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heir respective owners each of us made up a kit of beads we wanted to have made up for ourselves this was given to another member to bead i had fun working on my kit for one of our newer members hope she likes what i did if you go to www beadingforacure org you can see all the gorgeous items beaded for our auction on ebay the auction starts today and items will change each sunday through the first week of may bid early and often i promise you won t be sorry all moneys received go to colorectal cancer research the website will explain the purpose of the auctions in detail and you can see all the wonderful things made in previous years too my own cuff and necklace will be auctioned in the last week bidding on this auction will bring you lovely beaded items and the knowledge you are helping to find a cure for this terrible disease bead happy everyone posted by abeadlady at 5 02 pm 7 comments sunday february 06 2011 new year new ideas this year is shaping up to be a busy one i was just elected president of the central california bead society and i m very honored i hope to carry on the traditions set before me ccbs is a very active club and we have some great plans in the works for this year i ll keep you posted as i mentioned in my last post i have become addicted to working with chain thanks to a class i took from beki haley last november at babe i always knew beki was mesmerizing but wow i think she created a monster here lol i can t seem to stop and the ideas just keep coming i will be teaching a class on working with chain and beads this next weekend at beads etc in clovis ca that is my lbs and my home away from home i usually spend three days a week at the shop sometimes i just bead but i help stock the shop and run the register as well one of my best friends like a sister owns the shop and her youngest daughter beth manages it for her since i was blessed with grandsons i have adopted beth as a granddaughter i couldn t have a better one if she was related by blood she has spent many hours working on revamping the shop and it shows it is open light and bright and displays many types of beads we have regularly scheduled classes on saturdays and some evenings during the week we also have several of our teachers available for individual classes and spontaneous demonstrations all week long pictured here is a bracelet made with the new tila beads it s easy enough for beginners but not boring for more experienced beaders this particular bracelet is my design i have seen it done in many color combinations now and love it more each time sadly with all my new responsibilities this year i have had to forgo doing the bead journal project for the 4 th year i just wouldn t have time to do it justice this is not to say i have stopped doing bead embroidery don t think that will happen until i just cannot hold a needle anymore god willing that will be many years down the road i just received my pieces back from the publisher who is releasing jamie cloud eakins new book this fall i have the honor of having my work included in the gallery of her book can t wait to see it it should be released in october jamie has some wonderful information in it and the eye candy from her projects is stunning until next time be safe be happy and keep beading posted by abeadlady at 12 46 pm 3 comments saturday december 25 2010 this is what i have been beading back in mid november i took a great class from beki haley out on a whim at the babe show in oakland it was about working with chain and beads being predominately a bead embroiderer this was fairly new to me little did i know what i was getting myself in to it has become a bit of an obsession since thanksgiving i have made over 50 yes i said 50 pieces those who know me know i rarely go more than a few days without working on bead embroidery i haven t done any since i took this class can you believe it i made up a few pieces to show the family at thanksgiving and all the ladies put their orders in for christmas gifts i bought what i thought would be a sufficient supply of different chains while at babe boy was i wrong you know how you hate it when you are just lacking a few beads to finish a project it s just as bad when you need just a couple of more inches of chain i won t tell you how much i ve spent on chain since babe each piece of chain suggests a new design every bead i see must be combined with just the right chain to make a beautiful necklace earring or bracelet in addition to making a multitude of gifts i must have almost doubled my own jewelry stash how was your christmas mine has been terrific we have a good sized extended family who celebrates holidays together we traditionally open our gifts on christmas eve to allow time to visit other friends and family on christmas day the food is good the company even better the age ranges from about 10 months to those even older than me and we all know i m getting up there lol as little as i like the grandsons growing up they have become wonderful young men they are 21 17 and 11 years old now and are a pure pleasure to be around they are funny articulate and well mannered in addition to our family party the lbs beads etc in clovis ca where i teach always has a party for staff and close friends the food was yummy and plentiful we exchange gifts with each other and this year i received wonderful baked goodies candy and some great beady gifts that i will put to good use this time of year lends itself to reflecting on our blessings i have a multitude of them i have a wonderful family and friends i can call on for help and encouragement they are always there for me a retired rn beading has become an obsession to me it has literally opened up the world for me it is such fun to go online and exchange ideas with beaders all over the world i am truly blessed no matter how you celebrate this holiday season i hope you find joy and happiness in your life for the coming year posted by abeadlady at 9 55 pm 7 comments tuesday october 19 2010 finished this one this is the cuff sherry serafini taught at the beads unique tahoe retreat this year isn t it yummy i finished it yesterday obviously i was in a hurry to get a picture of it can you see my reflection in the cab lol i will eventually take a better picture but i wanted to blog about this class and the others we took while in tahoe city the weather was glorious and the company wonderful five of us went from clovis fresno we had a great two bedroom condo with a full kitchen and two baths rose rhonda bj billie and i drove up on wednesday a week ago on thursday we had some marvelous classes with linda hartung and her daughter and laura timmons very talented ladies all we all the students received a huge bagful of free goodies linda showed us another way to use wire lace and laura taught us how to make a beautiful crocheted wire necklace thursday night we had a dessert social met our teachers for the weekend and bought our kits for the classes we had three groups