Two days in a row!

Now let us return to the cool, crisp days of autumn--and my October Bead Journal Project. I worked virtually every day on the bead-encrusted border, and completed that part somewhere around Oct 25th. The remaining fiber art part of the project is, however, as yet incomplete--still, I wanted to share the beading with you.


The Sabbat that falls in October is of course none other than Samhain (pronounced SOW-in)--or Halloween. Prior to starting this project, I had been looking through back issues Somerset Studio to get holiday card inspiration. I stumbled across an article where all of the projects were done with a yellow, orange, red and indigo pallet and the colors just jumped out at me! I knew I wanted to use this color scheme in something--then, as I was discussing ideas with myself in my journal, the "AH HA!" moment hit!

This months technique is bead embroidery/encrusting--I absolutely adore the texture in this technique and while it is very time consuming, i would definately do it again!! For additional detail photos, check out my picturetrail.