A Huge Happy Dance

Hi everyone!  I'm back from my first week of holidays, well actually I've been back since Friday.  I haven't blogged because I've been spending a little bit of time with Todd, it was his Birthday on Friday... and I've been beading, and beading, and beading!

The result of all of this beading????

Celestial Dragon

c2001 Teresa Wentzler/Leisure Arts

Stitched on 28ct Forget-Me-Not Blue Joblean

Stitched with DMC cotton, Kreinik braid & blending filament, Mill Hill Beads

The Chinese characters are : top left - happiness, top right - longevity, bottom left - virtue, bottom right - wisdom

Here's a closeup that shows a bunch of details, like the scales, the netting and beads, and couching.

I started this originally back in probably 2001 as a New Year's project, then I ignored it for a very long time!  This year I decided it was time to actually get moving with this project.  I started seriously working on it back in March of this year.  So in the space of 5 months I've finished up this piece and I'm soooo happy with it!

I'm heading off to Quebec City tomorrow, but I will have Internet access so I hope to catch you up on the happenings and pictures from my first week of holidays.