August BluPrint Blue Morning Expressions Newsletter

What's New in August?

July ended with a host of new beads. I added a new bead format to my bead collection. I had created a bunch of new canes and then I created a bunch of new floral rounds and from there other things grew.

Earring Pairs have been something that I have putting off for a long time now. I am happy to inform you that I have created over 50 pairs and most are under $2.50.

I ended up with a lot of new canes as I was exhausting my old Fimo to make way for the new Fimo since they changed the formula. As it turned out, Premo! went on sale big time and I ended up completely restocking 5 full bins of that. I forgot how nice those colours were and how much more vibrant they were.

I used up all the blends that I did as I was creating the new flowers and now I need to finish making all my beads! I finished 26 sets of floral rounds and I have done a dozen pillow beads but I still am working on floral lentil beads. I did a couple sets but then I got sidetracked and haven’t gone back to finishing those yet.

The new beads are available on wwwbluemorningexpressions.com now.

www.theseedbeadpatternstore.com has been updated and all the bracelet patterns are up. I have a couple of the tapestries up but have not finished all of those yet. I added a few more wolf patterns and I have added a free pattern section. I will be putting up free patterns on the site.

If you have purchased bracelet patterns from me in the past and did not receive the 10 colour and under updates, please let me know and I will get those to you. I have updated the patterns to make it easier on everyone.

Fans of clip on earrings for big girls will find www.cliponearringsboutique.com restocked with earrings just for them. I added 20 sets of dangles with Swarovski, glass pearls, Czech faceted rounds and lots of iridescent and sparkly things. Also added were one of a kind sets of millefiori glass hearts, diamonds and chicklet beads.

Thank you so much for all the input and emails. I enjoy all the encouragement that you send my way.

Until next month,
Julie

July BluPrint Newsletter of Blue Morning Expressions

Volume 7 Issue 7 July 2010
What's New in July?

Stars and Stripes!

This multi strand necklace features the wonderful lampwork prowess of Jacqueline Maruri.

I fell in love with her exotic lampwork ability and the gorgeous creamy colours of her focal beads and bought close to 15 of them. I have them all prepared to be hand strung. I have matched seed beads and crystals and now I am only missing the time to finish them all off.

The 4th of July and Vote 2010 bracelets are also created from her lampwork beads.


















I finally got a chance to sit down and create 12 new clay blends. These will find their way into flower canes and some kaleidoscope canes as soon as I finish beading some of my latest bracelets and watches.

I had some beads featured as a favorite pick in the BeadStyle Magazine and my beads disappeared from my shop. I created a couple dozen more and they almost all have sold. I am in the process of creating dozens more beads, so keep an eye out for them!

They are available on www.bluemorningexpressions.com now.

www.theseedbeadpatternstore.com has been updated and all the bracelet patterns are up. I have a couple of the tapestries up but have not finished all of those yet. I added a few more wolf patterns and I have added a free pattern section. I will be putting up free patterns on the site.

If you have purchased bracelet patterns from me in the past and did not receive the 10 colour and under updates, please let me know and I will get those to you. I have updated the patterns to make it easier on everyone.

Fans of clip on earrings for big girls will find www.cliponearringsboutique.com restocked with earrings just for them. I added 20 sets of dangles with Swarovski, glass pearls, Czech faceted rounds and lots of iridescent and sparkly things. Also added were one of a kind sets of millefiori glass hearts, diamonds and chicklet beads.

Thank you so much for all the input and emails. I enjoy all the encouragement that you send my way.

Until next month,
Julie

June 2010 BluPrint Newsletter of Blue Morning Expressions

Volume 7 Issue 6 June 2010

What's New in June?

Once In a Blu Moon!
This multi strand necklace features the wonderful lampwork prowess of Jacqueline Maruri.

I fell in love with her exotic lampwork ability and the gorgeous creamy colours of her focal beads and bought close to 15 of them. I have them all prepared to be hand strung. I have matched seed beads and crystals and now I am only missing the time to finish them all off.

The Floral Explosion bracelet is a wild and noisy explosion of my floral canes. I wire wrapped each bead onto a curb chain for a chacha charm bracelet. It is very lightweight for as large as it appears.

I managed to get one new kaleidoscope cane done and one that was a combination of flowers and black and white jellyrolls. I created three sets of beads from those.

I added over 22 new sets of beads, with the emphasis on red, white and blue beads.

They are available on www.bluemorningexpressions.com now.

www.theseedbeadpatternstore.com has been updated and all the bracelet patterns are up. I have a couple of the tapestries up but have not finished all of those yet. I added a few more wolf patterns and I have added a free pattern section. I will be putting up free patterns on the site.

