What’s happening here at BlueberriBeads.
I’ve had a brilliant time with this month’s theme. For February, Cathy chose Birds of Prey, and it couldn’t have come at a better time. Just after Christmas, I got a phone call to say I’d won in a raffle. I never win anything so I was really excited to find out that I’d got… Read More AE Theme Reveal – Birds of Prey
I’m really loving the monthly challenges from the Art Elements Team. They’re pushing me to be more creative and try out new ideas and I’m really pleased with where my work is going. This month was another brilliantly inspirational theme chosen by Lindsay – The Moon. You may have seen recently that I’ve been getting… Read More AE Theme Reveal – The Moon
It’s the last theme challenge of 2018 and for December, Claire chose White. A brilliant choice with lots of scope for creating. Of course my first thought was snow. As I mulled over ideas, my thoughts were taken to fairy tales, then Narnia. Stepping through the wardrobe in to the world of eternal winter. Meeting… Read More AE Theme Challenge – White
Today is reveal day for the Art Elements Theme challenge and this month Laney chose stars… When I think of stars I imagine galaxies, nebulas and clouds of colour. I love to keep up to date with all things space, we watched the mars landing the other day, but I particularly love the Hubble… Read More Art Elements Theme Reveal – Stars
It’s the end of October and winter is moving in fast… We’ve had some cold days here in the North West and woken up to some gorgeous frosty mornings. The end of the month means it’s time for the Art Elements Theme Challenge reveal and this month it was Karen’s turn to host. She chose… Read More Art Elements Theme Challenge – Petroglyphs
It was my turn this month to host the Art Elements Theme Challenge and I chose Fairy. I picked the theme earlier in the year with an ulterior motive as I wanted to explore lots of ideas I had for creating models and scenes, and this was the perfect excuse to spend some serious time… Read More Art Elements Theme Challenge – Fairy
It’s nearly the end of the holidays which is a relief, this month doesn’t seem to have passed by quite so quickly… having the kids at home all day does that! Ha! We’ve had a good time though and took a trip to up to Lindisfarne to the abbey to see where the Lindisfarne gospels… Read More Art Elements Theme reveal – Swirls
It’s reveal day for the Art Elements Theme Challenge, and this month it was Jen’s turn to host with the theme of seed pods. Read her post here. I was really inspired by this theme and had loads of plans and ideas. I was particularly taken with snap dragon seed heads, the little skulls are… Read More Art Elements Theme Challenge – Seed Pods
I’m loving our new theme challenges over on the Art Elements Blog. They’re providing so much inspiration and this month is no exception. I have many fond memories of clambering over rocks and dipping in pools as a child… I have quite a few as an adult as well. It really is something that you… Read More Art Elements Theme Challenge – Rock pools
I love horses even though they’re a bit scary. I’m not a great rider, and haven’t done any more than feed them a bit of grass since I was a kid, but they are beautiful creatures and a wonderful source of inspiration. As a bored child in the school holidays I used to go round… Read More Art Elements Theme Challenge Reveal – Horses
I’ll be having a small shop update on Sunday. I’ve been taking a bit of a break from beads, but I’m getting back to it again and will be listing a few pendants and lentils on Sunday 25th February at 7pm. I have some lustred raku lentils… Some halo raku lentils… A selection of raku… Read More A Small Update…
Can you believe it’s Christmas already? And the end (or nearly end) of another month means it’s time for the last reveal of the year…. The Art Elements Christmas Ornament Challenge. Earlier this month Lesley asked us all to join her in designing a Christmas ornament, and I got stuck in with my felting supplies. … Read More AE Christmas Ornament Challenge
It’s time again for another component of the month reveal, and for October, we were treated to a gorgeous hare coin clasp from Niky. I love that Niky chose clasps for her component, I can never find the right one when I make designs for the challenges so it was nice to start off with… Read More Art Elements COM reveal – October
September came and went in a flash, and it’s autumn again… my favourite season of the year! For the challenge this month we were treated to gorgeous little ZomBees from Laney Mead… they’re so cute!! Of course I forgot to take a photo of mine before I started! (Apologies for that and also the bad… Read More AE Component of the month – September
Another week has flown by and preparations are well under way for attending The Big Bead Show at Sandown Race Course next month. If you missed my last post, I’m attending along with the lovely Lesley Watt under the banner of Mudlarks. We’re both really looking forward to showing together and thought we’d share some… Read More Work in Progress – The Big Bead Show
Mudlarks is the meeting of two minds that are equally obsessed with the infinite possibilities that working with clay (or mud) provides. One of those minds in mine and the other is my good friend Lesley Watt of Lesley Watt Artisan Elements. Lesley and I recently attended a bead show together and during the run… Read More Meet the Mudlarks…