• As you can plainly see I have a lot of stash.  More than I will ever need in my lifetime, so bloggers invite your beady friends to check out my blog and join.  I will be drawing two names for a marvelous bead stash giveaway!

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• Lot's of fun stuff, and the stash will be a wonderful surprise to the winners.  So blog on and get the word out! 

This is my son Matthew, he is soooo much fun, has lot's of energy. He's a newly wed, just over a year.  Married a wonderful young women, Amber.  They have a new baby, my adorable Grand-son Bayne.  Matthew can grow a beard in like 2 days.  He is often stared at, but he just loves life and goes about his business.  I love this kid a bunch!  Very proud of him.  He is number 3 out of 8.

Sadie

This is our family doggie, she is a wonderful girl.  Our son Dallas brought her home one day and told us the neighbor found her on M-52 and she needed a home.  So he decided we were keeping her.  

So she became a part of our family.  She thinks she's human and has to be a part of everything.  She loves the water as you can see. 
 

 She is spoiled rotten by my husband Kevin.  He loves her a lot!

I'm so thrilled to have made the cover of Beadwork.  This was one of my goals to make a cover. I had no idea that Last Kisses of Summer was on the cover until this morning when I opened my mail and there it was.  I cried!!!  What an honor it is to me, and a wonderful blessing! 

I came across this beautiful pendant at Stoney Creek Bead in Ypsilanti, Mi.  The Artist Duane Collins does amazing work.  I just couldn't pass this up, only $15.00. 

So many ideas flowing, so many things I want to create, so many, so many, so many!!!!!

Crazy Mixed Up Me

Free form peyote bracelet

This  bracelet was born out of my feelings of craziness, which lately have been all to common as I split into so many different directions.  Sometimes I'm not so sure if I'm coming or going.  I'm sole caregiver to my Mom, she has dementia and Alzheimer's.  Everyday is a new experience for me as I see her moving slower and slower.  She has taken a few falls and thankfully hasn't broken anything.  

 I'm so thankful for a very loving and understanding husband, who is willing to help me out a lot.  He makes it possible for me to do what I love.  He lets me get away from time to time, and so many times it is so needed.  It's been over three years since she came to live with me.  I have learned a lot about myself and how I deal with the harder things in life.  It's a good process! 

 My beading has a way of giving me a sense of comfort, it allows me to express myself, and use my God given talent.  I feel so blessed to have this amazing outlet to channel my energy through. 

CJ Bauschka 

Designer/Instructor

Adrian, Mi. Area Hobby Lobby

1368 S Main

Classes:  Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 11am to 3pm

Class fee:  $20.00  supplies not included

Things are gearing up for all the fall shows.
Starting April 16-May13, The Bead Therapy Group with be displaying our works at the Croswell Gallery. Featuring The Enchanted Garden Show. 

Students participating are as follows: Teresa Turner-Sharp w/Nubian Flower Nymph, Linda Smith w/The Enchanted Garden necklace, Linda Miller w/The Secret Garden, Debbie Gauthier w/Romantic Splendor, Golria Boozer w/ Forget Me Not/Lest Remembered and The Rose and CJ Bauschka w/Roman Goddess and Byzantine Princess. This is our very first Galley Showing, and we are all excited to share in these moments together.
      

       My Student's have amazing talent and are all creative with a passion to keep learning and loving this fun and endless journey of beading. We are growing in community and in desire to reach more women who need a creative outlet. If you live in our area or in a surrounding area. Come take a class, check us out, I know you will relax, have fun and enjoy a few laughs.

CJ Bauschka

Here are a few more of the amazing designs that will be submitted for display in April.




















They are all on a disk ready for submission.
I'm learning as I go how to do all the technical mumbo jumbo. I think I did okay for my very first try. Lol

Garden Themed Gallery Show

This is a sampling of some of the works of my students, that will be going into our local gallery

What's not to love about the Bead Soup Blog Party??? It's so amazing to see all the wonderful creations. The talent of bead artists around the globe. I have been honored to participate in two out of five Of Lori Anderson's blog hops. I love waiting with anticipation to receive my luscious bead soup, then to put my creative mind to work. Imagining what will become of the pretty little beads sitting in front of me. If you haven't taken part. It's a must. Hope to see some of my students joining this next Bead Soup.

I just love when I sell one of my pieces to someone who is so appreciative of my work. I get a big hug for getting it right!!! That makes it all worth wild. This is one of two pieces sold. The second one was commissioned, and didn't take me three months to accomplish. Yeah!!! And thankfully I was able to translate her ideas into a necklace that was exactly what she was wanting. That makes for a wonderful feeling of ahhhhh! I have so much to do now. And trying to wind up doing my taxes. It's all gooooooood!

Copper Diem Three Pound Giveaway
Have you ever seen so many beads in one Giveaway before??? This is awesome! Check out Copper Diem's blog.

