Fuel.

Taking a break from beading to indulge in my guilty pleasure: yakisoba noodles, cabbage, carrots, snow peas, mushrooms, onions and garlic!  So easy to make and fun to eat with chop sticks. Mmmmmm.

I have awakened the beast...

I found this beautiful pendant in a bead shop in Morro Bay years ago, I think. I'd like to give credit to the artist. Maybe someone will recognize it. Anyway, I started by beading around the pendant with a delicate, pretty stitch I learned from Lisa Kan's book Bead Romantique. Oh and the little flower with the pearl in the center is another one of her designs. Then I made basic spiral ropes. Instead of having the spirals on both sides going in the same direction, I corrected this old habit and pushed the spiral loops to the opposite side on the 2nd rope. It worked. Trial and error. So, I like where this is going. It needs more fringe. I am using my notes from Kandra's class with the Face. And it needs a clasp & I have the perfect button. Can't wait to wear it. It's going to be another late night! The beast is hungry!