Just a Little Bit of Dancing

This week over at Every Inchie Monday, the theme is Ballet.  Back in 2012 I designed an inchie with ballet slippers.  The theme was dance. 

So this time I didn't want to make the same pattern so I decided to go with my first thought which was Swan Lake.  But how to make that into an inch??  This was what I came up with.  

Besides the fact that I added a white bead of a different shade, I like him.  He screams Swan Lake and I like that I was able to convey the theme in an inch.

Please take some time to fly on over to Every Inchie Monday and check out the rest of the awesome art!

Now, I have to apologize; last week I promised to post about the Sister Necklaces.  This last week, work was so hectic that I just did not have the energy to even read email, much less post here.  I will do my best to work on it this week. 

Have a blessed and beady week.

Tina

Brown Inchie, a bit of Grossness and a look into the future.

The great artists that participate over at Every Inchie Monday know that many times I think very abstractly.  I cant help it, I'm special like that, lol.  This year the list at EIM has a few colors on it.  This weeks theme is the first one of those, the theme is Brown. 

Usually when I read the theme I go with the first thing that comes to mind and work from there.  That explains a lot, right!  HAHA!  This week my first thought was a bit of used chewing tobacco.  I know GROSS right!  Yea, well.   After I got the inchie done I realized that it also looked like something else brown.....poop!  More GROSS, right!  Right!  Well here it is.

If you see something different in my inchie, post and let me know what you see.  I'd love to hear from you, even if i don't answer each comment; I am grateful for each one.

Well, I am glad that you came by to check out my inchie and hopefully this week will be less hectic than last.  I am wanting to start posting more about the Sister Necklaces.  This year I am gonna get to work on the Sister Necklaces. 

What's a Sister Necklace, you ask?  Here is a picture of the first Sister Necklace.  I will talk more about it later on.  Have a blessed week.

Amulet Inchie

This last week has been a doozie!  Missed 2.5 days of work due to the weather.  Slid in the ice and got stuck in a ditch!  Add to that we lost power due to a tree falling on an icy power line!!!  Now we start this week with weather in the 60's!  Oh yea and a flooded yard, lol. 

What better way to start the weekend then by playing with my beads.  I was also drooling looking at beads online that I really, really want to buy and play with.  Then looked at my beading magazines.  (Along with more drooling!).  Ending the night by making my inchie. 

Here it is, the theme is Amulet.   My first thought was to make a small amulet bag, but I went with a crystal amulet hanging off of a gold necklace against a black background.  I used 3 colors of 11/0 Delicas.  My most favorite seed beads. 

I also took the picture with a ruler, so that you can see that it is a true inchie.  I also covered last weeks inchie with a napkin.  I decided to start the year off by attaching my inchies all together in one line, like I did last year.  Funny, it only took me 2 years to figure that out. 

Don't forget to fly by Every Inchie Monday to check out all the awesome artwork by all of the great artists.  Make sure you check it out on Monday when everyone posts :)  and thanks so much for stopping by and checking out the nest. 

Have a blessed and warm weekend.

Brand new year, 2014!

I have decided that with this new year I am gonna try working on my blog again.  This last year has been very stressful and it seemed to take me for a long ride.  So, with this year I am getting off the roller coaster and I am gonna soar off the rails.  I plan on blogging about my inchies.  Which will be posted on Every Inchie Monday . I also will be blogging on my other projects and my struggle with weight loss and prolly posting on various other things, who knows.  LOL.  I hope that everyone will follow with me as this year is the year I want to work on myself, my beads and my everything!!! 

Thanks for coming on the journey with me. 


For my first post, I want to let you know about Every Inchie Monday .  A few years ago I found this blog, not even sure how I found it, but ever since I have been in creativity heaven.  There is a new theme every Monday & all you have to do is design your take on the theme in a 1 inch piece of artwork; in your medium of choice.  It is so much fun and there is so many creative people there.  Fly on by and check the blog out & maybe even drop by & join in.

This weeks theme is Alice Blue.  After racking my brain on what to do I decided to design a close up of Alice in Wonderlands blue and white dress.

Have a blessed day and thank you for stopping by.  I will have more for you soon


Freebird

One more for the "You dont miss it til it is gone" file!

