I am currently taking an online class from Marcie Abney from La Bella Joya and this is my first finished piece. I love it! Marcie is such a fantastic teacher!
You can see more of Marcie's work at http://labellajoya.blogspot.com/ . I have to admit that she is the reason I wanted to start doing this after coming across her work in a forum. Her work inspires me so much. Thanks Marcie for all that you do for the beading community!
Marla, I am so happy that you started a blog! I hope you will continue to post. I would love to see more of your embroidery work. Your Sound of the Sea pendant is so lovely! I see that your size 8 beads did not line up perfectly. That is the same problem I am having. When you look at Marcie's pendant, the 8s are all straight. I can't figure out how she does this. I left her a question asking about this. I hope she has the answer. She did say to change beads to thicker or thinner ones, but I still can't get it. Anyway, I look forward to seeing more of what you do! I will post my pieces too, if I can ever get them done!! P.S. I love the name of your blog!
ReplyDeleteThanks Doreen for your kind words! Yes they did not line up straight either and I think the size of the beads have a huge part in that. I ordered mine from fusion and they are more hex like then rounded which I do not like. I do not believe I will be ordering the same beads from them again.
ReplyDeleteI am still playing around with the format on my blog and I really need to make a banner. I am in retail management and we have a huge parking lot sale coming up this weekend so I hope to get to it next week. For now this will have to do. I am glad you liked the name! I wanted to use Sparkle Pretty but as I am drawn more to earth tones and natural stones it didn't really fit lol. Thanks so much for being my first follower. It really means a lot!
Marcie is great isn't she, she is also one of the reasons I started a blog and one of the first blogs I followed. I have purchased a few of her tutorials and did two of her color challenges. I have a problem sometimes with my beads not wanting to lay right, but I don't worry about it because it gives character. Which brings me to say I think your pendant is beautiful out of line beads and all.
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Thank you Therese! I love it to! Marcie was my first blog to follow as well. She has such a great eye for design. Thanks so much for following me.
ReplyDeleteI think it is very pretty! Welcome to blogging. It is fun to connect with so many different folks interested in creating!
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