How to Join the BJP for 2014

If you'd like to participate in the Bead Journal Project during 2014, please check this page for information about how to join.

We hope to have a comfortable sized group of participant from around the world to start in January of 2014.

Beady blessings,

Robin Atkins, BJP founder

I´m late, I´m late....

the pieces of my project are ready for a while and now I sew it together to one picture. 

one last assembage

I have brought all my 2011 BJP's together.
you can see them here
as this was my first year in the BJP i am rather proud of myself for having finished all 12 pieces.
thank you all for the encouragement over the last year.

Flora Goodson

AKA: Mommabear

Almost Done!

Here it is, the last day of 2011, and I have eleven of my twelve ATC's for this year's BJP done. I have the plans for number 12 in my head and, with a little luck, will have it completed today or tomorrow. Woohoo!


I've created a separate page on my blog for the ATC's I've made for the 2011 bead journal project. I haven't been very good about posting them as they were finished throughout the year but now you can see them all in one visit. Well, all except the last one. ;- ) I'll add it as soon as I can after I get it done. In the meantime, Happy New Year everyone!

Magpie Sue

The BJP 2012 is Ready

Hi everyone. Here is the moment you have waited for!! The 2012 BJP blog can be found HERE.

If you have registered for the next year, I have sent an invitation to you today.  Please respond as soon as possible so you will be able to post when you are ready.  I'd also like to ask you to visit the blog and make sure your name is spelled correctly and if you have a blog the link works correctly.  If you have any questions or concerns, please contact me.

Let the beading begin!!

Registration update.

There seems to be some confusion about the process of registering for the 2012 BJP. To send in your information, you must copy and paste the list of questions to an e-mail and send it to: beadjournalreg11@gmail.com You will not be notified of the receipt of your information until AFTER December 10th when registration closes. If I have not gotten your information when it closes, do not panic. I will work with you! Please be patient. Carol and I are doing our best. It wont be long now until you receive your invitation to post on the blogs, which is also your confirmation that you are in! Thanks! I hope this clears things up a bit. Tracey

PS. Forgive my lack of posting, I am going through a family crisis at the moment. Thank you!

this is my last piece for this years BJP A tree called life.
as you can see it's not finished yet it was supposed to be for august but I got so dreadfully behind on it I had to push it back until now.

it's also been the most technically challenging for me and so i keep putting it down in frustration!
on top of that it still doesn't look right to me, and I can't figure out how to "fix" it.
oh well, this was supposed to stretch my abilities and it has!

Last Spirit Doll this year!

Now on my Pinelands Treasures blog, my "Elvis Spirit Doll". It was loads of fun to make! Happy holidays to all. - Barbara

2012 Bead Journal Project Update

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving! The first week of Registration for the 2012 Bead Journal Project has come to a close. As of today, Sunday November 27th we have 28 people registered. This includes 19 different States and 3 Countries! I will post an update every Sunday until Registration closes December 10th. Have a great week and get busy making your plans for the 2012 BJP! Tracey

July Finished! Count me IN!

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Hi Everyone!

Huge thanks to Tracey N, our Mama Angel for 2012! Without her, there wouldn't be a BJP next year! I have registered and am really looking forward to another year of monthly bead journal commitment!

I'm loving the pieces I've made so far this year and am looking forward to quilting them together. Because of focusing almost all of my attention on my new book, due to be released next fall, I'm a behinder this year. I recently finished July and August. I just posted July's piece (see detail above) on my blog, here.

May you all have a terrific holiday season... many blessings,

Robin A.

Well, I'm Gonna Try Again!

Last year, I didn't finish but one object...and it took me ten months with my crazy life! But, it is done...and I learned a valuable lesson...don't GO BIG or you might go home! Ha! So, this year...I'm shooting for smaller is better! Here's my one and only 2011 completion!

I'm Just Saying "No" to 2012 BJP...

I'm not signing up for BJP 2012. All this year I did exactly ONE PIECE. When and if my life ever gets straightened out (unlikely, the way I'm living it) I'll maybe drop back in at some point. I wish everyone well who is (or is not) continuing on with this, and THANKS for the support and continued inspiration.

Reminder!

Just a reminder to everyone, Registration starts tomorrow November 21 through December 10th for the 2012 BJP. I hope to see you all next year!

Send the following information to: Tracey beadjournalreg11@gmail.com

In order to be sure your registration is processed, when you send your request, please include answers to the following questions:

Your full name, first and last.
Your web name or alias, if you have one.
Your email address. Please give us your “best” email address, one that is not likely to change during the year and one that you check frequently. (Note: we don’t contact you very often.)
Your home address.
Your telephone number.
Do you have a website? Y/N – If yes, what is the URL?
Do you have a blog? Y/N – If yes, what is the URL?
Were you a registered participant in any other Bead Journal Project? Y/N - If yes did you complete the project for the year? Y/N
If you are a new participant, where did you hear about the 2012 BJP?

