I thought I would post my bead journal ideas so I have them for myself in one place I can always find them. Of course that won't stop me from writing ideas down on small pieces of paper as I have been, but this is a good start.
I took some pictures last weekend in our drive up to Pacifica. They are of the hills, etc., I thought that would make a nice beading picture. I also have a cool picture of waves from the ocean that same weekend. At any rate, lots of ideas there.
Flower, with and without the material I have bought.
Crazy quilt, just lots of beads
Quilt patterns in general
Frank Lloyd Wright pattern
Sunset/sunrise
Native American patterns
Oriental rug patterns
Bead a dragon in peyote and put it on a page.
My dogs
Use some favorite beads, I saw someone else with that idea, so I can't say it was mine, but it is a great idea and I have been doing that with my faces.
More faces/goddess/mermaid
Peacock feather
Mandelas
Use some of the buttons I have, in particular dragon flys
3d pages
Netting of some sort, overlay
Dahlia - pink/yellow/orange colorway
I have some beautiful silk scarves to bead on
Knitting, got to get that in somehow
Experiment with colors I normally don't bead with
Use some more cabs, I have a cool agate cab that will be a nice start for my hill pictures, noted above.
Wolf/wolves
Spiral/nautilus pattern
Sea shells or abalone pieces
Still life
Take a favorite painting and use the same colorways, or a window of it. This is an idea I have always wanted to try again that I learned in the Breath of God class I took with Carol Wilcox Wells, see earlier post and pictures.
That's all for now. I am sure I will come up with some more.
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Oh me you have some great ideas.
I love the idea of netting on top of something else and wolves, hmmmm being Sunni Wolf I should think of adding wolves. On top of that I collect them and have years before I ever met my husband.
I think your idea of posting this was just great.
Sunni Wolf
Those are all wonderful ideas! And you were smart enough to write them down. It's amazing how they evaporate when you don't. I'd considered netting too...and trying to make a realistic trellis with something behind it. This project is like creative steroids, isn't it?
Hi all --- great ideas - especially the mandalas. I've been drawn to making them for past few years. Nancy, are yours from patterns? or off the top of your head? I'm still toying around with making this the focus of my journal. Embarassed to say I'm not as advanced in the BJP project as many of you. Enjoy reading/seeing your works in progress. Sandy
Sandy, I have wanted to do some kind of mandala project for awhile. I was thinking jewelry originally. I have a book on mandalas and also have seen many ideas in the bead magazines. Or was planning on adapting parts of jewelry from classes I have taken. That is for down the road. I keep coming up with ideas. I hope this project keeps on.
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