.BEADY BEACH BUM BUGLE - Holiday 1999 Edition\\\

Official Newsletter of Serenity by Design

"Well Mom, do you think we Covered all the Holiday's?"  "Probably not Cathy, but if that guy back there doesn't get off his beach chair and kill that turkey it will be Hot Dogs for Thanksgiving!"

table of contents:

GO TO: Our Featured Site - Donna Addis' Gallery will take you there!

She has wonderful FREE instructions and patterns for all of us who would love to learn tatting.... and links to other tatting sites !

You can email Donna at:  dreams@thegrid.net

All of Donna's Links:

http://www.members.tripod.com/DonnasDreams
https://www.angelfire.com/ca3/VintageBeadedBags/index.html
https://members.tripod.com/~Habit_Tat/index.html
https://members.tripod.com/~Beadle_beads/index.html
icq ~Beadle 32650106

              So What is it?  Well lets let the winner tell us?

These are most likely Cowrie Shells, and the young lady is probably a Maasai Bride. The Cowrie is considered a fertility symbol to the Maasai and is used in wedding accoutrements as a sort of invitation to the spirits to bless a marriage with many children. The bride and/or her mother would have made it for the ceremony.  The Cowrie has been used throughout history by many cultures in Africa as "money" and is/was especially revered as a fertility symbol by both the Maasai and the Egyptian cultures. Amazingly enough, the cowrie is a very popular shell in the US for decorative items like chimes. It became popular around the 1960's, possibly due to the influence of the Civil Rights Movement and the drive among African-Americans to rediscover their ancestry. It has remained a sought after item even today.

CONGRATULATIONS Again Jen

You can e-mail Jen at:  JKuhns7448@aol.com

 

Design a pattern for a Xmas item of your choice, amulet bag, necklace, earrings, ornament etc.  It must be your original design and you have to be willing to have it posted in the free patterns section of the Beady Beach Bums.

That's right, it could be a really neat christmas gift!

All entries are to be e-mailed by December 1st.

E-mail to: Contest@serenitybydesign.com

Good Luck Everyone.

You will see amulet bags, jewelry, ornaments and a vest.  What a wonderful collection of talent is represented here.

Here is the list of names of each artist! 

•   Leslie McCauley     
•   Rosanne Crispell     
•   Shirlee Trefonoff    
•   Linda Ransome       
•   Sally Morgan           
•   Laura Thomas        
•   Elizabeth Thompson

You can Click on the Guest Gallery button or you can click on any of the Artists name to navigate this section.

Featured Link

A super site to feast on ornaments!

Beadecked offers high quality ornaments at very good prices and Laura has 2 books out on beading ornaments.  She also carries ornament stands.

GO TO:   Creative Beadwork: home of Beadecked Ornament books

Tiera's Lampwork

Catalog Specials

We have Closeout items - in limited quantities - and

Introductory sale prices on some new items

GO TO: sale page!

Changes to Catalog

New Earring Kits

Now the story on the amulet bag kits I keep promising.....Pat Savu has them all charted now all I have to do is start making them up.  Does anyone want to lay odds when they will be out?

Fun Stuff

http://www.frog.co.nz/free.html

For Haloween fun facts and e-cards - Oct. 31

Diwali or Deepawali - Nov. 7 - Hindu Festival of Lights

 Thanksgiving - Nov. 25

 Ramadan Nov. 27 - On Line Greeting and site - software, links and more

 Hanukkah -  Dec. 4

http://www.care2.com/gates/holidays/hanukkah/hanukkah.html

 Christmas - Dec. 25

http://www.care2.com/gates/holidays/christmas/christmas.html

 Kwanzaa - Dec. 26

http://www.tike.com/celeb-kw.htm

Free Patterns

GO TO: FREE PATTERNS - Enjoy them!

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