Princess Bubbles Creates

When I joined the bead journal project a couple of years ago it was because I wanted to bead like Robin.  She is so talented.  I quickly realized that I wasn't likely to ever bead/stitch like that.  I felt inadequate and made apologies for that.  This year I decided that I would not feel badly about the way that I do things.  I would take this project and do my own thing and feel good about it.  It has freed me up to think about beads in a different way.  So this month my 'beads' are clock gears and watch face.  Of course I had to include some regular beads as well! The top photo is the whole piece.  Unfortunately I could not get the color right.  The bottom picture is a close up of the beading.  The color in the image is closer to correct.

I am excited to work on this photo for the March bead journal project.  To recap, I ordered some calendars last year.  They featured my rust photos.  I was extremely disappointed with calendars and didn't feel that I could give them as gifts as I had intended.  The printer did not do a good job with the color.  So I decided to make lemonade with my lemons.  I really do hate to waste!  I figured I could bead onto these photos and I am pleased with the results so far.  For March I am using the photo/calendar page above.  I am using beads and something a little different.  Hopefully I will be able to post the finished project tomorrow.

I am working away at using up the paper scraps I bought on the weekend.  On this journal page I used up a few.  I just need to find a quote to letter in the blank spaces.  Or maybe I could do some zentangles in those spaces.  hmm

The top picture is the lovely new knitting fibre I bought this weekend and some hologram thread.  My favorite colors!  Usually I would use a plain thread so that the couching stitch is not noticeable.  But why not use some glitz.  This piece definitely needed glitz!  The background is a needle felted piece I started a while ago.  It definitely needs more stitching and probably some beads. Thanks to Sharon B at http://www.pintangle.com/journal/

http://www.dickblick.com/lesson-plans/grade-level/9-12/ Above is a link to some clever art ideas.  You certainly don't have to be an art teacher to enjoy these ideas!  There are more than a few I can't wait to try.  

Yesterday was a great day!  I got to go to the bag sale at the Japanese Paper store in Toronto.  I went with a new friend and it was so lovely to get to know her better.  We shopped and had a delicious lunch and then shopped some more.  I have sorted my pile of paper scraps into piles.  Cool tones, warm tones and then neutrals.  I can't to play with them.  I think I will do some paper weaving with the skinny strips.  I also want to adhere some to fabric and then add stitch.  Fun times!

Last week I found these yummy silk threads on clearance!  $3.00 a skein seemed like an awesome deal to me.  Not only are they silk but they have beads and sequins as well.  I am assuming that this thread would be for couching or weaving.  I don't think that it could pass through fabric because of the beads and sequins.  Aren't the colors gorgeous?