Haruna

Future

It seems like the last semester, plus focusing on caring for myself and others, has really taken the momentum out of my beading. That’s not to mention the ongoing job search, which I am engaging with very poorly, even if it is just for research purposes. I’m not sure how far to go into theContinue reading “Future”

Puzzling through Japanese drop seed beads

I try to straighten out the myriad types of drop beads I have had the fortune to be able to encounter, particularly focusing on Miyuki fringe beads and Toho and Miyuki magatamas.

Self care, and scoping out a potential path

Beginning a semester focused on self-directed study, self-care, and academia. I need to take care of myself, and I have the option, now.

Disillusions

I reason to myself that selling handmade beadwork is not a viable route to economic self-sufficiency in my local culture, and begin to outline what I will do with my time and energy from this point forward.

Perseverance

Learning to persevere after having begun a project which may have been destined to be unsuccessful from the start, the author reflects on the phrase, “Perfect is the enemy of good.”

Developing Site Plans: Hobby vs. Business, part three

Although it isn’t a “business model,” per se, we’ve come up with a feasible Site Plan for this domain, involving the use of my Library Science skills.

In progress (baby shots of a gift)

Describing the process of creating a piece of beaded jewelry as a gift.

Site Plans, and working on a late Xmas gift

In which I mention beginning work on an updated vision of this site, and continue working on a project for Xmas.

There is no substitution for practice…

…though at the moment, I’m not practicing. Not beading, at least. Writing, that’s another story. I still have to work on an Xmas present for someone, though this person wouldn’t mind it being late. I think one of my greatest issues…at this point, at least, is that I’m more skilled with color combinations, than IContinue reading “There is no substitution for practice…”

New projects: Bee earring pair, completed. NFS.

The author describes part of the experience of having designed and made a set of beaded earrings for the holidays.