Siblings and Spacing

Hi everyone. No, I am not talking about the spacing of children! I am wondering about two different things.

First, due to the page I just finished I was asked by Robing if my siblings had seen the page. This brought up something that makes me wonder a lot. I seem to have to push my family to drop by my blog and see what I have done and am doing. My siblings and kids all like what I do and want me to make stuff for them but they don't seem to care about taking the time to see what I'm up to unless I remind them a lot and push for comments from them. Do any of you experience this? Am I expecting too much from them?

And secondly, I have trouble getting spaces between paragraphs. I can't seem to indent the paragraphs either. Others are getting those spaces I see, and I think they make longer entries easier to read. So any help there would be appreciated too.

June/July update

Well, yet again, I am behind and I have no excuse like ill health, family issues, (apart from a very untidy 20 yr son home for the summer), working, nothing but making time. I am so impressed by all the work I am seeing here. Anyway, I am making progress at least, so if you would like to look, bring yourself here

My July Page-Inspired By Horses

I finished my July page yesterday. One of my goals on the BJP is not to let it consume me, and take on designs that I can finish in about three weeks, thus keeping pace and not getting behind for each month.

This month, I used mostly Delicas, and it almost took too long to finish. But here we are still in July and I'm happily done, ready to ponder my August page.

You can find my July page on my BJP blog at http://beadbunny.blogspot.com

My BJP theme is "Inspired By Horses". I've been horse crazy since birth and am devoting the whole project to my horsey inspirations.

Caren Goodrich

P.S. My other goal is to not buy any beads or fabric for this year-long journal. I have plenty in my stash, and so far I haven't bought a single thing. I'm not opposed to buying beads and fabric, I just want to use what I have for a change instead of running out to look for a certain something!

July is Finished!!

Grab that ice-cold drink and come celebrate. The party is here!

July's finished!

I have finished my page for July and have a really good start on my journal for the month. You can check it out on my BJP blog. I have my first 2 pages hanging if you want an idea of how I am doing it feel free to check it out on my Artistic Kreations and Passions Blog. It has been an incredible journey and I can't wait to start each new month.

Remember not to "stress the small stuff" and just keep moving forward. We can all do this and together we will all grow as Artist and that is really the most important thing, not if every page is perfect and not if you finished each page on time but did you learn and grow as an Artist. Keep up the good work all of you. Love and Hugs to you all, Angie

help with writing a post

Everyone is so helpful here, I am going to ask another question: when uploading a picture, how do I type so that my writing comes out next to the picture, instead of above or below it? The few times I did type to the left or right of a picture it seems like it was more accidental than intentional. Many thanks in advance.

Behind Schedule? Changing Course?

With August almost here, I thought it might be appropriate to comment about the commitment we made to one piece per month....

More than a few of us are a bit behind, some still working on June's page. Not a problem, as I see it... My hope is that our original energy and commitment about participation will keep us motivated. I believe in baby steps... I believe that setting aside a small chunk of time to do a little stitching is the key. I believe it will be worth the effort to look back a year from now and know we DID it! All of us will experience times when it's difficult and other times when it flows.

My hat is off to those who are already starting August's page. My hat is ALSO off to those who are struggling to keep up, as I encourage us all to keep stitching!

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I also want to comment about changing course... One member emailed me that she's not satisfied with her work so far and is considering starting over. Here is what I suggest to her and to all of us in this boat:

May I encourage you to let your work to date be testament to your starting place, to celebrate the beginning. Change the way you're working for the months ahead, if you like, and let that be testament to your journey, to celebrate the growth. I've always thought that starting over is like being punished, and punishment can stop a person in her tracks... Cherish your first BJP pieces for what they are... first steps on a journey. What do you think?

Also you may want to read my comments about envisioning work on the tips page of my website. I talk about the inner critic (and the good and bad sides of mind planning). Maybe something in my words will be helpful.

Blessings, Robin A.

The White Wizard Barrette "Page"

I have done some more to the eye and wrote about what Wizards mean to me. You can view it here. I have to hurry, July is almost over.
Sacredartist

My journey had a tough start, but I'm on my way!

Hello BJP-er's, I just had to share my first posts about the progress of my BJP. To start was difficult because I realize I am not a very patient woman when it comes to the proper respect a beaded page requires. lol But, I believe I have found my way.

