Nature ~ September BJP

For September the blessing is Nature. What a blessing it is to have trees, rocks, birds, leaves, flowers, beaches, and all the miracles of nature to enchant our senses! There's so much to nature that my project box was stuffed, chuck-a-block, with beads and accents that I thought maybe I'd use.

 

Turns out it's more simple than I thought it might be, showcasing only a few of the things in my box. Maybe that's as it should be... I don't really know.

 

The tree is a twig from one of our Madrona trees, which I sanded on the back side so it would lie flat on the fabric. The pebble is from our garden. A pair of mother-of-pearl birds, one on a little fragment of driftwood from South Beach and one on the branch, complete the picture.

 

Size: 2.5 x 3.5 inches

Month: Septmeber

Method: improvistional bead embroidery on batik fabric stabilized with paper

Backed with: 200 lb. card stock and Ultrasuede Light

Beads: mostly size 15 seed beads; drift wood, pebble, vintage sequins, crystals, mother-of-pearl bird

Done