Beading It's The Sane Thing To Do.........Or Is It?

Some might say that beading is addictive, I would have to agree. Last year I went on a beading frenzy. Here are a few things I beaded:

Here are two beaded Christmas ornaments that I worked on last year and they were put onto the tree to hang for the season. I was able to get a picture of them before putting them away for the year. The purple ball is covered in light Lilac colored glass beads and a mottled purple natural stone I believe.



The gold ornament is covered with pink and gray opaque beads. I believe this turned out rather nice as it let the ornament underneath shine. I'm going to put some dangles on this ornament to spice it up. It needs a bit of length to it, not much but some.

I also made the above ornament for my nephew's Christmas gift to his teacher as a flat piece. It is a very versatile pattern to use.

I made a ornament for my 4 yo niece's teacher also. It was a bit more colorful, lol. This is called a Mandala stitch.

I enjoy all types of beading and stitching. I think they are great complements to each other. Be it cross stitching and adding beads for sparkles, or if it's on a sewn piece for a doll such as my Dottie doll I beaded for a challenge for my local EGA guild. We had a piece of fabric that we needed to make into something then take back to the first meeting after our summer break which would have been September 2008. My cloth was a red paisley and my mom made the doll form for me and I stuffed her and then beaded her. Her front had very few beads on it but it did have a piece of Hardanger which my mom did but I also enjoy doing. Her back was a better place to put the beads because there was more places to bead. I also had these long bugle beads that are 1 1/2 inches long or so. They made for a great skirt which I laddered stitched so that they wouldn't fall off easily.

Well as you can see I have had some fun for now. I will be back with more later :-)

1st Blog

I suppose when people see this blog they are going to think just what is up with this gal. Well it's simple what's up with me, I'm a laid back 32 yo gal from Colorado that is into moons and celestial objects, fairies because after all they are real ;-), beagles because they are the coolest dogs ever in my humble opinion and several other things that will come out in later posts.

To give an insight into my life, as I said above I am a 32 yo gal living in Colorado. I've lived most of my life in Colorado, except for 5 years up in the Northwest in Washington. I enjoy Colorado it's a lovely state and people should come visit us. Oh dear that sounded like an ad, lol. I live with my family still. Until 7 years ago it was just my mom, my dad, and me. In 2001 my grandma moved here from Califronia due to her declining health so that she could be nearer to family members in case of emergencies. It became apparent after she moved her she was having problems with her memory. She was diagnosed with the on-set of Alzhemier's and Dementia. She lived with us until 2006, which is when she appeared to have a minor stroke and was taken to the hospital and later put into a care facility that is able to care for her in the manner that she needs for her Alzhemier's.

Also in 2006 my brother and his kids moved in with us due to his relationship ending. What an experience this has been. Only because growing up in this family there were only 3 kids and 2 parents. So all in all a total of 5 people. With the addition of my brother's kids, he has 3, it's a total of 7. It is a little harrowing at times but that is what family is about caring for the loved ones through thick and thin.

So that is just a little bit into my life, next time I might go into more depth. Or, I just might go to a whole nother subject. That's the beauty of this blog it will be a mosh pit of ideas and whatnots.