Ritzytoo April May 2014

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Graphic design: facebook.com/unoperuno.handmade
From Italy,
the art of Eliana Maniero,
directly in your hands.
You can buy her patterns,

to create your own jewels.
Pattern shop: www.etsy.com/shop/eliana1971
Jewels shop: www.etsy.com/shop/ElianaManieroJewels
www.facebook.com/ElianaManieroJewels
In This Issue....
A Note From Our Editor - Page 4
Mothers Day: Then & Now - Page 6
Birth Stones - Page 10
Hidden Gems: An Introduction to Goddess - Page 12
PATTERN: A Mothers Day Pendant - Page 22
PATTERN: Renaissance Cross Pendant - Page 30
PATTERN: Mother or Grandmother Birthstone
Bracelet - Page 38
PATTERN: Heart on Fire - Page 44
Little Windows - Page 48
Bead Store of The Month: The Beading Den - Page 54
Humor at The Beading Table - Page 58
Almost Better Than Beading Cake - Page 60
Page 54
Page 48
Page 44
On The Cover:
Main Photo: Kore Pendant by designer Eliana Maniero
Top left: Renaissance Cross Pendant by designer Diana Balogh
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Mothers Day
Then & Now
o you have any idea just

how this venerable day
came into existence in
the United States? How
far back in history the
roots of Mothers Day
celeb r a tion can be traced? Well,
neither did I!
So, I decided to see what I could
learn about this currently popular holiday. The
journey, while not too involved, was a fascinating
one for me, to be sure.
hand, important but controversial political

activism and on the other, the warm traditional circle of timeless values embodied in
the home, with motherhood, as its traditional anchor.
Did you hear that two different historical threads

lay claim to its origins in
the United States. Both
are factually based. Both
founded by three women,
two of them mothers and
the other childless. There
combined efforts forming a tribute to different roles that, in a way, create a simple mosaic of dominant, but not necessarily conflicting, ideals of the time, as you will see.
All speak of courage and devotion.
During the 1600s, the early Christians in England officially celebrated a day
to honor Mary, the Mother
of Jesus. By a subsequent
religious decree from the
Church, the holiday was later expanded in its scope to
include all mothers. It was celebrated on the
4th Sunday of Lent (the 40 day period leading up to Easter), Mothering Sunday and
officially honored all the mothers of England,
which was most likely an unofficial practice
long antecedent to this Official Decree.
These divergent histories celebrate, on one

The Mothers Day story first

goes back to the earliest
Mothers Day celebrations
traced to antiquity millenia
ago when happy and optimistic annual spring celebrations of ancient Greece
were held to honor the goddess, Rhea, Mother of the
Greek Gods of mythology.
There is no doubt that a Mothers Day tradition in the United States, regardless of who
you choose to believe originated the holiday,
was carried on from ages past, inspired by
not only the historical predecessor celebrations over the centuries, but by the dynamic
contributions women have always made toward the betterment of their families and
humankind, regardless of culture norms or
political persuasions of the time.
bone her many Mothers Day initiatives.

And, ironically perhaps, she is most widely
renowned as the author of the stirring American classic, The Battle Hymn of the Republic. However, at the end of the day she will
always be revered for her Mothers Day contributions toward Peace, in championing the
beauty and importance of motherhood, and
the role of women in general.
Julia Howe was so horrified by the carnage

A humble Appalachian homemaker and of the Civil War and the Franco-Prussian War
mother, Ann Marie Reeves Jarvis, is often that in 1870 she tried to issue a Manifesto
credited with the beginnings of Mothers for Peace at International conferences in
Day through a regional event in 1858 where London and Paris. In the 1870s, Julia began
she began what she called Mothers Friend- a one-woman peace crusade and made an
ship Day.
Ann Jarvis was instrumental impassioned appeal to womanhood to rise
in saving thousands of lives by organizing up against war.
Mothers Friendship Clubs teaching women
the basics of practical field nursing and sanitation which she learned from her famous
physician brother James Reeves, M.D.
It was throughout these ugliest of times, the
Civil War, that Ann Jarvis worked tirelessly to
organize women to work toward better sanitary conditions on both sides. In 1868, Ann
Jarvis began working formally, in the spirit
of compassion, to reconcile Union and Confederate neighbors. As is so often the case
throughout history, the unsung women of
the time devoted themselves to the safety,
health, and well being of their families.
Still other historical accounts have documented that Mothers Day was first suggested after the American Civil War by Julia
Ward Howe, a remarkably passionate woman and social activist leader who was known
for doting over her children and for her affection toward her husband.
She was educated during the early 1800s in
the classics including literature, mathematics, science, as well as French, Italian, German, Latin, and Greek languages. She was
an accomplished writer, poet, playwright,
essayist, travel writer, reformist, powerful
orator, and arguably more than that, she
was an important and compelling international leader for Peace, which was the back-
PHOTO LEFT: Anna Jarvis

PHOTO ABOVE: Julia Ward Howe
Among other accomplishments, while in

Boston that same year, she composed an
historically powerful plea (generally considered to be the original Mothers Day proclamation), translated it into several languages, and widely distributed it internationally.
She began energetically promoting the idea
of a Mothers Day for Peace. There has
never been any doubt that Julia Howes heroic leadership for Peace remains inextricably tied to her impassioned promotion of
Mothers Day celebrations something all
who celebrate Mothers Day should remember.
In the end, the separate and yet similar visions of three women
intertwined creating
what morphed into the
Mothers Day largely
celebrated today. To
be sure, the motivations, dreams, and ideals of each culminated
in a national Mothers
Day tradition that celebrates the tradition
of a mothers love and
kindness toward her
own and the world at
large.
It was Anna Reeves Jarvis daughter, Anna
Jarvis, who picked up the torch, out of love
and respect for her own mother, and finally
succeeded in introducing Mothers Day as a
national movement, if you may. Anna taught
in school in Grafton, West Virginia, for a
while and later moved to be with her family
in Philadelphia. Anna remained especially
close to her mom, and as time would have
it, she devoted herself to providing care and
companionship for her ageing mother.
Ultimately her mother passed in Philadelphia on May 9, 1905.
As might be expected, Anna very much missed all that her
mother had come to mean and turned her
energies toward looking after her sister as
well as establishing a way to memorialize

what her mother meant to her. As a result of her intensely meaningful relationship
with her own mom and her personal cultural
observations in general, Anna felt children
often neglected to appreciate their mothers
during the living years.
Within two years of her mothers death, Anna
Jarvis disclosed, to her circle of supportive
friends, her intentions to establish a formal opportunity for individuals to celebrate
their appreciation for their own mothers and
mothers in general. It was to this end, that
Anna Jarvis dedicated the remainder of her
lifes purpose which
was to establish a national Mothers Day
to honor mothers,
living and dead.
Thanks to the focused efforts of Anna
Jarvis, together with
the earlier work of
her mother and Julia
Howe, who clearly
saw a connection between the sanctity
of motherhood and
stopping the terrible
carnage of wars, the first mothers day was
observed in honor of Anna Jarvis mother.
Following this first recorded observance,
the notion of a Mothers Day Remembrance
gained widespread popularity across the nation. Annas dream came true when on May
9, 1914, the Presidential Mothers Day Proclamation declared the 2nd Sunday of May
to be observed as Mothers Day in honor of
mothers. And, in 1934 the US issued a stamp
in honor of Mothers Day featuring Whistlers
Mother.
Many countries of the world express their

