Bead and Button Show 2013

Free admission to the Bead and Button Show Marketplace tonight between 5-8pm downtown Milwaukee at the Delta Center! The Marketplace is also open Sat. 10am-6pm and Sunday 10am-4pm. Admission is $10 or you can print out this coupon for $2 off.

EBWC Lunar Obsession

Tonight will be a Blue Moon, rumored to be very auspicious. What perfect timing to list my entry, La Bella Luna, for the Etsy Bead Weavers September challenge, Lunar Obsession. You can view the actual listing HERE.

Often when perusing local bead shops I will purchase beady things that are ugly or weird, just because I like things that are unusual. The focal of my necklace, a grey resin cabochon, is just that. It caught my eye because I have never seen anything like it. I picked it up on a whim, not having any idea of what I would do with it. When I got it home and looked it over a second time, I thought I would never use it, that it was a little too ugly for jewelry use, and would join my overwhelming stash of going nowhere soon beady “stuff” that waits patiently for its birth.

 

For this challenge we were to be inspired by the moon. I often look to the moon; wondering, awed, captivated. Cloaked in darkness and full of mystery, constantly changing and often lacking symmetry. When viewing the moon even from such a great distance you see craters, shadows, texture, the beauty of light reflecting off of its surface.

 

The focal is representative of the moon’s surface. Also used in this piece were Picasso and metallic finish peanut beads, textured metal sequins, Hematite beads, matte cube beads, a cat eye cabochon, bugle beads, matte & opaque seed beads, and a gunmetal tube bead, backed with Ultrasuede, and finished with a gunmetal toggle closure.

 

Please be sure to visit our team blog, between the 9th and the 15th of September to see all the entries from the wonderfully talented artists in this team and vote for your favorite entry!

*Enjoy your holiday weekend and be sure to look up tonight and behold the Blue Moon!*

TGIF!

Took a mini break from beadweaving and any long-term projects to make some earrings

And a treasury



Wishing all a great weekend!

Treasury of the Day

Ok, so I can't choose just one today.

Inspired by Halloween



Love, love, love the mauve!!



Captivated by the mustard and fall colors

Sneak Peek

Just a little sneak peek at some beadwoven items I am working on.

Treasury of the Day

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