MAY

My May BJP is a celebration of the birth of our third great grandson. It is posted on my blog.
Ann

Progress on May BJP

I did get started on May's BJP while I was in Alaska but I have no hopes of getting it done by the end of the month... I have 2 other projects that need to be postmarked before May 31 and this can wait and be late. Stitching time is practically nonexistent this month competing with absolute necessary outside chores...

We have both the Western Bluebird and the Mountain Bluebird in our area.. It is usually the red-breasted Western Bluebird that have nested here although I haven't seen any this year.

May

I've posted a photo and information on my next piece on my blog. http://focus-on-fiber.blogspot.com/

I know I've been MIA lately but I'm still here. I spent the beginning of the year in Australia (my first piece on the left which I've already talked about). I was also there for the month of February where I was forced to take a good look at myself and my family & what everything means (the reason for the glasses & the mirror. Hard to see but there is a picture of my family in the picture frame).

My March piece is not completed yet but will be soon. I'm incorporating buttons I made with my Dad while in Australia.

The final piece on the right is for April. I was in Hong Kong for this money where I turned 50! Where have the years gone. I used an opal to represent each person in my family - a precious stone for my precious family.

I decided to sew my pieces to an ultra suede band that slips over the front cover of my journal. Seems to work the best. I have been writing for the month in these journals. Unfortunately they have ended up being extremely personal (something I didn't expect) so I won't be showing those pages :)

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delete I don't get how to post. It goes to the wrong place!

Finished my March "page", yeah!

And now I have a dilemma.  I haven't even made the vessel yet for April, so I have nothing on which I can bead.  Perhaps later this week I can get to it (keeping my fingers crossed...).

Here are the 4 sides of my March vessel.  And you can check my blog to see what my inspiration was.

I've gotten very far behind in viewing everyone's work so far.  Boy oh boy, when I can finally slow down a bit, I'm going to have a fabulous time catching up!

Second day of Christmas Two turtle doves. See the whole pages on our blog. funky beading.blogspot.com

I thought I would just give you a close up of a pear in a pear tree Lise Pederson

These two pictures are of my first pages of the twelve days of Christmas. Lise and I are having lots of fun trying to outdo each other. We decide what our subject will be and then try and do something different . Hope you all enjoy it as much as we are. Check out our website to see the whole pages. funky beading.blogspot.com Would someone please let us know how to go to our blog by just putting in the word blog????Still new at this . Evelyn Wilde

April is finished

You can see it here:http://unnur-threadpaintandbeads.blogspot.com/2010/05/april-2010.html

Have two of my pages done for the Bead Journal. Check funky beading.blogspot.com to see them. Lise

Look what I found!

from the 90s http://unnur-threadpaintandbeads.blogspot.com/

Long Absence and A Question

I'm still here!  You probably don't even remember me as I'm still working on January!!!!  But, I've posted in my blog with an updated photo, some news, and a question about my piece (probably a question that BJP participants have debated before).  Happy Spring!!

Sharon M

my "official" pix

Here are the professional pictures that my hubby took of my BJP vessels.  They sure are a lot better than the snaps I did!

Here's January.

And here is February.

March is moving along quite nicely.  Oh... it's almost May?  Ah well... LOL!

progress on March birds

I've now finished beading half of this journal. the flower colors echo the colors of the stenciled picture. I'm not sure if I should do the left side with different flowers, so that it becomes a different bush.

AACK! Fell behind! March is done

....mostly...for now lol! :P

http://crowwoman-terri.blogspot.com/

Ive started my piece for April

For a peek (wink) go here! http://unnur-threadpaintandbeads.blogspot.com/

March is done!

See what gave me my first beading blister!http://unnur-threadpaintandbeads.blogspot.com/

Under Sea Fantasy March BJP

I have finally completed my BJP for March. After not knowing where to begin, I resolved the problem by Embellishing a piece that I created using my Embellishing machine. I worked up a piece of felted material with all sorts of bits. I started with wool roving and added silk velvet, red silk, thread scraps and other bits of flotsam from my sewing table. For pictures and the rest of the story, you can go here!!

Hopefully, I will be able to accomplish my BJP for April before the end of April!!