Clinton, Wi.

We stopped in Clinton for lunch at The Central
House Supper Club and Lounge. Took pictures
of old buildings of the bank and movie theater.

Union, Wi.

Windmills
Farm scene

Teardrops

The last stop we looked at the teardrops in
Sun Prairie. They are so cool and we hope
to have one someday!

April Photo

It was taken at the UW Arboretum in Madison.

April 2007 BJP Page

My April BJP Page is done. It is a Magnolia.
I used canvas photo. It is free-hand without
looking at photo. I love the warm color of
dark dusty rose flowers and brown leaves.
It feels like Autumn. Hard to believe it is
almost September.

August Update

It has been a very busy summer for me.
I wasn't happy with my March BJP page. My girlfriend,
Georgia told me to work more on the fabric background.
I was impressed. It is so much better that it was before.
I am done with my May BJP flower pin this morning and
right now I am working on the fabric for the background.
After I was done with my Clematis flower pin, I started
to make free-form peyote stitch to make coral forms,
and I use shells, pearls and corals on a black felt bracelet
base. I really like working with free-form peyote stitch
now. It has been so long since I used peyote stitch.
I did not have the time to post pictures of my vacation,
April and May BJP pages yet but I will real soon so
come back !

Door County Vacation

Hope you are having a good summer. I can't believe that
August is here already... We just got back from vacation
at Door County and we had a wonderful time. We went
biking and walking alot.The weather were gorgeous.
We went to 2 lighthouses at Cana Island, Bailey Harbor
and Eagle Bluff, between Ephraim and Fish Creek. Dean
got a flat tire at Bailey Harbor so I biked alone after that.
He did not bring extra tubes or tools to fix his bike but he
will bring them next time when we go on vacation... I
took alot of pictures and I will post my pictures soon.
I would love to go back to Door County again.

May Rainstorm

This is my favorite shot of our Honda after a
rainstorm at dusk.

Nasturium

This picture is a orange nasturium. I bought 2
little pots from the garden center and I used
them in containers last year.

Orange Flower Pin

The pin size is 3 1/2 x 4.

March Bead Journal Project

March 2007 Bead Journal Project is done

February Page is done

The Poinsettia pin is 3 1/2 by 4. I was running out
of the yellow beads to make the petals-2 dimension.
They did not have beads in Madison so I will leave it
this way.
I started the March page. I will post it later. It is still
not finished so I will have 3 more left before Sept.

Poinsettia Photo

It was taken at the Olbrich Garden end of December.

Poinsettia Flower Pin

I am so happy that I finished my 9th flower pin
tonite. It took me about 4 days and 8 hours. It
is a white Poinsettia.

Handmade Bicycle Rack

Dean made a handmade bicycle basket rack and
Jasmine was very happy to go for a bicycle ride.
It was taken last week and Jasmine was looking
at Dean.

Bead Journal Project Website

My page is up now. I am participating 2007
Bead Journal that I started in June and here
is the link to see my 8 projects and I have to
finish 4 more. There are wonderful member
pages, too. Click on 2007 BJP.

Orchid Photo

It was taken at Olbrich Botanical Garden and I
made a beaded orchid pin.

BJP January Page

I am done with my January page. It took me
about 10 hours to complete. I used purple
felt with black embossing powder. It is not
wool. I was going to find black felt but I am
glad that I used purple felt. I love the color
of resin flowers and green leaf beads. It
reminds me of a night flower garden. All the
seed beads are 15/0. The orchid pin is 2 3/4
inches in height and 3 1/2 inches wide.
I have started my ninth Poinsettia today.

2007 BJP December Page

I finished my December page today. The white
mat is 8 x 10 and I am thinking to use black
shadow frames with easel on back and you
can remove them to wear a pin.

" Double Trouble " Dahlia flower pin. The pin is
3 1/2" width and 3" height.

"Double Trouble " Dahlia

I did not know what kind of flower that I
beaded for my December page. At first I
thought it was Camellia. I have my mom's
old book that my brother gave me about a
year ago " The Colour Dictionary of Garden
Plants " Published in Collaboration with the
Royal Horticultural Society. It has 2048 photo
illustrations in colour. I found it similar to my
flower photo and beaded flower. It is a Dahlia
" Double Trouble." I did not take any 2007
flower photos in November and December.
The Dahlia flower photo was taken at the
Chicago Botanical Garden about 3 years ago.


I started my December page about 2 weeks ago
and I finished the flower last petal today so you
can see a little canvas cloth. Photographs will
follow. I am going to make a pin and work on the
felt background to sew with lucite flower and leaf
beads.
I bought canvas cloth from Office Depot to try and
loved it. I started to use canvas cloth with beads
on my October, November and December pages.
It is much faster than my old projects with paper
cut, draw and paint.