Blue Volcano - Flat Spiral Bracelet

I love this stitch.  I made the blue one yesterday.  It's made with Czech fire-polished glass beads and silver plated charlottes.  The red one has a Swarovski crystal button and is made with gold plated charlottes.  Hopefully, I'll get some Christmas orders by wearing them around town!

September 2008 BJP Cuff Bracelet Complete

Here's my completed cuff bracelet for September 2008 Bead Journal Project.  The cab is polymer clay and was made by a friend of mine, Sharon "Harry" Solly.  The bracelet's backing is a creamy colored ultrasuede. It's actually a little longer than it should be - I'll make the rest about 3/4" shorter.  This one will be a Christmas or birthday present for a good friend of mine.

September 2008 BJP Cuff Bracelet - Almost Done

Here's what my bracelet looks like now.  It'll be backed with ultrasuede once the beading is finished.  Then I'll get back to my Elemental Water panel.

Elemental Water Progress

The color's not quite right on this scan, but this is what the panel looks like right now.

September 2008 BJP Progress

Here's what my September BJP bracelet looks like right now.  I'm happy with the way it's turning out, even if it is taking longer than I expected.  Then, when I wanted to scan it, I used my husband's new all-in-one printer/scanner/fax.  Not a fun experience.  I had to install all of the software and stuff in order for it to scan correctly, so it took lots longer than I wanted it to.  Oh well, at least now it's done and I won't have to do it again next time.

Anemone Necklace

As usual, my pictures leave much to be desired.  I scanned this necklace and then adjusted the color a little bit in Photoshop, but...oh well.  One day, I'll get a nice digital camera with a tripod and a light box.  In the meantime, this will have to do.

Glass pearls bezeled with seed beads and connected with diagonal peyote stitch.  Toho cylinder beads in green and purple combined with green seed beads in two shades.

Pattern from Beadwork Magazine, December 2007, by Miwako Nara.  Could have used one more diagram, but by the time I had it done, I finally figured it out, LOL!

Elemental Air Scan

Scan (much better resolution) of Elemental Air.

Elemental Fire - Scanned

Well, I finally got my scanner hooked up (to an old computer since it doesn't work on Windows XP or Vista) and was able to get a good shot of my Elemental Fire panel.  :)  Click to see a VERY large detailed version.

Colored Background for Elemental Water

Here's what my interfacing looks like right now.  I love my new BIC markers!!

Elemental Water Sketch

Here's the sketch for the 3rd panel in my Elemental Series for the 2007-2008 Bead Journal Project, Elemental Water.

September & October 2008 BJP Start

So, I finally decided what I'm doing for the 2008-2009 BJP.  I'm going to do a cuff bracelet for each month, and here are the starts for September and October.  The other cabs in the photo are possibilities for future months.  All but the butterfly and the dichro cab on the top left are poly clay.  The two on the interfacing were made by a friend of mine Sharon "Harry" Solly.  Now I get to pick beads - yay!!

Elemental Fire - complete!

Finally done with panel 2!  On to panel 3 - Elemental Water.