Bead Soup is brewed and ready to serve!

I am super excited about the reveal day on March 3rd for the Bead soup blog party!! Still not sure how to "hop" but I'll figure it out. Lori has been super helpful already so she won't let us newbies flounder. I was truly challenged by my focal bead sent to me by my partner and artist Ema, but its all good and why I joined, well other that the delight and surprise when the package arrived. I have enjoyed viewing some blogs I would otherwise have not found. So I thank Lori for all the work she does!

This picture is of a design my daughter used to doodle as a child, will soon be a peyote stitched banded bracelet for her. I just love her to pieces and create stuff with her in mind, well most of the time:-)

Peace~

The Honor was all mine~

I got the wonderful Honor of taking a family heirloom piece and creating a bracelet for the bride to be. As the story goes this friend of mine's mother-in-law passed a few years ago. After she died each of the girls in the family was presented with a piece of her jewelry, including the daughter-in-laws. Well one of the son's had not yet married and my friend, being the selfless, sweet person she is felt it would be special for the new member of the family to also have a piece of her mother-in-laws mementos and commissioned me for the job! How delighted was I to have the honor of such a lovely gesture. I love the finished piece which is this bracelet made from a graduated necklace. What a task it was I'll tell ya! But it came out beautifully and the bride was very delighted with her gift. Bonus was I was able to also make a very petite bracelet for my friends daughter...Loved being a part of something so special~ 

Had to leave my loyal friend again today~

My ever so faithful companion and protector, Sierra. She is a Rotti and she knows it! However, she has been to me the most loyal dog I have ever had the pleasure of having. She is not one we can take to the farmer's market but I can walk at night in the middle of a big city if need be. She is one of four in our family, this "girl" is from the 1st litter we had. Her brother goes to the park and so does her parents, but not her, unfortunate as it is she does not seem to mind being with just us. However, that has changed a bit for her and well us. She had to go to temporary housing with my son while we stay in temporary housing to get our other temporary housing finished and approved while we build the "forever house". Sounds a bit redundant and complicated and can be to some but to us it is just "how it is right now". Living in the moment is a simple way to be able to accommodate transition. Transition or change can be very difficult and knowing that is really half the battle. I have learned hard felt lessons over my years that change is necessary for us to flourish. Remaining stagnant is extremely unhealthy-think of that body of water that just is, without movement, yes not always so pleasant. We have had lots of movement both physical, geographical and spiritual. Every day is a new day to begin with something new. For today I leave my furry daughter again after our weekend visit. It is hard for us and she gets a bit irritated, which is evident upon our return. But again it is all good and while there at my son's she is busy learning from him what she does not get from us and that is wonderful. Time to release and go...Peace~

Time to make the soup!

Soup ingredients have arrived safe in all in one piece! I am excited to get this started, but as you can see no props, no beading implements, no...It is Superbowl weekend and I am spending it with two of my three children so I will have to wait to get back home to begin. Ema 's work is beautiful. I feel so blessed to have these lovely beads to work with. I so covet any handblown glass beads I get so i am happy to have "permission" to use these and not hold on to them...Oh and blue to boot! One of my favorite colors, matches my eyes~ Stay tuned, March 3rd is the blog hop for the bead soup party hosted by, Lori of Pretty Things.
GO PATS~

Waiting to turn this sneak peek into...

So here is the sneak peek from Ema My dear husband was going into town and was to go to the post office on Tuesday~Since it is still in sneak peek form I can gather you have figured out someone did not remember that errand!!!Yup, have to be patient and wait until tomorrow night...until then~