You can barely see the crystals here on the polar bear which is a good reason for NOT doing this animal. However I have so many crystals and they need to go somewhere. I am sure there are not enough to do the swan so I decided to put them on the bear. I am not inspired with this project so they go on very slowly. I do wish I could be fired up and inspired to bead something. I have what the Germans call 'null buck' which means no desire to do anything. Since it is hard for me to set aside any project I see myself slowly doing this one and as it grows becoming more interested in it.

I took a good look at Gracie the swan and decided I would need a lot more beads for her and lost interest in the project. Still I wanted to use up those tiny crystals so started a small polar bear. Boring!

Finally started to work on Gracie the Swan. I had forgotten all about her until I was showing Harmony some of the animals in the cedar chest and found her. I am afraid the white crystals are too small (you can barely see them at the edge of the beak) but will add another day of trials. The black crystals are too small and the beak crystals are too big! I already have over $300 in these mistakes. I do not know if I can finish this in time!

Last evening I did get this frog done just as the sun was moving off the photo-shoot area. As I look at this frog I am not happy with the black metal clasp and chain. I was telling myself it matched the eyes, but looking at the piece as a whole the black looks heavy and out of sync with the furry fuzz. While at the table I looked all 5 frogs and still  felt the one for AIR was the best.

 So this one will go Sunday to Gualala Arts to get into AIR. Now to go to clean out my closet to see if I have anything to wear. I started to work on the crystal swan.

Pro-Ana Braclets

These bracelets are made of coral dyed red with AB 8s in between. I got the idea from a pro-Ana website, made one and found it so helpful to wear a red bracelet to remind myself I am dieting (lost another pound today so my wedding ring fits!) It seems all my children are on diets so now I have made a good assortment of sizes so I can send one to each or to whoever wants one. I find the idea of wearing a "brace" "let" is a kind thought to support me on this journey. On my wrist it reminds to cut back on whatever I am eating. The big coral beads with the little 8s reminds me of the ups and downs of dieting. I wish for the help whichever anorexic person needs help, but they are the masters of losing weight and having been a fatty all my life I figure I have much to learn from them.

Here is the photo I searched for yesterday and couldn't find. So today I took it again. I can see the photo in my computer but evidently it is not ready to be moved. I am wondering if I am too fast?
I did put this credit card and money in the mouth of the larger frog

and surprise it is here. Now today blogspot is saying this is not my site being snotty about handling the photos. I will go back to beading! 

Ha! Then Blogspot insisted a new password and would not publish this. After much bouncing around I got to my drafts and was able to find this.