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Majestic Bead Painting Finished!!

Posted on February 12, 2013 | 3 Comments

Well, it took me a few months, but I finally finished my beaded painting! This piece is entitled Majestic, named after the Boston theatre of the same name. Perhaps you have walked past this alley many times without noticing it..

Beaded Peterbilt truck American bulldog painting Colonial Emerson Cutler Majestic Theatre Boston city scene art

‘Majestic’
Bead embroidery on canvas.. 20″ x 24″.

This piece features a bead-embroidered Peterbilt semi truck w/American Bulldog. Materials used in this piece include: metal & glass seed beads, Swarovski crystals, sterling silver, wire, leather cord, felt, & acrylics.. The truck measures approx. 10″ x 10″, and the entire piece measures 20″ x 24″. Beadwork was hand-stitched to a painted canvas, as well as bits of wire, leather, beaded rats, beaded cigarette butts, and one beaded pigeon. (Can you find him?)

This piece will eventually be listed for sale in my Etsy shop.. Until then, I have posted detail photos of this piece on my website.. Thanks for looking!!

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Tagged American, Bead embroidery, beaded, Beadwork, Boston, Dogs, Fiber Art, Mixed media, Theatre, USA

Semi-Beaded Truck, Turkey Day, & Black Friday Sale!

Posted on November 21, 2012 | 1 Comment

Here’s an update on the progress of my beaded Peterbilt semi- truck. After beading the American flag grill, headlights, and cab, I created two beaded lights using 12-gauge precious metal wire. I stitched a ball of felt to the ends of them, and bead embroidered orange Delicas around the felt. I wasn’t sure this would work at first, but it turned out kinda cool!

And, even though working with wire is not my forté, somehow I managed to create 2 side view mirrors by stitching liquid silver bugle beads to precious metal wire.

Currently, the truck consists of 4 pieces of beadwork + 2 wire lights. Nothing will be stitched together until all of the pieces have been created.

I still need to add some lights on top of the cab, as well as a beaded doggie passenger:) How does it look so far?

semi beaded peterbilt truck usa etsy bead embroidery beadwork coupon sale

27cm x 27cm x 5cm

Over the next couple of weeks, I will be working on holiday orders for my Etsy shop. Please note: ALL CHRISTMAS ORDERS for custom beaded dog pins or made-to-order items MUST BE RECEIVED BY DECEMBER 14 to guarantee delivery, though I will make every attempt to ship orders placed after this date in a timely fashion.

To kick off the holiday shopping season, I will be running a special sale on Thanksgiving Day & Black Friday. All items in the Clearance Section of my shop will be an additional 25% off the marked price for 2 days only beginning on Thursday, November 22, 2012 beginning at 12am EST. Please watch my Facebook page for an additional coupon code to receive Free Shipping all weekend long! Remember, November 24 is Small Business Saturday – a day to celebrate and support small & local businesses! Thank you for your support. Have a Happy Thanksgiving!

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Tagged beading, Beadwork, coupon code, Etsy, Facebook, Peterbilt, SALE, Semi-trailer truck, Thanksgiving, USA

Semi-Beaded Semi

Posted on August 28, 2012 | 2 Comments

I have finally found some time to start working on a larger piece – a beaded semi-truck! This one is inspired by a friend’s photo of a Peterbilt truck spotted at work one day.

I enlarged the photo and used it to cut out many layers of felt in several shapes. The felt foundation measures approx. 10″ x 10″.. I stitched the layers of felt together and began beading an American flag grille using a mix of red, white, & blue seed beads.

Once I finished the flag, I beaded a silver frame around it. I used 11/o Czech glass charlottes, and larger fire-polished beads. It is very sparkly, much like the real truck:)

Now, I am working on the bumper. This area is quite large, so I stitched a variety of metal beads onto the felt. I plan to fill in the spaces with more seed beads. How does it look so far?

