Bead Soup Tease

OK what's this.... It's my 4th attempt at a seed bead bail... number 1 was abandoned after 3 rows.. number 2 was finished and got an overwhelming UGLY... number 3 was sewn on ... become part of the finished necklace then got the UGLY vote and was cut off number 4 got sewn on to the focal and then I realized that there was no way off putting the pendant onto the 'chain' and I decided it was easier to remake this bail then it was to try and add thread to sew it on ....

My toggle and one of Lisa's felted balls ...

This project was way out of my comfort level, I like glass and wire!

Total panic set in last week when I lost the focal for 3 days... I had actually started to wonder if the disc was coloured steel and had been carried off by my cat.. we have a magnetic cat door.... Searching snow banks was not high on my list of fun activities!  Where did I finally find it... inside the couch. 

One WOrld One Heart Winner

Friday Feb 18th 2 pm Atlantic time....

Drumroll....

 I just put  #'s 1 -131 through Random.org and got #15 which is Fat Dormouse from the UK... she will be getting the heart bead and one or two more beads... providing she answers my email... I actually picked 4 numbers so if she doesn't respond within 48 hours I'll use the second number.....

Thanks for participating in the final OWOH!

I'll post a picture of  the extra beads when I figure out what they'll be!

Edited .... Saturday morning... Alison lives in France not the UK.. I didn't look beyond her email address and she has contacted me!   AND... I actually won something useful!  I got some hand knitted dishclothes  from kath001 in Texas!

Almost wordless Wednesday

Isn't this snow pretty!

Almost Wordless Wednesday

MY finished tassel.... Here's a link to all the finished tassels so far, deadline is feb 11!

Bead Soup has arrived!

This is the picture that Lisa posted... of what she was sending me... I did have the pearls figured out but made them the wrong colour! Now that I know what everything is I can see some of the beads in that picture!



Lisa used to be a card maker... so I displayed what she sent me on top of the card she included with my goodies.... The felted balls are made by Lisa...



This is the toggle and the focal... I do have ideas but I have 20 days to figure out which of my many ideas is going to work....

And to see what I sent Lisa click on her name!



This was my view out the window while I was photographing the beads... isn't it pretty!

Art Bead Scene Blog: January Monthly Challenge Winner

Art Bead Scene Blog: January Monthly Challenge Winner

I won! OK so it's just a random draw but I've been wanting to try my beads on silk cords and arent' those polymer clay beads awesome!!!

Scroll down to Tuesday Jan 25.. for my blog on this challenge & my entries!

And since I really can't stand having a blog post with no images... here's a close up of my 'copper bead'!

Bead table should be wednesday.. I made it Monday... and I'm doing it on Tuesday....

Look what I found on my bead table this week.... Actually my bead 'table' is a wooden tray.. with a custom polar fleece and foam insert... and yes it was abandoned on her blankie so what should I expect. This picture was actually taken last week... as soon as the sun comes up (April... May?) I'll add a picture of what I made with that strand of tiny pearls (which took 4 weeks to come from China... but they came!)



Pearl beaded beads are just over .5 of an inch.