Please check out my journey so far:
girl gone thread wild: First beaded page, nearly complete
girl gone thread wild: BJP progress post

Vintage Steel Cuts

I just bought an old beaded purse made with the old French steel cuts. It's not repairable, so I'll be salvaging the beads but I'm wondering if there is anything that will take the tarnish of years off of them?
If anyone has any information, I'd appreciate it!

Triangular Beads

It seems that lots of beaders want triangular beads. Well, I googled them and check out Fire Mountain gems here

and this site also

Happy Beading....

~Lin Moon

July card completed

Hi all I thought I would let you know that I published an image of my July beaded journal page on my blog. The direct link is here is you want to take a look.

Transferring photos onto fabric

To those of you who transfer a photograph onto fabric to bead your journal page, how do you do it? Is there special fabric or paper that you use? I love how Angela makes a photo collage and then beads it. I'm thinking that this bead journal project is really helping me learn new skills and push myself to explore new techniques.

Also, I just want to say how much I am enjoying reading everyone's comments and blogs. I feel like I am part of a village of beaders, a community of creativity, and am very happy to be living here.

Enough Already!

Can one ever have too many beads? I am sure glad that I decided to ONLY use beads from my stash for these pages! I am limiting the palette of my August page ---and, yet when I went through my stash for beads in these colors--this is what I found.



Now, my stash was a added to considerably when I had the very good fortune of buying a large seedbead collection from a friend---(she had some great old seedbeads, which you can no longer buy)---but WHEW!!! re-assessing my stash, I now see I can never use all the beads I have in my lifetime. Hmmm...good thing I have daughter who likes to make jewelry (and who goes through my stash every time she visits;-)

More July Progress

I've made a little more headway with my July page. You can see it here.

Shooting Star Beads Blog Update

I updated my blog today that I have posted
some pictures of my progress for my BJP~
July page . It is not done yet. I have been
very busy to get ready for the art fair next
weekend.

July Page Completed

My extra July page is finally done - if you'd like to take a peek, it's here. As a reply to people who have asked, the fabric is available from equilter.com and was designed commemorating the 100th birthday month of Frida Kahlo.

July

Progress has been a little delayed, the harvest is on in my yard. You can see here on my blog. My August page came about in the middle of my work day, amazing how it happens. Have a good day.

Ingredients of July

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Golden ribbon,
brownish-red beads,
opal-white beads,
embroidery floss in silver,
maybe also in grey,
a closure,
a logo,
an idea.

More to see and to read on my blog.

B-BHOP sub-group proposal

I'd like to propose a new subgroup - the B-BHOP's - Busy Beaders Honoring Our Process.

• We have no guilt that we are busy living our lives
• We bead when we can and when we have energy
• We remember that we joined this just for the fun and learning
• We contribute to the world of beading with our wonderful work, whenever it is completed
• We do not need to apologize for anything
• We honor our artistic self and process by accepting its pace
• We love and support ourselves and each other
• This is just for us. This is our place and our time to let it all hang out, to let ourselves be carried away in the moment, to let go of judgments and interpretation and planning, to go deeper than words! (from Robin A.)

Anyone care to join me? Any additions to my list of credos?

Way behind....

But....someone has to bring up the rear! =o)

I've posted a progress image on my blog.

Liz's July is finished

The Big Dipper is finished if you would like to go check it out. I worked on this through some other projects, and what is interesting, is that this "square" for July is inspiring a couple of ideas that are not in this Bead Journal project. Go figure!

I hope everyone is having as nice of a weekend as I will be. Beading, dinner with some friends, and a movie date with my husband. Life is good!!

I feel like such a flake

I still have not finished my June page let alone start my July page - I feel I am being a real flake for not keeping up with it, but there have been a few changes in my life since I decided to join this project, like starting a part time job & I know now that the pages I planned are too big for the limited time I have to work on them, so I am going to make some changes.

Hopefully by the end of August I will have the first 3 months finished - you can see what I started here if you wish

Updated!

Just thought I would mention to anyone who is interested that I have posted some new pictures of my progress for July's page here. Have a happy beading weekend everyone!

Friday Night!

Okey dokey! Updated my blog, but wanted to warn you it's just a little PG, so don't look if you don't want to! :) Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!
With aloha, CC