One Bead At A Time

Good Morning!  I should be in the shower but I had to pop in here and tell you about the amazing generosity of Robin Atkins who set up the Bead Journal Project in 2007.  I discovered the BJP that same year but didn't officially join.  However, I worked alongside and it was a major factor in my picking up a needle and starting to sew and consequently starting my journey as a fibre artist.

Robin has decided to make the first book she wrote about beading available free on line and you can download it here.  This hard copy book was reprinted five times so this is a great opportunity to have your own copy and enjoy Robin's beautiful work.  If you go to Robin's blog and leave a comment you have the chance of winning one of the last four bound copies of the book but you have to comment before June 1st.

Have a lovely day!

Look at all the goodies I got this morning!! I went to our local garden centre to get some copper plant labels and found they were having a sale in the craft section! Fancy that - and me with birthday money to spend :o)) Lots of lovely embossing powders to play with.

I've worked a few stitches onto the canvas I started on Sunday. Lynda told me it would be tricky sewing through gessoed canvas so I found a good strong needle. She wasn't wrong! I wouldn't like to do a lot of this. I am hoping that when I start to paint some of the silver in the thread will show through.

I have finally finished my page for July in my shadowing of the Bead Journal Project. I put in some muti-coloured running stitches and closed the stitches round the S and I'm happy with it now. On to August........