own cultural style of expressions of appreciation in official and unofficial Mothers Day
celebrations. Some countries such as Denmark, Finland, Italy, Turkey, Australia, and
Belgium also celebrate Mothers Day on the
second Sunday of May, and in some countries, the appreciation celebration lasts for
two days.
Mothers Day is one of the three biggest
holidays of the year, as it should be. It is
always interesting and well worth the time
to take a peek into the past at the roots of a
particular holiday that is special to us. Expanding ones understanding of the micro
history and tradition of Mothers Day, in this
case, can energize and give the celebration
a more personal meaning at a time where
our lives are jam packed, it seems, with activities of lesser importance.
For passionate beaders, a piece of handmade beadwork might seem like the perfect
gift for Mom this Mothers Day and here are
some ideas and tips that can make it even

more special!
1. Check out our designer Mothers Day project in this issue!
2. Bring Mom with you to your favorite local

bead shop to pick out the supplies for your
special jewelry project.
3. Make it double the gift and plan to make
the the project together, spending time with
Mom is the best gift of all!
Birthstones
There is a saying, as much as things change, they still stay the same. No where is that
more true than in the world of birthstones! We hope that this chart will help clear up
some confusion for your future projects!
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Hidden Gems.....
An Introduction To Goddess . . .
Getting Acquinted with Products Available At Local Bead Jewelry Shops!
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A Mothers Day Pendant

An
elegant
Mother s Day gift pattern

Eliana Maniero
from
Italian
designer
Shopping List
You Need:
1 Ivory coral paste Rose (28 mm7)
1 Ivory coral paste Rose (12 mm)
1 Luminous Green crystal wild heart (17
mm)
45 pearls 3 mm cream
7 bicone 4 mm rose peach
6 bicone 4 mm luminous green
7 pearls 4 mm pink coral
1 pearl 8 mm pink coral
1 butterfly 10 mm rose peach
2 gr rocaille 11/0 golden
Weaving line (so-no, nymo o fireline)
Weaving needle
Jewelry glue
Lacy stiff stuff and ultrasuede (about 10
cm x 5 cm)
Note
I listed coral paste roses within this list. If
you cant find them with the same specs,
you can use other sizes as well. Measurements are purely indicative, in order to
ensure result similar to the one portrayed.
You can change the size of the roses or
even replace them with other materials
such as resin or Fimo to obtain a different variation. Once you learn the basics, use your creativity and your dexterity without following a guideline. Along
the same lines, the quantity of pearls and
crystals are indicative, as their number
might vary, depending on your project
and on yourhand.
Instructions:
1. Glue the crystal heart on the bottom of the rectangle of stiff stuff (basic textile white)
with jewelry glue, holding the tip at about 1.5 cm from the edge. Let the glue dry before
you start working.
2. Embroider a pearl loop around the crystal (about 3mm), placing the first pearl at the
center of the heart, as shown
3. Proceed this way: thread two pearls in the needles, work into the stiff stuff rectangle
on the side of the heart, to allow enough room for the pearls.
4. Go back to the center of the pearls with the needle, and add two
more.
5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 until you get closer to the tip of the heart. You
should have a total of 10 pearls in place.
6. Lock in the Rose Peach bicone from the tip of the heart, sewing downwards and coming back into the base, so that you can also process the
other side.
7. Sew in 9 more pearls on the side of the crystal, as shown within steps 3 and
4.
8. Sew in a 4mm Pink Coral pearl on top of the crystal. Thread in the pearl and a
golden rocaille, and fix it to the textile base. Sew out of the textile base next to
the Pink Coral pearl, so that you can already start a new loop.
9. Perform another loop on the 3mm pearls with the same technique, keeping very close to
the first loop. You should place a total of 12 pearls (3mm each)
10. Follow the last pearl with a golden rocaille, a luminous green bicone,
an 8 mm pearl and another golden rocaille. Start the loop again from the
pearl and the bicone, so that the pearl is held in place
properly.
11. Loop in a golden rocaille and start again from the
textile base, tightening the line so that the pearl and
the bicone are held in place properly. Start again from
the textile base so that you end up next to the luminous green bicone
and can start another round of 3mm pearls on the side of the crystal
heart.
12. Sew in another line of 3 mm pearls just next to the

first loop, as explained within steps 3 and 4. Be as steady and tight as
you can, getting as close as possible to the 4mm pearl over the top of
the heart.
14. Glue in the large ivory rose on the upper side of the base rectangle, leaving a margin of
about 1.5 cm from the pearls around the heart. Let the glue dry. If the rose has a threading
hole, hold in in place from the pearls around the heart. Let the glue dry off. If the rose has
a threading hole, you can hold it in place through stitching it to the base.
15 Now, it is time to sew a pearl / 4mm bi-cone loop around the Roses base, starting from
the point indicated in the following image.
16. Thread in a rose coral pearl (4mm) and a golden rocaille, loop back in the pearl and in
the textile base to hold it in place.
I
17. Look back from the textile base from the side of the last pearl. Add a rose peach 4mm
bicone and hold it to the base.
I
18. Keeps sewing, alternating pearls and crystals around the rose, as shown
within steps 15 and 16, until you surround the rose almost completely,
placing a total of 12 elements.
19. Glue the smaller rose on the left of the pendant, in the empty space
between the heart and the rose. Add a small crystal butterfly to the right
of the pendant. Let the glue dry and thread the butterfly to the textile base
for further steadiness.
20. Fill in the space between the roses, the butterfly and the
luminous green hearts. There are no guidelines, the important thing is to fill in all the space and cover the white base
support. Remove the excess material.
21. Glue the ultrasued to the back of the stiff stuff base, so that
it can cover all the threads. Let it dry and cut up the two textile
elements keeping as tight as possible to the pearl embroidery.
Be careful not to chop of the needlework threads!
22. Now you need to adjust the edges of the pendant: prepare a thread with
a small knot and stick it to the textile base from the tip of the heart. Add two
rocailles, sew in both textures from the top down.
23. Get back to the top by threading the needle from the second pearl in the previous
point. Without entering the texture, add a rocaille, sew downwards, penetrating the texture and get back in the rocaille, from the bottom to the top. Repeat throughout the perimenet so that you can create a pearly edge to cover the textile base.
24. Once you finished creating the border, enter the thread from the small
coral paste rose, coming out of the green pearl. Try to get between the
textile bases with the thread, in order to hide it. You can also use a new
line.
25. Add 3 rocailles and start from the following pearls.
26. Enter from the next rocaille at the border, getting outwards in the
pendant. Add 3 golden rocailles and enter the following pearl.
27. Repeat steps 24 e 25 until you create edges to the pearly arches in
the lower part of the pendant, until you get to the crystal butterfly. Keep
the thread steady, sew into the textile bases and cut the excess away.
28. Place a new line from the upper part of the pendant, add 5 golden
pearls (red in the image) and create a pearly arch. Hold the thread into
place by looping it several times.
28. Run a golden ring through the pearl arch, so that you can attach a necklace.
Mothers Day Ciondolo Kore