If you have purchased bracelet patterns from me in the past and did not receive the 10 colour and under updates, please let me know and I will get those to you. I have updated the patterns to make it easier on everyone.

Fans of clip on earrings for big girls will find www.cliponearringsboutique.com restocked with earrings just for them. I added 20 sets of dangles with Swarovski, glass pearls, Czech faceted rounds and lots of iridescent and sparkly things. Also added were one of a kind sets of millefiori glass hearts, diamonds and chicklet beads.

Thank you so much for all the input and emails. I enjoy all the encouragement that you send my way.

Until next month,

Julie

May 2010 BluPrint Newsletter for Blue Morning Expressions

Volume 7 Issue 5 May 2010 What's New in May?

Busy!

New canes are in the making—I have to completely replenish my kaleidoscope cane collection for my pillow beads since I have exhausted a very extensive selection. I did two new ones that are sold but got the creative juices going for the 4th of July! I will work on new beads for the sparkly holiday.

It is GOOD to fall back in love with the polymer clay medium. I am not sure how many of these canes I will make but there will be more colour schemes than just the 4th of July.

My tab and floral rounds need to be replenished as well, I created some new flower canes that I want to try out on the tabs and I want to get some of my beads strung on completed projects.



New white tab bead/discs are available for the waterslide decals now. I have shown a few of my favourite designs and will be stringing these beads on some elaborate necklaces.

The whole point of these blanks is to give you a choice of the bead and the decal without having to purchase the whole decal sheet.





I finished one lampwork beaded necklace and have over 12 more to go. I have a large collection of focal beads that I have found along the way over the last couple of years and I am in the process of finally completing those. I just LOVE the way the seed beads drape and I totally fascinated by fringe!



New earring and necklace sets were added using some of my other lampwork beads and now I only have one set left. That didn’t last long! I still have a few more sets of matching beads that I will put sets together from.


They are available on www.bluemorningexpressions.com now.

www.theseedbeadpatternstore.com has been updated and all the bracelet patterns are up. I have a couple of the tapestries up but have not finished all of those yet. I added a few more wolf patterns and I have added a free pattern section. I will be putting up free patterns on the site.

If you have purchased bracelet patterns from me in the past and did not receive the 10 colour and under updates, please let me know and I will get those to you. I have updated the patterns to make it easier on everyone.

Fans of clip on earrings for big girls will find www.cliponearringsboutique.com restocked with earrings just for them. I added 20 sets of dangles with Swarovski, glass pearls, Czech faceted rounds and lots of iridescent and sparkly things. Also added were one of a kind sets of millefiori glass hearts, diamonds and chicklet beads.

Thank you so much for all the input and emails. I enjoy all the encouragement that you send my way.

Until next month,
Julie

What's New in April?

Lots of projects coming together. I have been preparing for a large bead contest and that has kept me busy completing projects and designing new ones. I have one more piece to finish and then I am done for 2010. This is my first entry into the Beadstar contest, so we will see what happens!

I have been busy trying to replenish my bead stash, they sell out faster than I can make them sometimes. I put together a couple fairly good sized kaleidoscope canes and put them up for sale. I sold one right away and still have one in stock.

I re-opened my ebay store, they were making some changes to the stores so I thought I would open back up for a couple months and see what happens. It has been over 2 years since I closed the store! Time sure flies.

I did manage to create 26 sets of new beads this month, I have about half of those still available. I stocked back up on the floral rounds and I did 7 sets of larger tab beads (more of a quarter size than a dime) which are perfect for lanyards and such. I will try and get a couple lanyards or bracelets for sale.

Colorful, aren’t they?


www.theseedbeadpatternstore.com has been updated and all the bracelet patterns are up. I have a couple of the tapestries up but have not finished all of those yet. I added a few more wolf patterns and I have added a free pattern section. I will be putting up free patterns on the site.

If you have purchased bracelet patterns from me in the past and did not receive the 10 colour and under updates, please let me know and I will get those to you. I have updated the patterns to make it easier on everyone.

Fans of clip on earrings for big girls will find www.cliponearringsboutique.com restocked with earrings just for them. I added 20 sets of dangles with Swarovski, glass pearls, Czech faceted rounds and lots of iridescent and sparkly things. Also added were one of a kind sets of millefiori glass hearts, diamonds and chicklet beads.

www.x-stitch-patterns.com is still being worked on. It is behind the scenes so there should be no interruption of service.

My spring waterslide decals are now up. I added over 100 new patterns in the waterslide decal section on www.bluemorningexpressions.com

Watch for new beads featuring my decals and also watch for blank clay beads designed for your own decal creativity.

