I just figured out a new kind of beaded bead – the sphere.  These pieces are all on their way to the Textile Center shop this week.  The sphere shaped beads are stitched around some thrifted vintage glass pearls.  The finish on them looks like it has seen better days, but they are great to be the foundation and covered up with other beads.

I am also participating in a Valentine’s swap with CraftSocial.net.  We were given a template and asked to create a heart.  This is a sneak peak at mine with shisha embroidery on a metallic finish cotton.  It’s on its way to Brooklyn.  They will be posting a gallery of all of the hearts sometime soon.