Bead Embroidery
Another Bloggabeader here, Diana, has inspired me to pick my old project back up.
I found these lovely Paua shell cabochons last summer(like, '05!), and they sat in one of my bead stash drawers for months. Around April of this year, I pulled them out, and played around with different layouts. Their ovalness (Hah! I just made that up! or did I...) lent itself well to a flower type shape, like petals, so I thought I'd make a floral shaped medallion. I got them affixed to the Stiff Stuff, and that was that... LOL!
Do-de-do-de-do... A few more months go by, and I'm looking at the dark bronzey-greenish freshwater pearls that I got this spring, and the Medallion comes back to mind. The Paua has a lovely greenish tinge to it, and some of the 'veins' seem to pull out some gold colors, so I pulled out the Medallion, the pearls, and THEN, I remembered these lovely amber colored size 13/0 Charlottes that I snagged on one of my beady excursions:
The amber color in the Charlottes will look so rich against those cabs!
smaller cab.
I found these lovely Paua shell cabochons last summer(like, '05!), and they sat in one of my bead stash drawers for months. Around April of this year, I pulled them out, and played around with different layouts. Their ovalness (Hah! I just made that up! or did I...) lent itself well to a flower type shape, like petals, so I thought I'd make a floral shaped medallion. I got them affixed to the Stiff Stuff, and that was that... LOL!
Do-de-do-de-do... A few more months go by, and I'm looking at the dark bronzey-greenish freshwater pearls that I got this spring, and the Medallion comes back to mind. The Paua has a lovely greenish tinge to it, and some of the 'veins' seem to pull out some gold colors, so I pulled out the Medallion, the pearls, and THEN, I remembered these lovely amber colored size 13/0 Charlottes that I snagged on one of my beady excursions:
The amber color in the Charlottes will look so rich against those cabs!
smaller cab.Now, I'm thinking that at almost 3 1/2 inches across, this might be too big of a piece for a brooch. However, seeing as I've been on this huge "make my own belly dance" belt kick for a while now, I thought it would look awesome right at the forefront of the belt. Imagine, smack dab in the middle, right between the hips, a gorgeous bead-embroidered medallion, all shimmerry and shiny, shimmying it's way around! Wow!
Now I just need to try to design a whole belt around this piece, and I'll be set! ;) Something like the belt shown bellow:
I can't imagine how long it took the artist to complete this piece. Well, if I do indeed endeavour to make such a piece, I won't have to imagine, now, will I?... Now, this belt shown being a single pannel belt, I'd like mine to have two pannels, that lace up both sides. That would make it much easier for me to adjust it to my ever expanding/shrinking hips (I'm like a total yoyo these days... It's the stress...). Now, I'm on a search for more seeds, perhaps in a darker (like coffee) brown, to accentuate the dark veins in the Paua... Oooooooooooh, this is gonna be FUN!!!!!
Peace!
Jewels
Now I just need to try to design a whole belt around this piece, and I'll be set! ;) Something like the belt shown bellow:
I can't imagine how long it took the artist to complete this piece. Well, if I do indeed endeavour to make such a piece, I won't have to imagine, now, will I?... Now, this belt shown being a single pannel belt, I'd like mine to have two pannels, that lace up both sides. That would make it much easier for me to adjust it to my ever expanding/shrinking hips (I'm like a total yoyo these days... It's the stress...). Now, I'm on a search for more seeds, perhaps in a darker (like coffee) brown, to accentuate the dark veins in the Paua... Oooooooooooh, this is gonna be FUN!!!!!
Peace!
Jewels
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As for the DVD, well... Looks like I might be a bit busy for the next little while... BUILDING ME A BELT!!! LOLOL!!!!!!!!!!
Ha! Ha! Ha!
Will you still have the waistline by the time you're done?
Laughing.
Happy obsessing. It'll be gorgeous.
It was love at first sight when I saw these cabs, I've really been going through this pearl/mother of pearl/shell kick. I'm starting to wonder if it is indeed a 'phase', or if it's a bonnafide obsession... As for the designs, you just let the beads 'speak' to you, right? ;)