Carnival Blog: Celebrations

Here we are, fabulous Art Bead Scene readers.

Where are we, Cindy?  you ask.

We're at the last Art Bead Scene Carnival Blog for 2010. It's been quite an exciting journey for ABS and the wonderful readers who have participated. To that end, it's time to celebrate the ride we've had by blogging on the theme "Celebrations." All of the ABS Carnival Bloggers were invited to participate so we have a larger than normal posts and pictures for all of us to enjoy!

Island Girl Insights
Holly Dare: Holly's Folly

Above is Jenn Judd's Persia necklace

Jenn Judd
Christine of A Hot Piece of Glass
Mallory of For the Love of Beads

Above is Melissa Meman's Copper Swirl Fibula.

Melissa Meman

Below is another lovely for us to celebrate, Mary Lou's "Bones" inspired Temperance Necklace:

Mary Lou of time2cre8
Cindy Dolezal Designs
Jeannie's Blog
Pixybug Designs
Mary Harding Jewelry
Christine Hansen
 Readers, take note of Michelle Mach's hot fix crystal ribbon (below) for your next gift wrapping session. How pretty would this box be underneath a tree?

Michelle Mach
Treasures Found
Nicki's Reef
Patty Lakinsmith
Beads for Busy Gals

Hope you've enjoyed this year's Art Bead Scene Carnival Blog Celebrations! We're glad you've been with us all year. So this post celebrates you! Thank you for reading the Art Bead Scene!

Written by ABS Editor, Cindy Gimbrone, the Carnival Bloggers' intrepid leader who thanks all of the wonderful Carnival Bloggers for sharing their stories and lovely art with us.

Carnival Blog: Remembrance

Welcome to October's Art Bead Scene Carnival Blog! This month's theme is "Remembrance." Each blogger took on the theme in typical artist style - each with her own perspective.

During the cold of winter, I want to remember my trip to Sauble Beach this past summer and collecting the pebbles on the sand. I'll wear my Beach Pebble ring and smile each time I think of the beach.

Erin takes us on a tour of the remembrance jewelry she's created for her clients. I'm particularly enamored of Love is the Key that features a large handmade pin by the client's grandfather.

Jeannie remembers Julia who encouraged her to be creative. Jeannie created her one of a kind Congo beads in her honor.

Island Girl and Christine take us down their own memory lane and showing us their early and current work. Christine's viking knit bracelet entitled Dusk shows off her progress as an artist.

Elaine created Red Poppies in honor or Remembrance Day, November 11th

Janel has a list of things to remember including sending out this lovely set of art charms

Our own Beads for Busy Gals writes a tribute to her father and creates a lovely necklace. As artists who depend on patrons to buy our wares, Pixybug Designs takes a moment to thank her special order customers. To everyone who buys artist made beads and jewelry, the ABS Carnival Bloggers thank you!

Hope you've enjoyed this month's Carnival Blog! If you'd like to join us, we're always happy to welcome another dedicated Art Bead Scene reader to our Carnival Blogger Group! Interested in joining? Please send an email to Cindy saying you'd like to join.

Until next month...the Carnival Bloggers bid you adieu!
(written by Cindy Gimbrone the Carnival Bloggers' fearless leader.)

ABS Carnival Day! Anticipation

This month finds the ABS Carnival Bloggers thinking about "Anticipation." Since spring is in the air, I find the color yellow is a symbol for the smiles and happiness of summer - it ignites the summer season much like it ignites the Miro like design of "Flame" (below).




For other Carnival bloggers, a Carly Simon song was brought to mind....



Holly, Patty, and Chris anticipate the moment when they open up the kiln to look at their most recent art bead creation.

Other bloggers are anticipating their designs....

Kate of Organic Odesseys uses a line from Carly Simon's Anticipation as a spring board for showing us how she approaches creating a piece of jewelry.

Michelle Mach wonders about a design for a swap and gives us a peek at her design and the work in progress.


Cindy Dolezal sometimes follows her muse and makes whatever the clay tells her it wants to be and sometimes she anticipates a design. Looks like Cindy's anticipation over her primary colored beads show below was right on track.


Jen Judd is excitedly looking forward to new things and making opportunities. This month, Jen made her first set of flamework glass beads shown below:



To Mary Harding, anticipation is more of an idea than a word we use daily. Kelly of Silver Parrot tells a story of a lifetime of anticipation. Anticipation seems to be imbued in the hot colors of the Sunfire bracelet (shown below) which anticipate the upcoming summer in the Northern Hemisphere.

Nicki shares how planning helps her to anticipate what will happen next - it works for her since she was able to anticipate creating some new enameled pieces (below):


I'll end this month's ABS Carnival blog with a thoughtful post from Marcie who shares her insight into what anticipation means for her and makes a profound observation for all of us:

And so I wait, with joy and anticipation...I do not know what the next year will bring...I am positive that when the waiting is over, I will step into that part of my life having learned a lesson that could only have been learned in the anticipation.

Look for the ABS Carnival Button!

The Art Bead Scene has some wonderful bloggers participating in our monthly Carnival Blog. The next one is April 14th. Can't wait? Wondering who the ABS Carnival Bloggers are? Just look for the ABS Carnival button on their blogs to find them.



We're always happy to welcome another dedicated Art Bead Scene reader to our Carnival Blogger Group! Interested in joining? Please send an email to Cindy saying you'd like to join.