The Beading Yogini

Art Bead Scene August 2012 Challenge

Written By: admin - Aug• 11•12

Prepare to come about… that’s about all I can recall from my brief sailing days on the Narragansett Bay.

But, if you are going to remember one lesson from sailing,

that’s a pretty important one to recall unless you want to go for a swim or get knocked out.

I do love the ocean and the beach, and here I am, living in the Mojave desert. I have tons of beach, but no water.

I always like to look at the glass as half full.

Fishing Boats, Key West, 1903 by Winslow Homer

Watercolor and graphite on off-white wove paper

Thanks to Brandi Hussey for sharing the color palette.

I kept it simple for the Art Bead Scene August challenge with a small fabric and wire wrap bracelet using some black bailing wire (you can find this at the local hardware store), grey fabric cotton yarn, a few metal spacers, one red seed bead and some beautiful labradorite beads. I like how the labradorite reminds me of the reflection of sunlight on the ocean water. This bracelet is light weight and comfortable to wear.

See what other designs have been inspired by this piece of art at the Art Bead Scene flickr site.

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Vintaj “Dragonfly Pool” Challenge August 2012

Written By: admin - Aug• 06•12

One evening last week, near dusk, my friend Sarah and I both commented about seeing a cluster of dragonflies in the cactus garden. You’d think the Mojave desert an unusual place to find dragonflies because of the lack of water, but that’s not the case. The desert has many types of dragonflies that can only be found in the Southwest. In fact the largest dragonflies in North America are found in the desert; Giant Darners are six inches long. I see them often in the summer months, but not dozens of them! I wanted to create a piece for the challenge using multiple dragonflies.

Vintaj “Dragonfly Pool” August 2012 Design Challenge.

Vote for your favorite design.

Voting starts today, August 6th through August 10th.

Visit here to vote for your favorite design at the Vintaj Blog.

“Recently I saw a cluster of dragonflies in the cactus garden near dusk.

I see them often in the summer, but not dozens!

I created a necklace for the challenge using multiple dragonflies,

reflecting the spirit of dusk in the desert twilight with just a bit of iridescent metallic color.”

Materials used:

I used the Vintaj Big Kick and the Vintaj DecoEmboss Dragonfly Pond to make a circular backing for a Vintaj Natural Brass Art Deco Dragonfly Pendant. I also incorporated smaller Vintaj Dragonfly Brass Links and a small Vintaj Dragonfly Charm. C-Lon cord, plastic links, round brass links, seed beads, twin seed beads, Magatama beads, antiqued brass chain, round copper link, oval brass jumprings, oval brass split-rings, and lobster claw clasp.

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7000 Bracelets For Hope Global Genes Project

Written By: admin - Jul• 19•12

A quick show of a few bracelets being sent off to the 7000 Bracelets For Hope Global Genes Project.

Read more about 7000 Bracelets For Hope.

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Jewelry Designs from Nature Challenge Blog Hop

Written By: admin - Jul• 17•12

Welcome to my garden… that’s my theme for the Jewelry Designs from Nature Challenge. The generous and talented Heather Powers, aka Humblebeads had a little lottery earlier this summer and I was one of the lucky designers selected to work with one of her polymer clay pendant beads.

I work at a cactus nursery, so the garden theme works for me. In the very hot summer months (Mojave Desert), I am often up at dawn and out watering plants. It needs to be done before it gets too steamy (both for my sake, and the plants too!) Not much dew out here in the desert, but I do get to see some amazing birds, critters low to the ground, spiders and other flying insects. Not to mention some awesome cactus flower blooms.

Heather sent along this poem for inspiration:

A sepal, petal and a thorn

Upon a common Summer’s morn –

A flask of Dew – A Bee or two-

A breeze – a caper in the trees –

And I’m a rose!

(Emily Dickinson)

Here’s what I came up with for the challenge:

Since I really enjoy a good challenge, I decided I needed to master the technique of micro-macrame leaves and incorporate that into the design process. Needed to make the holes in the wooden beads a little bigger to be able to fit two cords through. Task completed with the help of my trusty Dremel. Always a bonus to be able to play with tools.

Also decided to mess around and make a pair of earrings to go along with this necklace. I repurposed a broken pair of bronze earrings by wrapping them in silk sari ribbon. Added a red button, a lampwork headpin and did a little sewing of the ribbon.

Repurposed that little card that Heather sent along with her pendant too.

Materials used: Humblebeads pendant, C-lon cord, lampwork beads and lampwork head pins, lucite flowers, button flowers, buttons, tiny metal bee buttons, dyed flat wooden disk beads, copper jumprings, base metal pendant bail, small glass beads, copper chain and lobster claw clasp, size 11 seed beads, thread, silk sari ribbon, copper findings and repurposed brass earrings. Thanks for stopping by.

Continue blog hopping here:

Cece Cormier (you are here)

Amy of Amy Beads

Marlene Cupo

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Look Here Listen Up

Written By: admin - Jul• 14•12

I made this macrame necklace a few weeks ago and I’m just getting around to taking photos.

Here it is, quick and easy.

That brilliant Buddha Pendant is by Swedish artist Birgitta Lejonklou (Create With Spirit).

I added a few Tim Holtz metal components as a reminder to LISTEN.

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Nature Inspired

Written By: admin - Jul• 08•12

I was lucky winner recently and my name got drawn for

the Jewelry Designs from Nature Challenge

sponsored and hosted by Heather Powers (a.k.a. Humblebeads, Art Bead Scene.)

This here is my piece of paradise…

Check back on July 17th to see what becomes of this little beauty.

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Recipe for Bead Soup

Written By: admin - Jul• 07•12

Received a few beautiful boxes of beads from my Bead Soup Blog Hop partner this round- Lori Anderson.

Everything arrived spic ‘n span – bright, fresh and sparkling.

A dash of this…

A dash of that…

Something sweet…

Something salty…

Something spicy…

Something shining…

I Love it all!

Stay tuned for the finish on August 25th (Reveal #3)

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Art Bead Scene July Challenge 2012

Written By: admin - Jul• 06•12

Hard to believe that this was inspired by a Picasso?

“Two Acrobats with a dog” by Pablo Picasso, 1905

July Art Bead Scene Challenge 2012

I didn’t know that Picasso even painted anything other than those crazy abstract looking works.

This selection did inspire me to work with color combinations that I would never choose of my own accord.

I decided to use some of the colors from the palette that Brandi Hussey provided. For some reason the print on the acrobats tights and those chalk white faces kept popping into my brain and the here’s the outcome from those images. Materials used: C-lon cord, metal findings, seed beads, bone beads, one of my etched lampwork beads for the center focal, and some glass face beads. Busy as this bracelet looks, it’s kinda’ growing on me. It is a comfortable wear, but it’s going to the 7000 bracelets for hope project. See what others are creating this month on the flickr ABS group. And thanks for stopping by.