's Reef</span></a>- Nicki was given literally over a <a href="http://nickisreef.blogspot.com/2010/05/gazpacho-for-dinner.html">100 beads and components</a> from her bead swap partner Rebecca, in two colorways, one cool, one warm. Nicki was overwhelmed but went at it like a trooper. She stewed for days and asked for any tips from other beaders as to what to do with them. She went way out of her comfort zone and created some fantastic pieces. You must go and see each component and read about how she did it. She even made a ring! Great Going with your Gazpacho Nicki!<br /><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >35. Virginie, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://vivibijoux.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >ViviBijoux</span></a> - Virginie from Ireland joined us this time and just started a blog. She has not been much for making necklaces but stretched herself to make a yummy necklace and earrings with little silk bows! She is also having her first every <span style="font-weight: bold;">GIVEAWAY</span>, so be sure to stop by, it's a beautiful necklace with a wonderful lampwork bead.<br /><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >36. Janeen, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://wildvanilla.wordpress.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Wild Vanilla</span></a> - Janeen was given three focals from her partner and finally focused in on one, took a design idea from Susan Lenart Kazmer and her stunning Bead Soap necklace was born. It's a stunner, industrial, steampunk, modern, edgy, with a touch of the southwest and more! She also made a great bracelet for a <span style="font-weight: bold;">GIVEAWAY</span> so be sure to stop by and view her great creation and enter the giveaway!<br /><br /><br />And another teaser for my reveal coming up on Wednesday<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH5qPT1_uB2InM2Sy7uUO19zKoRiklVBC4_YWYyQEwwZciBZ01hmECIhvJU4Gl2TuFhDGrNHPE6Tr0o-Hw1eFswezVlHNR7LhFrK_MX9j4AyzYMVnzvFp34yaU1a2Ha-vA0D-VziviN-Y/s1600/bead+swap+2+099.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH5qPT1_uB2InM2Sy7uUO19zKoRiklVBC4_YWYyQEwwZciBZ01hmECIhvJU4Gl2TuFhDGrNHPE6Tr0o-Hw1eFswezVlHNR7LhFrK_MX9j4AyzYMVnzvFp34yaU1a2Ha-vA0D-VziviN-Y/s320/bead+swap+2+099.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485371237747918722" border="0" /></a><br />See post below for my weekly Giveaway for a special prize made just for you!<br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">392</span></span>Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07236419783040389455noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750835155980067436.post-48464349204662308152010-06-21T06:12:00.005-04:002010-06-21T18:23:47.644-04:00Mystery Monday June 21st<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikitMoL8HYYMjgZgVbkH9p1ES61Zj4gB5vKP5HGikyF13tcMblU3MGF4pCEWdnB0kk0GyGlnGZb_3QirbVJJLY3Nr2DIgFlgzQeiiJetNUIAem7Hy0KE9_wblIPzzpApBdRXjj4BvA_Kc/s1600/afternoon+sun+on+dining+floor+004.JPG"><br /></a><br />Ready for another round? Here's an interesting one for you. Rock, Paper, Scissors?<br />Bigger or smaller than a breadbox?<br />Ancient?<br />Modern?<br />Both?<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikitMoL8HYYMjgZgVbkH9p1ES61Zj4gB5vKP5HGikyF13tcMblU3MGF4pCEWdnB0kk0GyGlnGZb_3QirbVJJLY3Nr2DIgFlgzQeiiJetNUIAem7Hy0KE9_wblIPzzpApBdRXjj4BvA_Kc/s1600/afternoon+sun+on+dining+floor+004.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 172px; height: 141px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikitMoL8HYYMjgZgVbkH9p1ES61Zj4gB5vKP5HGikyF13tcMblU3MGF4pCEWdnB0kk0GyGlnGZb_3QirbVJJLY3Nr2DIgFlgzQeiiJetNUIAem7Hy0KE9_wblIPzzpApBdRXjj4BvA_Kc/s400/afternoon+sun+on+dining+floor+004.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485169005008649922" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Have fun guessing. <a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://organicodysseys.blogspot.com/2010/04/mystery-monday-new-and-improved.html">Here are the rules</a> for a reminder or for those new at playing.<br />Remember you must<a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/07236419783040389455"><span style="font-style: italic;"> email me.</span></a><br /><br />Don't forget the Bead Soap Swap reveal is now going on. See my post from yesterday to get a list of the days for each participants reveal date. Mine is Wednesday and I am also having a giveaway just for this event, separate from Mystery Monday. Many of the other Swap participants are having giveaways too so be sure to check them all out!<br /><br />Happy Guessing!<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-size:78%;" >350</span>Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07236419783040389455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750835155980067436.post-9033846316009744682010-06-20T18:22:00.006-04:002010-06-20T19:02:27.727-04:00Bead Soup Party has begun!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtVlmTyvwnrZ4btO5a3LQSUeXg4G2J-aVQk3cOMUjuG6tHfprXyUTIUCinWi5DOXzQ0uShigDGWpIRe4EkP-6R9K7kmMliYa3k-9w2hRO0p44oqjRftXppv15RMkE6mKIKhWdLBSoMXeU/s1600/bead+swap+2+009.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 185px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtVlmTyvwnrZ4btO5a3LQSUeXg4G2J-aVQk3cOMUjuG6tHfprXyUTIUCinWi5DOXzQ0uShigDGWpIRe4EkP-6R9K7kmMliYa3k-9w2hRO0p44oqjRftXppv15RMkE6mKIKhWdLBSoMXeU/s320/bead+swap+2+009.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484995028093510770" border="0" /></a><br />In case you missed it, yesterday was the beginning of the Bead Soup Party Swap hosted by Lori Anderson of<span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);"> </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://www.lorianderson.blogspot.com/">Pretty things</a> who really out did herself with this undertaking! Thanks Lori for all your hard work!