Beading Level: Intermediate
Cover Feature Pattern Designer
ELIANA MANIERO--Italy
https://www.facebook.com/Eliana
ManieroJewels
http://lestelledieli.blogspot.com
https://www.etsy.com/it/shop/eliana1971
A highly talented Jewelry Design Professional with more than 7 International
awards using a variety of material and techniques.
Eliana Maniero resides in Milano, Italy, with
her husband and young son. She loves bead
embroidery, soutache work, crystals, and
perhaps most of all she loves to create new
patterns. She teaches a variety of beading
techniques at a local bead shop.
RitzyToo is proud to feature Elianas Ciondolo
Kore on its Mothers Day Cover as a design
that speaks of mothers!
She is published in a European Bead magazine
and features her original creations on the online sites cited above. In addition to patterns
in Italian, you can find the following patterns
in English: Bholliwood earrings
Istambul earrings
Istambul bracelet
Dancing light earrings
Deep Blue earrings
Indian style earrings
Magia doriente earrings
Velvet earrings
Winter flowers earrings
Ghiaccio e brina bracelet
Gea earrings
As well as her main award winning creations!
Designer Spotlight
BEADERS
Beading Tutorials
for CREATIVE
You find the first three dimensions in the space surrounding you.
The fourth dimension is the time.
I'm a beadworker, and for me exists another dimension:
THE BEADING.
This is for me the FIFTH DIMENSION.

Although the four dimensions exists together,
togethe if I'm in my fifth dimension,
space and the time ceases to exist for me.
So I'm in a spaceless and timeless "state", and this is
CREATIVE BEADING...
from Dina Balogh
dianabalogh.com - diasjewelryshop.etsy.com
Renaissance
Cross Pendant
An advanced pattern from designer Diana Balogh
Shopping List
Japanese Toho seed beads size 15/0 (128 pcs)
Japanese Toho seed beads size 11/0 Color A
(60 pcs)
Japanese Toho seed beads size 11/0 Color B
(60 pcs)
COLORS for the GREEN-GOLD cross

Toho seed bead size 15/0 - Inside-Color Rainbow Lt.
Topaz Sea Foam Lined (952)
Toho seed bead size 11/0 Color A- Gilded Marble
Turquoise (1703)
Toho seed bead size 11/0 Color B- Metallic Iris
Green/Brown (84)
Toho seed bead size8/0 - Metallic Iris Brown (83)
4 mm czech fire-polished bead - Iris Green
Japanese Toho seed beads size 8/0 (12 pcs)

4 mm czech fire-polished beads (36 pcs)
Beading needle (e.g. Pony Size 10)
Nylon beading thread 0.2 mm
Difficulty: advanced
Techniques: Right-angle weave, Triangle
weave
Finished size: 1.5 x 1.5
COLORS for the BLACK-SILVER cross

Toho seed bead size 15/0 - Nickel (711)
Toho seed bead size 11/0 Color A- Permanent Finish
- Galvanized Aluminum (PF578)
Toho seed bead size 11/0 Color B- Opaque Jet (49)
Toho seed bead size 8/0 - Silver-Lined Frosted Gray
(29BF)
4 mm czech fire-polished bead - Jet
COLORS for the BLACK-GRAY cross
Toho seed bead size 15/0 - Nickel (711)
Toho seed bead size 11/0 Color A - Metallic-SilverFrosted Antique Silver (566)
Toho seed bead size 11/0 Color B - Opaque Jet (49)
Toho seed bead size 8/0 - Silver-Lined Frosted Gray
(29BF)
4 mm czech fire-polished bead - Jet
The already existing beads are shown in pale color.