Hey guys,

Sorry I have been absent lately. Working 6 days a week & trying to get things started for the busy season, which this is that for most crafters anyways.  I have to make 18 ormanents & 9 pairs of earrings, just for Christmas!  Also I signed on at work for the Relay for Life to make a few items to raffle off to help raise money for R4L, one of which I wanted to be done before Christmas, & I also opened my big mouth (big surprise!) and offered to make beaded ribbons to sell for R4L!  Can you say spreading too thin??  Yea I know, that is kinda a DUH! thing, just like running outside in a lightening storm with a mallet in 1 hand and a crowbar in another, but that is also a story for another time!  LOL   

All of that mixed together can cause a bit of stress on a person!  Haha Right?!?  Well on Saturday after I got off work I decided to clean the bathroom after I got done using it, why not clean it since I was already there, right?  After cleaning the toilet & flushing, it didn't go down right, so I look in the tank & check everything there, all good!  So I think to myself, "I'll flush again to see if that fixes it.  Now let me stop here & say, in hindsight this sounds like a dumb thing to think, but, in my defense,  it has worked in the past!!  Well it didn't work this time!!  I flushed & the toilet overflowed!!! We are all typical people in a crisis or anything that goes wrong our first thought is to drop everything & come running, right?  Well, I did just that, I dropped everything!!!  Screamed, "OH CRAP the toilets overflowing!!!", which was quickly followed by,  "OH CRAP, I dropped the toilet lid into the tub!", which was even quicklyier followed by, "OH CRAP, I BROKE the toilet tank lid!!!!!!" 

After the first "OH CRAP" my daughter came running & handed me a towel to clean up the water.  During all of this I was thinking, "Thank God I flushed after I went!"  LOL  Well afterwards, my reaction was really funny & very comical, to say the least.  But now that it has been a few days since it happened, I realize how much I used the back lid of the toilet.  That is where i lay my phone, my hair clip & my glasses!!!  What am I now to do!  LOL 

It is funny what we miss once it is gone & never seem to think about until we are unable to use or see it.  I know this is all about a "thing", it is easily replaceable; like so many "things" in life; but still it is equally missed in life once gone! 

Kinda made me think of all the things that we have in this life that we forget about, yet realize after it is gone how treasured it, or they really were!  So think about that a bit, the next time you lay your phone on the back of the toilet, or the next time you see a loved one! 

Also think about that the next time you have something breakable in your hands & chaos ensues, just remember whatever you do, DON'T THROW IT IN THE BATHTUB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

New Work!

Hey everybody!

I decided to finally take some pics of my newest bead work.  I wanted to share with all of you! Hope you like them.
This is a Tubular RAW, Right Angle Weave Bracelet that I made with crystals & a magnetic clasp.

This is a wide RAW bracelet with blue pearl beads.

This is a Bracelet I designed myself, it is black 4mm cube beads with size 15/0 seed beads & a magnetic clasp

This is my Flight Bracelet, in May I went to California & did this on the plane, the colors aren't that attractive together but it kept me busy & made the long flights & stopovers bearable!

This is a bracelet that I made with Jasper tube beads & Garnet round beads.  I really like this one. 

Here is a green crystal ball bracelet, every section is crystal bicones beaded into balls & made into a bracelet, along with a Swarovski (sp) Crystal toggle clasp.

This is a Huicicol Totem bracelet.  I got the patter off the web, sadly I dont remember the designers name.  If you know it let me know so I can add it here!  Thanks

This is from one of my favorite designers, Debbie Von Tonder to go to her Etsy shop click on the pattern name & check out her wonderful designs.  This one is called Kelly & the one below it is called White Tiger

This is a neat bracelet that I made using beads that I have had for 27 years!!! I finally decided to use them LOL.  

 This last one is a tubular peyote bead mix of blue & yellow, 2 of my favorite colors!! 

 

Thanks for looking at my bracelets!  If you couldn't tell, I really love bracelets!! Let me know what you think, thanks guys!!

Tina

Design love

Hiya everyone!

I was thinking in the shower tonite (I think alot in the shower LOL) about design & the beauty of it.   Also, how I am kinda not like other women in what I find harmonious design-wise.  I have never been a flowers & pink kinda female.  That shows in my design style, for sure! I love linear, geometric designs.  I also find beauty in the design of some of the weirdest things.  Like I can look at a building & just love the lines, same with a light fixture!!  LOL.  I know, Flowers are beautiful, but lines are what turn my design button on!  LOL  I remembered that when I was a kid in 5th grade i got an A on an art project that i did.  It was all about lines.  So even back then I was seeking the geometric designs in things.  I designed my art project again, this time on the computer, cuz I dont have any crayons.  (Yea that is my lazy excuse ;) )  I hope you like it.  It is funny the design brings me peace & calm.  I just love those lines!!!!