The second year for the Bead Journal Project is quickly drawing to a close.  Last year, I made fairly elaborate pieces that featured the full moon for each month.  I knew that this year I would be more pressed for time, so I chose to make very simple pieces. Each month, I chose a fragment of scripture from one of the Psalms and used a heart shape to create a little 4 x 4 inch beaded piece that illustrates the feeling of that verse for me.   By the end of August, the entire project for the year should be finished…Yay!
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Each month, I’m choosing a fragment of scripture from one of the Psalms and using a heart shape to create a little 4 x 4 inch beaded piece that illustrates the feeling of that verse for me. Here is my piece for February:

Psalm 90:2
From everlasting to everlasting, You are God
There is no trouble or struggle that is as big as God.
Here are all three of my Winter pages together: December, January, and February

My previous pieces for the Bead Journal Project
Information about the Bead Journal Project
Bead Journal Project blog

Each month, I’m choosing a fragment of scripture from one of the Psalms and using a heart shape to create a little 4 x 4 inch beaded piece that illustrates the feeling of that verse for me. Here is my piece for January:

Psalm 46:10
Be still and know that I am God

No need to struggle…just let go of your self-will, and know that He is there.

My previous pieces for the Bead Journal Project
Information about the Bead Journal Project
Bead Journal Project blog

Each month, I’m choosing a fragment of scripture from one of the Psalms and using a heart shape to create a little 4 x 4 inch beaded piece that illustrates the feeling of that verse for me. Here is my piece for December:

Psalm 42:7
Deep calls to deep
 
The deepest and most satisfying relationship in my life is my spirit’s communion with my God.
 
My previous pieces for the Bead Journal Project
Information about the Bead Journal Project
Bead Journal Project blog

Each month, I’m choosing a fragment of scripture from one of the Psalms and using a heart shape to create a little 4 x 4 inch beaded piece that illustrates the feeling of that verse for me. Here is my piece for November:

Psalm 84:10
Better is one day in your courts than a thousand elsewhere.
 
 
Here are all three of my Autumn pages together: September, October, and November

My previous pieces for the Bead Journal Project
Information about the Bead Journal Project
Bead Journal Project blog

Each month, I’m choosing a fragment of scripture from one of the Psalms and using a heart shape to create a little 4 x 4 inch beaded piece that illustrates the feeling of that verse for me. Here is my piece for October:

Psalm 16:11
In Your presence is fullness of joy.
 
The symbol here is joy that is so tightly coiled within that it just has to burst forth.
 
My previous pieces for the Bead Journal Project
Information about the Bead Journal Project
Bead Journal Project blog

The Bead Journal Project started up again this month, and I was ready and eager to dive right in. This year I’m making my pieces smaller. I know that last year’s postcard sized pieces weren’t really that big to begin with, but I found it sometimes challenging to keep up with it. This year, I want the pieces to be more heartfelt and less about techniques.
Huh?
Well, last year I used the full moons as my guiding theme, so each month’s pieces was based upon the name of that moon. This year, I’ve chosen hearts, but simply …read more

I shared with you about the Animoto site the other day. Well, I tried it out today, and even though the free videos are very short (only was able to include 6 of my 12 images), I am still very impressed with what they’re doing.

What’s Up Wednesday
You may recall awhile back I asked for reports on the various online publishers that would produce one-offs of your artist books. Well, I got a report about MyPublisher that gave it an A+ on all counts!
Robin Atkins, who started the Bead Journal Project that I participated in last year, has used MyPublisher to create a book of her beaded pages and poetry. What a great idea! She was very satisfied with ease of use, options available, customer service, and the end result. You can see her book online here to give you some …read more

Technique Tuesday!

I used 12″x24″ gallery-wrapped Frederix canvases to mount my Bead Journal Pages. Each page is 6″x4″, so this left plenty of space around each.
Materials and Tools
3 gallery-wrapped canvases
Golden’s acrylic paints
Sponges
Waxed paper
Beading thread
Beading needles
Step by step instructions