BluPrint Blue Morning Expressions Newsletter July 2011

 

Volume 8 Issue 7 July 2011

What's New in July?

Counted Cross Stitch Patterns— lots of busy work getting these together and ready to upload to www.x-stitch-patterns.com site. Many of the patterns were not done in color and were not complete and ready for download. These patterns are just about finished and ready for upload after the site is completely revamped. Currently, they are up on www.artfire.com/users/bluemorningexpressions and will be on their own site soon.

The Seed Bead Pattern Store—the same thing with the patterns on that site as well. Everything is in bits and pieces and they are the priorities to work on this summer.

Puzzles and Games—new section www.bluemorningexpressions.com includes cross word puzzles, e-jigsaw puzzles, word search puzzles and other goodies are available for immediate download for your enjoyment.

They are free and fun, written and designed by me.

E-jigsaw puzzle sample: 

 

Polymer Clay Canes—I am utilizing eBay for some deep discounts on my canes. I just drug three big boxes of individually wrapped canes all the way across the country and now I am anxious to start creating new ones, so I have to let these go. I don’t normally use eBay for anything, but I thought what the heck? I also put up a lot of my floral round beads.

These canes are also available on www.bluemorningexpressions.com and along with some regular canes, these custom color canes are located in the cane section. I reorganized the cane section and split it up by type and color. That makes it much easier for everyone to find what they are looking for. I will be adding more geometric and kaleidoscope canes as soon as I unpack some of my tools.

As always, thank you for all your support and emails.

www.bluemorningexpressions.com

Until next month,

Julie & Blu

New Products:

Necklace & Earring Sets— I finished 10 more sets of lampwork beads filled with Swarovski crystal bi-cones and delica seed beads. All have been added to www.bluemorningexpressions.com.

Word Search Puzzle

It seems like it took me forever to do this, but here is the first freebie word search puzzle on Blue Morning Expressions. I have a lot more, but I seem to be moving slower than usual :)

This word search puzzle is for Jewelry makers - it is titled Jewelry Basics 1.

Go to Blue Morning Expressions and get the puzzle.

Have fun, mark the page, I have a lot of other puzzles in the works, including jigsaw puzzles.

Hurray for the Red, White and Blu!

Since moving to Montana, I have lost track of the time of the year. There is a good chance that in the next day or so, we will have high elevation snowfalls again and the daily temperature is in the 50s- 60s. I do enjoy the weather, since I know back in Florida it is in the triple digits and my coastal community is looking at 90 plus, plus.



So, I forgot that the 4th of July was coming up, until I had a customer buy my Stars and Stripes Necklace and one of my 4th of July bracelets.



Both of those pieces featured the beautiful lampwork beads of Jacquie Maruri and were created with Swarovski, glass pearls, seed beads and my polymer clay star beads. I handstitched the entire necklace and each strand has been created out of fireline.



I have every intentions of doing the same with all the focal beads that I purchased from Jacquie and each necklace is labor intensive. I have two of these beaded necklaces left at the moment.



One is titled "Egyptian Sunset" and the other one is "Once in a Blu Moon". Jacquie provided the Blu Moon bead and the other was created by Adorned in Treasure.



I have been busy doing freelance writing the last month that I have neglected my bead making and jewelry design. I can't wait to get back to it!

BluPrint June 2011 Newsletter of Blue Morning Expressions

Volume 8 Issue 6 June 2011

What's New in June?

Montana—As you may know, we did make our trek from Florida to Montana for at least the next few months. We are trying out Montana and they are trying us out. Due to the delays in the shuttle launch, I missed the last Endeavor launch and actually got to see it on The Weather Channel in the breakfast lobby at a motel in Wyoming. Just not the same as watching it from my kitchen table, but am enjoying the new things that Montana has to offer. What a gorgeous state!

Blu got to see snow for the first time when we went up into the Hyalite Canyon area and trekked partway around the reservoir. There has been more snow and he wore us out and we all enjoyed the hike. It has only been a few days in the last month that the temperature has risen above60 degrees. This is quite a change for me, it was 96 degrees when I left Florida!

I have not unpacked my clay or my equipment, as we are in a small cabin and I have no room to just spread it all out. I unpack what I need when I need it and put it all away at the end of the day. Maybe I should have been doing that all along and my work station wouldn’t have gotten so cluttered and messy!

 

Polymer Clay Canes—I am utilizing eBay for some deep discounts on my canes. I just drug three big boxes of individually wrapped canes all the way across the country and now I am anxious to start creating new ones, so I have to let these go. I don’t normally use eBay for anything, but I thought what the heck? I also put up a lot of my floral round beads.

These canes are also available on www.bluemorningexpressions.com and along with some regular canes, these custom color canes are located in the cane section. I reorganized the cane section and split it up by type and color. That makes it much easier for everyone to find what they are looking for. I will be adding more geometric and kaleidoscope canes as soon as I unpack some of my tools.

As always, thank you for all your support and emails.

www.bluemorningexpressions.com

Until next month,

Julie & Blu