I have had my March BJP page finished since the last week in March but hadn't taken the pictures... so today is the day....

This is the teaser I placed on the BJP Blog

And here is the full page

And a close up... butterflies, leaves, all in shades and  hues of spring.  The page was truly done in Faith...the spring weather in Ohio has been colder than usual and I didn't have a living green sprout in the woods for inspiration.

I haven't started my April page, I have been pondering what I want to say about April and I have been unable to arrive at a concrete design plan. I know I want to use a face or maybe two on this page and have even made the faces from clay.

The ones on the right are baked and the ones on the left are air dry paper. The paper ones are light as air. I'm thinking the small faces will be flower centers, I will need to make a real plan soon or I will be behind again.....

I did finished a cuff  bracelet I started several months ago.....

The foundation is ultra suade.... I couldn't decide if I should fill in around the leaves, so just let it wait around for inspiration, I liked it the way it was so I finished it off. I don't have any clothing in those colors, but that hasn't stopped me from wearing it.

Thisnext picture is a bracelet that has been a work in progress since I purchased the polished stones several months ago. I collected a mountain of delicas and seed beads that I thought would look good then one by one eliminated all but a few greens and purples..... I still have two small stones for the right side to finish then I will need to shop for a sturdy clasp.

Lovely page, Sue. Have heart -- spring just has to come sooner or later in Ohio . . .


Kathy V in NM

Great page Sue, sorry your weather hasn't Springed up yet.

Beadily yours
Susan
Night Beader

Really nice page. It's light and clear feeling like fresh spring leaves are. Yes, sometimes you just have to have faith spring will come!

I love the way your bracelet is turning out too. The color choices you made look just right!:)

I've never tried the paper clay, sue...it looks like it makes a good impression....I use acrylic paints and pearl-ex powders to color my polymer clay faces.:)

I totally agree about having to have faith that spring will come, and it is, finally, just this past week green is sprouting up all over!

You captured spring anyway on your page. I love the faith cabochon, did you make that also?
Also I really like the new bracelet you are working on, love those colors.

Isn't it just the grandest thing that there are so many different shades of green? I notice it in nature, in glass (beads, what else?) and in paint. You've put them all together in such a pleasing way. Faith? Right about now, it seems more like hope. But your spring will arrive!