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her then a funny thing happened in february 2009 when i had mailed the doll i had made to monica after dropping it off at the po and knowing it was on it s way monica made a post that she and jeff were taking off on a rendezvous together panic set in of how long the po would hold her package and i wrote grace a note and asked if she had any idea how long lover boy and lover girl were going to be gone lol wink in the subject line of that email i wrote a penny for your thoughts it all turned out well and they were back to receive it days later before it would be returned to me months later i wrote grace and asked her if she wouldn t mind telling me her dob i knew that i wanted to pay her back that penny that i owed her so i found the penny not just any penny but a special one and began to bead around it i was treating it like a brooch and then i thought that it would be boring to send her two brooches so i wanted to come up with another idea oh i did i decided that i could maybe make her a little simple beaded box you know like the beautiful ones that lynn makes and then glue the penny brooch to it oh it was a lovely idea but it turned out to be a total flop disaster is more like it the beading the box the whole nine yards i knew if i didn t like it grace wasn t going to like it and i couldn t bring myself to glue the penny brooch on it a second time there is more to that story but i will stop there i will tell you that the box was beaded twice and so was the penny brooch but in the end it all turned out well i have collected small boxes for years and pulled out a couple that i thought might work and found one to glue the penny brooch on it s a little treasure box that s called a penny for your thoughts well i knew in my heart that i really wanted to make grace a special doll i had been mulling around some ideas last fall and wanted to place an order for a special one i had an idea of what i wanted to do but i wasn t sure what monica s thoughts would be or if she had time to make it for me etc i finally contacted her and asked her what she thought we discussed the idea and she agreed to create her i was thrilled that she d do it especially because it was around the holidays as you know there is one doll in particular that monica makes that i adore her sitting doll like the one s sitting below in the chair i asked her if she would make one like it only bigger so that i could make a more realistic looking doll note i feel so bad because for some reason i never took a picture when she arrived and i wish i had that to share right now please forgive me but trust me what she made and put together was outstanding i asked her if she could make her some clothes specifically a pair of jeans and a bohemian looking peasant blouse i also asked if she could put a rock or something weight in her behind so that when i was done beading she wouldn t topple backwards etc i sent her some kona cotton a pair of my old jeans two packages of fishing lead shot instead of a rock and a package of peanut m m s to see her through as soon as she received the package she started creating her however we changed course with the idea of jeans because our girl is a little curvy in the hip so we both decided that a bohemian looking jean skirt would be perfect i received our girl and she was fabulous as always monica did her magic and then some she not only made the doll blouse and skirt she went the extra mile and inserted the weight counter balance in the appropriate spot put a dowel through her body neck head for stability gave her bosoms and even made shoes a purse and a scarf to go with she did a beautiful job here are a few statistics she sits 11 tall her face is approximately 3 3 4 across her shoes are 3 1 2 when complete she weighed in at approximately 2 5 pounds although i received her at the end of november i didn t start working on her until january however i certainly was putting my thoughts together and gathering beads that i wanted to use i knew grace loved green and blue so i decided to use peridot light sapphire and topaz i knew she was going to be a flower child from the beginning and that there would be flowers in her hair and flowers everywhere flower child noun a hippie especially one advocating universal peace and love as antidotes to social or political ills origin from the custom of carrying or wearing flowers to symbolize peace and love i began by stitching flowers and leaves on her skirt and once i got started she just kept evolving then i did some embellishing on her purse as i was beading her purse i thought every girl needs a wallet so i stitched a wallet with a snap closure to go inside i knew it needed some money so i included three quarters one alabama quarter that represents monica one oregon quarter that represents myself and one indiana quarter that represents grace after all it was a joint collaboration to create this doll for grace then i stitched her a bracelet and a ring embellished her darling little shoes and here she is wearing them i also finally made the decision about signing my pieces when i can with beads i ve thought about it for a long time and i finally decided to just make a simple cursive l for lisa that will have a swarovski bead or beads above the tail so she also got an ankle tattoo i wanted her to be sitting on a small quilt i found a quilt i liked from a lady that makes doll quilts in washington and started beading it also finally it was time to bring her to life and bead her face i chose some light colored beads added some flowers and leaves added some green sequins gifted from dot and stem stitched a blue headband for her hair then i began the journey of beading her long hair this is where i ran out of seed beads over and over again i used 6 1 2 hanks of vintage beads a few packages from my stash a number of tubes and i bought 6 more hanks and used five less one strand of those before i finished so her hair ended up being a mixture of vintage and new in the end i used 12 hanks to complete her hair her hair is 6 1 2 7 1 2 long and never in my wildest dreams did i think it would take me as long as it did to cover the back of her head with hair yesiree still learning plenty of lessons her hair is loaded with various flowers leaves bicones drops hearts millefiori beads dragonflies butterflies bees birds 3 brown birds gifted from dot and ladybugs i can tell you that i added some exact quantities to her hair 10 swarovski copper butterflies 4 glass ladybugs 60 bluebell flowers and 50 swarovski light sapphire margarita beads special date special year she has a full head of hair i don t have small hands and you can see that her hair pulled into a ponytail fills my hand a close up having photo shoot outside of face and hair i kept debating about her possibly holding something or and was trying to decide what it would be i was thinking about beading a tiny stuffed doll a small bird or even a small dragonfly but i still hadn t made a decision i was visiting