Vintage China has always been something I love to look at. Our work – beadweaving – was also VERY popular when this China was made. The theme will be – VINTAGE CHINA. It can be via the color scheme, the actual look and style reflecting China or even something that actually encompasses a piece of Vintage China. Let’s have fun and enjoy creating our designs! ~KM
Weekend Re-Post 6/2/13
Originally Posted on Monday, June 13, 2011
Marvelous Monday
As many of you know I have been VERY VERY VERY busy! Last week was the awards and graduation ceremony of my daughter Aye. Talk about emotional! Here she is – looking beautiful!
Since I am going to brag, which I just HAVE TO DO, here is the list of awards she won earned
(these are for the whole year).
A/B Honor Roll
A Conduct
Patrol Award and Trophy
Chess Medal
Reading Medal
FCAT pin (2 scores of 5 (almost perfect in Math and Science))
Then for this quarter she received
Perfect Attendance
A Honor Roll
A Conduct
Reading Award
Gifted High Level Award
So, do you think I should be proud???
OH YA!!! OH YA!!! OH YA!!!
And I wonder why I spoil her, with a kid that does this well, how could I not!
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Now, on to the ‘beaded’ things I have been working on. I have been working like crazy to get this wedding party set done for my childhood friends’ daughter’s wedding. After having lost track for a few years we found each other through FaceBook and I have the honor of doing the her daughters’ brides maids jewelry. They will be wearing a Burgundy dress with black sash, here is what we came up with –
Aren’t they beautiful? I have to say, that they were a LOT of work! Each necklace has over 180 hand turned Swarovski Crystals and each bracelet has more than 140! Talk about ‘labor intensive’!! But, I loved every minute of it. And NO, none of them are the exact same. They were all done randomly and there is a slightly different bead count in each piece! I just couldn’t do them all the same!!
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Then there is the necklace set that I made for the Artfire Beadweavers Guild. If you remember back in March my Celtic Suncatcher won the popular vote (THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU) and I was able to choose the next theme, here is what I came up with:
So here is what I designed – I hope you all like it, the voting is between the 14th and the 26th and I’ll be asking you all to vote for me!!
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In honor of my ABWG entry I want to feature this wonderful artist, CatnipStudio. Some of her work is simply amazing! You really need to check out all her sites! I just love this Cake Plate, but there are many more items I found that I liked too! And talk about functional too! Go visit her and let her know where you heard about her!
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WOW, you would think that would be enough… well…. See what happens when I don’t blog for two days?!?!? I also will be listing a couple more new items this week for you all to see, they are fun and playful! With being around all the KIDS at school over the past couple of weeks I have been able to see the JOY that these kids see in life. Most of them have little to no worries and are so carefree…..I wish I was that young again!
Then I listen to the news. Between the HEAVY smoke outside and the 98+ degree temperature with a predicted 102+ degree with the heat index I think about my day, I’ll be beading INSIDE again!! What are your plans for today? Is it HOT where you are?
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And here is the hop that I am doing today –
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For today’s thought, try to remember the little moments, when years have gone by, it is those ‘little things’ that you will value the most! ~KM