<br /><br />Here's the line up and schedule of each days participant reveal. I'm sorry I don't have anything to show you just yet but that little bit above, but hopefully by Wednesday (my reveal date) I will have my piece completed, so please come back. And for now take a visit of the first two days of beading blogs, you will love the beauties I've discovered! And Don't forget about my Giveaway which I will post with my Bead soup on Wednesday, see the bottom of this post for details!<br /><br /><div align="center"><strong><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Saturday, June 19th -- blogs 1-13<br /><br /></span></strong></div><div align="center"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >1. Lori,<span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);"> </span></span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://www.prettythingsblog.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Pretty Things</span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="">2. Lorelei, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://lorelei1141.blogspot.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Lorelei1141</span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="">3. Norma, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://moonlitfantaseas.blogspot.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Moonlit Fantaseas</span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="">4. Beth, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://www.ebbeadandmetalworks.blogspot.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >EB Bead and Metalworks</span></a></div><div align="center"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >5. Katie, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://katiebead.blogspot.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >KatieBead</span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="">6. Kimberly, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://www.bahamadawn.blogspot.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Bahama Dawn</span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="">7. Debbie, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://www.prairieemporium.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Prairie Emporium</span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="">8. Lisa, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://lisaliddy.wordpress.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Joolz by Lisa</span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="">9. Kate, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://www.tropicalblonde.blogspot.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Tropical Blonde</span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="">10. Janet, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://janet-singingwoods.blogspot.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Singing Woods</span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="">11. Julianna, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://julsbeads.blogspot.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Juls Beads</span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >12. Erin, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://treasures-found.blogspot.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Treasures Found</span></a><br /><br /><br /><strong><span style="">Sunday, June 20th -- blogs 14-26</span></strong><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >14. Jen, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://jenjuddrocks.blogspot.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Jen Judd Rocks</span></a><span style=""> </span><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >15. Kella, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://mebutalittlebitmoreindepth.blogspot.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Me But a Little More In Depth</span></a><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >16. Emanda, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://www.artemisiastudio.blogspot.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Artemisia Studio</span></a><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >17. Marie, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://skyejewels.blogspot.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Skye Jewels</span></a><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >18. Loretta, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://www.designsbyloretta.blogspot.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Designs By Loretta</span></a><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >19. Stacy, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://sissyandjacks.blogspot.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Sissy and Jack's</span></a><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >20. Joanna, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://filcowe.blogspot.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Filcowe</span></a><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >21. Diane, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://dianehawkey.blogspot.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Diane Hawkey</span></a><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >22. Marianna, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://stargirlshop.blogspot.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Pretty Shiny Things</span></a><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >23. Anna, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://thelaughingraven.blogspot.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >The Laughing Raven</span></a><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >24. Marcie,<span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);"> </span></span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://labellajoya.blogspot.