Oct BJP

Well...I hope everyone had a wonderful Thankgiving! I just want to give thanks for all of you that follow and visiting my blog. I have meet so many kind and talented people thru the internet and my blog. I just really want to thank you for visiting here.

 

So, here is my beaded rock for Oct....yes still a little behind but catching up slowly. It naws at me to be behind. So now all I'll have is this month's rock (Nov) and Dec. I can't believe the year has gone by so quickly. I have already registered for next years BJP (also CQJP) but I haven't really decided what I'm going to do but I'm pretty sure it will be something completely different. That is what is so fun about beading. There are sooooo.... many wonderfully different things one can do with beads!

 

This month's rock has a little lizard hiding on a leaf like they would in their natural habitat. I've always liked reptiles. When I was a little younger I actually had a lizard with very similar colors as this guy on the rock. He was mostly green with a bright blue tail. Well, here are a few pictures:

 

 

And here are some pictures of my doggie just cuz she's pretty and I love her:

 

 

Hope you enjoy  :) And everyone have a wonderfully creative week  :)

Beaded rock

BJP September

 

Here is my beaded rock for Sept. I know that I'm a little behind, but this month I am going to play catch up. Just finished my bee rock. I decided on a honey bee this time because of the plight that the honey bee faces in this country recently. Honey bees are facing a serious crisis in our country right now and disappearing at an alarming rate and scientist are not really sure why. I think any of us that are gardeners knows how important this little fella is when it comes to pollination. Many of us have heard a little about the problem but we truly don't realize how serious it is. One of the suspects are the new hybrid plants that they are producing that have the insecticide right in the plants as it grows. I am a strong proponent of organic foods and eat organic when ever they are available. Here is just one more reason to support organic growers. Educate yourself about the food you put in your body. Eat organic and support Non GMO foods.

 

 

 Hope you enjoy my little bee and next I'm working on a little lizard. He's about half finished so stay tuned.....Have a great day  :)

Nov CQJP block

Here is the block that I have submitted for the Novenber CQJP. I had posted pictures of this earlier (May, I think). I tried to put a tree branch in this block so the spider web would have a place to set. I also made the large flower towards the bottom of the block by cutting out silk ribbon and burning the edges. It turned out ok but next time I will make it a little smaller. I really like how the brown leaves turned out by the flower. There is also a tutorial on how to do the spider web if anyone is interested. Again, I think it is listed under one of the May headings.

As I said earlier, I have been working on other things lately and have set the crazy quilting aside. Well it's time to pick it up again with only a month left. Yikes, where did the year go? We had our first snow yesterday. Only about an inch or so but I know more will be coming soon. Hope you enjoy this months block

Necklaces

I sometimes joke with my father that I have adult ADHD. I have a difficult time focusing on one thing for a very long time. I am either doing crazy quilting, or beading, or jewelry. Tomorrow it may be cuffs or altered art. There is always so much rattling around in my head I often don't know which way to turn first. This week it was necklaces for my craft shows. Here are a few pictures of some of the necklaces. I really enjoy these dangling charm style necklaces. They were fairly easy to make. The most difficult part was collecting all the charms and miscellaneous other items. Here are some of the silver necklaces:

 

Here are a few of the gold ones:

And lastly the copper. I think I like the copper ones the best:

They are about 36" long and fun to wear cuz they jingle when you move. I have made about 12 of them all together and will be selling them for $45.00 each.

Altered Art

So this is one of the items I've been busy with lately. I've been doing some altered art using antique spoons and forks. I saw something similar on Pinterst and totally loved them. I have a few in my kitchen and one of my co-workers has purchased one for her kitchen. I think I'm going to sell some of them at the flea market next summer. Here is one of the forks:

Here are a few close ups of that fork:

Here are a few more of the forks:

Here are some of the spoons:

Here are a few more:

 

 

I had some guy friends from work drill the holes in the spoons and forks for the chains. Attached the chains with jump rings. The other materials were purchased at garage sales, some at Micheals, others at JoAnns fabrics, some at antiques stores, some are from earrings and still other parts are just from some old charms I had laying around. I used E6000 glue for the gluing parts of this project. Hope you enjoy them.

October CQJP

I am so glad that I got a little ahead of myself in completing some of my CQJP blocks because lately I've been falling behind. I am trying to start a business doing craft shows so I have been very busy making jewelry and creating inventory. Yikes. Never enough hours in my day but I'm sure you all know the feeling.

So here is the block I have submitted for Oct.

I am also working on my bead journal projects. I have fallen a little behind that as well. But I am working on that currently. Stay tuned.

September CQJP

Well summer is coming to a close here in northern Wisconsin. Labor day is our last big hooray. I'm a little glad and sad at the same time. Summer always goes by too quickly.

Here are some close up photos of the block I submitted for September's CQJP.

I am also showing you where some of my creativity happens in the jewelry department. This is actually my kitchen table. Good thing I live alone sometimes....lol. I'm sure most of us have a spot like this where we do are work. I like the kitchen table or a corner in the front room and like I said, I live alone so it doesn't bother anybody (and the dog don't care) and I don't waste time having to put things away all the time. I do some type of work almost everyday anyways.

Also I am displaying a few photos of my golden angel...She is my wonderful doggie..Nala. Love her much!

She's a beautiful dog and her heart matches her beautiful face. Here is one more goofy photo of her. This is how she sleeps at night. The other day I woke up early before the alarm clock and she was snoring loudly right in my ear. It's probably what woke me up...I had a good laugh about it and hated to wake her up.

Everyone have a great day  :) !