The Bead Journal Project
November 30, 2007 by Cyndi Lavin
Filed under Artist Communities, Bead Embroidery, Fiber & Beads, Mixed Media, Non-Wearables
May – The Flower Moon
If you didn’t get in on The Bead Journal Project this year, bookmark this site and make sure that you get in on it next year (I am counting on this becoming an on-going event!). Robin Atkins, beader extraordinaire, has modeled this project on the Quilt Journal Project that many are already familiar with. The blog homepage for the project is the 2007 Bead Journal Project. From the blog site:
About the 2007 Bead Journal Project
We are 239 women and 1 man who are dedicated and committed to creating 12 bead journal pages, one per month, for a year, starting June 1, 2007. We live in 13 different countries, including 37 states in the USA. Our primary goal during this process, is to stretch our creative and technical limits. The BJP is all about visual journaling using any media and techniques, as long as it includes beading. We are free to structure our bead journal pages any way we want, as long as all 12 are the same size.
I have chosen to do the names of the moon for each month. Researching this, I found that there were many alternate names for each month’s full moon, so I put together a list of the names I liked the best. I also decided to do the moon for the previous month each time. I’m not sure why…probably just because I really wanted to start with May, which is the “Flower Moon”.
Here are two more I’ve done, and I’ll show you the rest next week:
June – The Strawberry Moon
July – The Thunder Moon
Hey thanks for stopping by my blog earlier today. I really love the theme you picked for this journal project. All the moons you have shared are so wonderful. Really love the thunder moon a lot!
Thank you, and I love your page too
Click on this link to see Acey’s page for the month!
WOW! i just found your blog and I am IN LOVE with these moon beaded pages.for the project. What a great idea this is. I adore the moon more than almost anything else, and always gravitate toward images of it. I would love to participate next year and am anxious to see the rest of the moons! Cheers, Janice
These Moon Journals are AAAMaazing! You are very talented!
Thank you Anita! More persistent than talented, I think
I just found your blog and I must say your work is awesome! I would say too, as Anita did, that you are very talented — and no doubt very persistent too!
Thank you, Sanna…you’re very kind! Welcome to Jewelry&Beading, and I hope you’ll visit often
I would like to join in on the incredible fun of creating bead journals too!! I didn’t see it, but has it started already?
I’m sorry Jeane, it’s more than half over now! It’s going to run for the year, so I’d suggest that you visit Robin’s blog (link in the post) and dive in for the rest of the year. You can’t officially “join”, but you can still do the projects each month. If the group decides to do a second year, you’ll be right there and ready!