Rock Candy

New Goals for 2012

I have been so blessed over the past five years, to have an amazing group of students. They come every week without fail and we experiment with lots of different techniques, use all kinds of mediums. And just have a good ole' time.
Coming in 2012, I feel I want to offer more. And we are talking about putting a Beading Guild together.
Is there anyone of you out there in the Beading community that can give me some thoughts about this? I have so much on my mind, and so much I want to offer. I'm ready for my students to take everything they've learned from me and expand it, so they can also be instructors, they can get involved in show casing their work and get into the show venue if that's the direction they wish to go. We also want to see new faces, bring in people that have been buying beads for years and still haven't put them to use. We want to be a positive influence in our community, taking a portion of our proceeds to give to the local non-profits.
Would love to hear from my Bead Friends, your comments and or suggestions. Thanks, CJ

Second Challenge of Color Blog Hop
Erin Prais Hintz organizer
The color I chose was teal.
Pallet created by Jessica Colaluca of Design seeds.






http://www.designseeds.com/


Decided to use only the first three colors in my pallet, mainly because I couldn't seem to match the darker blue. As a seed bead freak, I naturally created my piece using two colors of teal seed beads, and the ivory colored pearls.

Norma Turvey	Teal	Color Crave
Jeannie Dukic	Green	Mineral Tones
Mary McGraw	Teal	Embellished Hues
Jo Tinley	Red	Decadent Tones
Rebecca Anderson	Pink	Tulip Tones
Kristi Jaro	Red	Temple Entrance
Stephani Gorman	Green	Dew Tones
Melissa Meman	Green	Fruit Star
Kathleen Lange Klik	Teal	Silk Hues
Cynthia Riggs	Red	Autumn Comfort
Heidi Post	Teal	Flora Bright
Cece Cormier	Teal	Merino Teal
Amy Freeland	Gray	Cultured Tones
Alice Peterson	Blue	Island Play
Rose Noble	Gray	Autumn Stacked
Kristina Johansson	Yellow	Sunny Flower
Kirsi Luostarinen	Teal	Dragon Hues
Tari Kahrs	Orange	Citrus Tones
Mallory Hoffman	Purple	Petaled Dark
Molly Alexander	Brown	Peppered Tones
Regina Santerre	Red	Frosted Berry
Emanda Johnson	Teal	Color Purl
Amy Severino	Orange	Winged Tones
Bobbie Rafferty	Teal	Lime Hues
Tanya Goodwin	Gray	Pecked Tones
Lisa Lodge	Blue	Nocturnal Tones
Hope Smitherman	Blue	Bloom Tones
Linda Landig	Green	Cacti Dark
Ambra Gostoli	Teal	Perched Autumn
Lori Bowring-Michaud	Blue	Sharpened Blue
Pippa Chandler	Teal	Hungarian Hues
Keirsten Giles	Purple	Mineral Brights
Jennifer Justman	Blue	Autumn Rays
Sandy Richardson	Purple	Moroccan Brights
CJ Bauschka	Teal	Teal Air
Shaiha Williams	Teal	Sushi Hues
Kay Thomerson	Purple	Autumn Spectrum
Sally Russick	Purple	Golden Gate Tones
Cilla Watkins	Purple	Autumn Infused
Shirley Moore	Purple	Frozen Heather
Jenni Connolly	Gray	Paw Tones
Tamara Soper	Green	Field Tones
Sharyl McMillian-Nelson	Blue	Nested Blues
Jen Velasquez	Pink	Sweetened Tints
Maria Grimes	Red	Bright Bloom
Elisabeth Auld	Gray	Petaled Tints
Susan Kennedy	Pink	Zinnia Tones
Shannon Chomanczuk	Gray	Autumn Leaf
Holly Westfall	Yellow	Sprinkled Tones
Patty Gasparino	Red	Color Carton
Angela Little	Pink	Singapore Brights

Looking forward to seeing what marvels you are inspired to create from this palette!

I also love Dragonflies, they have such a unique look to them, they move so swiftly, and some have beautiful colors that reflect from their wings.

This piece includes my very own hand made polymer clay beads. I've been having a blast with my students. We've been playing with polymer the last three weeks.

Blue Moon

Capturing the moon on a starlit night, when the sky is a deep dark blue. This is something I really love.

New Designs
Working with wire and beads to create Beautiful one of a kind Designs

Adrian Women in Business Expo
Spent the day at Adrian mall with a great group of people sharing their wears and businesses.
My day started out to seem like it could be a disaster, as I locked my keys into my van, along with
the majority of my jewelry. My husband was at work so he could not help me out. Lock smith was not answering
and still has not called me back. Thankfully not everything was loaded, and a very kind gentlemen offered to give me a ride to the mall. It turned out to be a very nice day after all.

Prepare for the 5th Bead Soup Blog Party!

Prepare for the 5th Bead Soup Blog Party!

Sunday, September 18, 2011

Continue blog hopping the 4th Bead Soup Blog Party !

If you're fired up and want to participate in the next Bead Soup Blog Party, good news! I already have the dates!

An important note -- the party will now be run by lottery.

During the registration dates, you'll enter your information into a registration form. When registration closes, a random number generator will pick the group of people. No more than 200 people will be able to participate.

Partners will be announced a week after registration closes, and the party will then proceed as usual.

Little Sis visiting

My Baby sister is visiting from Dallas, Texas.  It's been over 5 years since we've seen each other.  So happy to have her here!  Mom is happy to see her too!

She even came to my bead class, I taught her how to free form peyote.  She made two bracelets already!