I am using acrylic paint to paint in a background for the embellishments I want to attach to the float.

Starting on the second Float today, I have to wait for the air dry clay to completely cure on my other one before I go any further on that one. This second float is an orange plastic ball shape. I am hoping that it will take grout mixed with glue.

Since Chris got his bag, his brother Ryan ask..what are you going to bead for me? Well, Ryan has always been our "Raven". He had such a glow in his eyes when he was a baby, we always wondered ..what can he be thinking..he always looked like he wanted to break out laughing..hmmm, maybe he really did. Maybe he thought we were all pretty funny to look at. Ryan is such a wonderful young man, we are so proud of him. I hope he knows that. Anyway, the Raven is such a character, full of mischief and fun and thats our Ryan.

In 2001 Christopher shot his first Elk. So to celebrate his skill as a hunter, I made him this "Possible"s bag. He was such a lover of hunting, fishing, all things outdoors. We miss him so very very much.

This is a tiny knife and scabbard that I made for Jack for his Birthday or Christmas, can't remember now. He kept saying I needed to bead him a scabbard, so....I still haven't beaded him a full size one. Its on my list to do one day.

This is the Beaded Carousel Horse Lamp that I made for our local Bead show, and tried to enter it into the "500 Beaded Objects" challenge. However, after paying to have it professionally photographed and put onto a disc..when they received the disc they were unable to "open" it. So, I went back and had it done again, and emailed to them. However, it did not get there on time...so...Anyway, it took me 485 hours to complete. The body of the horse is two layers of beads. I wasn't happy with the first layer..too flat..so I added the second. He is quite a charmer if I do say so myself.

This was a cloth wall hanging that I made and submitted to a "Beading on Cloth" challenge. It was not accepted, the general concensus was that there was not 50% beads and that my painting in the background overwhelmed the beading. However, my friend Bea insisted that it was hers no matter what the outcome....so she is now the owner.