Here I go again....

Guess my brain can't be still....what's the old saying "idle hands are the devil's workshop".  I can remember my great aunt, who helped raise me, say this over and over.  So no wonder I can't not have a project to keep me busy!  

I started this beading project in June while waiting for background fabric for the hex piece.  

I've  made some headway.  Once I finish the green beads in the leaves, I'll finish up the pink around them.  Next I'll work on the bottom pink/green area.  Then I'll carefully cut the piece out and place on a quilted background; add the outside design beading directly on the quilted piece.  It's busy work when I don't have anything else to do....

Last month I finished the bookmarks for our friends library book sale and a week ago I worked on making my Christmas cards!

I started off  stamping on two pieces of poster board.

Then I used some Robin Egg Blue dye I already had mixed up and painted over the entire piece.  I also added some rock salt as well as some sliver stamped paint (very light).  Hard to see in the pics but both salt and paint gave some shimmer to the cards.  A winter scene?  HA

I cut up 64, 3"x5", pieces that I placed in a photo card stock.  Just need to place the other 63 in the cards and write my Christmas note!  HA

I'll work on these after our book sale in October so they will be ready to mail mid November!  Another project, almost, out of the way!  

So back to beading AND another hex idea I have!  Be still my brain!!!!!