of students and rotated the classes each day we were in the lake group and started the weekend with sherry serafini a very good place to start unlike other classes with sherry this cuff is not all bead embroidery it has raw with embellishments in it and is attached to the metal cuff after all beading is done it has bling to die for and is stunning she will have a new book coming out in 2011 can t be too soon for me saturday found us in jeannette cook s class what a challenging piece she offered us it has raw brick stitch and netting in it it has many parts each of which is fun to work on i will post it when i get it finished jeannette is a super teacher and very patient i wonder where she heard about the clovis girls could it be from mdc sunday we had a class with jean campbell beader and editor extraordinaire what a fun class she had for us makes you wonder how her mind works with the pieces fitting inside other pieces to make a stunning gold cuff we got a sneak peek at her new book absolutely gorgeous can t wait to get it we had get togethers every evening with drawing for more free treats and contests iris and i won the challenge this year not bad with clovis girls winning two years in a row i will blog about jeanette s necklace and jean s cuff as i get them finished it seems i am going to have some work to do over the next months i have to finish my bjp project by january and you may be seeing me in beads unique soon i also have a number of christmas gifts to make yet i have to admit i am behind in my bead journal pages this year i went on a major crystal binge over the summer can t seem to stop using those sparkly little things lol i would feel guilty about being so far behind but i ve been having way too much fun posted by abeadlady at 5 52 pm 8 comments thursday september 23 2010 new work well our ccbs bead show has come and gone once again it seemed to be successful all the vendors looked busy most of the day putting on a bead show takes many people and the cooperation of all our ccbs president jennifer headed up the show committee this year in addition to our annual raffle this year we also had a silent auction there were some beautiful pieces of artwork in it i must say i m glad it s over for another year but will look forward to next year s show this first picture is a pendant i made for a friend s birthday it started out to be a bracelet lol it just wasn t working for me so i turned it into a pendant i haven t done any brickstitch for a while but it made a nice bale with a little embellishment this is also a pendant it was hung on a kumihimo cord i made using the colors in the pendant this work was part of a kit challenge in ccbs we each buy a kit with all of the same beads and go from there it s always fun this year s kit was a bit too pastel for me but oh well it s good to get out of your box once in a while this last picture is a soft bead embroidered cuff jamie cloud eakin challenged me to do one with just seedbeads this is the result the major lines are done with back stitch and the rest with moss stitch or random picots it was kind of fun to do this one now to get back to my bjp pages i haven t totally neglected them but they had to take a back seat for a while posted by abeadlady at 11 58 am 6 comments tuesday september 07 2010 summer vacation not i didn t really have a summer vacation per se i did spend three days up in the sierras on a bead retreat with the central california bead society it was great having marcia decoster all to ourselves as always she was a delight the weather was warm but beautiful and the food was wonderful joy brought up some awesome wooden cigar boxes for those of us with a fetish for boxes we also had an impromptu bead sale all in all a great retreat this first picture is a necklace similar to one seen in a uk beading magazine i fell in love with it and made it haven t decided yet whether to embellish it these are just a few of the earrings i have made this summer so far i have been on a roll with them for sure many of them are made with peacock beads they come in many shapes sizes and colors definitely a find for earrings the bracelets are a recent addiction russian spiral isn t new of course but me working with this many crystals certainly is lol i remember a time when i thought crystals were the dark side i would seldom use them in my work ha boy has that changed the top bracelet is in multi shades of green had to go buy a top to wear with it lol the second bracelet is in pinks teals and purples these are colors i wear a lot the next one is in two shades of purple couldn t pass them up the fourth one is in all the fall colors this one and the above were made using only two stitches around instead of three love the way they feel the last bracelet is done with three stitches around but i found it tends to stretch a bit even when using double thread i reinforced it by going through the spirals of seed beads it was done with fuchsia crystals and 648 seed beads gorgeous combination have tons of plans for the next few months including three bead shows and a retreat in tahoe going to be a busy fall posted by abeadlady at 4 41 pm 4 comments tuesday july 27 2010 victorian elegance i finally quit procrastinating and took the pictures for my bfac beading for a cure project just have to package it up and get it in the mail on friday i loved the kit this year i knew the second i got it just what i was going to do with it i have seen pictures of some beautiful projects with this kit beki haley from out on a whim did a great job picking the colors this year beading for a cure was started some years ago after a fellow beader layne shilling died of colorectal cancer it s a tribute to her and a joy to see how it has grown over the years there were 75 kits sold this year in march and april all the projects made with this kit will be auctioned off on ebay with the funds earned going to colorectal cancer research i m proud to be a part of this group in other news i am happy to announce that some of my bead embroidery work is going to be included in jamie cloud eakin s new book which is due out in october 2011 jamie is a prolific beader and wonderful teacher she is one of those people who shares her knowledge of bead embroidery freely and you can tell it brings her much joy posted by abeadlady at 11 02 am 11 comments older posts home subscribe to posts atom about me abeadlady i m a retired rn i love to bead and i also teach beadweaving and bead embroidery at our lbs i ve discovered the joys of bead embroidery and love to do dolls and freeform pieces i m married and have three wonderful grandsons view my complete profile bead journal project 2010 pink artist raffle craft blips craftblips member blog pink is in click everyday click here for an easy and free way to help fund mammograms for those in need at the breast cancer site followers beader s showcase view my page on beaders showcase beaders who blog powered by ringsurf blog archive 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