Celebrating the Art of Curating Treasuries on Etsy

Hello, lovely readers!

Long time no see!

As you may know I have an on-line shop at ETSY marketplace. I have made some sales but not many. Nevertheless, I have met beautiful and talented people there. One of the things that I love at Etsy is that we have the ability to create visual compilations of items on sale. Unfortunately, that capacity is going to be turned off. So, no more treasuries on Etsy for ever.

To celebrate the art of making treasuries I have invited Christine Altmiller from the blog One Kiss Creations that you may know from the blog hops A Time to Stitch in which I have participated.

I have also invited my team mate Bec from BeLuliDesigns at the ONE Treasury Team in ETSY.

This is Christine's Treasury, dedicated to fordite (also known as Detroit agate)

This is Bec's Treasury:

This is my treasury:

Clicking on each picture will take you to the original treasury on Etsy.

Enjoy!

A Time To Stitch 8

Hello and welcome!

Today is the reveal date for A Time To Stitch 8 blog hop, hosted by wonderful Therese and Christine. Thank you ladies for organising this event. And the theme is 'What's your bag?'

My bag is an amulet bag. Let me introduce you to Floral Grace. The most beautiful amulet bag I've found. I have made it from a kit. I think it is so practical to find all the beads, the pattern, and all of the materials in just one place that I couldn't resist to order it from Jencel, an online bead shop from the UK. It is a Sheila Davies design. 

For those not familiar with the meaning of an amulet bag, I'll explain. 

Amulet bags are originated with the Native American tribes and they are generally worn at heart level. In ancient times, they were used by Native tribes to carry herbs or things to ward off evil spirits. They were also used to carry prayers for loved ones. If you have a family member or a friend who is going through a tough time, you can put prayers in it for them. Also, if you have small gifts that others have given you, you can put those in the bag. Gifts of love are thought to hold the energy of love for the recipient of the gift.

Today, most people wear amulet bags as jewellery, like I do. Amulet bags can be made in any stitch you want, one bead at a time. Mine is made in netted stitch and it lacks the usual fringe. I've made a change to the decoration and the strap was done in a more solid daisy chain.

I've used everything from the kit except for the Nymo thread. It had a beautiful light blue colour but since I've discovered the advantages of Fireline I don't use any other thread.

There is a lot to see and admire in this blog hop. So here's the list of participants. Enjoy!

Therese

Christine

Jenny

Bobbie

Ana (you're here)

Amy

Cynthia

Karin S

Maryanne

Liz

Lori

Paula

Jasvanti

Dagi

Kim

Kepi

Samantha

Alicia

Motidana

Becky

Sources:
http://sacreddreamsbeadyblog.blogspot.pt/2009/08/what-is-amulet-bag.html
http://www.victoriancrochet.com/tipstricks.tpl?cart#What%20is%20an%20Amulet%20Bag?

O que tenho feito/ What I've been doing

Hi, lovely readers! 

I haven't been making much. I've been exploring Etsy where I have a shop now. I've been getting familiar with the way things work there. 

Some time ago, I made a peyote bracelet in pink, purple and grey colours for the Operation Tackle That Bead Stash August challenge.

This geometric pattern from Diana Costa is so beautiful that I've made two bracelets in a row, one in blue and one in pink. You can see the blue version HERE.

I've joined a beadweaving challenge for January 2015. It's called A Time To Stitch 6, as always organised by the talented Therese and Christine.

I really look forward to it. It's great fun. It will be my third time participating. You can read about my first participation HERE and my second HERE.

Be happy!

Etsy

Desta vez, uma peça minha foi incluída num Tesouro. 
This time, a piece of mine was included in a Treasury. 

É a pulseira larga em azul e dourado que fiz para o desafio A Time To Stitch 5.
It is the gold and blue cuff bracelet made for A Time To Stitch 5 Challenge.

The treasury is named Golden Fall. By clicking on the image that will take you to Etsy where you can see every item in detail. Surprisingly, the treasury doesn't include my bracelet anymore. 

PS I've edited this post. I removed the link to the Craftcult website that was working perfectly when I wrote this but not anymore.

A Time To Stitch 5 Reveal

My Bead Soup Blog Party post is HERE. You're not late and the Party isn't a sprint. I'm still hopping the 8th BSBP too. 
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Hi! Welcome to A TIME TO STITCH 5 Reveal. A Time to Stitch is a fun blog hop hosted by dear Christine and Therese. Thank you ladies for organising all this.Today our beadweaving creations are revealed.  This is the fifth edition but just my second participation.

This particular edition is called 'The same but different'. A piece should be made and then change its colours or shapes in order to make two variations.

I've chosen a beautiful bracelet using SuperDuos that was designed by Justyna Szlęzak (Eridhan Creations) from Poland.

I've encountered some obstacles but all were overcame. 

For my first piece I had envisioned using orchid coloured SuperDuos, but with my lack of experience I had only bought 10 grams, which is not enough and I had no time to order more from the UK. So, I added some in pastel silver that I already had.

Initial bead soup: vega on chalk superDuos, opaque luster amethyst firepolished and satin silver glass beads

WIP: pastel light grey silver superduos added

Preciosa seed beads are smaller than regular 11/0 seed beads so I had to add more than I was supposed to when finishing the edges.

ORCHID Beaded Bracelet 

1st VARIATION: As I didn't have as many SuperDuos as I had planned, Twins beads had to come in and Twins are different as I was going to learn the hard way.

WIP: There are only Twins here and they are smaller than SuperDuos. Some 15/0 seed beads were added because the bracelet started to bend in a strange way. 

