Here is the August BJP. It’s made with irridescent purple beads and translucent teal donuts. OK, seriously, the donuts are garbage. They are put on the ends of pegs to keep product in place when shipping displays. They are made of thick plastic. I just thought they were cool and kept them, instead of throwing them out.

I posted these three hats on Etsy. $10 each. When I was done taking pictures, Grey decided that he wanted his picture taken, also.
Sorry, but Grey is not for sale.

Here’s July’s BJP. Yes, I’m posting it on the last day of the month. And, yes, I finished it in June. Procrastination at its best!

I think the Fourth of July theme is fairly obvious. It’s a right angle weave with the stars as embellishment. Simple, but cute.

Here is June’s BJP. Leaves and flowers goes with June, I think.

I put this hat up for sale on ETSY. $10 is the asking price. There will be more.

Here’s my project for May. It’s a right angle weave base with embellishments. Something simple and fast. In blue, for Mother’s Day, and blue is my mother’s favorite color.

Next project is to crochet some cancer caps. I’ve only ever made one cap before. It was actually what I learned to crochet on, about 2 million years ago. LOL!

Here’s the April installment of the Bead Journal Project. It’s a little more subtle than I thought it would be, but I still like it. Three layers, purple, pink, and yellow. I picked the colors for Easter.

I had planned to do all twelve of the projects as layered pieces, but I think I’m done with that. This last one just wasn’t as much fun. So, I’m thinking about a base of right angle weave, and embellish it with what I can find in my bead bins. We’ll see how long that idea lasts!

Here’s the March BJP. It’s a little late. March was….. hectic. It’s three layers in green, for spring and St Patrick’s Day. I can’t remember the name of the stitch, and can’t find it in my notes.

Here is February’s installment of the Bead Journal Project. I made three strips of Peyote stitch that are three layers thick. Dark red, light red, and pink. Then I pieced the strips together at their ends to make the bracelet. Using delicas made it a lengthy project, but i like those beads for Peyote. On to March!

 

This took a few weeks to make. The idea came to me as I was working on the bracelets for the Bead Journal Project. Thought it would look more like a water lilly, but I really like this. Looks more like a rose. The base is Right Angle Weave in round. I couldn’t find any good directions for that, and I wanted it to have a bowl shape, not be flat. So I had to punt. Then I added the petals by adding loops to the RAW.