Bead Journal Project - November’s Beaver Moon
So, I’ve managed to end the year still on schedule! I spent the month of December thinking about how the word beaver makes me giggle in a very juvenile way, and realizing that I really didn’t want to do an actual portrait of a beaver on my beaded page for November’s Beaver Moon.
What to do, what to do? A friend had shown me how to do simple needle felting, and I ended up using that technique to create a log that had been “gnawed off” by a beaver. It was fun to try something completely new. I used an off-white pipe cleaner for the armature of the log, and letting the ends stick out does look somewhat like chewed off wood. Ok, that’s a stretch, but I’m happy with it!
You can find links to more of the Bead Journal Project’s participants on Robin Atkin’s blog.
You can also click on “Bead Journal Project” under “categories” in the right-hand sidebar (of my blog, that is!) to see the past five months’ beaded journal pages.
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8 opinions for Bead Journal Project - November’s Beaver Moon
Barb
Dec 28, 2007 at 11:55 am
Very cool! I love the log–very nicely done.
Cyndi
Dec 28, 2007 at 12:48 pm
Thank you, Barb! It was a lot of fun to try something completely new :-)
Kathy V in NM
Dec 28, 2007 at 6:48 pm
Wonderful interpretation as always, Cyndi! Love those sawn-off beaded logs . . .
Kathy V in NM
Acey
Dec 29, 2007 at 2:28 am
the beaded logs are a fabulous focal point.
Cyndi
Dec 29, 2007 at 10:31 am
Thank you guys…this has been a really fun project for all of us, huh?
Noreen Crone-Findlay
Dec 29, 2007 at 8:04 pm
that’s truly wonderful, Cyndi! Congratulations!
And, Happy New Year!
Robin
Dec 31, 2007 at 3:33 pm
My husband’s totem animal is the beaver, so I was particularly pleased to see this beaver moon! Good work on the chewed logs and the whole piece!!! Please tell be about the background. Is is a printed fabric? Happy new year!
Cyndi
Dec 31, 2007 at 4:07 pm
Thank you, Noreen and Robin, and happy new year to you as well!
Robin, the background fabric is a commercial piece that I bought as a fat quarter. It’s called “Log cabin” or something similar to that :-)
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