DAISY Beaded Bracelet

2nd VARIATION: For my third piece and considering my limited amount of SuperDuos, I tried to mix those with Twins and I was successful.

German brown pearls, dark bronze firepolished beads, dark blue picasso superduos (they look like petrol blue) and copper twins beads

WOOD Beaded Bracelet

This was great fun and I learned and practised a lot. 

But as this is a blog hop there are other people sharing their creations in their own blogs. Enjoy.

Hosts:

Therese

Christine

Participants

Kim

Maryanne

Lola

Dagi

Shirley

LiliKrist

Amy

Crystie

Sally

Cynthia

Bobbie

Karin

LizE

Becky Pancake

Karin G.

Ana <-------- You're here.

Wendy

Mary H.

Jasvanti

A Time To Stitch

Inscrevi-me no evento A TIME TO STITCH. É um «blog hop» organizado por Therese e Christine que vai na sua 5.ª edição, dedicado aos trabalhos com missangas.

Hoje é o último dia para inscrição. Fiz uma tradução das regras que podem encontrar nos blogues organizadores. 

Escolhe-se um ponto ao nosso gosto. Nesse ponto fazemos três peças, onde vamos mudar as contas principais em cada uma delas. A mudança pode ser o tamanho, a cor, o acabamento ou a forma.

Por exemplo:
Se eu quiser fazer pulseiras em ponto peyote, vou fazer uma pulseira com missangas tamanho 15, outra pulseira com missangas tamanho 11 e outra pulseira com missangas 8.

OU

Vou fazer uma pulseira em vermelho mate, uma outra em vermelho transparente e ainda outra em vermelho irisado.

OU

Vou fazer uma pulseira com missangas, uma com cubos e uma com «peanuts».

A ideia é ver como ao mudarmos um tipo de conta, o aspecto da peça pode ficar completamente diferente, ainda que se esteja a usar o mesmo ponto. É fascinante observar como as contas que são escolhidas podem afectar o aspecto final da peça.

Dear friends, I've signed up for this event hosted by Therese (Therese's Treasures) and Christine (One Kiss Creations). Anyone who loves beadweaving can enter but hurry because today is the deadline.

A Time To Stitch 4

Hi everybody! Welcome to my blog. Today is the reveal day for A Time To Stitch 4, a blog hop hosted by Therese Frank and Christine Altmiller. This is my first participation in this bead-weaving challenge.

In this edition, the 4th, everybody does net stitch which must be used in one of the pieces. The other stitches than can be used are spiral rope, chevron stitch and chenille stitch.

Besides netting stitch, I have chosen spiral rope. Here are my pieces. Click on any photo to enlarge.

This is a cuff bracelet made using net stitch. The seed beads are a bit irregular and this stitch demands a certain uniformity in beads, nevertheless I like the end result.

This is a bracelet made in net stitch with a picot. I love its amethyst colour. It's my favourite of all the pieces I've made.

A netted collar made with seed beads and faceted beads using vertical netting stitch and a picot. I was inspired by Ukranian and Russian beadwork designs where this kind of netting is often used.

For the second stitch, I have chosen spiral rope.

A bracelet using 5mm white pearls, 11/0 and 15/0 seed beads in grey colours.

Thank you lovely ladies, Therese and Christine, for creating and organising this event. I have learned a lot. Please tell me which your favourite piece is. I really look forward to see what the other participants have created and the stitches they have chosen. The list for the blog hop is the following:

Hostesses:

1. Therese Frank          http://theresestreasures59.blogspot.com
2. Christine Altmiller      http://onekisscreations.blogspot.com

Participants:

1. Amy Severino           http://amybeads.blogspot.com
2. Janet Bocciardi         http://www.honeyfromthebee.com/
3. Cynthia Machata       http://antiquitytravelers.blogspot.com
4. Alicia Marinache        http://www.allprettythings.ca
5. Paula Kramer            http://cavecreekbeads.blogspot.com
6. Kim Hora                  http://www.kimmykats.com
7. Dagi (Kokopelli)         http://kokopellidesign.blogspot.com
8. Maryanne Gross        http://zingalasworkshop.blogspot.com
9. Liz E                         http://beadcontagion.blogspot.com
10. Sally Russick             http://thestudiosublime.com/
11. Becky Pancake          http://beckypancakebeaddesigns.blogspot.com
12. Jasvanti Patel            http://jewelrybyjasvanti.blogspot.com
13. Karin Slaton               http://backstorybeads.blogspot.com
14. Alenka Obid               http://pepita-handmade.blogspot.com/
15. Sarah Sequins            http://www.saturdaysequins.com/
16. Tanya Goodwin          http://pixiloo.blogspot.com
17. Debbie Rasmussen     http://kepirasmussen.blogspot.com
18. Shirley Moore             http://beadsandbread.blogspot.com/
19. Crystie Willard            http://thebeadingstylist.blogspot.com
20. Nelly May                   www.smellynelly.blogspot.com
21. Ana Cravidao              http://acbeads.blogspot.com <-------- You are here

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Hoje é o dia do evento A Time To Stitch 4 organizado por Therese Frank and Christine Altmiller em que os blogues participantes mostram o que fizeram com os dois pontos usados nos trabalhos com missangas - o ponto de rede (netting stitch) e o cordão em espiral (spiral rope). 

Fiz quatro peças: três em ponto de rede e uma em cordão que podem ver nas fotos acima. Qual é a vossa peça preferida?

A lista inclui todos os participantes no evento que publicam hoje, dia 15 de Janeiro, as suas criações. Disfrutem.