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >La Bella Joya</span></a><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >25. Lois, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://loismoon.blogspot.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Que Onda Q'town?</span></a><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >26. Jayne, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://mamasgottodoodle.blogspot.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Mama's Got To Doodle</span></a><br /><br /><strong><span style="">Monday, June 21st -- blogs 27-36</span></strong><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >27. Lisa,<span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);"> </span></span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://alterityart.blogspot.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Alterity</span></a><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >28. Dale, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://www.meisterdalediane.blogspot.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Dales' Flights of Fancy</span></a><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >29. Melanie, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://kookiedesigns.blogspot.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Kookie Designs</span></a><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >30. Christine, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://www.ahotpieceofglass.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >A Hot Piece of Glass</span></a><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >31. Nancy, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://npbeading.blogspot.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Beading From the Heart</span></a><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >32. Laurel, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://www.laurelsteven.blogspot.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Rue's Daftique</span></a><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >33. Sandi, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://dobedobeaddo.blogspot.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Do Be Do Bead Do</span></a><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >34. Nicki, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://nickisreef.blogspot.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Nicki's Reef</span></a><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >35. Virginie, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://vivibijoux.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >ViviBijoux</span></a><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >36. Janeen, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://wildvanilla.wordpress.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Wild Vanilla</span></a><br /><br /><strong><span style="">Tuesday, June 22nd -- blogs 37-47</span></strong><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" ><br /><br />37. Filomena,<span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);"> </span></span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://www.pinkvelvetbird.blogspot.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Pink Velvet Bird</span></a><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >38. Lyn, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://www.lynfoley.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Lyn Foley</span></a><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >39. Tari, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://www.pearlandpebble.blogspot.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Pearl and Pebble</span></a><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >40. Rebecca, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://www.songbeads.blogspot.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Song Beads</span></a><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >41. Regina, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://reginaswritings.blogspot.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Regina's Writings</span></a><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >42. Nancy, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://www.therabbitmuse.blogspot.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >The Rabbit Muse</span></a><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >43. Whitney,<span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);"> </span></span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://blog.whitneylassini.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Whitney Lassini</span></a><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >44. Maria, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://mariagrimes.blogspot.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Garden Path Beads</span></a><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >45. Michelle, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://www.beadalotta.blogspot.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Life in the Bead Lane</span></a><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >46. Ann, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://mycriticaleye.squarespace.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >My Critical Eye</span></a><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >47. Lisa, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://lucidmoonstudio.blogspot.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Lucid Moon Studio</span></a><br /><br /><strong><span style="">Wednesday, June 23rd -- blogs 48-59</span></strong><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >48. Nan,<span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);"> </span></span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://spiritrattles.blogspot.