The already existing beads, through which you must lead the thread, are always highlighted in purple.
The thread is shown in red.
1.
Pick up 4 pcs 4 mm fire-polished beads, place them on the end of the thread, and tie a square knot, leaving a 6
inch (15 cm) tail. [step 1]
2.
Pass through the bead next to the knot. [step 2]
3.
Pick up an 8/0 seed bead, a 4 mm fire-polished bead and a 8/0 seed bead, and sew through the 4 mm bead highlighted in purple, and the 8/0 seed bead you first added. [step 3]
4.
Pick up 2 pcs 8/0 seed beads. Sew through the 3 8/0 seed beads once again and sew trough the next 4 mm firepolished bead (marked with 2). [step 4]
5.
Pick up an 8/0 seed bead and a 4 mm fire-polished bead. Sew through the 8/0 seed bead marked with A. Sew
through the 4 mm bead marked with 2, and the 8/0 seed bead you just added. [step 5]
Repeat step 4 and 5 two more times.
6.
Pick up an 8/0 seed bead, and sew through the 8/0 seed beads marked with A and B. Sew through the 8/0 seed
bead you just added, and the 8/0 seed bead marked with A. Pass through the 4 mm fire-polished bead marked
with 1. [step 6]
1
2
7.
Work with the fire-polished beads marked with 1, 2, 3 and 4. Follow the instructions of circle 1, 2, 3 and 4.
Circle 1: Pick up 2 pcs 15/0 seed beads, an 11/0 seed bead in color A and 2 pcs 15/0 seed beads. Sew back
through the fire-polished bead marked with 1, and sew throught the next fire-polished bead marked with 2. [step
7-1]
Circle 2: Pick up 2 pcs 15/0 seed beads and an 11/0 seed bead in color A. Sew through the first picked up 2 15/0
seed beads of circle 1, and sew back through the fire-polished bead marked with 2. Sew through the next firepolished bead marked with 3. [step 7-2]
Circle 3: Pick up 2 pcs 15/0 seed beads and an 11/0 seed bead in color A. Sew through the first picked up 2 15/0
seed beads of circle 1, and sew back through the fire-polished bead marked with 3. Sew through the next firepolished bead marked with 4. [step 7-3]
Circle 4: Sew through the last added 15/0 seed beads of circle 1. Pick up an 11/0 seed bead in color A. Sew
through the 11/0 seed bead of circle 3, the 11/0 seed bead of circle 2, the 11/0 seed bead of circle 1, and sew
back through the 11/0 seed bead you just added (so fasten the 4 11/0 seed beads in the middle). Sew through the
15/0 seed beads, which you picked up in circle 3, and sew back through the fire-polished bead marked with 4.
Lead the thread to the spot marked with A. [step 7-4]
8. Pick up 2 pcs 4 mm fire-polished beads. Sew back through the fire-polished bead highlighted in purple, and
pass through the first added fire-polished bead. [step 8]
9. Pick up 2 pcs 4 mm fire-polished beads. Sew back through the fire-polished bead highlighted in purple and
pass through the first added fire-polished bead. [step 9]
10. Pick up 2 pcs 4 mm fire-polished beads. Sew back throught the fire-polished bead marked with A. Sew
through the newly added beads once again, and lead the thread to the spot marked with B. [step 10]
11. Pick up a 4 mm fire-polished bead and sew through the fire-polished beads marked with A and B. [step 11]
Top Left: 7-1
Botton Left: 7-2
Top Right: 7-3
Bottom Right: 7-4
10
11
12. Work with the fire-polished beads marked with 1, 2 and 3 (follow the instructions of circle 1, 2 and 3). [step
12]
through the 4 mm fire-polished bead (marked with 1). Pass through the next 4 mm fire-polished bead (2).
[step12-1]
Circle 2: Pick up 2 pcs 15/0 seed beads and an 11/0 seed bead in color A. Sew through the first picked up 2
15/0 seed beads of circle 1, and sew back through the 4 mm fire-polished bead (2). Pass through the next firepolished bead (3). [step 12-2]
Circle 3: Sew through the last picked up 2 15/0 seed beads of circle 1, pick up an 11/0 seed bead in color A. Sew
through the 11/0 seed bead of circle 2, and the 11/0 seed bead of circle 1, then sew back through the 11/0 seed
bead you just added (so fasten the 3 11/0 seed beads in the middle). Pass through the 2 15/0 seed beads, which
you picked up in circle 2. Sew back through the 4 mm fire-polished bead (3). [step 12-3]
13. Work with the fire-polished beads marked with 3, 4 and 5. [step 13]
through the 4 mm fire-polished bead (3). Pass through the next 4 mm fire-polished bead (5). [step 13-1]
Circle 4: Sew through the fire-polished beads 3 and 5. [step 13-4] At the last iteration skip circle 4, and do step
22 instead!
12
12-1
13
12-2
12-3
13-1
13-3
13-2
13-4
Circle 2: Pick up 2 pcs 15/0 seed beads and an 11/0 seed bead in color A, and sew through the first picked up 2
15/0 seed beads of circle 1. Sew back through the 4 mm fire-polished bead (6). Pass through the next fire-polished bead (7). [step 14-2]
16. Sew through the fire-polished beads 7 and 5. [step 16]
15
14
15-1
16
14-1
15-2
14-2
15-3
14-3
17. Lead the thread to the spot marked with A. Pick up an 11/0 seed bead in color A and lead the thread to the
spot marked with B, as shown on the picture. [step 17]
18. * Pick up 2 pcs 11/0 seed beads in color B and sew through the next fire-polished bead marked with 6. Repeat from * three times.
Lead the thread to the spot marked with A. [step 18]
19. [step 19] Pick up 2 pcs 15/0 seed beads and an 11/0 seed bead in color A and sew through the 11/0 seed bead
marked with A from the opposite direction (see Phase 1).
Sew through the 11/0 seed bead you just added from the opposite direction. Pick up 2 pcs 15/0 seed beads and
sew back through the fire-polished bead marked with B. (see Phase 2). [step 19-1, step 19-2]
20. [step 20] Sew through the 2 15/0 seed beads and the 11/0 seed bead (B). Pick up an 11/0 seed bead in color
A, and sew through the 11/0 seed bead marked with A from the opposite direction (see Phase 1).
Sew through the 11/0 seed bead you just added from the opposite direction, and sew through the 11/0 seed bead
marked with B from the opposite direction. Sew through the next 2 15/0 seed beads. [step 20-1, step 20-2]
At the last iteration make a double-hitch knot, sew through some beads and cut the thread.
Otherwise continue with step 21.
17
18
19
20
19-1 & 19-2
20-1 & 20-2
21. Lead the thread to the spot marked with A, as shown on the picture. [step 21]
Repeat steps 8-21 three times. At the last iteration at step 13 skip circle 4, and do step 22 instead. Thereafter
continue with step 14.
22. Pick up 8 pcs 15/0 seed beads and sew back through the fire-polished bead marked with B. Sew through the
beads once again, and sew through the fire-polished beads A and C.
Continue with step 14! [step 22 and step 22 detail]
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22
22 Detail
Cover Co-Feature Pattern Designer

DIANA BALOGH--Hungary
An unusual love of beads took this highly talented
designer almost immediately to her inner creative self
where found her own very high aptitude for bead jewelry
design. She was able to master advanced beading, pattern
making for all levels, and teaching in her own bead jewelry making school ... all in less than two years!
Diana began her artistic career as a graphic designer
which included creating and editing illustrations. This
knowledge and experience allowed her to create he own
patterns right from the start, accelerating the rapid development of her beading creativity.
As a highly talented and prolific bead jewelry designer,
she finds joy and satisfaction from leading others to explore the secrets of beading and their own individual creativity.
Diana says the real reward for her is the joy of creation and
freedom that comes with creating bead weaving patterns
which she hopes will provide the same joy of creation and
freedom for those who create from her patterns.
Mother or Grandmother
Birthstone Bracelet
meaningful design pattern from designer
Deb Moffett-Hall
The perfect gift for Mothers Day, Birthdays,

& Anniversaries. Select bicone crystals in
birthstone colors to celebrate each muchloved member of the family. Stitch one for
Grandmother with children, grandchildren
and/or great grandchildren! Dont have a
large family? Use her birthstone color in
the extra spaces. Bracelet can be stitched
in gold or silver as desired.
Shopping List
You need:
36 bicone crystals 4mm, in desired birthstone colors
9 silver or clear bicone crystals 4mm for the centers
8 silver lined bugles 3mm
54 silver or gold seed beads size 8/0 (large)
135 silver or gold seed beads size 11/0 (small)
Clasp of choice: 8mm snap clasp shown.
Fireline 6lb or similar thread
Beading needle
Sizing: 8 Bracelet as shown with nine bicone flowers.
Each Flower + linking beads = 1
1) Leaving a 9 tail string 1 large silver, 1 bicone, 1 large silver, 1 bicone, 1 large silver, 1
bicone, 1 large silver, 1 bicone.
2) Pass through all beads again clockwise in a circle
3) Continue clockwise through the first four beads to exit the 2nd bicone.
4) Pull the thread snug to form beads into the flower shape as shown. Pass through all
beads again and exit the same bicone.
5) String 3 small silver, moving clockwise skip the next (2nd) large silver in the flower
and pass through the next (3rd) bicone.
6) Pull the thread to snug the small beads next to the large as shown.
7, 8, 9) Repeat step #5 three more times to exit the 2nd bicone
10) Pass through the next large silver (3rd) in the flower and exit
4
5
10
11) String 1 center silver/clear bicone, pass up through the (1st) large silver on the flower.
12) Pass back through the center bicone.
13) Pass up through the 3rd large silver.
14) Thread exits up through the 3rd large silver as shown.
15) Pass down through the first two small silver on the side of the 3rd large silver and
exit.
16) String Linking beads: 1 large silver, 1 small silver, 1 bugle, 1 small silver, 1 large silver,
1 small silver.
17) Skip the last small silver strung and pass back through 1 large silver, 1 small silver, 1
bugle, 1 small silver, 1 large silver to exit the large silver.
18) Pass down the middle small silver on the flower again, pull thread to snug the linking
beads close to the flower beads.
19, 20 &21) Pass back through all of the linking beads and up through the last small silver
11
14
12
15
13
16
17
18
22) String 1 small silver, 1 large silver, 1 small silver and moving clockwise in a circular
path pass up through the end small silver on the linking beads again.
23) Pull the thread to form the beads into a four-sided shape as shown.
24 & 25) Pass clockwise through the first small silver and large silver just added and exit
26) Begin the next flower: String 1 bicone, 1 large silver, 1 bicone, 1 large silver, 1 bicone, 1 large silver, 1 bicone.
27 & 28) Moving counter-clockwise pass down through the large silver added in step #24
pull the thread to form the flower shape.
29) Moving counter-clockwise pass through all of the flower beads again and exit the first
new flower bicone added and exit (shown at bottom of flower)
30 & 31) Moving counter-clockwise repeat step #5 three times
32 & 33) Without adding any new beads pass through the three small silver already in
place next to the starting large silver on the new flower.
34) Repeat steps to add the center bicone. Repeat steps to complete linking beads/flowers to desired bracelet length ending with a flower.
35) CLASP: Thread exits the middle small silver on the last flower added. String 1 small
silver, clasp, 1 small silver.
36 & 37) Pass down through the middle small silver on the flower and pull the thread to
snug the beads and clasp close to the flower beads. Repeat the thread path through the
clasp several time to strengthen the clasp area. Tie off the thread, hide the thread in a
few beads and trim.
38 & 39) Using the tail thread repeat steps #35-37 to attach the remaining half of the
clasp to complete the bracelet.
Popular Birthstone colors

