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BFAC 2010 idea
Here’s where I’m going with my BFAC 2010 project: My stained glass artist friend, Carol, made several pendants for me in the color scheme of the kit — I provided her with the fan of beads above, and a sample of those beads not included in the fan. The rose montees are placed on the…
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Beading for a Cure 2010
Auctions are complete, and the kits are (long ago!) purchased and distributed to those of us participating in the project. Beading for a Cure is a creative fundraiser for the National Colorectal Cancer Research Association in honor of Layne Schilling, a beader lost to the disease. Beaders buy a kit of unknown contents, and are…
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Impressionist earrings
I assembled the blue earrings from the beautiful pile of blue French beads in an earlier post. They are from Jean Campbell and Judith Durant, Beadwork inspired by art : Impressionist. It’s a beautiful, full earring, lovely motion and texture. I went to a talk by Jean Campbell in February about using art as inspiration…
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Blue earrings coming soon…
This is for ONE pair or earrings. Really!
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Orange beaded bead necklace done!
It’s done! My plan, as I was working on it, was that the clasp (button) would be worn jauntily off-center. I think it looks best centered. It literally took me hours to string, and that was after I had laid out the design. Here’s the lesson to take away from this: when making right angle…