Another drawing and another bracelet

So right now I'm sitting outside my drawing classroom waiting to go to Figure Drawing (GAG--I hate drawing nude people XD ) which isn't for another 30 minutes (I have NO life) and I'm the only one in the hall (Further proof I have NO life) and I decided to update my blog (final proof I have NO life!).

Anyways, I have another of my Disney Mini drawings, along with a bracelet I made last week.

This is my most recent bead loom bracelet, made using different shades of opaque blue. I then sewed white felt to the back and created a border of black seed beads. I like this bracelet but I don't like how I completed it. I wanted something besides just letting the felt show, so I went with the bead border, but it didn't work out very well (but you can't tell in the picture). Overall I like the coloring on this piece and that's about it.

I'm trying to make atleast one bracelet for every color so that I can match my bracelet to my outfit/shirt ('cuz I'm weird like that). So far I have purple, green, and blue, with an orange one in the works.

This is my latest Disney Mini Drawing and it's for Alice in Wonderland. I know that I usually go with the single color thing, and I will admit this drawing seems a bit 'busy' but I couldn't help it. 1) Nothing in her outfit/style matched the color of an important object, 2) she looks really good with the many colors and 3) there were too many important objects in the movie to include just one. The objects are from top to bottom: smoke from the caterpillar's pipe, the mushroom you eat to grow/shrink, the heart for the queen of hearts, and then the watch that belongs to the rabbit. Overall I like this picture and it's one of my best-- I actually drew Alice to look like her but also get the 'realism' style.

So in general, life has been kinda crazy lately. I have studio for school, plus normal school (and 2 tests I don't want to study for at all) along with the things i've been trying to accomplish in my free time (drawing, knitting, loom-- all of which have on going projects right now that are like half done) and just being social (which hardly happens). So overall, that's my life and whether I like it or not, it's all I got. :D

~Lisa

Bead loom patterns: Purple diamonds and green squares

Here are 2 patterns I have created for use on the bead loom.

Green diagonal squares (Skill level: Easy/moderate).

Requirements: Size 15 seed beads in the following colors-- Shiny seafoam green, shiny regular/dark green, shiny lime/yellow-green, shiny clear.
White thread
Beading needle and loom

This pattern is: 60 long by 12 wide. About 5 in (~13 cm) long by 3/4 in (~2 cm) wide, before finshing/hooks.



Purple Diamonds (Skill level-- advanced):

Requirements: Size 15 seed beads in the following colors: Transparent Grape, Transparent Blue-violet, Transparent Light Purple, Solid White. Colors may be altered if desired.
Thread (white).
Wide eye beadig needle, long! and loom

This pattern is: 75 long by 25 wide. 6 1/4 in (~16cm) long by 1 1/2 in (~4 cm) wide, before finishing techniques/hooks.



If any of the images do not work, feel free to message me and I can send you the image.

~Lisa

Bead loom bracelets

Hey! It's been awhile since I posted anything, so I figured I should.

Besides knitting, I also really enjoy using my BEAD LOOM! I am obsessed, which stinks because it takes forever to make anything on it XD Below are some of the projects I've made in the last 3ish years.


My most recent, with more experimentation. This thing took seriously, 20 + hours to complete (finishing and all). I wanted to try a new hook technique since regular clasps never seem to work well, and so I stumbled upon this. I wove all the ends in, then sewed felt to the back, then used embrodery floss, braided it, and sewed it to the sides. I then made bead balls on one end, and loops with the braided floss on the other. It actually worked really well, and I'm so proud of it!



This was one of the first I made on my bead loom that I got for Christmas 2 years ago (already??) This was also the first I experimented with on the felt technique (Which I love). To do the felt technique, simply complete the work, then weave in the weft strings, and then sew a piece of felt or material to the back to keep everything in place.


This is a very old bracelet (One of my firsts) made on a cardboard loom. It's the Danny Phantom logo. I recently went back and redid the hook and put felt on the back.




This is my Christmas time bracelet. It's Christmas lights. Also made on cardboard and before I knew how to weave in the weft strings.


This is one of the first one's I made before I even had a loom and was using cardboard. I actually still wear this one, even though it's not finshed very well.

Super old bracelet I did a LONG time ago on cardboard loom. All the beads were kinda different sizes so it wasn't the best, and it was too long so the hook got messed up XD I really like the colors and pattern though, so I may remake it someday.



So. I think I'm going to post some of my patterns on here too because all of these were created on my own, not from someone else's pattern.

~Lisa