January - Garnet - Dark Red

February - Amethyst - Light to Medium Purple

March Aquamarine - Light to Medium aqua

April Diamond - Clear

May Emerald - Dark to Medium Kelly Green

June Pearl or Alexandrite (blue/purple)

July Ruby - Bright Red

August Peridot - Pale to Light Yellow/Green

September - Sapphire - Medium to Dark Royal Blue

October Opal - Clear or milky opal ab finish

November - Yellow Topaz or Citrine - Medium to Light Gold

December - Blue Topaz - Pale to Light Blue or turquoise blue
Mothers Day Birthday Bracelet

Beading Level: Beginner
Featured Pattern Designer - USA
Deb Moffett-Hall
patternstobead.com
patternstobead@aol.com
A well known, intuitive, and highly experienced Bead Jewelry Design Professional
and Author of five published craft books,
three in beading project design.
This talented award winning designer
served as Editor of BEAD PATTERN MAGAZINE for more than 40 issues as well as
Special Project Editor for QUILT MAGAZINE.
What kind of beading professional does all
of this add up to? When asked to describe
herself, Deb has been known to say, ...just
show me the basics and let me loose!...I
have been designing beading patterns
since day one. As a teacher, her motto is:
Beading is supposed to be fun not frustrating!
RitzyToo is pleased to bring you this special Mothers Day pattern from Deb Moffett-Hall!
Heart on Fire
unique pattern by designer
Lindsay Lee
Shopping List
HEARTS ON FIRE MATERIALS LIST
1. 24 guage
Copper sheet 2.5 x 3
2. 2 8 mm copper jumprings
3. 3 5 pieces 12 guage square copper wire
4. 3 10 pieces of bead stringing wire 19 strand .018
5. 9 Copper crimp covers
6. 9 Copper crimp beads
7. 3 Flat round Carnelian beads
8. 3 Square tube 30 mm
9. 7 Lime Jade 12 mm flat cushion beads
10. Assorted size 11 seed beads
11. 18 3 mm copper beads
12. 1 Copper toggle clasp
13. 1 30 mm dichroic cabochon ask your local bead shop
14. e-6000 glue ask your local bead shop
TOOLS LIST
Marker
Jewelers saw
Beeswax
Saw bench pin
File
Screw driver
Torch butane - optional
Beading pliers
Ring benders or dowel
The following items are available from your local bead store to make your resin
cabochon
2 part resin
Medium round mold
Assorted dichroic film
Black colorant
Mixing cups and popsicle sticks
Plastic drop sheet
Timer
Instructions
STEP BY STEP RESIN CABOCHONS
You make your own resin cabochon, buy a glass one from your bead store, or a resin
cabochon from the artist.
To make your own:
Cut shreds of dichroic papers you will need about 7. Crumple the patterned dichroic paper and then cut out a 30 mm circle. Set aside.
In a medicine cup, add part 1 of your resin. Measure carefully. Use about about 5 ml.
Add 5 ml part 2 of your resin. Mix thoroughly for 2 minutes. Now leave the resin sit undisturbed for 5 minutes. Use a timer for this step.
Pour your mold 1/3 full of resin. Add your dichroic shreds and push down into the resin
with your popsicle stick.
Now, put the crumpled 30 mm circle on top. Push down with your stick so the resin covers
it. Cover the mold with something like a box lid so dust can not drop on the resin. Leave
undisturbed for 2 days.
The directions say 12 hours, but I have found the black layer we are going to add can mix
with the first layer of the resin, making a mess.
Use a fresh mixing cup and 5 ml of each part of resin as above. This time you will add 4
drops of black colorant. Again, mix for 2 minutes and then sit for 5 minutes. Now pour
mold 2/3 full. Cover and set for 12 hours.
You may level out the cabochon by pouring another layer of resin or unmold your cabochon
and carefully trim your the edge with a knife.
STEP BY STEP NECKLACE
Copy the heart pattern on to card stock and cut out with scissors. Trace around the heart
pattern on to your copper sheet with a sharp marker. Coat your saw blade with beeswax.
Saw out the heart shape and the lines which will form prongs which will hold your cabochon.
Bend the prongs forward with your beading pliers. Now file all the sharp edges so they are
rounded as well as the edges of the heart. This will prevent your pendant from catching
on clothing.
Now torch your pendant to add color to your metal. Do this by holding the pendant in your
beading pliers and torching the edges. You only have to kiss your metal with the torch as
too much will turn your metal an ugly black color.
Use your marker to force the top lip forward to the front to make a bail. Glue the front of
the bail e-6000 glue, a toothpick is handy for this. Let the glue dry.
Glue the resin cabochon with e-6000 to the

center of the heart pendant. Fold the prongs
over the resin cabochon.
Form the two wire heart shapes by marking
the center of each 5 piece of 12 g. square
wire. Use your beading pliers on the mark
and force the wire into a sharp bend. Use
your ring bender pliers or a 3/4 dowel to
shape the top curve of your heart. Use your
file to shape the wire where it meets at the
top so that there is no gap. Glue this join with
e-6000 glue. It may be necessary to tape this
while it dries.
The third piece of wire is used to join the pendant to the necklace. Mark the center of the
wire. Hold your pliers on the mark and bend
each arm upwards. Now slide the wire into
the pendant bail so the center mark is inside
the bail. Now use your ring pliers or dowel to
form the upper curves of your heart shape.
Now use your beading pliers to form a loop on
each arm that goes to the inside of the heart
shape.
Mothers Day Hearts On Fire

