A Chain of Synchronicities

Today, I'm getting ready to teach my first bead weaving class after years. And it's happening because of a chain of synchronicities I experienced when I stepped over my fear and listened to my gut on a day a couple of weeks ago. So, dearies, it's totally worth it! At least in my world. :)

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My Creative Space - Art Journalig and Beaded Butterfly

Last week was pretty productive for me: finished and delivered 2 pretty big translations, filled the last full spread in my first art journal inspired by the e-course by Effy Wild, started a new art journal, beaded a butterfly, made a mixed media piece with a candle, painted a couple of sheets of paper and did at least one sketch every day.

 Devoted to my daughter

 Cover of the new journal

Wording: Autumn. RitaJC a Latvian 
My entry to the EST challenge Leaves hosted by Petronella

 Wording: Look forward!

 Fairies don't fly in winter time

(might be unfinished)

Altered pattern by alexis

And, no, you don't want to see my crappy sketches! :)

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Weekly Creative Resume

This week, I finished this fabric flower. I wanted just to replace pictures and measurements in a listing in my Etsy shop of an older flower from the same blue fabric I don't like any more, but that one has made it to a new Treasury list, so I'm not sure, what to do now :)

I'm learning a new bead weaving technique again and finished this pansy yesterday. It is my entry to this challenge. Actually, I made another flower before that, but it's hiding somewhere and don't let me shoot pictures of it. As soon, as I've recovered from tonight's line dance jamboree, there will be some more order :) Or maybe even before that :)


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Saturday Shopping Day - Beading Felting and Schooting Pictures

This week, I have finished these beaded beads for a lovely customer from Austria (and many more I undid until I loved the result) :)

This challenge inspired me to try to make felted bangles I wanted for a long time. Love the results!

To shoot modeled pictures of them all by myself without a tripod wasn't less of a challenge! :)

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My Creative Space - Beaded Beads

 This week, I'm making beaded beads again thanks to a lovely customer from Austria.

The finished ones are taking a sun bath at a window sill to become clean of all disturbing energies the supplies might have arrived with.

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My Creative Space - Beaded Eggs/Beads

Lately, I'm trying to use the pattern of beaded egg generously shared here . Sorry for the bad picture: my old cheap camera is striking even with the new expensive batteries :(
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Saturday Shopping Day - Flowers for a Bride

This week, I started and finished a custom order: a set of beaded flower hair pins for a bride. I was so happy about the order and how they turned out, that I just couldn't stop shooting pics of them :)


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and Annemarie's

My Creative Space - Crochet and Beading

I'm finished crocheting granny squares for now and working at a translation and a set of beaded hair pins for a bride. YAY!
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My Entry to the EST Challenge

After a long time I  managed to make something new to participate in the EST challenge hosted by the nauli sisters : a beaded heart based on this tutorial

Saturday Shopping Day - Scarves and Beads

This week has been rather productive for me:

- conducted 3 beading workshops

(sorry, no pictures)

- finished a pile of knitted scarves

 - made the first 6 listings of my new semi precious stone beads

To see more creations finished or listed this week and to show yours hop over to Sandra's blog

My Creative Space - Off-Loom Bead Weaving

I'm pretty much in knitting for now. But it's covered and dark here today. So I can't shoot pics of my new creations. Decided to show you something I made about a month ago: a beaded ball designed and generously shared by Eva Maria Keiser on her blog .


First I had to make 20 beaded triangles and to get rid of at least half of the threads. It looked like this, when I started to join them.

The first half is ready. It looks like a turtle, doesn't it?

Both turtles are ready.

This is the result. The Czech beads are not the right ones for this design and the ball isn't holding its form well. I should have filled it. But there's no way I would remake it in the next future! :)

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My Creative Space

Being lazy (for now?) I'm trying to make one entry for two challenges :)

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My Creative Space

I'm trying out beading techniques and patterns new for me. Some beaded beads are finished already.

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My Creative Space - Beaded Beads

I have started to make beads beaded around larger wood beads. What I love the most is figuring it out all by myself without any patterns. The first ones of them are already listed in my supplies shop.

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My Creative Space - Felting, Origami, Bead Spinner

As usually I'm doing something new and not only one thing :) :

- made my first origami tulip;

- finished my first felted jabot and working on the second one;

- started to use a new tool - bead spinner.

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