After a few social events during Mom's visit plus a heartbreaking turnover of my 3-year old pharmacy to its new owners a couple of weeks ago, I'm finally back into the bead-groove. No deadlocks nor barriers this time. Thank God! But I take beading with a mega-dose of extra care. One arrangement per day, and a maximum of three per week. Again, the right hand has caused me some sleepless nights.
Anyway, I'm so hyped up. I have accomplished a number of Mother's Heart necklaces already, and are now ready for viewing and ordering via facebook. Click HERE. To entice you a bit, here are two additional new designs from the Mother's Heart collection.
Michael Archangel
Padre Pio
Of course, the popular arrangements like Our Lady of Guadalupe, Our Lady of Perpetual and Our Lady of Mediatrix remain available. So go and visit By Beaded Story in facebook now. Enjoy your weekend!
I love Skycable's TV commercial!!! You bet, I STOP whatever I do each time it comes on.
I swear I can so relate to it! The song. Its lyrics. The little girl's room. Her imaginary world, how it comes alive right before her sparkling eyes, and the thrilling experience she feels. That's just simply me. And that's exactly how I am each time I create my favorite thing.
By now, I hope you already know by heart that my favorite thing is to create bead necklaces. And this knack has kept me sane and kickin' for 4 years now. Yes, its been that long and this month in fact marks the 4th year anniversary of my beading. Thank God, I haven't had lost the touch yet. A lot have passed me by, but the beading is still strong as ever. Cheers to that!
But here's the thing. Creating favorite things can be a bit messy too. At least twice a year, the BEDroom (which happens to be that same room which I share with J. Bond) makes its transformation into a workshop. A no choice situation for the husband since there's no other part in the house, not even in my previous place of residence, I'd rather bead but right at the confines of my bedroom. Oh, on the floor and in front of the TV! Explains how I came across Skycable's TV commercial. Don't worry, husband's got his little nook while the work is going on. Although, too much walking around while beading is definitely a no-no. The safety of the beads is the PRIORITY during work time. Lol!
Remember this photo? Towards the end of Summer 2010, it was all about kids and the Pharmacy. So paper, scrapbook materials, stickers, pens, prizes were scattered all around the room and floor. I heard no complaint from the husband but I'm pretty sure he was oh-so-happy when the "arts and crafts workshop" ended.
Pardon the mess and to my husband's dismay, this is how a corner of the room looks right this very minute. Lol. Boxes, baskets, bags containing bead works and bazaar paraphernalia are all stacked in that corner. A big green luggage is even buried under those boxes. To think I haven't officially started yet and we are looking at December 12 as the culmination of my bead/bazaar activities. I hope "love" continues to stay mum about this for 2.5 months. Hang in there, dear. Hehe.
But seriously, I thank J. Bond for being so supportive of my imaginary world. After all, I wouldn't have lasted 4 long years without his help (by carrying all the boxes and doing the set-ups, pull-outs and driving around) and patience (practically hanging around the food area of the bazaar all throughout the day, waiting for me to pack-up). Now, here we go again in two weeks time. We're both excited.
How about you? Have you worked on your favorite thing today?
Too much beading has been going on. For two months now, at an average of 8 bead necklaces per day (including Saturdays and Sundays). But lately, I think more. The other day, I made 12!!! I had other things lined up (Pharmacy related), so I just made one today.
Here's the thing. With all the knotting, disentangling, stretching and pulling, the right hand hurts. Badly. The middle finger refuses to cooperate. In fact, it's solid as a rock and just stands still. This morning, it tingled. Ayayay! I read somewhere that this may be a symptom of carpal tunnel. I hope not.
