It's time for a break...and it's crazy when you...

cannot decide which craft you want to do in the meantime. I spent what time I was awake last night working on more paper beads. First I worked on painting some scrapbook paper with gold acrylic paint, then cut the strips. The beads will be lovely. The second set of beads presented challenges. They were from a magazine page so that I could get some smaller beads with a variety of color. However, I had to lengthen the strips by gluing on some extra paper to create the fuller bead.

This is the page I used for this set of beads. I thought it had some great colors to work with. The strips are narrow and lengthwise. I'll post some tutorials tomorrow. 

I love the colors that these presented, until I reached all the black. Below you'll see I had some help. This is Zoey, my fuzzy assistant. These strips are the blue ones I started with. 

Can we say....Obsession?? My fingers hurt! That's why I'm taking a break from beads today. I cannot decide which craft I want to work on however. I might just take in my dragon. Photos tomorrow perhaps?  We shall see! That one requires sewing and beading. Wish me luck. Oh and glue. Calls on Thursdays are often more intense, however, so I might not get very far on the work. Fairly fatigued today, so wish me luck on that too! :)