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Spirit Rattles</span></a><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >49. Amy, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://copperdiem.blogspot.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Copper Diem</span></a><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >50. Malin, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://beadingbymalindekoning.blogspot.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Beading by Malin de Koning</span></a><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >51. Anne, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://gardannelife.blogspot.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Gardanne Glass Lampwork</span></a><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >52. Alice, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://www.alicesbeadsandbaubles.blogspot.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Alice's Beads and Baubles</span></a><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >53. Barbara, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://secondsurf.blogspot.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Second Surf</span></a><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >54. Amanda, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://www.amandadavie.typepad.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Articulations</span></a><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >55. Heather, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://www.humblebeads.blogspot.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Humble Beads</span></a><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >56. Melissa, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://melissameman.blogspot.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Melissa Meman, Art, Life, Love</span></a> (My Partner)<br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >57. Kate, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://organicodysseys.blogspot.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Organic Odysseys</span></a><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >58. Patti,<span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);"> </span></span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://www.pjclarkdesigns.blogspot.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >PJ Clark Designs</span></a><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >59. Stefanie, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://stefaniessammelsurium.blogspot.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Stefanie's Sammelsurium</span></a><br /><br /><strong><span style="">Thursday, June 24th -- blogs 60-71</span></strong><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >60. Carol, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://www.carolbradleydesigns.blogspot.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Carol Bradley Designs</span></a><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >61. Wanda, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://needlewings.blogspot.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >A Frayed of Fibers</span></a><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >62. Diana, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://www.vintagebluestudio.typepad.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Vintage Blue Studio</span></a><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >63. Marieke,<span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);"> </span></span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://weblog.mariekuniek.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Marieke's Blog</span></a><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >64. KJ, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://www.silverparrotdesigns.blogspot.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Silver Parrot</span></a><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >65. Maire, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://www.mairedodd.blogspot.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Maire Dodd</span></a><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >66. Shannon, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://missficklemediacom.blogspot.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Miss Fickle Media</span></a><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >67. Dana, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://danasjewelrydesign.blogspot.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Dana's Jewelry Designs</span></a><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >68. Charlene, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://thebeaddreamer.com/blog/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >The Bead Dreamer</span></a><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >69. Elisabeth, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://www.beadsforbusygals.blogspot.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Beads for Busy Gals</span></a><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >70. Cathryn, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://chilecats.blogspot.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Chile Cats</span></a><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >71. Missy,<span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);"> </span></span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://missyrappaport.blogspot.