Starting with my office...These good-luck medallions from Afghanistan sit on the windowsill. I think they help:
This milagro-centric piece hangs nearby. I placed a bit of my mom's Catholica in the center:
A bike seat cover from Pakistan along with one of my little kinetic sculptures sitting there on the right:
Amy Clarke's wonderful chair piece near a Czech beaded bike from Diane Fitzgerald:
A Huichol beaded bowl sits just down the same shelf:
This antique wall hanging from India was once used something like wallpaper in some rich person's house:
Oh, and my Carmen Miranda marionette...a tribute to some major obsessing in 1999:
Moving on to my bedroom where I made beaded finials...talk about obsessive!
I keep my dad's rosary wrapped around my nightstand lamp so he feels nearby:
The living area includes tassels on furniture...
...a Yoruban beaded cup gifted by Linda Ligon...
...and this beautiful Yoruban wall hanging that put a dent in the grocery budget. I adore it!
Here's a sweet photo album cover from a book called Beaded Gifts I wrote a million years ago:
And then there's the all-important pie server in the kitchen...this one is from Beaded Weddings.
What beady stuff is in your house? I'd love to know!
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Of course pillows, but also lampshades, napking ring holders (no napkins, just the pretty floral rings), vases w/embellishments, necklaces hung on the lampshade in my bedroom, dishes of beads on the dresser...the beads have taken over!
A strawberry motif pincushion resides front and center on my bench. It was one of the first tools I created for the studio, Beyond the function of sharpening needles, it reminds me how thankful I am for the blessing of beadwork in my life.
Beaded knobs (don't say it) or drawer pulls, beaded ceiling fan pulls, swarovski beaded suncatchers, wine bottles with beads inside (they don't get dusty inside), swap items over the years. I might have to photograph the items and post on my blog this weekend.
Thanks for all your great pictures
I like the way you think, Jean...if it sits still for too long, sew beads on it :-)
I cover everything in polymer clay. My husband locked his train room because I asked him one day if he would like me to make his model trains look pretty.
Nice stuff you have there, I like almost all haha thanks for share, I hope that I will have my house one day.
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