This is no ordinary box! This is an origami box and it's pretty cool!!! It's a funny story and kinda all happened so fast, but here's a little breakdown. Met a new friend on Facebook, have a lot in common, she joined a couple of the groups I'm in and in one of those groups someone posted their completed origami box and told me where she purchased it. Well, it had slipped my mind until Terry tells me she's going too have to purchase a pattern for herself. I went to Etsy to do so as well before I forgot again. Neither of us knew which pattern the other got, and we started working on them. She mentions she's doing silver and black, I laugh bc I am doing gold and black. She commented on the post and I lost it. 🤣🤣 Same pattern. Silver and gold!! 🤣🤣 These take approx 2 tubes of 2 colors once all is said and done, but i used a gold lined crystal and only 1 tube. Tried to figure colors and well, here's what I've got so far.

I’m going to be finishing and putting clasps on bracelets and putting bookmarks away. Tons of them around. Those are just a few examples but I literally have dozens of them. It’s like they are fun to start but I get so distracted. One is finally done. I think it will take weeks because I have drawers of them to finish with a clasp or closer of some sort.

Hi everyone! I’m back from a long vacation, and I missed my beads so much! 😄 I started creating this pattern before I left, and when I came back, I made it in three different color combos. The blue and white one was inspired by summer. The red and dark blue one was simply to see how these colors would work together. And the cream and fall-toned one was to try out the latest beads I purchased. The colors of the last one don’t show very well in the photos, but they are really beautiful in person. I also tried Picasso beads on the fringes to create a gradient effect, and I think they worked really well. What do you think? Which color combo would you choose?

I finished my flower chenille bracelet, the right one, and then I gathered up bracelets to be put away, 2 were in my purse and 1 in my office. You can definitely tell my favorite color!!! 😂 What are you working on this week?

Congratulations to @Rachelle LeRoy for winning the August Bead Challenge! Rachelle wins a bead box for her design! Thanks to everyone who participated, you all did a great job!