Princess Bubbles Creates

I am enjoying this bead journal so much!  It is getting close to finished but there are still more beads to be added.  It would be great to get this finished before the end of November so that I can get a jump start on December. I am linking with http://ninamariesayre.blogspot.ca/ http://francenadeau.com/blog/

If you can't figure out your purpose, figure out your passion.  For your passion will lead you right into your purpose.  I like this quote but honestly sometimes I struggle with knowing my purpose.  I know my passion is creating.  Creating is a huge benefit to me.  I am not so sure that is always a benefit to others though and purpose involves benefiting others in mind.  I had fun creating this page.  I used watercolor pencils, watercolor crayons, H2o watercolors and Inktense pencils.  I also got out some old supplies I haven't used in a long time.  My embossing markers and embossing powder to add emphasis to the words purpose and passion.

Over the years I have created a number of crazy quilt Christmas ornaments.  I usually did them in multiples so that I could give some to friends.  Last spring I bumped into a friend who has a few of these ornaments.  She was telling me how special they are to her and every Christmas she hangs them and they remind her of our special friendship.  Wow!  That meant a lot to me. I have been wanting to create some ornaments for my children.  I have saved a green and white striped shirt from my Dad and a red blouse from my Mom.  I picked out a piece of Christmas fabric and some trim to go with them.  I think this is a kind of cool way to honour my parents.  I hope the kids like them! I am linking with http://needleandthreadnetwork.blogspot.ca/

Life has been busy and I haven't had a chance to participate in Take a Stitch Tuesday for a couple of weeks.  Truth be told, if I had really liked the last few stitches I would have made time to try them again.  Life has slowed down a little this week.  I felt the Chained Barred Stitch worked well with this piece.  I couched down some lovely ribbon.  I have a huge stash of funky yarns that could have been used but I liked the look of the ribbon.  I started stitching with some plain cotton that was already threaded into a needle.  When it ran out I was upset with myself for taking the easy road, using an already threaded needle. I didn't remember the specific thread and therefore couldn't match it.  Then I thought so what!  Use another color of thread.  Good grief, a pretty simple solution really. Thanks to Sharon B at  Pintangle  for running Take a Stitch Tuesday.

These six inch monthly challenges for our guild are quite fun.  November our two colors are green and yellow.  I really enjoy going through my stash of experiments to find the right colors.  Using bits and pieces makes for some interesting combinations.  Working in the six inch square format is pretty fast too. My base is wool roving applied to fabric and then a paper heart has been added with hand embroidery.  I added a little yellow shell button for further interest. The challenge for December is red and yellow.  I already have my base picked out.  I want to get a head start on it since it is such a busy time of year. I am linking with http://ninamariesayre.blogspot.ca/ http://francenadeau.com/blog/

If you don't like something, change it.  If you can't change it, change your attitude.  Maya Angelou  Pretty good advice really.  There are plenty of things that we can change and plenty of things we cannot change.  I find when I can keep a good attitude life is a lot better. I had a lot of fun creating a doodle with black permanent ink and then filling in the doodle with watercolor.  It is very relaxing to just fill in with color.

I am still working on my little silk book.  I wasn't thrilled with the dragonfly I stitched on the last page so the book sat not being stitched for a while.  I am not one to give up permanently on a project though.  I am back at it with my hand dyed silk thread and butterfly motif this time.  Silk thread on silk fabric feels so luscious! I am linking with http://needleandthreadnetwork.blogspot.ca/ http://www.supermomnocape.com/vintage-embroidery-monday-stitchery-link-party-83/