Final three pages

Hi everyone... I finished the final page of my bead journal, it's hard to believe it's been a year already. You can see the pages on my blog: March, April, May.

--Genevieve

A little out of commission

DARN IT! I was hoping to have May all done by now & start on the wall hanging for my leaves, but I've been slowed down. By what, you are asking? A dog bite! My dog bit me when I was pulling him away from a fight with another dog. Of course, he nailed me in the palm of my right hand! Of course, it got infected & I had to go to the Doctor three times. Of course, I was told NOT TO SEW! What a horrible sentence to a bead obsessed woman. Finally my hand is looking normal & I started to sew yesterday. Hurt a little, but that didn't stop me. My husband asked me if I'm insane! Probably, but my fingers ached to bead. Now to get myself up to speed and finish up this year. dot

February Page Done!

I know I am more behind than ever but I finally have something to share. February is done! You can see it here. I hope you enjoy the story.

Now on to March! I think it will be easier and quicker. We'll see.

The web page is looking so great. It's fun to look at everyone's pages all at once.

Timaree

On Target

G'Day All,
Just quickly popping in to let you know I'm doing fine and well on target to finish shortly!
I have finally pulled that reluctant child August into line and hopefully will finish it by weeks end. May has gone through a few changes but is heading in the right direction.
I got a bit of a shock also, I was just reading Robin's post on her blog about using symbols in our artwork. Well, wait till you see my finished May page. I adds even more meaning to all my BJP pages, having read this post.(background music=Twilight Zone)
Talk Soon
Nospoj - Dinah

Introducing Bunny S. and her BJP pieces...

Bunny S. is a 2007 BJP member who is not into digital. A couple of months ago I had a chance to spend some time beading with her and decided to take photos of her BJP pieces. I've posted them on my blog, here.

Here's a thought... if YOU know any members, who (like Bunny) don't do digital, please consider offering to take pictures of their work and post them to your blog. If they are up to date you might also help them get the images onto our BJP website member page.

Pink Hallow Moon did that for Terri Allen. If you haven't seen her work on the BJP member page, check it out here.

Thanks! Robin A.

"WAKE UP" THE BARRETTE FOR MAY BPJ

This barrette is based on the book TRILBY. It is about a girl that was hypnotized by a man named Sevengali. It parallels a lot of mesmerizing that is done by social control whether it be parental, religious, or those that would create profits and power by controlling others.

You can view my barrette here.


Sacredartist

My last three silk fusion pages

I have finally finished my two series of pages--what I call the encrusted series and the silk fusion series. You can see my last three pages here.

It has been so much fun beading monthly with a purpose. I am so looking forward to beginning a new series for the coming year.

Jann

Blue Marble Update

You can see my progress so far on my April piece here.
Happy Aloha Weekend to you all!
CC

March is done!

I have finished March. I'm getting there with my backlog!

You can see my Lepricorn pool at cindysthreads.blogspot.com

Cindy

April page completed!

I followed Robin's suggestions to start with gray and then examine the contents of last month's envelope. Full results are here. Having some trouble processing the fact that we're getting ready to start the final month of a year long project! It doesn't seem that long at all and at the same time the process and group support has been so wonderful that it feels like it's always existed.

October and November Pages

I finished October and November pages this month.
My blog entries are up now.

April is finished!

New Beginnings
Here's a detail from my April BJP -

you can see it here!

I'm lovin' the member pages on our BJP website... aren't you?

Robin A.

The Chaste Moon for March

The "Chaste Moon" has a secret! It was made not just for the BJP, but also as a challenge piece for another forum. The theme was "hidden in plain sight", so I worked some Braille letters into the piece with slightly larger beads. You can see a picture of the page, plus a picture that shows the "secret message" here: LINK

April

Here is my April piece. The details are on my blog http://focus-on-fiber.blogspot.com

Up to date at last . . .

The Crystal Cave and The Lady of Shallott are finally up on my blog. These pages are for March and April and can be seen at http://artfulmuse.blogspot.com/

Now all I have to do is find time to get that May page done . . .


Kathy V in NM

Please think back for a moment...

...to the beginning of the 2007 BJP... your first piece... June...

How did you choose your shape/size?

After sticking with it for the whole year,

are you still satisfied with your choice?

Why or why not?

What suggestions do you have for new members joining the 2008 BJP regarding this important decision that must be made at the very start of the year? How will you choose your shape/size for 2008 now that you have a year's experience behind you?

Thanks for taking your time to comment! And congratulations to all those who are now finished (or finishing) with 12 pieces. Every day I check the member gallery on our website with eager anticipation of seeing more! To say they are awesome is such an understatement... words fail me...

Robin A.

Progress

The good news is that my pages are progressing better than my keeping up with my blogs is. I have finally gotten all of my March page up and my first April entry done. I am getting close to having my April page done and maybe it will get onto my blog a bit more quickly. (We can hope.)

Here it all is Angie.

March Page
April Page
My BJP Blog

And for those of you who haven't seen the finished Pond Necklace my AKP Blog

Totally DONE with my spiral!

Hi all - just finished my May piece (a little early) and so now I am totally done. I just have to have the piece framed in a shadow box. I'm so happy with it and really appreciate all your encouragement during the year. The BJP website is great and it's a wonderful way to show all the pieces. Hope everyone gets to put their stuff up there.

So, click here to see my BJP home page! Remember - you can click on any of the pieces and another page will appear with a larger photo of the piece and all the info about what it was about.

Display Idea

I've decided how I'm going to display my pages here...

Skeletons

Pam T wrote on her blog: "This one has been poking at my brain since I finished it in October and didn't use it...... so I finished it up and now it's March! Still very appropriate, as skeletons are always rattling in MY closet...."

This is something that I have done - I have a couple of monthly projects that I have worked on, maybe completed, but haven't decided to put them in my BJP, but they are just sitting on my workbench.

Does anyone else have these "skeletons"? (perfect word by the way!)

Two more pages are up . . .

January and February pages and blog entries are up now at http://artfulmuse.blogspot.com/


Kathy V in NM

Thinking ahead

I've still got 2/3 of the 2007 BJP to complete, but I'm already thinking ahead to 2008. I've been writing poems (posted on my DeviantArt page and on my blog) and I will be using them as the starting points for each of my 2008 BJP pages. I've got 10 poems left to write!

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

What to Bead on?

This question was asked before, but now that some folks have answered that they use Peltex, I have a question. Is that like Timtex? Do you bead directly on the surface of the Peltex/Timtex or do you put fabric over it and bead on the fabric with the Peltex as backing? Thanks for all of you who share with us!

April page finished

My April piece is done and on my blog. I'm happy and sad at the same time that this year's project will be ending next month. Working on the pieces has given my year a kind of stability and a time for reflection.

April is Finished!

I have been struggling with my February piece and it has really been holding me back. Once I decided it was time to start over & to go with my original ideas, the rest of the months just came pouring out!

To see my April piece, you can visit my blog at Cindysthreads.blogspot.com.

Happy Beading!