Copper Necklace
Beading Level: Intermediate
Featured Pattern Designer - Canada
Lindsay Lee
alinejewelryandcrafts.com
alinedesignltd@uniserve.com
The copper jump rings will hold each arm to a

heart shape on either side.
A highly creative and experienced bead

jewelry and pattern designer who studied Art and Drama at the University before
Thread 1 of seed beads on each of the 3 beginning her career which encompassed
pieces of beading wire. Add a copper crimp teaching, arts and crafts, and many years as
tube and secure 2 wires on 1 side heart. Then a professional floral designer, candle maksecure 1 wire to the remaining heart shape.
er, and Bridal Shop owner specializing in the
design and creation of bridal accessories.
Cover the crimp beads with crimp covers, this
is an optional step.
Lindsay Lee is an international award winning bead jewelry designer who describes
Each wire has 7 of seed beads, semi precious herself as having been born with a creative
beads, and copper beads. You may string spoon in her hand! She creates with a vathem in any order as long as you make them riety of different material including her curall the same length. Finish each link with a rent interest in copper jewelry.
crimp bead and cover.
And equally fascinating, Lindsay and her
Add 1 copper bead to each string and a crimp husband, Lawrence enjoy participating in
tube. Thread the wires around the toggle the Cowboy Action Shooting sport where
clasp, 2 on 1 side and 1 on the other side. she won her annual Division title of, MonUse your beading pliers to squeeze the crimp tana State Champion!
tubes tight, trim the wire, and add crimp covers. VIOLA! Youre done!
Little Windows
An interview with owner, Fran Valera.
Recently I had a great conversation with Fran Valera, owner of Little Windows, a California
company that manufactures and sells a high quality line of brilliant resin, molds, tools,
kits, and supplies through little-windows.com and independent bead shops. Fran has
more than a decade of experience managing resin and related product development for
the industry before leaving to form Little Windows. Little Windows has won at least two
prestigious awards that are testaments to Frans creative leadership in this field.
Breakthroughs and improvements in this area of crafts no doubt account for a lot of its
dramatic growth.
1.RitzyToo: Resins for use in hobbies and crafts go back 50 - 60 years that I am aware of.
Is this a growing hobby? Has the technology changed?
Fran:Yes, thats right, resins have been around for a long time in different forms, but over
the past few years interest has increased tremendously. I believe many things contribute
to this: trends in fashion, the growth of the maker movement, the ease with which anyone
can present and sell their creations online, and improvements in the tools and supplies
available.
2. RitzyToo: I get the impression that you have brought or found improvements to the
hobby, its materials, processes, and applications. Would you please elaborate on these
issues?
Fran: Previously, resins available at craft and hobby stores were originally developed for
more industrial applications, and were then repackaged for the craft market. They were
not healthy to use, and while they might be great for varnishing a bar top, they didnt
have the qualities youd want for making jewelry
and other small items. These harsh chemicals
smell bad, they bubble, they yellow, and they often damage the items you try to embed. When
youre hand making creations you intend to wear,
gift, or sell, you want them to be clear, and you
want a system that makes it easy. Thats where
Little Windows Brilliant Resin & Supplies shine.
Weve developed a proprietary formula designed
for use in making small shiny things. Its the safest epoxy youll find, it doesnt stink, its really
low bubbling, and its really quite color stable.
Its versatile too, our high-quality resin can cast,
dome, layer, embed, fill bezels, coat, seal, glue,
and varnish.
My background is in product development for the arts & crafts industry, and when I began
working with resins over a decade ago, I was frustrated by the lack of quality products and
information available. I wanted to turn the photos in my hard drive into wearable pieces, so I set out to create products that took the
guesswork and experimentation away: a system
for success, with education to inspire.
Our awesome resin works so well with our mirror finish molds. Theyre designed for jewelrymaking, and have a built-in permanent finish so
you dont have to use a chemical mold-release
as you do with other molds. Because theyre so
highly polished, whatever you put into the mold
will reflect up and around the edges, creating a
frame of light, making it look like youre peeking through a little window (thus our name). We
also offer special photo papers that are waterproof and make a permanent bond with inkjet
inks, so you dont need fancy equipment either.
We offer bright white photo paper as well as clear
film, which looks like glass when you resin it.
3.RitzyToo : Would you share some examples of how Little Windows expands creativity for
hand crafted bead jewelry making enthusiasts?
Fran: Little Windows is available at your local bead shop where you can add unique,
personalized elements into your jewelry making by incorporating photos and graphics.
Whether its to add some extra color to your piece, or to create a memory charm:
You can also use leftover beads and bits to create unique new beads, like we did here:
Raid your supply stash and your jewelry box for
leftover bits, single earrings, broken stuff, and
turn those bits into treasures.
4. RitzyToo: Would you please give our readers ideas on the many different ways/product
creation ideas that your hobby category offers
hobbyists.
Fran: Resin is such a versatile medium, use it
with photos, beads, scrapbook supplies, fabric
scraps, whatever you like. Once you get started, youll think of even more ways to partner it with your stash of supplies! It can also be
used to enhance art. Heres an example of resin used in Mixed Media (created by Mixed
Media Artist Belinda Spiwak):
5. RitzyToo: Have creations using your products
won any awards? Please explain.
Fran: What Im most proud of is the stream
of positive, quality feedback our customers
send in, that gives me the boost I need to keep
creating and improving, and guides us in our
product development and project offerings.
Im also over the moon that Little Windows was given
the MakerFaire Innovation Award as well as their
Education Award, which were both huge honors.
MakerFaire is an incredible gathering of thousands
of creative people, and an amazing showcase for
anyone who loves to make things, from unique jewelry and clothing, to high-tech creations
of all sorts. Its cutting-edge in so many ways, and incredibly inspiring to attend.
6. RitzyToo: How well does the surface
of creative products that use your resins
hold up from scratches, etc.
Fran: Our resin is quite durable, and is
often used in charms and key chains. If
it does get scratched over time, it can be
buffed back to a shine, or you can simply
add another thin layer of resin to the top.
Unlike other resins, ours bonds to itself
seamlessly, so you can layer indefinitely,
making repairs, or creating amazing dimension within your pieces.
7. RitzyToo: Please tell us about another example of varied techniques and projects where
Brilliant Resin can be used.
Another cool technique is Doming, where you use the high surface tension of our resin,
coupled with our Silicone Doming Trays to dome resin directly onto any stiff, flat surface,
such as a photo, stiffened fabric, decorative papers, etc. The doming tray has hundreds
of tiny fingers that support your piece while the resin flows, giving whatever shape youve
cut out a clearly defined edge so the resin knows where to stop flowing. With this technique you dont use a mold, so your pieces can be cut any shape or size, from 1/2 to as
large as youd like. If you apply too much resin and it overflows, no worries, nothing will
stick to the silicone so you can just let it dry and peel it off. Heres a link to the how-to
video for Doming: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrRY-XknMT8
use a single, simple cast cube photo, or multiples - what a great brag bracelet!
And this piece has photos of my daughter every year on Halloween, I just love seeing her
grow up! It can be worn as a necklace or bracelet,
by unhooking the clasps placed at both sides.
And just look what you can do with a scrap of fabric!
8. RitzyToo: What is dichroic glass? You referred to the dangers in traditional glass fusing.
Would you please elaborate?
Fran: Dichroic means 2-color, or something that changes color depending on your angle of
view. There is a special type of glass that will color shift when fused in layers onto a dark
base, such as a piece of black glass.
This technique requires tools to cut glass, a kiln to fuse it, and quite a bit of money to get up and
running. The beads and pendants you can create are beautiful, but the skill and equipment
needed to get started makes it prohibitive for most of us.
Weve developed a way to create the look of dichroic
glass, without the expense, or the danger. Its called
Dichro-ISH, and its really fun! Many top-notch glass
artists have told us its the closest theyve seen to actual glass, and lets you do many things you couldnt do
with traditional glass techniques.
The video below demonstrates how easy it is to create
gorgeous focal pieces, buttons, and beads. Our DichroISH Supplies and support make it fun for everyone!
9. RitzyToo: In what ways does your Brilliant Resin process improve on traditional glass fusing? How do the products that are produced from the two techniques compare?
Fran: First, its much safer and easier, even kids can make gorgeous creations.
Second, its much less expensive. Third, you can do so much more, such as layering, embedding our dichroic films along with other objects that couldnt withstand the heat of
glass fusing. Fourth, your resin pieces will be about 1/3 of the weight of a glass piece, so
that makes them more comfortable to wear, particularly for earrings and buttons.
Fifth, theyre drillable so you can make beads, buttons, and embellishments of any kind.
Sixth, theyre washable, so if youd like to incorporate them into wearable pieces, thats
just fine. Just make sure nothing sharp (like exposed zippers), is in the wash with them.
Oh, I could go on and on.....
10. RitzyToo: Can Brilliant Resin be used as a coating to preserve fresh flowers -- for example, an orchid? If so can you successfully preserve at least some of the 3D nature of a
flower? If orchids are a bad example, are there any that will work, like a simple dandelion?
Fran: The only thing you cant put into our resin is water. Fresh flowers contain quite
a bit of moisture, and if you put them into resin the petals can turn brown as the water
and chemicals interact. Dried flowers, silk and fabric flowers, and paper flowers, can be
beautiful in resin, and can be layered in lots of lovely ways.
Bead Store of The Month

