I like coming up with names for my pieces that have some kind of meaning, and I was trying to think of a name for this bead crochet lariat as we crossed over the mountains separating North Carolina and Tennessee. And then I began thinking about the journey these beads had taken...
This is just the part of the journey I know:
- The beads are Czech glass (picasso beads), so they began their lives somewhere in Czechoslovakia.
- I purchased them from a wonderful Etsy seller named Shannon Ferguson (aka beadsandbabble), and she lives in California.
- Shannon shipped them to me, so they wound up in North Carolina (not sure how many states they traversed as they made their way here).
- And then they traveled with me on my trip to London, Kentucky... out of North Carolina, across Tennessee, and into Kentucky.
And that's just the seed beads! I have no idea where the little ceramic cubes I used for the fringes originated.
But this piece, which I have named "Over the Mountains," is well traveled. :-)
Where have your beads been?
4 comments:
What a great name for your piece! =)
I have often thought about that. Seems my beads are more well-traveled than I am!
When we traveled in our motorhome, my beads traveled from the tip of Florida to the Arctic Circle in Alaska! Fun to think of them in that light.
I love working with beads from all over the world. It is great thinking about the beads being made by a tribe in Africa or Thailand and then creating something with them. Handmade are my favorites!
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