This year members of my Yahoo group Beady Shenanigans have been busy creating aquatic pieces to make a beaded aquarium for donation to the Bead Artists against Breast Cancer auction in June in Milwaukee.  I'm tickled to announce that so many pieces were donated that there will be three aquariums!  The aquariums are 2.5 gallons and measure 12" L x 6" W x 8" H.  Here are photos of the various aquariums:

Contributors: Robert Yett = lampwork fish & stand; Ginger Ausband = background design & coral; Cheryl Lacy = beaded gray rock; Eileen Novak = octopus; Mike Ann Zable = 2 plants, sand, finishing; Terri Terreault = glass shell; Jean McElhaney = green fish; Sammy Stafney = pink fish; Kristy Deacon = hermit crab (design = Jeannie Bench); Lenny Mangold = plant; Sue Smith = beaded white rock, real shells; Ann Jacobs = jellyfish; Donna Markle = background; Guiguite Yett = background; Karen Durnian = background; Jana Keogh = background; Eileen Erinoff = background;  Jeanette Shanigan = aquarium, background, sewing together background pieces, plant, glass fish, organization, and finishing.

Contributors: Sammy Stafney = mermaid;  Eileen Novak = octopus; Wendy Weirick = treasure chest and beaded treasure; Kate Ball = tire, fishing pole; Mike Ann Zable = 1 plant, driftwood prop; Linda Rheault = Peruvian aquatic beads; Ronit Florence = beaded fish; Kristy Deacon = hermit crab (design = Jeannie Bench); Caryn Bloomfield = turtle on treasure; Lenny Mangold = 3 plants; Sue Smith = stone treasure bag; Donna Markle = 4 lampwork fish, background; Ginger Ausband = background design; Sandy Houk = background; Gail Naylor = background; Gail Devoid = background; Linda Mays = background;  Brenda Wallace = background;  Jeanette Shanigan = aquarium, sewing together background pieces, plant, driftwood fish stand, colored rock, glass fish, organization, and finishing.

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Contributors: Mike Ann Zable = 2-part beaded rock with moray eel, 2 plants, background design, finishing; Terri Terreault = beaded rock, black/tan lampwork fish; Sooz Acuna = seahorse; Sammy Stafney = small orange beaded fish; Karen Kelley Schultz = 3 pieces of beaded coral, background; Ginger Ausband = sea anemone; Kaye Lervick = beaded gold/blue fish; Linda Rheault = Peruvian aquatic fish; Ronit Florence = large red/blue beaded fish; Cheryl Lacy = 1 plant; Sue Smith = stone shell, real shells; Liz Thompson = starfish; Donna Markle = 2 lampwork fish; Jana Keogh = background; Zonia Zabala = 2 backgrounds; Heather Bernard = background; Lenny Mangold = background;  Jeanette Shanigan = aquarium, sewing together background pieces, plant, 2 driftwood fish stands, colored rock, organization, and finishing.

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