Bead Journal Project - square # 11

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Bead Journal Project - May

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BJP 2008 - April page

Some cross stitch in silk thread.


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BJP 2008 - March

Border in wool and Palestrina knots.


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Bead Journal Project - February page

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Bead Journal Project - January

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BJP 2008 - December page

Finished just in time !!



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BJP 2008 - November

I've used some needlepoint for the middle : wool thread and seed beads.
Corners in silk thread, cotton thread and seed beads.


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Shimmering Gardens - Midnight

The last panel with the 4 "blue" pages of the 2007 BJP : Midnight

Shimmering Gardens - Sunset

Here is the second panel of this tryptich : Sunset
Made with the 4 "pink" pages of the 2007 BJP

BJP - May 2008

Here is the last page of this wonderful adventure.
May, in blue with lots of flowers.



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Bead Journal Project - April page

I'm a little behind ...
My April page is in pink with a large cabochon and blue flowers.



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BJP - March page

Spring is here or it could be ...
So, this month is in green



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Bead journal project : January page

This month in blue with a large glass cabochon, crystal seed beads and bugles and gold E beads.
2 paisleys in light blue E-beads with filling in fly stitch crystal seed beads
Background in black french knots.


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Bead Journal Project - December page

A green one, this month with a large cabochon.

It seems that there are more gold flowers than usually ... perhaps it is due to Christmas ...

Tiny one are made with charlotte #13 beads.



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Bead Journal Project - November

As I plan to make a tryptic at the end of the BJP journey, I have decided to work in three main background colors : black (August, October) , variegated green/blue (July, September) and pink/purple (June) .

November is in pink :-)

Bead Journal Project : October page

To keep some unity between all the pages, the big E gold beads are in each page. I try to use the same motifs in different arrangements. Here, in blue like August page.

Net in crystal beads fly stitch. Backgroung in black wool french knots.

Bead Journal Project : September page

It appears that flowers motifs are recurrent in the previous pages, so I decided to make the twelve pages all with flowers.

I've learned recently how to insert cabochons using peyote stitch. You can see a large green glass cabochon at the bottom.

Background in french knots with a variegated wool thread, the same as July.

Bead Journal Project : August page

Heavy beading again with a large golden spiral and many little flowers.

The crystal and blue net is done in fly stitch (crystal beads) + one blue AB bead in the middle of each stitch.

Background in black wool : french knots and straight stitches.

Bead Journal Project : July page

I've had so much fun last month that I've continued in heavy beading :-)

Background stitched all in french knots with a variegated wool.