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Melissa Rappaport</span></a><br /><br /><strong><span style="">Friday, June 25th -- blogs 72-84</span></strong><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" ></span><br /><strong><span style="">72. Cindy, </span></strong><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://www.cindydolezaldesigns.blogspot.com/"><strong><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Cindy Dolezal Designs</span></strong></a><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" > </span><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >73. Valerie, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://www.hot-fused-glass.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Hot Art</span></a><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >74. Courtney, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://beadsbybreul.blogspot.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Beads by Breul</span></a><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >75. Johanna, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://firephoenixcreations.blogspot.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Fire Phoenix Creations</span></a><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >76. Shea, </span><a href="http://gr8findings.wordpress.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >gr8findings</span></a><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >77. Julie, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://www.prycedesigns.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Pryce Designs</span></a><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >78. Jeannie, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://site.jkdjewelry.com/blog/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Jeannie's Blog</span></a><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >79. Patricia, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://www.verredesign.blogspot.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Verre Design</span></a><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >80. Christa, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://adventuresofwonebeadywoman.blogspot.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Adventures of One Beady Woman</span></a><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >81. Heather, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://aquariart-chocoholic.blogspot.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >My Muse</span></a><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >82. Susan, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://nightbeaderatlarge.blogspot.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Night Beader at Large</span></a><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >83. Sonja, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://drachenei.blogspirit.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Drachenei</span></a><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >84. Jennifer, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://www.glassaddictions.blogspot.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Glass Addictions by Jennifer</span></a><br /><br /><strong><span style="">Saturday, June 26th -- blogs 85-97</span></strong><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >85. Melissa, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://one-earedpig.blogspot.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >One-Eared Pig Beads</span></a><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >86. Rebecca, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://2sistersbeadwork.blogspot.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >2SistersBeadwork</span></a><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >87. Karyn, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://releasesbyrufydoof.blogspot.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Releases by Rufydoof</span></a><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >88. Denise,<span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);"> </span></span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://www.deniseyezbakmoore.blogspot.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Bling on the Blog</span></a><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >89. Doris, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://glaszwerg.blogspot.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Glaszwerg</span></a><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >90. Megan, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://megjustsaying.blogspot.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Churchy & Her Sailor</span></a><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >91. Jo, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://daisychaindesignsjewellery.blogspot.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Daisychain Designs</span></a><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >92. Jen, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://www.vanbeads.blogspot.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >VanBeads Jewelry and Design</span></a><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >93. Kristie, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://www.artisanclay.blogspot.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Artisan Clay</span></a><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >94. Jess, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://vintaj.com/wpblog/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Vintaj</span></a><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >95. Suzann, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://beadphoria.wordpress.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Beadphoria</span></a><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >96. Sharon, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://sharonsjewelrygarden.blogspot.