shanigansbeadshenanigans

Welcome to our world! It's a beautiful place filled with incredible Alaskan scenery and all things bright and beady.

Have comments, questions, or beady experiences that you want to share? Why not join my group, Beady Shenanigans?

Please consider donating to this very worthy cause:

Bead Artists against Breast Cancer

And/or bid on an auction item. Thanks!

Want to see pictures of other donations? Click below:

http://shanigansbeadshenanigans.com/BCProjects.html

Look at the beaded aquariums that my Yahoo group Beady Shenanigans has created to donate to the Bead Artists against Breast Cancer auction. Click on the link: http://shanigansbeadshenanigans.com/BCAquarium

Want to contribute to the 2008 beaded quilts project? Click on the page symbol to print a copy of the guidelines:

Why am I organizing this beaded quilt? Click below for additional info:

http://shanigansbeadshenanigans.com/why.html

Need help getting started? Click on the page symbol to print a pattern in 2-drop peyote using size 11 seed beads for a rose square:

Want to see rose squares received to date for the 2008 bead quilts? Click on the link:

http://shanigansbeadshenanigans.com/BCQuilt.html

Want to see the 2007 beaded quilts? Click on the link:

http://shanigansbeadshenanigans.com/BCQuilts07.html

Freda Smith has also created some freebie rose patterns/squares for this project: http://www.the beadcoop.com

Billie Sanchez has also created a freebie rose pattern/square for this project: http://www.bead-patterns.com/shop/shop.php?method=itemnumber&keywords=12578

Marianne Oswalt has also created some freebie rose patterns/squares for this project: http://www.the beadcoop.com/patterns.asp?PatternID=15472

Click on the page symbol to see/print a Japanese version of the guidelines:

"Red Roses Symbolize Love" Square, created on August 22 to honor my mother on what would have been her 80th birthday. Click on the page symbol to print this pattern in 1-drop peyote for delica beads:

Due to multiple requests, I've created this simple rose pattern for use by children, total beginners, or the visually impaired. Click on the page symbol to print a pattern in 2-drop peyote for size 8 seed beads:

Click on the page symbol to print a pattern in double herringbone using size 11 seed beads for a rose square:

Diane M. Saunders has also created a freebie rose pattern/square for this project: http://www.lovetatting.com/rosequiltblock,htnl

"Beading for a Cure" against colorectal cancer: http://www.beadingforacure.org Check out the website for some incredible beadwork to be auctioned for fundraising in March.