grace s post and she was having a giveaway of butterfly garden seed packets to help restore their habitat especially the monarch butterflies i immediately knew what i should make a monarch butterfly so i did some research on the real size shape etc and began to bead i had a false start beading some of the white spots in circles and i knew it was going to take up too much room and not turn out realistic looking so i started again and stitched the beads more linear so i could get the pattern on the wings to look real it is within the real size range of a monarch and she is a female i knew i would make it into a brooch i built the body parts up head thorax and abdomen with felt and stitched over them for a more realistic look when i was done and ready to finish it i didn t want the butterfly to be flat i wanted the wings to be upward a bit so i talked to mark and we headed for the garage he pulled out a few possibilities that might work and the final choice was stainless steel screen i carefully cut it out and bent it to the shape i needed i glued and sandwiched the screen between two pieces of posterboard then then backed it with ultrasuede and a pinback i started brick stitching around the edge and didn t like how it looked with another round of black beads so i made tiny whip stitches around the edge instead then the moment came when after seven months on and off of creating grace s flower child it all came together happiness is a butterfly which when pursued is always beyond our grasp but which if you sit down quietly may alight upon you nathaniel hawthorne i chose three pictures to share during her photo shoot i had moved and tried the butterfly in different positions on her skirt between her hands on her wrist etc it was just a matter of where it sat best and what you liked best but it was part of the presentation quote for when she arrived home not that the butterfly needs to remain landed on her i really enjoyed making this gift for dear grace and wanted to try and make something extra special just for her she may not be perfect but she was created from my heart she and i had many quiet conversations but when she was finally done she was ready to journey home if this gift brought a smile and warmed grace s heart that s all that matters to me thank you again grace for the butterfly garden seeds some are just beginning to bloom and others have many buds will share another picture of them soon i hope that you are having a nice weekend peace and love to you lisa posted by pursuing art at 12 47 pm 23 comments labels grace s gift tuesday june 22 2010 happy summer to my friends i m sorry to be away so long i didn t mean to fall off the face of the earth but i m coming around again i ve needed time to deal with stressful changes that have been ongoing in our life this past year gratefully this past week we are making adjustments in our schedules with new employment but i do want to thank my friends who have left comments and emails each one meant more to me than you realize xo so onward and upward as you know i ve been working on many projects next post but here are a few things i recently completed utilizing some pieces i received from artbeads this time the focus was to create a design with a summertime theme i was trying to go another route than hill tribe silver this time but my muse was telling me different i chose these gorgeous 5 x 4mm deep ocean mix picasso roundelle strands and a hill tribe silver snail shell pendant bumble bee pendant and sand dollar pendant i absolutely love hill tribe silver but i was totally amazed at the beauty of the deep ocean mix picasso roundelle beads i ve never used them before and they are so pretty i took a close up so that you could see them better pictures are clickable i chose this shade because they are the colors of our ocean in the pacific northwest if you haven t seen these beads either do yourself a favor and order some the first piece i made reminds me of my flowers the bees and the garden in summer despite their painful sting bees are held in high regard for being wonderful pollinators and producers of honey did you know that it is estimated that one third of our food supply depends on insect pollination most of which is accomplished by bees they also remind me to just be i created this necklace using 5 7mm brown chinese turquoise rounds also available from artbeads hill tribe silver stamped roundelle beads in two sizes the hill tribe silver bumble bee pendant and two 18 x 18 mm flower pendants the bumble bee flower necklace is 18 the following pieces i made because the beach is my most favorite place to go especially in the summer i love the sand the surf the fresh air the smell the wildlife and all of mother nature s gifts i can t help but mention how horrified frustrated and heartbroken i feel for the devastation happening in the the gulf of mexico right now what a tragedy i ll be polite and stop there you can see that the picasso beads have the same gorgeous colors as our ocean the first beach piece is a sterling silver charm bracelet with gifts from the sea i started with ss 140 cable chain available at artbeads the hill tribe snail shell pendant the sand dollar pendant a starfish pendant a stamped shell pendant and a puff shell pendant i also added four pale sea foam colored genuine sea glass that was found on the beach in the olympic peninsula coast in washington mark drilled holes in them for me to use i finished it with a ss balloon clasp the starfish necklace was created with a gorgeous 48 x 48mm hill tribe sterling starfish four strands of the beautiful deep ocean mix picasso roundelle beads 3 5mm ss hill tribe beads and finished with a 19 mm hill tribe sterling starfish toggle and measures 18 thank you artbeads these summertime pieces have been fun to create i hope you will consider creating something fun with the theme of summer too i have been busy with other beading projects planting seeds and our garden although all our plants are looking a little sad are in desperate need of some sunshine we are all wishing the sun would get here and just stick around our rain stats and cool weather this spring have gone down in the record books we are all very tired of hearing record and rainfall on the news it is june 22nd it is gloriously green in oregon washington but the gray days and rain have been unbelievable this spring since it is officially summer i am hoping it begins to feel that way soon we all could use some blue sky and sunshine happy summertime to you enjoy every minute of it lisa disclosure statement i have received the above items free of charge from artbeads and i am honestly reviewing the products and have not been paid for my endorsement as it pertains to the products received posted by pursuing art at 7 15 am 11 comments labels artbeads summertime older posts home subscribe to posts atom about me pursuing art pacifc northwest i m a native oregonian i love to create art it s my passion and 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