Princess Bubbles Creates

I will be doing four circular bead journals this year.  This is the first.  I included a vintage earring on this one and hope to include something vintage on the next three.  These bead journals will be going into the center of my crazy quilt projects for corresponding months.  They are not actually crazy quilts per se but vintage blocks I inherited.  This is the first time I have planned to include my bead journal into another project.

I am very pleased to say that this image been accepted into the show Flash.  It is ever so exciting that someone else likes me work well enough to include it in a show. I am linking with http://www.shinethedivinecreativityisaspiritualpractice.com/ and http://macromonday2.blogspot.ca/

The top photo show my bead journal where it will end up on my crazy quilt project.  I have place some beads on it to see if I like the way they look.  I took them off and stitched down some of them.  Bottom photos shows them stitched down and more placed on for further consideration.  It is coming along, I just need to take the next step.

I have added a lot of stitching to the seams so far.  It is getting close to finished.  I am pondering what I should do on the edge of these colorful fabrics.  Any suggestions?  The center will be my bead journal for the month.  I haven't made a lot of progress on that so far. I am linking with http://needleandthreadnetwork.blogspot.ca/

Technically this isn't fabric but paper.  I printed a kaleidoscope on it and then I added some beading and machine and hand stitching.  It will work well in my book.  It feels good to make some more progress.

Ah!  Bright and cheerful color does my soul good at this time of year.   This is a macro shot of an interesting glass ball.  I am linking with http://www.shinethedivinecreativityisaspiritualpractice.com/ and http://macromonday2.blogspot.ca/

I added machine stitching to the background.  I also added some lovely metallic threads to the wings.  Unfortunately, the stitching is kind of difficult to see.  I pushed myself out of my comfort zone with these wings and I am really glad that I did. I am wondering if pushing myself out of my comfort zone is going to theme for this year!  Today I listened to an interview with Vikki Pignatelli  http://www.vikkipignatelli.com/   It was quite inspiring.  It is the second program I listened to this week that was inspiring and challenging!