For an example of my waterslide on a cab, see my polymer clay canes and beads blog.

Thank you so much for all the input and emails. I enjoy all
the encouragement that you send my way.

Until next month,
Julie

BluPrint Blue Morning Expressions March 10 Newsletter

Volume 7 Issue 3 March 2010

Lots of projects coming together. I have been preparing for a large bead contest and that has kept me busy completing projects and designing new ones. I have one more piece to finish and then I am done for 2010. This is my first entry into the Beadstar contest, so we will see what happens!

I finished the plumeria cane, the photo shows a distorted and elongated sample of it, but the finished one is a nice round petal and since this was an experiment, this is the only one that I have. I can get one chunk out of it for sale and that is it. The blend was created using white and yellow but a added a sliver of orange to it before I started my blend so I would have a distinct orange center.

I am working on a lot of new beads, I am out of stock on a lot of things, so that will keep me busy. I have new canes that I haven’t used yet and I have 4 sets of rounds that are still on the rack that haven’t been bundled and photo’d yet. I was going to use them for additional necklaces. They were created the same time as my tiger beads.

I want to do a lot of new flower canes and kaleidoscope canes, I have been gathering up my clay to start making my blends and my canes and I am looking forward to doing a whole new line of things!

I want to try a lot of new flowers and leaves and use a lot of bright colours. It is spring time and I can’t get enough colour right now!

www.theseedbeadpatternstore.com has been updated and all the bracelet patterns are up. I have a couple of the tapestries up but have not finished all of those yet. I added a few more wolf patterns and I have added a free pattern section. I will be putting up free patterns on the site.

If you have purchased bracelet patterns from me in the past and did not receive the 10 colour and under updates, please let me know and I will get those to you. I have updated the patterns to make it easier on everyone.

Fans of clip on earrings for big girls will find www.cliponearringsboutique.com restocked with earrings just for them. I added 20 sets of dangles with Swarovski, glass pearls, Czech faceted rounds and lots of iridescent and sparkly things. Also added were one of a kind sets of millefiori glass hearts, diamonds and chicklet beads.

www.x-stitch-patterns.com is still being worked on. It is behind the scenes so there should be no interruption of service.

My spring waterslide decals are now up. I added over 100 new patterns in the waterslide decal section on www.bluemorningexpressions.com

Watch for new beads featuring my decals and also watch for blank clay beads designed for your own decal creativity.

Thank you so much for all the input and emails. I enjoy all
the encouragement that you send my way.

Until next month,
Julie

BluPrint February 2010 Newsletter of Blue Morning Expressions

What's New in February?

Wow! January ended with a whoosh! I put all my loose beads on sale and I sold over 60 sets and they were flying out of here! Of course, now I am scrambling to create new sets for everyone. My tab bead supply is depleted and I only have a handful of my kaleidoscope pillow beads left. I will get more started as soon as I can.

I am working on some new canes as a special order and when they are done, they will be available for sale as well. I was asked to recreate the Plumeria flower in cane format as opposed to the bead format that you normally see. It’s on my workbench now.

I finished a huge piece that I was working on for a contest and here is the preview to that.

Title: The Year of the Tiger

Each of the round beads are created using a tiger skin cane over a base round bead. All of the individual dangles have been hand wire wrapped and the whole piece consists of tiger eye chips and red tiger eye 4mm beads. The Swarovski crystals are 4mm AB and the Jablonex Czech Topaz glass rounds are also 4mm.

Fans of clip on earrings for big girls will find www.cliponearringsboutique.com restocked with earrings just for them. I added 20 sets of dangles with Swarovski, glass pearls, Czech faceted rounds and lots of iridescent and sparkly things. Also added were one of a kind sets of millefiori glass hearts, diamonds and chicklet beads.





www.theseedbeadpatternstore.com and www.x-stitch-patterns.com are both still being worked on. It is behind the scenes so there should be no interruption of service. If there is, please let me know and I will get right on it. I had added a few new patterns. There was a call for buffalo in the seed bead pattern section so I have created a couple patterns there. Both in loom and in peyote.

I am getting ready to do my spring waterslide decals and will get those up shortly. They will be available in www.bluemorningexpressions.com waterslide decal section.

Spoonflower is now carrying one of my carousel horse designs on fabric. The black coloured pencil horse is now available on cotton or quilt square.

Watch for new beads featuring my decals and also watch for blank clay beads designed for your own decal creativity.

Thank you so much for all the input and emails. I enjoy all
the encouragement that you send my way.

Until next month,
Julie