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Posted in bead embroidery, cars, fiber art, trucks

Tagged American, Bead embroidery, beading, Beadwork, craft, Etsy, Fiber Art, Peterbilt, Seed bead, truck

All Beaded Patty on a Sesame Bead Bun

Posted on July 26, 2012 | 5 Comments

The past couple of weeks, I’ve been working on fun side project – a beaded cheeseburger! :p

This burger was created by stitching size 15/o & 11/o glass seed beads to a felt foundation. I also used bugle beads for the onion, and tiny micro bugle beads for the tomato & pickles! It measures approx. 14cm x 13cm. After all the beadwork was complete, I stitched Ultrasuede to the back as well as 2 Neodymium Rare Earth Magnets. Now its an oversized fridge magnet – the perfect gift for a friend! Perhaps I should make beaded spicy fries and a vanilla shake as well! :p

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Posted in bead embroidery, beadwork, fiber art, pop art

Tagged Bead, Bead embroidery, Beadwork, burger king, craft, Etsy, fast food, food, kitchen, pop art

Beaded Hair & Eyeglass Frames

Posted on December 14, 2011 | 3 Comments

Today, I think I finally finished the beadwork for the portrait (of my friend, the optometrist) I’ve been working on! I stitched silver bugle beads around my recycled eyeglass lenses to create frames. Then, I stitched gray, brown, and gold twisted bugle beads for hair. So far, it measures 9″ x 7.5″. I think its a pretty close rendition of my original sketch! Now, the next step is to mount it to a canvas somehow… How do you think it looks? 8)

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Tagged Bead Art, Bead embroidery, Beadwork, eyeglass lenses, Fiber Art, optometrist, Portrait, Seed Beads

>Vertical Blue Beaded Radio City Sign

Posted on March 12, 2011 | 3 Comments

beaded Radio City Music Hall painting beadwork mixed media NYC theatre street scene

Finally, I have finished beading the tallest vertical sign in my beaded Radio City Music Hall painting! This took me quite awhile to do! I used size 11 seed beads in several different blues. I don’t know if I like how the lines are stitched, because, well – the colours don’t line up! Oh well. I’m kind of committed to it at this point. I might try to layer beads on top of the blue for more sparkle. We’ll see… How do you think it looks so far?

Semi-beaded Radio City Music Hall (NYC). Bead embroidery on felt.

Beadwork 15″ x 20″. (38cm x 51cm) Work in progress.

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Posted in bead embroidery, fiber art, NYC, Radio City

>New Felt Shapes for Future Beaded Pins

Posted on March 6, 2011 | 2 Comments

I’ve been busy! Yesterday, I spend half of the day working on my beaded Radio City Music Hall painting. (I want to complete a little more before I show you..) Then, in the evening, I worked on my Etsy shop. I cut out new felt shapes for future beaded doggie pins. Guess what kind of dogs they’ll be!

beaded felt shapes bead embroidery pin pendants etsy

Cutting out the felt can take awhile, then I must stitch them all together. But, once that’s complete, I can start beading! Which one will I make first? Check my Facebook page to see…

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Posted in cats, dogs, etsy, fiber art

>Bright Red Beaded Letters

Posted on February 27, 2011 | Leave a comment

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Here’s the latest progess of my beaded Radio City Music Hall painting. Think I might stitch more red seed beads around the letters on the largest vertical sign. We’ll see. How does it look so far?

Semi-beaded Radio City Music Hall (NYC). Bead embroidery on felt.

Beadwork 15″ x 2.75″. Work in progress.

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>Red Beaded Radio City Letters

Posted on February 25, 2011 | Leave a comment

beaded Radio City Music Hall mixed media painting bead embroidery beadwork NYC theatre street scene

This week, I continued to work on my beaded Radio City Music Hall painting. I beaded the red letters of the smaller vertical sign using size 11s, 15s and hex cut beads for sparkle. I also began beading the largest vertical sign using size 15 black charlotte seed beads. Finally, I think it’s starting to look like a NYC theatre!

Semi-beaded Radio City Music Hall (NYC). Bead embroidery on felt.

Beadwork 15″ x 20″. (38cm x 51cm) .

Work in progress.

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>Back to Beading Radio City Music Hall

Posted on February 20, 2011 | Leave a comment

Finally, after a long hiatus, I am getting back to working on my beaded Radio City Music Hall painting. During the past couple of days, I stitched several different blue & turquoise seed beads around the first vertical sign I am working on. I’m not quite done with this sign, as there is a small section at the bottom that I must fill in, but at least it’s looking more complete! Think I’ll move on the the smallest vertical sign after that. Back to beading!