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Custom Steampunk cuff Custom Steampunk cuff with stylized "Compass needle" Steampunk cuff Hook Line and Sinker Hook Line and Sinker, Majic Orchid Colorway Gothic Swan Cuff- 1st Place Advanced and People's Choice (TBR 2013) Beaded Bead with the new Twins and Spikes designed with Mandi Ainsworth. One of the beaded beads in two sizes. Beaded Beads with Twins and Spikes designed with Mandi Ainsworth. Baby Spike the dragon. Beaded Beads, and Baby Spike and Gothic Swan are upcoming Kits/ tutorials and Hook Line and Sinker is already available. Blessings, Ralonda

Sometimes we all find ourselves in a creative funk. My funk began before I taught my class at Bead Fest. I had a difficult time getting it together to be productive. My preparations ahead of time really saved my keester. My class was successful, I had a lot of fun too. There was a lot of love in that room! But, it vanished almost as soon as I got into the car to go home. We all deal with this problem in different ways. When I am in a mild funk, I like to look at magazines, books or blogs for inspiration. I love to look at Etsy too. This funk was different, it couldn't be shaken so easily. I made myself create something- anything. I started with quick projects like ATCs. I have over a dozen new ones now. Then I fell back on the fun project and made a fish with some new beads I bought at Bead Fest. I even sewed  two new jackets, a skirt and a vest that is still half done....   The funk was still there. I knew it was something deep seated...  I needed to...

I would like to say more beading, but really I haven't been beading much since the first week of August when I went to the Shreveport Bead retreat. I did bead another fish before I left, when I should have been more focused on making kits. But in my defense,  the work seems to go much easier when you allow yourself to take a deep breath and play before you begin. Then again' it may be because I am such an impressive procrastinator that I behave this way. Either way, it works for me and it might work for you but if it doesn't....I am not  responsible, it was just a suggestion! Below are photos of  the remaining Dragonfly Cuff kits. In essence, you bead a flat doll and stitch it to a cuff. The photos on the kits depicts  the prototype  and the actual kits are various colors and bead combos you could use to create a similar cuff  (instructions are inside too). I went to Shreveport with a business goal in mind. Having wonderf...

Have You? Hmmm, I think I am detecting a color theme...maybe it is just a coincidence- NAHHH! Blessings!