March BJP - Life is magically delicious...

March makes me think of wind, bare trees and mud up here in northern Wisconsin.  We don't really see a real sign of spring until April or later and this year who knows when we'll see any signs of good weather?  

There's also St. Patrick's Day and that whole thing with rainbows
and a pot of gold and 4-leaf clovers.... So this month I am naming
"Life is magically delicious." 

These days I feel that is very true, it seems life is turning around and rainbows are spewing out golden coins.   I've just felt good and
life is good and even though life has its ups and downs,
I can better see the rainbows.

 Plus I really like Lucky Charms cereal.  LOL. 

The tree on this BJP I first put in with embroidery and then beaded over it.  The rainbow was laid in kind of freeform and the "clover" is embroidered French knots sprinkled with golden "coins." 





here is my February "jeweled" BJP piece.   This one is dedicated to one of my grandmothers.  Her birthday was on February 15th.  She was a tiny woman who probably never weighed more than 95 to 100 pounds and wore a girdle till the day she died.   She liked small things, probably because was so small, and was very artsy.  She liked "crafty" things, and she could
draw and paint very well.   She loved fairy tales, butterflies, birds and flowers.  My grandparents were married for over 60 years and lived in the same house their entire married life.  It was a lovely little house that was sparkly clean and had a wonderful north-facing sunroom where my grandma had tons of houseplants and African violets.  Now I remember where I got my love of houseplants from.  LOL.   My brother and I were her only grandchildren, and I'm sure the sun rose and set on us in her eyes.  When my grandpa died I remember her saying to him at the funeral "see you soon," which filled everyone's eyes with tears, but she held on several more years until my daughter was born and she saw her first and only great-grandchild.

 Anyway, this BJP piece has a "family" pin in it of hers, which had my grandparent's birthstones, my parents, my brother's and mine.  We have a very small family, so the rest of the stones were clear.    There is also a tiny butterfly earring because I lost the matching one, and a little bird pin on one of the pewter branches.    the other pic, obviously, is January and February together in the display box.

and here is March's jeweled BJP - dedicated to my mom.  Her birthday is in March along with various other family members.  What can one say about one's mom???  She is the one person who is ALWAYS there for me, loves me unconditionally and I'm probably wayyyy more like her than I know.  

This is probably one of the only "blingy" bits of jewelry she has.  I love this pin and I'm pretty sure there were earrings that went with it at one time.  The jewels shine a million colors, but I just added bits of it.  Love you, mom.  






And here is one more thing I found in the midst of my straightening, cleaning and organizing spree this morning.  I believe I originally made it for the last BJP I was part of, because it's the same size as I'm doing now, but no date on it.  It was mounted on a card and had this written:

"If I let you look into the window of my soul,

Will you see with jaded eye yet wisely leave me whole?"


If you are interested, my brother did an update to his blog with a snowy hike in New Mexico on New Years Day, some very pretty pics.

Thanks for reading!