beaded poppy

Ok, so I'm 2/3 of the way thru the french flower beading class. This week we put the petals together. They're really beautiful!! The photos don't really do them justice... they reflect the light from the flash.

I have a few ideas for them: brooches, napkin rings, and of course just pretty flowers in a vase.

The teacher is going to offer more classes incoporating more flowers. I think I'll sign up. Oh, I told the teacher how much I liked crafting and she responded with, "This is art not a craft!" I guess that makes me an artist!

Show you the final product next week!

snow in Texas

We got 12" of snow yesterday!! I don't know if I've ever seen this much! Here's a beautiful picture of the tree outside...

french flower beading

I'm taking a class on french flower beading. Our assignment for this week was to complete 5 small and 5 large petals. Each petal is a combination of two colors. I am really enjoying this class!! I came home and made 10 of each + 5 small and 5 large petals using the inverse colors!! Maybe a little over kill... but I want to put together a bunch of flowers in class this week!!

me petals

stuffed sea creatures, part 2

OK, so putting these together has been a little bit more taxing than I expected. The whale pattern I drew turned out well. The jelly fish pattern was WAY too difficult for me; I'm still a novice with the sewing machine!! I'm going to give the crab a try a little later this week.

Oh, and here's my favorite part... My LABEL!!!

What do you think?