January Page Completed

I finished my January page over this past weekend. It's my 'change' page and it's here.

The Beaded Book Competition

Hey, guys - don't know if anyone still stops in here - but I wanted to share an update concerning my beaded journal. I entered it in Beadwork's Beaded Book Competition and I just got the news that it's been selected as a finalist! Now I just have to deal with the trauma of sending off to a bunch of strangers for a few months (insert deep breath here).

Many, many thanks to all the 07-08 BJP gang and especially Robin, who shoved us all down this rabbit hole in the first place., encouraging us to put beads to cloth, expressing ourselves in ways both familiar and strange, stretching our creativity and learning so much together and as individuals. The experience remains one of the richest in rewards - both personal and professional - I've ever known.

However this turns out in the end, I'm already a winner.

See Six BJP Pieces by Christi C!!!

Christi C. is still working toward completing this project. She has finished June - October, and is nearly done with November. Since Christi doesn't have a website or blog, I've taken pictures of these beautiful pieces and posted them here on my blog for your viewing pleasure! Here's a peek...


I've also posted pictures of pieces by Christy H. who just finished her last piece for the year! You can see them here.

I am so very proud of these two gals (and many others unknown to me) for their perserverance!

Robin A.

Elemental Water Sketch

Sketch for my 3rd panel, Elemental Water, is posted on my blog.

Kassie - The Beading Butterfly

aka Beadg1rl

http://beadingbutterfly.blogspot.com

Panel 2 finished!

Panel 2 (Elemental Fire) finished - finally!

beadingbutterfly.blogspot.com

Almost done w/ Elemental Fire

Second panel almost finished - yay!

http://beadingbutterfly.blogspot.com

Kassie

March page 2007 BJP

Hi everyone, it has been a very long time since I posted. I finally finished my 8th page, which is for March of 2008. It has been done for awhile but I have had computer problems and was not able to download the picture and then post it. But it is there now if you would like to take a look.

Happy beading,

Nancy K.

What a Customer Created....

This beautiful bracelet is what a customer created from my Double Heart Bracelet wire wrapping tutorial.... It's wonderful!

Slow as molasses in January

Hi,

I finally finished my April page from 2007-08. For the next go around I'm going to make smaller pieces. You can see April on my blog:

nightbeaderatlarge.blogspot.com

slow going...

Well, I finally finished all of the fire on my Elemental Fire panel. I still have to choose the colors for the inside - it will be green, like the leaf in the center of Elemental Air, but more of a true green as opposed to green-blue or blue-green.

Part of the reason this is going so slow is because I am doing a lot of writing lately. I have written a couple of new poems. I am also taking an Intro to Fiction Writing course online through UNC-Chapel Hill which is a blast - but tons of work.

Kassie - The Beading Butterfly
http://beadingbutterfly.blogspot.com
http://beadg1rl.deviantart.com
www.beadingbutterfly.com

Good Bye 2007 BJP

Today is the last day of the 2007 Bead Journal
Project.
I am glad that I am done with all of my 12 pages.
You can check my blog to see my last project.

My last page is complete!

Hello beady friends!

Well, talk about getting down to the wire! My last page, my November page, is finally finished and you can see it here. Even though I am 3 months late, I am feeling quite a sense of accomplishment today to be finally done with all of my pages.
To all of my fellow BJPers who are not done yet - have faith, it WILL happen. Keep on beading and, most of all, have fun!

-Karen

Time Is SO Catching Up With Me!

Here it is, August 30, only one more day until 2008-2009 BJP officially begins.  I am nowhere near finishing up 2007...  and I'm realizing that that doesn't really matter so much.  This has been a wonderful, sanity-keeping experience for me, having my BJP project to come back to after things went haywire, which they did on a regular basis this last year.  I can confidently say that I wouldn't have come through nearly as well as I have without the beadwork and all of you to encourage and inspire me.  At this point I have 6 and 5/6th pages done, just a bit over half of the 12 I'd hoped to have.  And my solution is to invoke my Artistic License and, well, cheat and declare that each page will represent 2 months.  :- D  Oh, I'll still be working on 2007-2008 as I go along,  but right now I can have that (somewhat false) sense of achievement and completion. Page 7 will  be finished up by tomorrow, and then I will start 2008-2009.  And I still haven't decided on size, theme (if any), or anything.  I can't wait to find out what I'll come up with!

How do I post on the New Blog??

I have not recieved an invitation to post on any of the new blogs so how do I do this?

Ellen aka DollyBead

Final Page

Whew, talk about cutting it fine...

You can see my final page & how it came to be here..

Ellen aka DollyBead

Ooops!

You would think by now this old girl could figure out where to post! The last post was meant to go to my 2008 BJP group . . .


Kathy V in NM

Time flies when one is having fun . . .

Greetings from the high desert country of southern New Mexico! Our state motto -- the Land of Enchantment -- really says it all when it comes to living in a place with constant creative inspiration.

Can't believe it is time for the next BJP already. Spent the entire summer beading up a storm on many other projects and now it is nearly time to solidify thoughts and plans for my 2008 BJP pages. Last year I used a 6 x 8 inch format which was ambitious and there were many months when I had wished I began with a smaller format. So, this year's efforts will go a teeny bit smaller -- 4 3/4 x 6 3/4 inches.

Welcome to all the new folks joining in the project. You will find we have become a family of sorts and this will be the best online group experience you can hope to have anywhere! Lots of encouragement and love gets spread around liberally.

Looking forward to this year and all the creativity and inspiration I am sure will be generated in abundance . . .


Kathy V in NM
http//:artfulmuse.blogspot.com/

March and April 2007 BJP Updates

Before March page the background was
empty so I put extra flowers and leaves.
My April page is done last month. I have
been so very busy and did not have the
time to post pictures of my vacation
and May BJP page yet but I will real
soon so come back.
Here is my link .

Up-date, Judi in CO

Getting geared up again. Finally photos of 2 pages done awhile ago. Have a good day.

Questions about the new 2008-2009 blog

Hi! I had to post these questions here because...well, because I couldn't post them on the proper blog LOL!!

1 What do we need to do to be able to post on the new blog?
2 Could someone please change the comments settings so that those of us who don't use blogger blogs can post too?


Thanks on both counts :-)

Progress... of a Sort

I'm well underway with my December page, and you can view it in its "in progress" state on my blog.  It's been another "interesting" year for me, but most loose ends have been wrapped up.   2007 is about to wrap up, and here I am with still many to go.  Oh, well.  All the family stuff is cleared up and the paying work is coming in on a more scheduled basis, so I will have more time to work on my 2008 pages, as well as the remaining pages for 2007.  This has been a wonderful experience.  I've learned so much, especially from all of you and your amazing and spectacular art.  2008 can only be better!

March BJP

March BJP
Originally uploaded by jacqui126

2007 finally finished. This page has taken forever and a day but I finally decided to stop! See my details on my blog

Now I just have to have then framed.

July is finished

Hi All,

July's page is finished and now all I have to do is complete April & August. Will I finish before we start the 2008 BJP? Time will tell.

To check out my July page come to my blog.

www.nightbeaderatlarge.blogspot.com

Beadily yours
Susan Feldkamp
aka Night Beader

Switch to new blog?

Are we switching over to the new blog in September?