Right now I'm designing a project that I hope will serve two purposes...first, as my two-day class for Beadazzles in Atlanta in January, and second, as a possible project for my next book. As you can see I'm making progress, but I'm not totally sure how this thing will come together or if I'll even end up using these components. I know if I'm patient the beads will tell me what to do. (Come on, I know you talk to your beads, too!)
In a somewhat related story...well, about killing two birds with one stone and all that...I ran into my friend Josephina yesterday. We had a wonderful conversation about how the stress and pressure most people are under these days forces most of us to function in a way that's against our base nature. For instance, I've kind of turned into a Type A person, but before children, editing, mortgages, internet, and cell phones, I was pretty mellow. Josephina is a yoga instructor, so she's concerned about how that basic strain affects our health. The trick is to find out how we can fit our true identities into this 21st century life... One thing she mentioned is that she kills two birds by meditating while doing dishes. She says that her mellowness during this time just permeates throughout the house. So now her husband races her to the kitchen because he wants to do the dishes, too. Isn't that a great example?
Anyway, I've decided that I need to use all this beading time, which has been meditative for me anyway, to delve even deeper, dig around in there to look for the old Type B Jean, and see if she'd like to reappear or not. I'm not sure she'd be too helpful in paying the mortgage, but she might be helpful in dealing with teenagers.
Okay, enough with the headtrip! Want to know what my beadblogging buddies have been up to? Here you go:
A Bead A Day
Have a favorite piece of day-to-day jewelry? Lisa shares hers and reasons for leaning toward practicality.
About.com Jewelry Making
Tammy offers you two simple ways to become part of the on-line jewelry making community.
Art Bead Scene
Take a tour with the Art Bead Scene. We've got places to go and beads to see!
Barbe Saint John - New Jewelry from Forgotten Artifacts
Simply Gemstones book review
Carmi's Art/Life World
Carmi creates a new necklace with heart shaped resin pendants she made.
Cindy Gimbrone aka The Lampwork Diva
Take a walk on the dark side and see what kind of jewelry Cindy comes up with.
Earthenwod Studio Chronicles
Melanie begins her celebration of a week of crystal pendants with an autumn inspired fairy butterfly necklace
Jewelry & Beading
Have you ever thought about trying glass fusing? The talented Wendy Talaro shares a fused glass primer this week!
Lorelei's Blog: Inside the Studio
Lorelei is hosting a Necklace Round Robin, come check out the necklaces as they transform!
Snap out of it, Jean! There's beading to be done!
Jean recalls and reposts a recipe for some cool October earrings, now that there is a chill in the air!
Strands of Beads
Melissa blogs about an intriguing new blog by lampwork artist Sarah Moran
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