River Run Bracelet & a few Starfish

Starfish:

River Run Bracelets:

Phoenix Rising Bracelet:

My computer is having issues so pictures will have to do for now!

Sharon

Super Duo Time and Ethics???

I made up this rope of Super Duo Seed Beads and love, love, love the way it lays on the neck! I am so loving it!  I got the pattern finished two or three months ago and found there is no limit to the wonderful rings one can put on this lovely piece!  

I recently found on Pinterest that http://zrzavakocka.cz/656/navod-dutinka-z-dvoudirkovych-koralku-superduo/ also had a pattern out there!!  I honestly had not seen her pattern before I made mine.  Does that make it unethical to teach it?  I made up the pattern myself, had my own idea and so did she.....Today I taught the pattern to six women that loved their pieces! 

Does anyone else ever run into this?  

Have you ever had an idea, made the piece and found that someone in Europe, Russia, or anywhere in the world,  also had the same idea? 

 I try very hard to NEVER teach anything to anyone, under my name, if someone has a pattern out there  unless I get the designers permission.  (That is ethical.)  With so many beautiful artists, so many gorgeous new projects and so many beads it is hard to not run into the same idea the same time.  There is not a single beader out there that "owns" herringbone, peyote, brick or ladder stitches, etc. as it has been in existence since the beginning of time.  We are blessed with "professional & qualified" teachers (of which I am truly thankful for), there are beautiful books and we learn new ideas of connecting and designing so the world of beading increases in knowledge.  In that "increase of knowledge" we have our own twists, colors and beads that are unlimited.  

I try so hard, (for my own ethical soul) to give credit where credit is due.  IF I have made anything that comes close to another designers pattern I never done it intentionally. 

Let me hear what YOU think?  How does one deal with other teachers who "bad mouth" your work because it LOOKS like someone elses piece?  I will go on teaching because I absolutely love seeing the "light" go on when the student "gets it"!

I guess I need to grow a thicker skin....

I would love to hear YOUR input.

Sharon 

Blogger Cookies Fixed and I am back!!!

I can not tell you how frustrating it has been that I have not been able to get onto my blog!  Well, I am back and will fit it into my schedule ASAP!!!  Thank you for sticking with me and being patient.....

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Angels

As you can see I have been busy working on Christmas already.  It is just around the corner!  I have 12 Ornaments to start and finish.

Plus I am teaching at Bead Bayou on Fridays & Saturdays. 

So as you see I am busy as ever!I saw this sweet angel on Pinterest and made it for myself!  What do you think?Santa that I have made in a dozen different colors...see I have been working!

Aren't these angels cute!  SO EASY!  Again I saw them on Pinterest.

A Bead Embroidery cuff I finished last month!!

Another reversible cross!

Bead Embroidery Peacock Feather is my favorite so far this month...

Mediallion that I made by mistake..lol...I couldn't figure out what I was doing until I got to this point.  I love the blue with the gold...

Christmas trees with right angle weave, I think.  I just made them and this is how they turned out.

I don't have one red pair of ear rings so Swarvoski had these beautiful sparkles and this is what I came up with.

Now I am working on those 12 ornaments that are pre-made but I am adding to them to make them extra special....

Keep beadin'

Keep healthy,

Keep Happy,

Sharon

I am working toward Christmas!

Keeping busy!  I haven't forgotten you all....You are always on my mind.  I am getting ready for teaching tomorrow...making designs...patterns...and sometimes cooking for my man.

This "peacock feather" is a bead embroidery piece that can be worn on a chain or as a broach.  I am working on a pattern for the Super Duo Twin hole beads... it takes some concentration but it works up very quickly!!!  (More to come when I get the beads in.)  Stay tuned!!!

Ornaments take a long long time to make.  When you receive one for a present please remember that they take more time than most necklaces and bracelets.   I know they will look great on the tree and someday be passed down to my grandchildren.....











Here is where my time has gone! Sorry for the delays....

This is why I have not been around!  With beading and http://Pinterest.com I have been keeping busy, beading, teaching, working at keeping my head together.  There are many more pics but I think that even Blogland has its' limits.

ENJOY!

Oh, and one of my pieces was published in the August/September issue of BeadWork Magazine!!!  Did you happen to see it?