It’s been a busy week of beading. Beading is an absolute awesome way to center your mind and focus your attention. When beading all I can do is the one thing, well of course I usually put on some background music so I do listen to music. It’s a blessing to be able to do this art. The journey started for me a little more than 30 years ago.
This is the beadwork work in progress I showed you last week. It started with a Thunderbird. I put the beaded Thunderbird on a small leather pouch.
This amulet bag would be perfect for a special stone, crystal , medicine or keepsake. There are as many uses for these kinds of bags.
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My work in progress this week is a beaded rainbow turtle. I have finished the turtle and am working on the bag. The bag is also going to have linear beadwork down the sides. Coming soon! 🙂 Here is a picture of the turtle.
The beginning of a work in progress beaded Thunderbird bag.
Beaded Thunderbird by Thunder Rose Leather
This is the beginning of a work in progress beaded medicine pouch. I just finished this and love the way it turned out. It’s going to look cool on the saddle tan leather bag I make. I will show that finished work later on.
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Another beaded favorite that I finished up is this beaded medicine bag that is ready to ship on our website.
This small necklace amulet bag is beaded directly to the leather. You can find it on our website thunderroseleather.com
New ready to ship bags. These leather pouches are ready to ship. We have some fringed, some with burned animal totems and beaded pouches . Each is unique in it’s own way.
We have a variety of leather handbags ready to ship out today and there is still time to receive them before Christmas. Come by and shop our ready to ship sections on Etsy THUNDER ROSE LEATHER.
For a limited time we are having a 20% off sale. No coupon code needed.
I created a different beaded rosette this week and love the way it turned out. First I got all the beads and stones I wanted to use . As you can see I started off with a simple yet elegant turquoise stone cabochon. Around the turquoise I added some glass fire polish beads in a turquoise green color that went with the turquoise cab. From there it was some of my favorite colors of glass seed beads that I thought would look real pretty in this colorful sunflower.
Once I had the rosette done I decided what color of leather this beaded rosette would look good on.
We have a variety of hides in the shop so I take the beaded rosette off to the leather shelf and start pulling hides down. This time I picked a wonderful mahogany color hide. It is one of my favorite colors. It reminds me of the red rocks in Sedona.
Now it’s time to decide what kind of bag do I want to make. This time I decided to do one of our favorites which is a simple fringed handbag. It’s great for a phone and a few other items. It’s also a great place to keep a special journal.
We cut out the bag, lace it up and now it’s time for the beaded rosette to be added. I glue it down then I sew it down. Then I lace around the rosette giving it a beautiful extra dimension. As you can see in the picture.
Good morning friends. Today I would like to share a few of our ready to ship medicine bags. We have medicine bags, handbags and some baby moccasins that are ready to go for your Christmas shopping.
This is a busy time of year and a lot of our items are made to order so we try to have a few items for our last minute shoppers. Be sure to check out our ready to ship collection on our websites.
A fringed medicine bag with a carved bear paw antler tip closure that measures approximately 5 inches tall x 4 inches wide and has a 29 inch braided neck strap. This bag is made of soft saddle tan leather and is decorated with beautiful green glass crow beads. It has tied fringe down both sides of the bag. $38.
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beaded palomino medicine bag.
A beaded leather medicine bag that is made in soft buckskin leather. This small leather pouch measures approximately 3 inches tall x 2 inches wide and has a 36 inch neck strap. There are 3 beaded chevrons on the front of the bag and it is decorated with a dark blue glass crow bead.
This small leather necklace bag is perfect for a special stone, crystal or your favorites medicines. $15.
A white fringed medicine pouch that measures approximately 4 inches tall x 3 inches wide and has a 28 inch braided neck strap.We decorated some of the fringes with dark blue glass tile beads. This white leather medicine bag with fringe has an antler tip closure. This amulet bag is made in soft white leather. $30.00
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A beaded medicine bag
A beaded leather medicine bag that is beaded in rainbow colors on soft palomino buckskin leather. This small leather pouch is decorated with a red glass crow bead. $9.00
Good morning! My blog has a new look. I found out that my old theme was going out so I had to decide what theme to use. It’s not that easy to pick one. Long story short, tada! Hopefully when I publish all will look great. In the world of computers there are always changes to keep up with. Just like life……. 🙂
A while back I posted on our facebook page a beaded turtle work in progress picture. I have finished the beaded turtle and made a tote for it to live on. That is what I would like to show you today. All the pictures have a link back to this bag.
This bag has recently SOLD. If you would like a custom beaded bag contact us here Thunder Rose Leather This leather tote is all hand stitched. It all started with a work in progress turtle. See the pic below.
Fringed leather tote with beaded turtle
leather tote with beaded turtle totem
leather tote with beaded turtle totem
The beaded turtle has a beautiful turquoise cabochon in the center as a focal point. The beads next to the turquoise cabochon are fire polish glass beads I purchased from Janice at Flutterbye Bead Supply on Etsy. The seed beads are size 11 and I sell them in our bead and leather supply store Thunder Rose Supplies.
Work in progress beaded turtle totem.
It all started right here .
Measurements on this tote are 10 inches tall x 10 inches wide x 2 3/4 inches deep. It has an extra pocket inside. This leather tote makes a great everyday bag. I carry one this size and love it.
inside the tote
As you can see there is a lot of room. I wear mine crossbody and I find it very easy to open and close with the antler tip closure. It is very easy and convenient to get in and out of and the antler tip closure is very secure.
This beaded leather tote is waiting for it’s new home.
