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I received a gift certificate for Christmas from my good friend Donna and decided to use it to take a class at my LBS San Gabriel Bead Co. The teacher was great!!! Linda Kavalsky from http://www.lbkartwear.com/ go check out her site... She showed us how to bezel the cab which takes forever doing 2 beads at a time... She showed us all the steps to complete the cuff and one lady got everyones email so we could share finished pics when done.... Linda does stunning work and had several cuffs there for us to look at or buy... which one lady did!
This is only the 2nd class I have taken and it was lots of fun.... there were 5 of us from several areas... Two lady beaders came from as far away as Lancaster... Which is a good 90 minute drive... One lady was a baby wrangler... that is the person that gets babies to act... she worked with Sunny from Lemony Snicket... wasn't that baby so cute... We also had a police officer and a graphic designer... great diversity in beaders... We all have one thing in common... we are bead-a-holics !!!
So what i actually finished in class was the cab and one side of the matte black nibblets... I dyed the Lacy's almost black... but the teacher said there is a product out there that is crazy felt that comes in colors... I used for my focal a really pretty chrysocolla almost square cab... and was going to use 4 small pyrite cabs as accents, but then turquoise and coral jumped in... Then more chrysocolla.. Of course I love using matte black it really makes colors "pop" !! All my cabs were from http://www.farrinoconnordesign.com/ they have fab cabs... Great staff especially Sue !!
This is about a week later... my kids are Mom!!! beading again... you need to take me here... all about them... LOL
I can hardly wait for my day to end at work so I can get home to my beading couch... and see what is going to appear on the cuff next...
This is as of Monday night... I love bead embroidery... So that is the latest and greatest...Lots of ideas for future cuffs... I am looking for matte black bugles in 3 mm... and I have these fab white stone cabs (name is escaping me at the moment...) that I envision with a black wavy line going down the center... we will see.. I have so SO MANY CABS... so little time... LOL Thanks for looking and reading my blog !!
5 comments:
Better watch it Deb, or you will become hooked on embroidery! There is nothing better. And you do it so well. I can't wait to see this one finished.
Love, Carol
You know I was already hooked Carol!! Maybe not as hooked as you though... :) But I do love it...
Love, Deb
WOW! Love this ! I can't wait to see it finished. My girls are so used to me beading that instead of asking "what's for dinner?" they ask "are we having dinner?"
This is looking really nice Deb!! I agree with Carol! Be ever so careful of addiction LOL
Hi Deb! This cuff is so beautiful! I know the feeling that you describe well of racing home to my beading/doll making spot to work more on what is currently emerging...Thanks for all of your support during my surgery!
xoxo Camilla
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