I have found wonderful Meditation Bottles that are made by Connie of Saorsa Studio of Beads.  So far I have the Spiritual Healing and Guidance in the Dream World but I also bought one of the petrified wood pieces.  There is something calming about wearing light cold things against your skin.  Since my stone is the green moss agate, I am going to make a special request for my own bottle since I keep losing my stones in the laundry.

The new year is great.  One of my favorite bead artists and friends is in town for a week so I'll get a lot of real bead talking. 

I also started a project to weed out my beading magazines by dropping them in waiting rooms around the city rather then throwing them away.  I don't think there is a woman who doesn't pick up a magazine while waiting for the doctor, dentist, hairdresser, etc. and Friday the hosptial I had to wait at featured 2004 Goodhousekeeping so you know they aren't throwing them away too fast.  So, if you have to thin out your bead magazines just drop them on the table of anywhere that offers magazines for people waiting.

At the moment I am trying to master the lotus style bead.  I think the trick is the right colors because the execution is easy but my final results aren't quite there.

This is a scultpure piece I am working on but it is now waiting for me to decide what is missing before I move forward.  The flowers are Japanese Cherry Blossoms.



I think it needs more air between it and the background.

Barb