Monday, October 24, 2011

Fun loving Free Spirit...



Free Spirit is the last doll in the Trash It Out doll swap. Sending her off was bittersweet, sweet that she is going home after several months of travel, bitter because I'll miss looking forward to my visits with these amazing creations.

Six of us participated, myself and five incredible artists including our host - Monica Magness of GirlGoneThreadWild. This was an amazing experience, educational, emotional and above all else... FUN!



Free Spirit arrived pretty much complete by my definition. I made some jewelry for her and her companion to wear and deliver to her owner.



I started with a two small clay cabs, a rectangle with "LIVE" on it and a cute little heart. I acquired these pieces as a participant of The Best Little Bead Box earlier this year. I believe they were created by Fired and Fused.



In my rush to get her packed up and ready to head home, I neglected to take measurements of the pendant. I will guess it's about 3 inches around. Not including the loop that attaches it to a neck wire.



I used fresh water pearls, Swarovski jet bicones, vintage sequins, glass hearts and seed beads in various sizes.



It is backed with rose colored Ultrasuede.



I made the heart into a small brooch/pin. It also has several sizes of seed beads and is backed with the same rose colored Ultrasuede.



One thing I forgot to take photos of was her journal. The journals that accompany each of these dolls are entire separate, detailed amazing works of art. I'm sorry I did not take a photo of the journal that goes with Free Spirit.



Next blog post will be about my doll and her arrival home. I have not yet opened her carriage (the box in which she has traveled all over the US), but will do that in the next day or two. I want to have the time to savor every moment of the experience.

Reminder - all photos are clickable for a larger view.

5 comments:

LUCY said...

Un hermoso trabajo, felicidades.....

girlgonethreadwild said...

::SWOON:::

I will always think of you when I see hearts! :)

Beautiful pendants Grace, Cheryl will absolutely love those~

you put your total HEART into this rr and I'm so glad you had fun!

Now that we've come full circle, I'm going to enjoy seeing the dolls returned home.. I'm swiping a couple of the pictures here of FreeSpirit, hope that is ok.. I want to keep a copy in my journal.. xo, m

pam T said...

Your beading is just as lovely as ever, Grace!

Sujay said...

So attractive arrangement.Well done carry on.

GraceBeading said...

Thank you friends! So glad you like the latest creations. I appreciate you taking the time to read my blog and leave a comment.

Leaves of Grass

This is what you shall do: Love the earth and sun and the animals, despise riches, give alms to every one that asks, stand up for the stupid and crazy, devote your income and labor to others, hate tyrants, argue not concerning God, have patience and indulgence toward the people, take off your hat to nothing known or unknown or to any man or number of men, go freely with powerful uneducated persons and with the young and with the mothers of families, read these leaves in the open air every season of every year of your life, re-examine all you have been told at school or church or in any book, dismiss whatever insults your own soul, and your very flesh shall be a great poem and have the richest fluency not only in its words but in the silent lines of its lips and face and between the lashes of your eyes and in every motion and joint of your body - Walt Whitman