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My beading has been slow going over the past few weeks. Between feeling like I don't have enough time in the day, trying to get other things done and feeling too tired I haven't done as much beading as I would like.

Here is a piece I have been working on intermittently over the past few weeks.

The gorgeous ceramic flower heart pendant is from  Beth at Carpe Beadem. 

I was lucky enough to win the pendant through a blog giveaway. 

The necklace is a simple spiral weave rope.

I have since redone the peyote toggle ring and am now working on the toggle bar.

I have a few pieces I need to get done over the next few weeks including my Artbeads Design Partner winter themed piece as well as a challenge piece for the Australian Beading Forum I am a member of... but I am really itching to get started on making a cuff with one of the gorgeous Golem Studio pendants I recently bought.

Has anyone found a way to add a few more hours to the day yet?

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Spring L♥ve

As a few of you may remember I was recently invited to be an Artbeads Design Partner. Since then I have been working on my The Beauty of Spring piece and am proud to be able to finally share it with you.

The gorgeous polymer clay heart cabochon was made by Julz which I beaded. I then tried my hand at making some peyote tube beads as well as some woven beads using Right Angle Weave. 

The colours I chose for the beads reminded me of tulips in the spring time and just their names are reminiscent of Spring and are from the Toho range: Pink Lined Pink, Ceylon Coral Pink, Light Jonquil Lined Aqua and Orange Lined Light Topaz. I also added some cute little Czech glass flat flower crystals as well as some Czech 4mm beads.

To finish the piece I used a gorgeous Swarovski 14mm crystal AB faceted button as the clasp... sooo shimmery and sparkly.

Spring has sprung... well at least Autumn has here in Australia!

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Thank you Mr Kandinsky and Mr Leger

The Australian Beading Forum of which I am a member of is currently running a "swap" in which you are assigned a partner and you are required to make something for each other. The theme of the last swap I took part in was Morocco so I was even more excited to learn that the theme of this swap was 

"Art Inspired" 

Back in 1992 I visited Masterpieces from the Guggenheim at the Art Gallery of New South Wales. Ohhh what an amazingly wonderful exhibition. I had studied many of the artists on display - Picasso, Dali, Kandinsky, Leger, Chagall and Klee just to name a few. 

I have to admit that my favourite artist is the one and only Pablo Picasso and to see his paintings up close was an experience I will never forget. I can still remember the excitement of seeing his painting, The Studio, painted in 1928 it was sadly showing every year of its age with the paint looking very cracked and fragile.

Having a theme like "Art Inspired" really is a treat. I have so many favourite artists who inspire me, who I adore and who I aspire to be like. As much as I adore Picasso I was drawn to the energy and colour of Kandinsky and Leger.

So without further ado here is my piece

Art Inspired 
by

Deep Brown
by Vasily Kandinsky

and 

Men in the City
by Fernand Leger

The gorgeous glass fused cabochon was made by my very talented husband. He has a way with glass and creating mosaic style pieces like this - I guess unlike me he has the patience when piecing the little tiny pieces of glass together which is quite funny as unlike me he has absolutely no patience with seed beads!

I have to be modest here and admit that I adore this piece. I love the colour, I love the cabochon and I love the memories it brings back of my visit to Guggenheim. Ahh to visit New York one day - what a dream!

I hope my recipient likes it as much as I do otherwise I just might have to get her to send it back!