Bead Jewelry Making Store of the
Month Award!
Congratulations to Patty & The Beading Den!!
itzyToo talks to a lot of local bead

shops, and we always have our eyes
on the lookout for ones that should
be considered for RitzyToos Bead
Store of the Month Award. We have gotten
to know some fine shops and their respective
owners, quite a number of whom might find
themselves in this section of RitzyToo Lifestyle
Magazine in the future! This time, quite by
accident, we found a gem in the Putnam Valley of New York, about an hour out of the City.
Ambassador For The Cousin Corporation Of

America, a leading manufacturer and distributor of jewelry supplies. She is also a
published jewelry designer.
Patty told RitzyToo that she ... loves her

students, young and old alike. She especially gets huge satisfaction when she sees
the beading light turn on in the eyes and
faces of her students when they complete
their very first piece of jewelry! She always
encourages her students to learn how to get
Congratulations to Patty Squillante and into their creative zones and create jewelry
her bead jewelry making store, The Bead- that they can sell if the like, and she has
ing Den! RitzyToo went to Pattys beading quite a number of students doing just that.
site for an entirely different reason, not re- As for herself, she tells us that she rarely
lated to this award at all, and ended up tak- sells her own work though, because she
ing her site to our Bead Store of the Month would far rather use her own creations to
Committee instead. Our committee came inspire and motivate her students!
back almost immediately with a resounding,
Pattys Beading Den is it for our Mothers The Beading Den is a warm and friendly
Day issue!
place that combines right thinking about
many things, pieces of common sense, and
We didnt find a fancy slick website truth wisdom which she freely shares with her
be known, it was even a little home grown! friends and students. Here are just a couWhat we did find was a big heart, a won- ple of examples you might see strategically
derful but natural business philosophy. and places throughout her shop:
a happy talented beader/jewelry designer
with a love for her craft, students and comIn a world where you can be
munity. In short, we found an Enabler who
anything...be yourself.
absolutely loves what she does!
Patty has been making jewelry (of sorts!)
since she was seven or eight years old. Today, she teaches Kumihimo, The Tree Of Life,
Chandelier Wire Wrapped Hoop Earrings,
Crystal Clay, Resin and much, much more.
She is a Certified Top Instructor and a proud
Stop Wishing and Start Doing!

Be your own kind of beautiful.
And then, there is the message youll find keepsakes with Brilliant Resin and, as soon
on the tongues of every one of The Beading as this years hard winter recedes, she exDen family!
pects to ad some resin workshops. She leads
out in regularly scheduled Bead for a Need
nights when she invites everyone to come
in and help out with beading projects used
to support local charity causes like the local
Homeless Womens Shelter.
There are far too many

activities going on to talk
about them all at this
dynamic shop, which is
so much a part of the local community. For example, Patty has a special place in her shop for
little girls birthday parties called, Fairyland!
Her party bookings have
increased and Fairyland
isnt even open until
early April.
In addition, this month she has organized a

Meal Train with volunteers from the Beading Den and surrounding community joining
to become what Patty calls Helping Hands.
Together, they made sure that a local family had an entire month of meals delivered
right to their door every day while the mother recovers from a devastating illness. I could go on,
believe me! It was a real
privilege to meet Patty and
see her shop in action!
At the end of Pattys virtual
tour of The Beading Den,
RitzyToo asked Patty to answer a couple of personal
interest questions:
A. Do you have any partners in the The Beading
Den?
Yes, and no! Let me exEnough said! She has

plain. The Beading Den is
been known to hold
my dream, my thrill, and my
open houses at The
mission, but thank God I am
Beading Den for anyone
not alone. My mate in life
from the community
is a very special man, and
who is carrying a heavy load of issues such if it werent for him The Beading Den would
as poor health, financial problems, marital probably not exist today, so you might say
problems, depression, feeling unfulfilled and he is its Patron Saint and his comprehenin need of being busy.
Doing something sive support is highly appreciated!
creative in the nurturing company of caring,
non-nosey, local community folk who are B. Since you have used Brilliant Resins,
there to de-stress also is a healing experi- would you mind giving us a testimonial
ence for many!
about the use of Brilliant Resin and the company Little Windows ( Fran Valera)?
Here are other things that make this shop
tick! She features a fun successful Girls
Night Out. She creates custom memory
I was so taken with Fran Valera, owner of Little Windows! She was not just your typical
business owner, Little Windows is her baby,
and she treated each and every order just
like that! She wanted to know how you liked
it, she cared about your experience, and if
you had a problem, it was corrected right
away! I will continue to purchase my resin
from Little Windows for two reasons, the
first being its ease of use, and great results,
but also, because of Frans personal dedication to her customers! Buying from Fran is
like buying from a friend you have known for
years. Yes, she is that special! Here is one
of my Brilliant Resin creations!
C. Can you share with our readers what you

do besides beading -- what are your other main areas of interest what motivates
you?
Wow, now that is a tough question. When I
am not beading, teaching beading, or giving beading parties, I am a wife, mother, and
grandmother as well. I live with fibromyalgia, and spine disease everyday of my life,
so I feel that beading is a Godsend, it helps
me to forget about my pain for a while, and
sometimes even helps me work through it!
It is my therapy. I also love making floral
centerpieces, handmade flower accessories,
and working on Fairyland in my shop!
My confidence grew as a bead shop owner