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Sharon's Jewelry Garden</span></a><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >97. Michelle,<span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);"> </span></span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://bmichelledesigns.blogspot.com/"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >bMichelle</span></a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-size:100%;" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Next Wednesday I will be premiering my Bead Soup Swap design. This is a long week of partying many blogs to visit, so to entice more of you to come see my ' Main Dish' I am having a little giveaway.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">A half a cup of Beads and a recipe for making beads and a Bead Mystery novel! How's that for an incentive? All you have to do is visit my blog and view my 'dish' from the Bead Soup Swap and make a comment, any comment will do and your name will go into a drawing for all the prizes.</span></span><br /><div style="text-align: left; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="font-size:78%;">13317<br /></span></div></div>Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07236419783040389455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750835155980067436.post-18361663625066847482010-06-16T05:09:00.010-04:002010-06-16T05:47:33.071-04:00What's New Wednesday<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDflWkgICR0S_FKu3M55W7sUj5W6f9f0kYb2R-r9sjjh-VhQz-4yZvCV38YVCIF43xvuAdTRTUDQIvjz_ejBoyDxKsih1cyiHFcnR9RkWlEuApfiR9PWi_LH_I7cjitB9HNtV9c5Jm-hI/s1600/004.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDflWkgICR0S_FKu3M55W7sUj5W6f9f0kYb2R-r9sjjh-VhQz-4yZvCV38YVCIF43xvuAdTRTUDQIvjz_ejBoyDxKsih1cyiHFcnR9RkWlEuApfiR9PWi_LH_I7cjitB9HNtV9c5Jm-hI/s320/004.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483297040407173858" border="0" /></a><br />Remember me telling you about the Richard Shilling Land Art challenge that Emanda J had on her blog last month? You can read about it here and see my entry.<br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);"><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://organicodysseys.blogspot.com/2010/05/artemisias-richard-shilling-challenge.html">Artemesia's Richard Shilling Challenge</a><br /><br /></span></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;">Well this is the special gift that Emanda made and I got just a few days ago~! It is a perfect size to take with me Sketchbook. On it she made a cool sticker with Richards May Day Totem which I used to make a bracelet echoing his organic leaf and twig totem. And even on the spine she has placed a smaller version of the totem and 'Kate's Notebook'. I absolutely love it and will take it with me everywhere. As I told her I have many large sized ones (and they are heavy too) and a very small one that you really can't do much in, but this is the perfect size! Thank you again <a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://artemisiastudio.blogspot.com/2010/05/landart-bracelet-challenge.html">Emanda</a>!<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Richard was</span></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-size:100%;" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> thrilled with seeing my entry and even blogged about it here Richard Shilling Land Art Blog</span> <a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://jrlandart.blogspot.com/2010/06/how-cool-land-art-jewellery.html">How Cool! Land Art Jewelry!</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Then I received another package in the mail,<br />I </span></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-size:100%;" ><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgl7tC_-WIHfPmjdI6_7ONMTaKhfeYOLBa1l60uaSG0IlrkOQ_yc5-O5VY_lxz0zGtUgqwxxDx_ha9HyLfAD8tgzFy-vcbw1d0jxEi7tdmZZO12cA8xwOvndOaRZ9730qvlNQUPyu1lFo/s1600/015.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgl7tC_-WIHfPmjdI6_7ONMTaKhfeYOLBa1l60uaSG0IlrkOQ_yc5-O5VY_lxz0zGtUgqwxxDx_ha9HyLfAD8tgzFy-vcbw1d0jxEi7tdmZZO12cA8xwOvndOaRZ9730qvlNQUPyu1lFo/s320/015.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483297211772411858" border="0" /></a></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-size:100%;" > <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Didn't remember ordering anything but when I saw the name on the return label I remembered. A few months ago I won a giveaway on</span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://lisaoram.com/?p=534"> Lisa Orams blog</a>. <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Lisa and I had talked back and forth and we decided she would make me a few crocheted bead pieces. Well this is what I got in the mail, four lovely and long strands that I am having fun deciding what to do with. I have lots of ideas floating around, and am sure to get to it as soon as I get my Bead Soup Swap piece done. Thanks so much Lisa for your generous gift. I will be sure to post it here when I make my final decision!</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">And more about another giveaway. Next Wednesday I will be premiering my Bead Soup Swap design. This is a long week of partying many blogs to visit, so to entice more of you to come see my ' Main Dish' I am having a little giveaway.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">A half a cup of Beads and a recipe for making beads and a Bead Mystery novel! How's that for an incentive? All you have to do is visit my blog and view my 'dish' from the Bead Soup Swap and make a comment, any comment will do and your name will go into a drawing for all the prizes.