Look what I pulled out of my beady ...oh yeah brain

This is a project that has been in the works for a while.  I have a small back story (but by all means skip it if you are tired of my babble ;) )  You all know that I am in need of a 12 step program for t-shirt buying right?  so I was wandering through Walmart and I saw a shirt (no way, right) and I did not own this color (notice I said did not, because you know I do now)  When I got it home I went right to my bead stash and found that in my haste to buy all the beads I could (without any projects in mind) I had a perfect match in 15/0's.  I had also purchases some hammered rings at the same time and.......my first mixed media project was born!  I took elements of other designs and my secret love of chain maille and went to work!

Now part of the reason it took a while is first I ran out of beads (but my sweet hubby liked the bracelet so it was Artbeads to the rescue!)  Then let's face it I have Crafting ADD and started a few others while waiting.  Did you also know that 15/0's can drive yours eyes buggy?  

Well  TA DA!!

I did use a new stitch I think at this point I have mastered and have seen beaded rings in many other designs but I think my interpretation is pretty unique, How bout you?

Also here is a pic of the spark I had from all the turquoise and orange projects.  I only had enough of the turquoise beads for 3 and inside are grommets that I found at Home Depot (gotta love a hardware store)  I am not sure what to put it with so it will probably sit for a while but I wanted to get any opinions that you have to offer.

Well, we are off to Playground so I will check in later!

Hugs Always

Kristen

My homework and Ode to Juls!

This is my beading tray right now.  I was going to post a pic of what it looked like when there were 4 projects on it at one time and ask for an intervention but.....IT SPILLED!  Oh it was my own fault having too many projects and all the beads on the tray at one time but as I have mentioned before I do have a pit of crafting ADD and that does conflict with the crafting OCD (having everything in its special place) So there I was trying to pick up all of the tiny little beads in the carpet and thinking ohwhatamoron and howcouldyoubethatbrainless (nice little words I have picked up from Juls @ Julesbeads who I am so lucky to have found and that she is following me Thank You Juls) and a thought occurred to me HUMMM why to they give you nice containers for beads if you just dump them on the tray and risk another bout of howcouldyoubethatbrainless?  So now the OCD is winning and I only put out a few beads at a time and things stay much more organized (and I don't sit on the carpet looking for 15's and thinking "you actually work with these for fun?" ) So that is my first rant and I am able to get this out due to the great teachings of Jules!

On to the tray, on the top is the Twisted Pink Nightmare (Shelby named it) which is a pattern from Rubys Beadwork with a literal twist.  An the bottom is my class piece that is almost complete.  I love this! It is designed by my teacher Susan and it is so much fun to make!  I have the last class this Saturday and will learn how to zip it up to make a bangle!  (and an excuse to buy more beads I hope :) )

Always Believe
Kristen

This is the first picture of new project. I know that the pics aren't that good ( a photographer I am not! ) I will try to either get better or have someone else take them. So right now I am trying to use what I have in my stash right know because when I first started beading I just randomly purchased beads with no specific project in mind ( it drove my poor husband nuts! ) I do tend to go overboard when I start new crafts (you should see my cross stitch and quilting fabric stashes ) Anyway I have this shirt and I would like to do something with these beads to pair it but still not sure if they are a good mix or not/ Any input would be appreciated (if anyone looks at this blog of course)

Always believe!
Kristen