Woman Creative

I just wanted to fill you in on

"my little  Georgia world"

in June.

I have been extremely busy beading away

and sending some of my things to a classy consignment store in Buford, GA. All of the items they have are lovely and handmade! 

I am planning on adding things to the store between working, beading and taking care of my hubby...(more about that later.)

Here are some of the things I have been working on....

Here is a picture of my daughter with my newest piece! 

By the way, she has now "gained" five pounds!!!  She seems to be on the mend and we thank you ALL for your prayers

and for your well wishes.  It will be a long

haul but we believe she is recovering slowly. 

Plus my son, Shawn,

went in for the three month cat scan and all of the cancer tests

came back negative!!! 

What a blessing to have such good news.



Now for the "more about that later" comment. 

This is my husband, Don a couple of days ago.

Okay.....this is exactly why I haven't written for so long....

Below are some pictures of him in the

emergency department last month!!!

His son was up 40 feet cutting off a dead limb, the limb swung toward the ladder and Don raised his hands and stepped in front of the ladder to protect his son.  I was on the patio watching this all unfold!  Don flew back 10 feet and landed flat on his back. 

I called 911 and they came immediately. 

He broke five of the bones on the right side,

the eye orbital, nose, jaw, cheek bone and had a cracked skull,

cracked neck bone and a huge concussion. 

The doctors all said "IF it had been one inch forward or back that he would have been killed before he hit the ground". 

He saved his sons life but about took his own.  Now we are just waiting for his body to heal itself which can take several months considering he celebrated his 74th birthday on June 19th.

I am thankful that the angels were watching over him!      

BEFORE:

It seems that when one thing goes bad that

it always comes in threes. 

Well, WE have had our three now and

hope this will be the last for a long while!!! 

AFTER!

 

God is good to me! 

The scripture that kept coming to me is: 

"Be Still and Know I am God!"

There has to be a reason why all of these things keep coming at us but through it all I have felt the love of family, the love of friends, the love of the church body but

best of all the love of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Back to beading for now,  I have missed you all.  Thank you every one for your concern and your support,

Sharon

I don't know why but I have been beading up a storm!

This is the most expensive piece that I have in my inventory. I just finished the braided Spiral necklace for it. I have had this 13karat stone for 18-20 years. It is beautifully encased by a sturdy solid Sterling Silver with a wide bale. The stone was $350.00 when I bought it and I have never worn it. It just needed the extra spark and pizazz that the rope has given it. Notice the closure is a peyote stitch around the ropes and has an "S" hook to complete the whole piece. I have come down on the stone but it is well worth the price! (Inside the bale it tells you the size and weight.)

I have made another "Fringed Caged Bead" necklace. There is a hold on the other one I had recently made so I wanted one of my own. This necklace takes hours and hours of work but it is soooo well worth the effort. I made this one with smaller beads and not so much bling. What do you think? Go back on my other older blogs (or look on the "favorites" to the right ) and you will see the difference between them. I think I would like to try this in blues next time.

This bracelet is called the "Flat Cellini " and it is designed by a great bead shop called "On the Rocks". It is just down the road from me and my hubby is sorry that it is so close. I wanted to show you how it "bumps" up and makes it 3 dimensional. The colors are a rusted copper with a silver bling. I really liked making this one and it was relatively easy for me. This pattern is a keeper and I will make it again and again out of different colors to show you how the color and size of beads changes the pattern dramatically.

I am doing this blog in sections because I do not know how to arrange the pics with the wording, but I am learning, so please bare with me. This "Crystal Road" pattern is designed by my wonderful instructor& friend, BJ Kahn, but I added alot to it and it is much wider than hers. I off set the one band from the other so that I could put a button on each half and it crosses over itself to close. I think it is one of the most comfortable bracelets I have ever made. The buttons are antique because they go perfectly with this blue on blue sparkle piece!

Dragon Alert!

Yep! I finally got IT done! My Nephew, Russ, asked me to make this bracelet from a necklace his Grandma Ingram had left him. I, personally do not like dragons much BUT it did get your attention, didn't it? It was extremely hard to make and is not for a beginner. The cuff is made of a herringbone twist (which I had never done before). Russell picked out the colors and the flame catch. I must get it in the mail for him as his birthday was last week! HAPPPPPY B>D>!!!!
Of course, I had to make something different for me so I choose, (what M & I call "THE BUMP"). It was a little tedious at first but I love the results. Last Tuesday and Wednesday we took classes and I even got a "Bugle Lariat"necklace made. What do you think? I would love to hear from you to get some feed back from others. You can email me at saf47@yahoo.com with any thoughts or ideas that you can give me on improving my blog or even my jewelry.

Well, I must go! I am on JURY DUTY tomorrow and I have my bead box and magazines ready to go to serve my community. I count it an honor and hope all of the complaining I hear from so many is only "talk" and that they appreciate living in a free country. God Bless each and every one! night night