For Grace . . . With Much Gratitude

The videos tell the story.

There are 2 because, well, you'll see......

Here's the bead button!

My camera must be tired after taking the video--the pictures aren't that great. It wouldn't focus. But I can guarantee there will be more posting about this treasure coming soon, as I am anxious to get working on my Good Woman doll in honor of you, Grace. Love Ya!

If you have a few more minutes, well ok....hours, to spend bead hunting, check out Lisa's artisan treasures. They Rock! I have to go stick to the housework plan.

Feeling lucky?

Even if you aren't feeling lucky - you've got to get it on this HUGE sweepstakes from Artbeads.com ~~ $1,000 !! My heart flutters at the thought.......Good luck!

Crystal-icious!

After pouring over the projects in Marcia DeCoster's book Beaded Opulence, I settled on 3 projects that I wanted to start with on my right-angle-weave-learning journey. First up was a ring pattern called "Quetzal". I know its far from perfect -

-but its good enough for my daughters to be fighting over who gets to wear it and my daughter's girlfriend has asked me to make her one too.

Then I tried a bracelet called "Terracita" (what is with these names??!). I LOVE love LOVE this bracelet. The one in the book is all blues/violets and was hard to pick out the pattern, so I wasn't real clear on what the design was going to look like, but when I made it in these earth tones, the pattern really popped!

I loved it so much, I made a pair of earrings to go with it.

The last project on my short list was Whitby (finally, a semi-normal name - well, at least I could spell it without having to look it up again)-- an earring pattern. But, I haven't taken pics of those yet. (blame it on my new Wii or that darned knitting addiction.......)

Speaking of crystals~~we finally got a beautiful snowfall this weekend, blanketing everything in sight. No wind, just a steady fluffy ultra light snow. I love how it stacked up on the rose of sharon seed pods.Ahh, winter in western New York - beautiful!