Please don't think that you cannot participate if you didn't finish previous years projects. Thank you for honoring the process. We're all excited to be able to participate another year and want to ensure the process is efficient and smooth for everyone!

November done!

Did I even do October? it's been so long I don't remember!

oops! No I didn't, OK so here is Octobers!)

"I call it "a mind can hide"

this one? not much! there are more detail pictures and you can see them here

Registration for the 2012 Bead Journal Project

Registration for 2012 BJP begins November 21st through December 10th.

It’s wonderful that everyone is eager to join the BJP for another year! However, to ensure we are all set-up and ready to operate smoothly, please wait until the official registration date of November 21st to send in your registration request! Beginning Monday, November 21st, you can send a request to Tracey beadjournalreg11@gmail.com for registration.

In order to be sure your registration is processed, when you send your request, please include answers to the following questions:

Your full name, first and last.
Your web name or alias, if you have one.
Your email address. Please give us your “best” email address, one that is not likely to change during the year and one that you check frequently. (Note: we don’t contact you very often.)
Your home address.
Your telephone number.
Do you have a website? Y/N – If yes, what is the URL?
Do you have a blog? Y/N – If yes, what is the URL?
Were you a registered participant in any other Bead Journal Project? Y/N - If yes did you complete the project for the year? Y/N
If you are a new participant, where did you hear about the 2012 BJP?

Please don't think that you cannot participate if you didn't finish previous years projects. Thank you for honoring the process. We're all excited to be able to participate another year and want to ensure the process is efficient and smooth for everyone!

2012 Bead Journal Project

Hi everyone! It looks like the 2012 Bead Journal Project is a go! I think it will be a much smaller version, but in my opinion, that is a good thing. It will allow us to be a tighter community, a more supportive community, and will be much easier to closely follow each others accomplishments. I am pleased to announce I will be the "Mama Angel" this year, and will also handle registrations unless someone else steps forward to volunteer. I will be contacting other angels later today to iron out details, so look for more information very soon! I am excited for the new year of the Bead Journal Project. I hope you will join me on this adventure!

Where Are You, Mama Angel???

So far
twenty of you
said YES
to begin again in Jan!

A few want to
start later.
Only one said No.

Well, those are encouraging poll results! Not a big group, maybe, but seems like it would be a dedicated group. I say, let's do it!

Bravo to a few of you who said you'd be willing to help out! Carol, who set up the blogs last year, is willing to do it again. Tracy, I think, will help too. Now, what we really need is a Mama Angel to glue us all together, somebody who has time and energy to keep up with the member blogs and the BJP blog... posting, encouraging, assigning tasks, fixing problems... most of all encouraging. Where are you, Mama Angel? Please email me (robin at robinatkins dot com) if you can run the BJP for 2012.

Meanwhile, blessings to all, thanks for responding to the polls, hope to see you here next year!

xxxooo
Robin

..oops..erasing a blog i posted here by accident.

This Year & Next

I'm pleased and proud to say that I am more up to date with my Bead Journal Project this year than I have been in any previous year. I was all caught up as of August. For September I want to honor one of my maternal aunts who passed away that month. I'm waiting to see what little thing of hers I might be able to use on an ATC. The foundation has been set up for October's ATC.

While I've been plodding right along on my BJP, for some reason I haven't been that active on the group blogs. At times I've been too immersed in my primary artistic endeavor, quilt making. At other times I wasn't creating anything at all. Instead of seeking out inspiration from other beaders I was binge reading novels (not to be confused with literature!). In spite of my rather low key participation this year I wholeheartedly support continuing the BJP as a group effort. There is a camaraderie, a fellowship, that comes from a group like this. It's there to tap into if we need or want it but doesn't overwhelm or intrude unless we let it. Whether or not the Bead Journal Project hangs together as an official group I intend to keep making beaded treasures to record and document my life's journey. I enjoy bead embellishment too much to stop!

Magpie Sue

What About Next Year????

The year 2011 has whizzed by, hasn't it? I'm still working on my August piece, with September and October also started. Even though I'm writing a new book and my beading time is somewhat limited, I'm still planning to finish the year's projects and then stitch them into a wall hanging/quilt.

However, it's time to think ahead to 2012...

Do we want to continue the BJP? If so, do we want to make any changes in how it runs? I just added a poll to the side bar. Please "vote" your interest or lack thereof in continuing. If you have comments, please write them in a post.Thanks!!!

Beady blessings to everyone!
Robin A