Need to bead freely now.

This was a cuff I made last year using a raku button as the focal bead. I was really beading free when I made this one and it felt so awesome as it came together. It's probably my favorite piece I made. It's a reminder to me that I do have it within me to let go.

Well January is almost over and I haven't started my first BJP. I was afraid this would happen. I'm trying to relax about it. It's been such a busy month filled with mounds of paperwork which I cannot stand anymore. (And I used to be a bookkeeper!) I just checked out Arline's blog and Whoa girl! She is on fire. Already starting March's page. I'm happy for her because I know she must feel really good creating something so beautiful. She is amazing. It's pretty neat when you can look at a beaded page and actually feel the cold outside. January's page is one of those. That's art. Art inspires feelings/reactions in you. Good or bad, uncomfortable or warm and fuzzy or even repulsive. As long as it makes you feel something it is art. Start with a blank piece of felt and start sewing on one bead at a time and before long you have an emotion or a story and that's incredible. Of all the art mediums I have tried on, beading is the most challenging and rewarding.

I thought I should have something important or really introspective to say with my January BJP because it's my first one and this has me hung up. I need to just get out of my head. I might just bead something that is just fun and it's only meaning is to let me feel free. I have so many fires to put out right now, so much weighing on me in my personal life. I think this month shouldn't be a "heavy"! So with that in mind I should probably get beading and let this blog go for a bit. I am new to this but I am learning. Learning to be gentle with myself, thank you Robin.

Have you ever experienced this beadblock and if so what have you done to remedy the situation? Let me know!

* Time to bead freely, no matter what it looks like, it's a part of me.

Coming Up: I just finished a new necklace and my friends tell me that the rope looks like a hair scrunchy. Need to take the picture! And I will be posting my first BJP next time I log on!

Happy New Year!

I cannot believe it's 2010. Sounds like a space odyssey movie title or something. I remember when I was a kid and I would imagine life in the year 2000...cars that hover, robots, crazy stuff. Well with all the new-fangled techno gear we have I wasn't too far off. It's just weird to be here and realize that not too much has changed. My car has wheels for example and they are bald at the moment.

Today is my birthday and I'm old enough to know better I guess. It's a beautiful, crisp, sunny winter day and I'm headed to the library with my Mom to do my third favorite thing...find the perfect book(s) to escape with for the next couple of weeks. I haven't blogged for a while and since I haven't really given out my blog address yet I guess it's no biggy but I miss it. I have a few resolutions like losing some weight and doing more yoga...hope it sticks this time! Oh and to bead more! I'm happy to report that I'm finally emerging from the beading rut I was in earlier this winter. I made a slew of pretty earrings for Christmas gifts and knitted some nice scarves and ponchos for friends. I got invited to some great Christmas parties and celebrating with my closest friends was the perfect end to the year. Now it's time to begin my Bead Journal page adventure! I'm brainstorming right now.

Since it's my birthday I am posting a picture of a necklace I made using my birthstone, garnet, and sterling silver. It's not my design though. I got the idea from a beautiful necklace made by Mary Champion that was published in the Sept. 09 issue of Bead Style Magazine. It was a real inspiration and an opportunity to use the silver that I've been hoarding for several years.

I'm going to try to blog more often. I just watched the movie Julie and Julia about the gal who blogged about Julia Child's cookbook: The Art of Mastering French cooking and then made over 500 recipes in 365 days, phew! It was such a good movie. I felt guilty for not getting my butt in gear and blogging more! At least I don't have to cook!

Happiest wishes to everyone out there for the new year. Hopefully our economy will improve and there will be more peace around the world.