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">So make sure to come back next Wednesday to see what's new. I have been having fun playing with</span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://melissameman.blogspot.com/"> Melissa Memans</a> <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">soup ingredients she sent me (and congratulations again Melissa for winning the</span> <a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://artbeadscene.blogspot.com/2010/06/designer-of-week-melissa-meman.html">Designer of the week at ABS!</a> ) <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">and adding what I got at the bead show and some things I had on hand. I've played around with a few designs and now I think I've got a 'bead' on where it's going. Stay tuned, I may be able to post a sneak peek by the weekend!<br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"> 763</span></span></span><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-size:100%;" ><br /><br /></span>Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07236419783040389455noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750835155980067436.post-83612310698235322382010-06-14T15:29:00.003-04:002010-06-14T15:33:38.267-04:00Mystery Monday June 14thJust a tiny picture this week, see if you can guess what it is. A Masterpiece of sorts, but not like last weeks. :)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwDD0vY-0wchVTz17XaHqHl1qqkpCdX381LV3Zbb8qb_Nq5mxPV7T_NpAYA_-gFGY2ok2NZGC_ATw1Hlrhm_j4D0pk8b1D5pH_WnRzPVrO-DGA1h9NgKXdOf2FRd7HXGvypbMvG1ycbpg/s1600/chal_s.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 183px; height: 63px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwDD0vY-0wchVTz17XaHqHl1qqkpCdX381LV3Zbb8qb_Nq5mxPV7T_NpAYA_-gFGY2ok2NZGC_ATw1Hlrhm_j4D0pk8b1D5pH_WnRzPVrO-DGA1h9NgKXdOf2FRd7HXGvypbMvG1ycbpg/s400/chal_s.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482714454768593506" border="0" /></a><br />Rules can be found <a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://organicodysseys.blogspot.com/2010/04/mystery-monday-new-and-improved.html">here</a>.<br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-size:78%;" >716</span>Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07236419783040389455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750835155980067436.post-666345119499443702010-06-09T15:14:00.018-04:002010-06-09T18:46:12.059-04:00What's New? Beads, Beads and more Beads!<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/HeARTofEdenBeads"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 53px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiafCJZimhYp581v-y_U2J53We4QtYI-nf25lD6gQNIOF11qQb11k9viworQ2F_bLoE97RfNNRWQpCEM33jSRLGRjFZD3_zHHf5guvjzU3xsYARlCBdtRgA6Nlft4lwAPxdIGAYBWu2oX8/s400/Heart+of+Eden+beads+banner.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480907548899976082" border="0" /></a> ~Designer Beads from the Heart of the Garden ~<br /></div><br /><br />I have re-opened my Bead Shop with a new name. We now go by <a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/HeARTofEdenBeads">Heart of Eden Beads</a>. Since my inspiration comes mostly from the garden and some from the earth I thought that a fitting name.<br /><br />I have been busy working on many bead projects as well as some commissions that I will share with you shortly, but also managed to get some new Spring beads in the shop for it's Grand RE-opening.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKvoZSum5wcJ7Wytn4C8aNv6ACUOtSIJ9ZKoYx-mc71j1Mnht3hZF4_ZE_m-1LbUHliZfrVsnGRJiiyZdS7ESZ3pqGxNsqlP-YEERC410Ov3fgdXXnbe6GwuWjylk-070EluW7TvdDAgY/s1600/dragonfly+purple+bead+4.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 146px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKvoZSum5wcJ7Wytn4C8aNv6ACUOtSIJ9ZKoYx-mc71j1Mnht3hZF4_ZE_m-1LbUHliZfrVsnGRJiiyZdS7ESZ3pqGxNsqlP-YEERC410Ov3fgdXXnbe6GwuWjylk-070EluW7TvdDAgY/s200/dragonfly+purple+bead+4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480856414283273314" border="0" /></a>Here are a few of the new beads I've been making. I got outdoors early this year and started hunting for fresh inspiration<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj2S92Xzx3yiSHdVm40tRdwxGlUXp5JyoCnFp1BOUVI1dubtICK4FWzH5OhwArA2_eBTHiC4JDaWt37IXDvjVfqzd6c4FJwZR2UE77wE8OptAsUC3BxTZwWJn8mIor-7TgNoyCfHPzsfQ/s1600/Triple+birch+leaves+4.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 170px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj2S92Xzx3yiSHdVm40tRdwxGlUXp5JyoCnFp1BOUVI1dubtICK4FWzH5OhwArA2_eBTHiC4JDaWt37IXDvjVfqzd6c4FJwZR2UE77wE8OptAsUC3BxTZwWJn8mIor-7TgNoyCfHPzsfQ/s200/Triple+birch+leaves+4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480856839262872994" border="0" /></a> as things were just starting to bud. I picked tiny twigs with itty bitty buds just starting to form, some lily of the valleys which I found a whole crop growing in my woods I never knew were there before! Also some Lovely lilacs<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPa5HMXsPHX5ccex1f53Jcoab2W533ZrSFeIaB3ZDRIrwREa5VzK-BIu_WNMgFVJ4bYnbTd4csiTfO1063Ak18-alwWualNGWicSEoD5mnnUJ_HPOqDQKJOiNFmIpa5DxytR4wYlwnC2E/s1600/Purple+bud+2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 151px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPa5HMXsPHX5ccex1f53Jcoab2W533ZrSFeIaB3ZDRIrwREa5VzK-BIu_WNMgFVJ4bYnbTd4csiTfO1063Ak18-alwWualNGWicSEoD5mnnUJ_HPOqDQKJOiNFmIpa5DxytR4wYlwnC2E/s200/Purple+bud+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480857388727087874" border="0" /></a> which I painstakingly removed each flower and arranged them on a sheet of clay to make my mold from. Bits of grass and tiny leaves emerging that I used to make an assortment of spring beads.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWW_u1NKav0dEmYC7rnSpJ9p5jc2eWNXha8PVtXTrhZkRJJJP3-pfSCZ3bpsqrxS0MpAZYLXSk6O2OOxMuL77e7_ES5R7ox1BQOZ7VKpG0Zf6a_JuIcOCCH94qYvKIYTUzJfWo62lH2Gk/s1600/Daisy+focal+3.