More Spiral Rope

Still messing around with spiral rope. I keep thinking, I wonder how it would look if....and I have to make another one! I have two or three more ideas.

This one I'm thinking of entering in the EBW Challenge for June. To me it has an ethereal quality to it that reminds me of Dreaming, Mid Summer.


Not sure about the fate of this one yet.

Playing With Spiral Rope

I've made another spiral rope piece. And have another in the works. I'm fooling around with some different size beads to see how it comes out. Learning new beading stitches is soooo much fun!

Front Page Treasury - Oh! Canada

Just for fun, and to celebrate Canada's Birthday today, I put together a Treasury on Etsy made up of red and white items with a couple of maple leaves thrown in for good measure. And Yippee!! It made it to the front page. Makes me proud. As well, the lovely comments that the treasury has had makes my heart glad.



Here are the links to all of the above artists:

SarahF - Roses are Red
LiebenowDesign - Maple Leaf Etched Velour
ReneesPaperandYarn - Red Velvet Cake Gumball Beaded Bead 001
totallytwisted - Strands of Red Bracelet
allieart4children - little red shoes handmade notecard
SandFibers - Red and White Triangle Peyote Ring
LauriDesigns - Simply Red Necklace Carnelian
HarvestMoonPaper - O Canada, Celebrate Canada Day Card
myfairladyvt4 - Dark Red Coral Beach Doily Earrings
RegalBeads - PassionRuthscraft - Cushion cover Retro flower power print 16 inch
njema - Red and White Candy-striped Diamond beaded Earrings

First the Earrings...and Then..the Rope

It all began with making a triangle. When the triangle was "finished" I wondered what I'd do with it and decided to try extending one side for a different shape. Then it became the earring. At that point, I'd made several triangles in a row and wanted to do something different. Out came the beading magazines and I came across a bracelet that was based on the spiral rope design. I was referred to the back of the magazine to a 2 stage graphic to teach me the basic stitch. I began in the beads that I'd been using in the earring and at first thought I'd make two one inch ropes for a pair of earrings. But I wanted to see more of the pattern so I continued, thinking bracelet, while I stitched. It just kept growing and now it's a 17" piece of spiral rope that I suppose is a necklace. But now it needs a pendant. And I don't feel like it goes with the earring. I'm going to "live with it" a bit before I make a decision. It needs to "season".

Celebrating 100!

I've been watching the number climb steadily for a while now and this evening, I happened to check and discovered that today I reached 100 Hearts in my Etsy Shop!

A Treasury Appearance

I found myself included in this beautiful treasury!



Thank you to Smadar's Treasure for including my Amber and Gold Peyote Bracelet.

Triangles...A New Compulsion

Carol Dean of SandFibers shared a website address with a Triangle Tutorial a few days ago and I went over, bought it and have started making triangles. This may be my newest addiction. Since I'm away from home, I took a few beads with me and in my very limited free time have been beading away.

I made this pair of earrings first (before I left home) from #11 Delicas.



Then I tried Toho #11 triangles. They are interesting but I'm not sure that I love them.



And finally, these are the beginning of what I think is going to be a bracelet. We'll see.



Please excuse the quality of the photos. I had to make do in my hotel room.

I WON, I WON!!

And I'm absolutely tickled.

"The "Arte y Pico" award was created and to be given to bloggers who inspire others with their creative energy and their talents, whether it be writing, artwork in all media's. When you receive this award it is considered a "special honor". Once you have received this award, you are to pass it on to at least 5 others."

Here it is!!



Please visit the site of my co-winner, I Do Things.

I discovered I Do Things' blog via EntreCard, and I'll bet that’s how they found me. There are lots of great blogs out there that I've come across by dropping my Card, so I’m going to nominate some of the blogs I would never have found without EntreCard. So thank you I Do Things and thank you EntreCard.

Etsy BeadWeavers Blog - I love visiting here because it's an endless source of inspiration! You can't go there and not want to bead!

Skwiggazine - Another source of endless "eyecandy" for all types of creative folk. You must check it out!

Forced Green - This blog reminds me to think about what I'm leaving behind for my grandchildren. Lots of creative ways to live greener.

The Grey Yogi - A thoughtful blog that I've been enjoyiing.

Happy Steps - This one inspires me to travel!

On Hiatus

I'm going to be gone for a few days and most likely won't have an opportunity to bead or update my blog. Life sometimes gets in the way of what we'd rather be doing.

Pebbly Sand Bracelet

This bracelet reminds me of the kind of sandy beach that has a lot of pebbles in it. It has a lot of texture to it so that when it's on your arm, you want to touch it. I wasn't happy all of the way through creating it but I think it's because the beads are Toho 8's and 11's and I've been using Delica 11's a lot lately so it felt strange working with the different dimensions. It's 2-drop peyote stitch and the difference in the bead sizes makes it interesting to work. Overall, it's fragile and delicate because the beads are glass, but it has a nice cool slinky weight to it when it's on your arm.