Another Beaded Postcard

Yep, I've just finished October's BJP postcard (top only) and I just LOVE it!!! This one portrays FALL, a season I wish would last a lot longer!!!

This one has a shiny gold background with various cutout fabric leaves, berries and acorns bonded and embroidered in place. The berries and acorn tops have been beaded along with the Indian corn which also has SRE silken husks. Yep I really like it even though it does not have my usual spider or web on it - that's okay!!!



“Expressions of Me” ♥ Rose Anne Burdeny
Bead Journal Project
“Little beaded glimpses of a month and what it portrays for me”
October, 2008

Fall, the season I wish never ended!!! The days of such beauty that materialized so fast and with a blink of an eye gone with the wind!

RABBJP#2

Stitching Some More!

Oh I definitely think I'm sick as I'm thoroughly enjoying my evenings and weekends stitching up a storm - well at least I'm not out in these frigid temps except for going to work so to speak!!! Thankfully today is was a relatively calm day as with -36C this morning it would have been unbearable with a windchill too!!! Three blocks walk can seem like forever when it's that cold!!!

So first off here's the next CQ Oriental sewing caddy RR block I'm working on - I had forgotten to take the totally "before" picture so I stopped my beading and grabbed the camera. Then I played in Paint and copied over my beading for a truer before image - just the detail in the olive fabric is distorted some. I've other plans yet for this baby so maybe next week I'll have more pics on it.



Then I stitched up my "naked" heart block for my Fabulous First RR in the CQ Intn'l group - a prerequisite before joining any other posted RRs. And I can tell you from the eyecandy I've seen within this group it is with relief that I do this before so others can see my work and hopefully feel better of sending their blocks for my embellishing. Anyways I could not resist stitching in my own web and spider and hopefully the rest will be history!





Then I also started on my October BJP postcard and am thoroughly pleased with the image and the beading I added, now just to do the embroidery and SRE. Then I'll have that one finished too and onto November's.

My First Bead Journal Project!!!

Finally I have my September 2008 postcard top completed for the BJP activity I had signed up for last summer yet. My start to this project is a tribute to my MOM, my heavenly angel! Here it is and following the picture is what will be printed on the postcard back.



“Expressions of Me” ♥ Rose Anne Burdeny
Bead Journal Project
“Little beaded glimpses of a month and what it portrays for me”

September, 2008
I’ll start this off with a dedication to my Mom “my dearest angel” who was always my greatest admirer of whatever I attempted to do. She never said I ‘couldn’t’ or ‘wouldn’t be able to do it’, just asked ‘how I was planning on doing it’! I miss her muchly!!!

RABBJP#1

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I'd like to point out some special items:
- on the right hand side I've used a very precious piece of hand-dyed Venetian lace I received from a dear friend in Australia - I still have more for another project or two
- in the centre is a peony silk ciggie from Judy R of Ontario
- the blue silk fabric (along with a whole sample package) from Val F here in Winnipeg
Thank you very much for your generosity ladies.

Okay, now onto October's which should be a cinch after this baby!!!

2008 Bead Journal Project

Ohhhh my but Robin is not going to be happy with me at all, hey I'm not myself either!!! See I signed up for this 12-month postcard journal project with a whole load of ensthusiasm and honest intentions and even planned out the whole YEAR's pages along with the write ups and where am I????

You guessed it, not even the first one completed!!! BUT I have started it and am working on it in amongst the other projects on the go too!!! I've even pulled out the leaves for the October page too so hopefully that won't take as long as September's BUT November is another that might take some time putting together! I've decided I'm getting a 4 x 6 photo album and pulling out the inside divider sheet and that way you can view the fronts and the back blurbs too! I'm not sure about putting them into a wall hanging - this will suffice for now.

I just have to get going on these and they'll get done, not sure if on time though!!!