when I was published this past December, in
the Christmas issue of Bead It Today magazine! Oh my gosh how I cried! I felt so very
blessed, and those blessings continue to this
day with the opening of my little fairy world
in the downstairs part of my shop called
Fairyland. When I am down their, I feel
such an enchanted, almost magical feeling.
I wanted to create a place where little girls
could learn to bead, while being surrounded
by everything beautiful. I want to give them
a memory that will last a lifetime.
When I was only 8 years old, my mother
passed away, and my loneliness grew into
a love for crafts...for making things, be it
drawing, or creating something from nothing. This is where I would get lost, and feel
the happiest. I could forget about everything, just by turning paper clips and paper
into my first necklace, and telephone wire
into a ring. All this under the age of 10.
I want to make it my mission in life to take
the phones and computers from the hands
of girls and replace them with pliers, beads,
and a can-do spirit. I want to show them
how beading is good for your soul, it can
take you to a place where you feel you can
do anything because you have the skill to
create something beautiful! But most of all,
I want them to pass it on to their children,
and bring back arts and crafts! It is slowly
dying, the things that were once made with
our hands, are now manufactured in factories around the world. I want to take young
hands from texting, to creating. I want them
to sit and socialize together, actually talk
to each other, and get joy, and gain self
esteem from what they have made in my
class. They will never realize the skills they
may carry inside of them, unless they are
brought out. I just need to unlock the magic
within them ... one girl at a time!
Thank you Patty for sharing with us and
good luck as you continue your habit of dynamic sharing with your local community!
The only thing we have to fear

is fear itself, and a shortage of
beads!
Humor at the Beading Table

We were new to town and eager to meet
new people. Eager to make a new friend,
my husband I went to the gym where I managed to start a conversation with the only
other woman there working out. I pointed
toward two men playing racquetball in a
nearby court, and said to her, Theres my
husband. Rick. Then I added, The thin
one---not the fat one. After an unconfortable moment of silence, she replied, And
thats mine---the fat one.
as Randy was waiting for me when I pulled

up at the club. OMG! This guy looks like
a Greek God with blonde hair, dancing blue
eyes, and a spontaneous exciting smile!
Woo hoo! Randy took me on a personal tour
of the entire facility the spa as well as the
private tanning and massage rooms.
Next, I had 5 minutes on the treadmill, after which he took my pulse. It was high
enough that it alarmed him it was so fast,
something I attributed to standing next to
him in his muscle shirt. I enjoyed watching
If a woman is upset, hold her and tell her the vigorous and smooth way he conducted
how beautiful she is. If she starts to growl, his aerobics class after my work out. Randy
step back to a safe distance and throw choc- was very encouraging as I did my sit-ups,
olate at her.
even though my stomach muscles were already hurting from holding it in every time
Dear Diary ...
he was around. This is going to be a FANTASTIC week!
SATURDAY:
Today is my 50th birthday. I was more than TUESDAY:
excited when my sweet husband informed It took a whole pot of coffee, but I finally
me that he had purchased a week with my made it out the door on my way to the club.
own trainer at the local health club for my Randy was waiting for me when I arrived.
50th! I am still in great shape since playing The first thing Randy did was make me lie
short stop for my high school softball team, down on my back and push a heavy iron
but I cant tell you how excited I am! I called bar into the air. Next, he put some heavy
the club, made my reservations and spoke weights on it, and I pushed the bar into the
briefly with a friendly young man named air repeatedly.
Randy who said he would be my personal
trainer.
From there we hit the tread mill until my
legs got weak and wobbly, but I stayed with
Randy told me that he was a 26 years old it until I finished my mile. Randys personal
aerobics instructor and personal trainer who attention and warm smile made it all worthmodels athletic clothing and swimwear. He while. I feel GREAT!! It is a whole new life
said I sounded excited and looked forward for me.
to working out with me! Even my husband
seemed pleased with my enthusiasm to get WEDNESDAY:
started. The club suggested that I keep a The only way I can brush my teeth this
diary to chart my progress.
morning is by laying on the tooth brush on
the counter and moving my mouth back and
MONDAY:
forth over it. I feel like I have a hernia in
6 a.m. came early, but I was up and at em both pectorals. Driving went a little better,
I could hardly wait to meet Randy and but only if I didnt try to steer or stop forceget started! My anticipation soon paid off fully. I parked on top of a Geo in the
Humor at the Beading Table

club parking lot.
Randy was impatient
with me, insisting that my, not so muffled
screams, were annoying other club members. His voice becomes a little too perky
for this early in the morning when he scolds
mehis voice takes on this nasally kind of
whine that is highly annoying. My chest
hurt when I got on the treadmill so Randy
put me on the Stair Monster. What kind of
sadistic fool would invent a machine meant
to simulate an activity made obsolete by elevators and escalators? Randy assured me
that all this would help me get in shape and
enjoy life more ... he said some other nasty
things too.
THURSDAY:
As usual, Mr. Full of Himself was waiting for
me, staring at his watch, with his thin cruel
lips pulled back in a full on snarl. I couldnt
help being a half hour late ... it took me that
long to put my shoes on. Randy took me
over to work out with dumb bells. When he
wasnt looking I fled into the ladies room.
He sent Helga in after me, and then, as punishment, he put me on the rowing machine
SATURDAY:
Randy left a message on my answering machine in his grating shrill voice wondering
why I didnt show up today. Just hearing his
nasty voice made him want to smash the
machine with my planner. The fact is, I am
too weak to even work the TV remote and
ended up catching eleven straight hours of
the weather channel!
SUNDAY:
Ok. I am having the church van pick me
up for services this morning so I can go and
thank God this fantasy is over. I will also
pray that next year year my husband will
choose a gift for me that is fun-- like a root
canal!
FRIDAY:
I am laying in my bed, seemingly unable to
get up, and thinking about how much I hate
Randy... more than any other human being
on the planet. Stupid , skinny, anaemic little
cheerleader wanna-be anyway! If there was
any part of my body I could move without
unbearable pain I would seriously beat him
with it.
Today, Randy wants me to work on my triceps. I dont have any triceps! And if you
dont want dents in your floor, then dont
hand me anything that weighs more than a
sandwich. This treadmill flung me off, and
I landed on the health and nutrition coach!
Why couldnt it have been someone softer
like the drama coach or choir director?
Almost Better Than Beading Cake
Several of us were talking the other day about how crazy we women are about beading. I mean
all you see on candid public comments are intense expressions like need to bead, feed your need
to bead, beading passion, my habit, beading is my passion, beading is good for the soul, etc. One
of the gals offered to bring her Almost Better Than Beading Cake the next time we got together.
She did! WOW! Here is the result and how to bake one! Enjoy!

1 box German Chocolate or Devils Food Chocolate cake mix

10 oz sweetened condensed milk
1 (12-oz) jar caramel ice cream topping
12 oz Cool Whip
2-4 chocolate coated toffee bars crushed, or 1 cup toffee bits

Directions:
1. Bake the cake mix according to the directions on the box.
2. Remove cake from oven and immediately, using a wooden spoon handle, immediately
poke holes of the way into the cake about 1 inch apart all over the cake.
3. Using about half of the sweetened condensed milk pour into holes evenly across cake,
let soak in and then repeat with remaining half.
4. Pour caramel sauce evenly over cake. Save a small amount to drizzle over Cool Whip.
5. Allow cake to cool completely at room temperature, then refrigerate least 1 hour.
6. Spread top of cake with Cool Whip, top with toffee bits & drizzle with caramel topping.
7. Refrigerate until served.
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