Still beading

I think I like organizing beads as much as beading. I still don't feel that anything is good enough to sell but I am getting closer. Thought I would post a few of my newest projects. The headbands are the most fun but I need to learn how to splice in the extra length of headband more professionally. An over the counter headband with the beads seem to be just too small or I have a big head which I don't think so. I am still working hard to make bracelets and jewelry that can be put on with little or no clasps. I should restate because of trying to work on jewelry for my mom, huge clasps or pull on or over for ease of wearing.

How to store

I have not been blogging...sulking because I never get any feed back. Joking I am getting ready to start a large project on my house. Still have a good, wish there was a sarcasm font story. First I should have taken a picture when it happened but I couldn't since I was in a panic and out of time. I was having company and decided in order to see the house in the best light I needed to put away all my beading supplies. I have boxes and 3 plastic containers with the dividers. All went well until the last and it fell to the floor and broke. Literally thousand of beads were in the closet, out of the closet, all over the entry and even found in shoes. I quickly gathered them in a large baggie and tried to ignore what I had ahead of me and enjoy the outing and company. It literally took 8 hours to organize the beads again. I am using small baggies and some of the numerous prescription bottles I have. I did find I had some different style beads all grouped together by color but looking closer...which I got to look really close they were slightly different shapes. Nothing like going through 3 different colors of 15 beads and finding up to 6 different colors. I did go to bed that night with visions of beads in my head. The next day I tried to figure out a way to organize in the two large flat boxes so I could see what I had. No luck but I am sure in time I will find the secret. Other than getting to know my beads better, I have been watching some video examples. The other joy is my husband a pilot decided he was getting a cold...I am not that sure but is staying home from his trip. Not a big deal but all I have been watching is BASKETBALL. Now we have one local team so that was the worst game to watch. 61 fouls made for a long, disjointed game at the best. I think I was more frustrated with that game then dropping the beads. Although to be fair I love beads and hate basketball. Starting to interview contractors and will start making a studio apartment in my under house garage. I have a blog on the house so it might be getting more love than beads but I will try and split my time. Hope you are all having fun and making beautiful beaded items.

If I only had some skill..... sounds best while singing

Today started out extremely rainy and now it has gone to windy. That being said I did work on the books and got a better start there. I still think 15 boxes of books seems a bit much but who knows their could be a jewel among them. Plus, I am getting to the point it is long enough most likely I will not remember the plot until almost done. I tried to think how I was going to use some really cool peach beads, leaves, peach, clear to amber, and deep rose bicone crystals. All the good stuff :) Here is my idea and I feel like it might be a good start. This is pure practice the beading is loose and done on junk thread just to get an idea what will work.

Still fighting the battle with my iPhone 4s to get it to interface with my Bose after the update. I wrote Spotify, they had some ideas but none of them worked. I really do enjoy Spotify but will not pay for something I am not using. I really wanted to avoid buying a new phone. Maybe I will wait until the 6 comes out and then the 5s will come down in price. Need to save money to buy more beads. T

complicated

I am wondering if I am making more work for myself having this blog as well as LIFE. I enjoy writing and had hoped to help some beginning beaders out along the way. Today has been organize books from a move almost two years ago. 15 boxes and out of room with 8 finished. Might be a day to finish that project. Today's advice...use graph paper to make your designs. Sometimes you can catch mistakes on paper which is much easier than while beading. Today's second thought...I know I am on a role...you will always need something. NO matter how many beads you may have you either need more seeds, findings or in my case some really good scissors. We will see how the day goes there still might be a project. Beautiful sunny day but too early to work outside for wimps. My 77 year old mother has already started gardening. I think it is too early but does make me feel guilty. If you are on pinterest here are some fun pins. http://www.pinterest.com/bftl/ Sorry you will have to cut and paste to get there but every every now and then I find some good ones.

Then some days some your work rocks

After having nothing go right yesterday, today seemed to fall together a bit better. I figured out how to do the stitch I couldn't remember yesterday. Thought I would text pictures of my failure and what I thought was a great new bracelet to my son's girl friend, she liked the failure. I was able to figure out how to fix yesterday's bracelet...too a point. I will work on my new one tomorrow. I find it interesting that somedays the beads fall into place and others no matter what you do it just can't go the way you want them to. Another thought is I think I have an emotional attachment to some of my beads. I know they would be perfect but once you make a piece of jewelry they are part of that combination and no longer in my supply of dreams. So today I am out of wit...not that I think anyone really reads these. I am thinking I do enjoy doing this very much and wish I had a tiny bit of skill of those I see doing videos. I do know that you can learn to succeed a few beads at a time. Today was a good day... Happy Birthday to my son's beautiful girlfriend...and hard to believe 10 years ago today my dad passed away at 68. Glad the sun was out and things went nicely.

Some days you just got to say freck it!

I decided to try and make my son's girlfriend a bracelet for her birthday. We will start with lessons learned. Just because I design is on YouTube one day it doesn't mean it will be on the next. I can't believe how many findings and beads I got in my Craigslist purchase. It was so fun to organize but you can see from my last picture that all want to hell today. First found a great bead I wanted to use but couldn't find the video with the instructions. If I would have waiting and looked at what I had before I took it apart that might of helped. Then again it just came to mind I could have looked at the picture on here and remembered. NOTE TO SELF I tried a few things and then decided to do a two string pattern. Only the seed beads were too small to use a needle so I just used the thread. Worked really well to a point. I like it but it isn't right so after some food, relaxing, and regrouping I will see what I can do to make it "all better". Did I mention that her birthday is tomorrow and they live out of state. I can't seem to get into the time change. Waking up too late, not hungry, and wanting to stay up late. Going to set the alarm tomorrow to get up before nine. The worst part is I was waking up every few hours so I should have got up one of the early hours. Interesting using older thicker thread to bead, I did wax, but found it a bit too thick for what I was trying to do today. Here are the pictures of the purchase. Failure, well a start to the new bracelet..... What the room looks like during...

Post for the day....Exploiting kitty again.

I suddenly decided to decorate for Easter. First time in 8 years, not sure if I am on a design and decorating mode. I am including the cheap desire to get more people with the kitty picture. Beads next post...I promise!