March 30, 2006

Beach Days


How do you practice for a bead cruise to Mexico? You go on a family beach event in Mexico 9 days before leaving for the Bead Cruise! I just had a really great vacation with my Sister, her two children and their families right on the beach in Rocky Point Mexico. See all those shells, rocks and beach glass.... well, they look like fodder for some "found object" jewelry - and if that doesn't work then they can go into my side yard. It seems that my family can't go anywhere without picking up pieces of anything that looks interesting. It was a nice time in the sun listening the the waves just outside of our windows. We visited, ate, kept the littler kids slathered with sunscreen and worked on a few jewelry projects.

I spent much of my time on the veranda beading and teaching some of the family how to make things.

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I did manage to finish two cuff bracelets.


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My sister wanted to learn how to knot pearls and professionally finish strung necklaces. "Bring extra tools", she said, "as my daughter might want to do some too." The surprise was that my adult nephew, Jake, and 13 year old Grand Nephew Andrew (or is that my Great Nephew?) were the ones who got totally involved with wire wrapping.

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Andrew figured out that you could find shells with holes in them and using copper wire crafted this great shell necklace.

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Three of us practiced making wire wrapped bead components and then we hooked them all together. It's a great necklace for a practice piece, isn't it? Tina finished a copper and red necklace and managed to get her fingers wrapped around bead knotting.

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It was hard to leave the tranquility of the beach, but next week is another adventure on the high seas and another beach in Mexico.

2 comments:

  1. Very cool! Vicky just got back from Costa Rica and brought some coral and shells she picked up on the beach there. Don't know what I'll do with them yet, but they're really nice ones.

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  2. Anonymous6:47 PM

    That kid Andrew is pretty good lookin', does he have a girl friend?

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