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWW_u1NKav0dEmYC7rnSpJ9p5jc2eWNXha8PVtXTrhZkRJJJP3-pfSCZ3bpsqrxS0MpAZYLXSk6O2OOxMuL77e7_ES5R7ox1BQOZ7VKpG0Zf6a_JuIcOCCH94qYvKIYTUzJfWo62lH2Gk/s200/Daisy+focal+3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480857914025372546" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOq7p_w6WUKCfioTlttvlC4f1eyIHwATky2NJ07nv2DAoZewqboMdGxbsZ4jNarXiOvZdjOc9Kvb-APaxhWp1yaqAzTbGwpSIXLUofYgZEA7H0OBq9Cpy_xoDqy_oEt5xlrOsE_8sOBYQ/s1600/Budding+sprout+3.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 142px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOq7p_w6WUKCfioTlttvlC4f1eyIHwATky2NJ07nv2DAoZewqboMdGxbsZ4jNarXiOvZdjOc9Kvb-APaxhWp1yaqAzTbGwpSIXLUofYgZEA7H0OBq9Cpy_xoDqy_oEt5xlrOsE_8sOBYQ/s200/Budding+sprout+3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480858472333547202" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I also branched out and used a color I mixed that has never been in my palette before. It is a combination of magenta and violet but makes a great undertone for my painting and glazes. So here are a few to look at and you can check others out in my shop (before they get all gone!)<br /><br /><br /><br />Now, I have been working on my bead soup necklace, from <a href="http://lorianderson.blogspot.com/2010/04/bead-soup-blog-party-is-here.html"><span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);">Lori Anderson's second Bead Soup</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);">Swap. </span> </a>I received my beads from my partner Melissa and<a href="http://organicodysseys.blogspot.com/2010/06/whats-new-bead-soup-ingredients.html"><span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);"> posted them</span> </a>for you to see last Wednesday. But realized this was really a challenging palette. Way out of my comfort range, and nothing I had could I see working with it. But as we are all blessed with a bit of serendipity a few times in our life, I happened to just find out that there was going to be a bead show in my very backyard this past weekend. Now I would have loved to go to Milwaukee where all the big happenings are, but with my bad back and problems with travel that wasn't doable but this sure was!<br /><br />So I packaged up my 'ingredients' and off I went to the show to see what I could find. I set a budget for myself and spent twice as much and still hardly made a dent in taking home the offerings but I did manage to not only procure some really cool finds but also to pretty much add to my ingredients into what I think will make a fabulous recipe of success!<br /><br />So I'd like to share with you some of my finds but I won't tell you what I chose to go in my soup! You'll have to wait until June 23 for my reveal (we are now being grouped into specific days of that week for our revealing because there are so many participants and Wednesday two weeks from now will be my reveal). So without further ado, let your eyes go bead shopping!<br /><br />Some of the many strands of Pearls I got, I especially love the ones that look like green peas!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhisyiezVjhkne4d2_hM4XcZx7eIb4AK_btUZUyW77iXcNo9v_XGuYagusu_6ukBpF3ceZUuFjIFV0zTfTHWlGoB0c4mwSO8_EtA2ZBZi-_4quYBtOj3mXs59ZnNsxx2d393a51rCF8X9c/s1600/Pearls.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 109px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhisyiezVjhkne4d2_hM4XcZx7eIb4AK_btUZUyW77iXcNo9v_XGuYagusu_6ukBpF3ceZUuFjIFV0zTfTHWlGoB0c4mwSO8_EtA2ZBZi-_4quYBtOj3mXs59ZnNsxx2d393a51rCF8X9c/s400/Pearls.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480901774314787554" border="0" /></a><br />Some great copper and Brass metals and beads<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9pOtnxz4yevRupdEyY4p_tsfZkMs1kyayHCCCa_uVJiiq6U8aZgS7zaE_12fecueivMyxgy0swNWoA3PmYYUPAS4PAoVLyJHUO8HmJk-plGsbm0FSi__JfghAMVD9FCaMTskQHVnZjR4/s1600/copper+from+bead+show.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 98px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9pOtnxz4yevRupdEyY4p_tsfZkMs1kyayHCCCa_uVJiiq6U8aZgS7zaE_12fecueivMyxgy0swNWoA3PmYYUPAS4PAoVLyJHUO8HmJk-plGsbm0FSi__JfghAMVD9FCaMTskQHVnZjR4/s400/copper+from+bead+show.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480904147080860290" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> Some great Silks and Ceramics (Porcelain pieces)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJq9iGAMTZ5MyqInosNjuO76F9qslR_vevh3LOrRbTIw599Vx4ygwU14bHZbCGM0SE-vsKu8OsD8MN_BXHzTXpGgpgArADzBkOrL66qMsv_jHVD6wPb-2BjWanl9oxiEhsokqJlnnRwQ0/s1600/Silks+and+ceramics+from+bead+show.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 102px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJq9iGAMTZ5MyqInosNjuO76F9qslR_vevh3LOrRbTIw599Vx4ygwU14bHZbCGM0SE-vsKu8OsD8MN_BXHzTXpGgpgArADzBkOrL66qMsv_jHVD6wPb-2BjWanl9oxiEhsokqJlnnRwQ0/s400/Silks+and+ceramics+from+bead+show.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480905588854025346" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />And something I got just for me, this beautiful Aqua Terra Jasper. I couldn't resist both the string of beads and a matching pendant.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAp7_W4SJ3jVh0NtiR98SjZJsZDgjQF8_2Mo4po-a1QRz-s6V0NCD6W7a1GJlj4pYy8CWSHNYpD3IHEjalKpldVm8Qmvm0B_rSVXDwGfBQofRqQ-Uq1CEwyoY3l0K-9gEdf08JOBbrKjE/s1600/Bead+Show+4.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAp7_W4SJ3jVh0NtiR98SjZJsZDgjQF8_2Mo4po-a1QRz-s6V0NCD6W7a1GJlj4pYy8CWSHNYpD3IHEjalKpldVm8Qmvm0B_rSVXDwGfBQofRqQ-Uq1CEwyoY3l0K-9gEdf08JOBbrKjE/s400/Bead+Show+4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480906495069936978" border="0" /></a>Can't wait to get busy making some cool pieces with these!<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-size:78%;" >622</span>Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07236419783040389455noreply@blogger.com0