Tuesday, April 1, 2008

Spring in the Air

I am late with the BJP, therefore, I am posting the March project until mid-April and will post April’s project the second half of April. From therein I will be on track until June.

We are eleven days into spring today. Although the tree standing in front of my apartment window has not started budding, spring is in the air. It is almost time to don heavyweight winter things and bring in the lightweight spring things. Spring’s gentle and sometimes strong breeze sways or waves my sheer curtains across my futon and its breeze permeates my apartment with its fresh clean scent.

The green and white beads and the cutting from an overgrown philodendron plant seemed fitting for a short spring post. The beads green, yellow and white colors reminded me of olives and shiny granny smith apples purchased at a local grower or a farmer’s market and ready to be made into an apple pie with a homemade golden pie crust.

Things associated with the color green are restfulness, a part of growth, and a sign of harvest for efforts well done. Green is good for money-related symbolism, anything pertaining to nature, luck, fertility, confidence, healing, and hope.

Bead shapes and colors conjure up feelings, images, and story telling and is a wonderful way to express your immediate and distant surroundings.

HAPPY SPRING BEADING!!!