2007 Bead Journal Project: August BJP

About the 2007 Bead Journal Project

We are 241 women and 1 man who are dedicated and committed to creating 12 bead journal pages, one per month, for a year, starting June 1, 2007. We live in 13 different countries, including 37 states in the USA. Our primary goal during this process, is to stretch our creative and technical limits. The BJP is all about visual journaling using any media and techniques, as long as it includes beading. We are free to structure our bead journal pages any way we want, as long as all 12 are the same size. Through this blog, we intend to support each other in process, techniques and design. Until September 1, 2007, we will not post pictures of our finished journal pages. Many of us have our own blogs or websites (links below) where we may post pictures sooner.

Robin Atkins BJP Coordinator

Participating Members

Monday, August 27, 2007

August BJP

Just a reminder, fellow beaders - the next time that I say I am going to work with vintage, smaller than 15 seed beads............just shoot me.

These are just killing my eyes!!! Yikes

August will be late and September will be with 11's

6 comments:

Timaree said...: What size needle do you use? I bought some vintage beads and some 15 needles but they wouldn't go through the beads. I am thinking it was the needle brand as it looked as large as my 11,s.

I think I will save those beads for a very tiny project so no one will have to shoot me!!; August 27, 2007 at 8:15 AM
Robin said...: Yup... character building they are... and you already have plenty! I'm using vintage 15s and 16s on mine right now and a size 16 needle (John James is the smallest brand of the four I have in my stash), which is bending and sooo difficult to get through my layers of fabric and paper. But I love the detail you can get with the tiny beads. Oh yeah, and eyes... so I talked with my eye Dr. about my work, and he gave me extra magnification in my blended trifocals at my working distance for beading... way way better now! Bravo to you for sticking with it... having a reward ahead (a piece with all 11s!!!) is a good idea!

Robin; August 27, 2007 at 9:53 AM
Mary Timme said...: Would you believe I'm doing the Jesus head with fifteens and using wire for the warp! I'll have so much character when I'm done Abe will have to move out of his monument and let me sit there a spell!; August 27, 2007 at 5:21 PM
vivage said...: I LOVE 15's but I only use them for detail work and have never tried to do a whole piece. I'm afraid they'll have to lock me in an attic if I do.

The 11's will feel positively gigantic!; August 27, 2007 at 8:46 PM
KV said...: Hope you have some glasses with greater magnification to work with. And I bet your piece will be beautifully detailed with all those teeny, tiny beads, too.

Kathy V in NM; August 28, 2007 at 12:45 AM
The bad Liz said...: Thanks all - I have my progressive lenses with extra magnification, plus my reading glasses on top of my glasses (with the eye doctor permission)!!

I'm only a little nuts today!!; August 28, 2007 at 10:16 AM

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