ArtBeads.com "Vintage" Project

I'm excited about the latest ArtBeads.com "Vintage" project . . . it gave me a chance to use "vintage" photos of my immediate family in my beading . . . I was inspired by Nancy Cain, amazing beader. . . I love the way the cool ArtBeads.com Silver-Plated Pewter Pendants  frame photos of my family . . .

This was also a perfect opportunity to use the ArtBeads.com charms to embellish the photos!  What fun!  Here's Mom and Dad . . .

 My sister, Janice . . .

 Myself . . . this is my favorite photo of my childhood . . . I was a WILD WOMAN!!!  LOL!!!!

 My sister, Norma . . .

 Janice's daughter, Tina . . .

I hope you enjoyed the sharing of my beading AND my family with you!  Happy beading!!!!

*Disclaimer:  I receive free product from ArtBeads.com in exchange for my designs as an ArtBeads.com Blog Design member . . . opinions are strictly my own . . .

Round Robin Art Journal

A group of my talented and fun artist buddies decided to participate in a Round Robin Art Journal . . . this is my front and back cover . . . the front cover has my favorite photo of my childhood . . . you can tell that I was a WILD WOMAN standing on the bumper of a pick-up truck on my grandmother's farm in Fresno . . . the back cover has a photo of my dad and myself as a todler . . . I'm really enjoying using family photos in my artwork lately . . . even my next beading project has them as you will see shortly . . . I am really getting excited about getting a copy of my artist buddies artwork in my journal!