Rickshawgirl and message of hope

Yesterday we went to see a play in Berkeley, The Rickshawgirl.  I know the writer Mitali Perkins as her parents are also Bengali speaking and our friends.  I was very proud to see what a wonderful story Mitali has written about a girl and her family in Bangladesh, the rickshaw puller's family.  There are many things in this story, but a most importantly, a message of hope.

The play was superb too and Sonali Bhattacharya's live song with the live music gave it a different dimension.

Mitali Perkins, the author will be present to sign the book next Sunday.

There are many organizations perhaps that are supporting women's endeavor to be self supporting, especially in underdeveloped nations.  Two of them I really like.

Women For Women

KIVA foundation where you can loan money to a needy person .  See how it works.

Bead Peep Blog Hop 2016

What fun I had in this Beed Peep  blog hop!

On this lovely Sunday morning, today ( May 8)  I opened my package one more time that my partner Andrea Glick sent me.  There were lots of lovely things, but for today I  am choosing  the lovely  hand made lamp work focal ( by Marcia Seever of Shazazz Glass) to work with.

Andrea sent me lots of these lovely things.  Sorry this picture did  not  do much justice. I'll show later  the pieces I chose for today's project. In Andrea's stack there were some cool Greek beads and lovely pink swarovski, rose quartz and czech glass rondelles that I plan to attack soon another quiet morning.

This was a great opportunity to ask myself  what I love most in making jewelry.  And I found that in terms of colors, I like them all. I have no  particular color that I absolutely hate.  It depends on the shade sometimes.  For that reason I love to work with Polymer clay where I mix different colors and experiment.  I  am just beginning to understand the importance of negative space regarding colors and design.

I work with wire a lot and wish I had more time to play with that technique.

I also work in the area of wire knitting and that comes easy for me.  I integrate gemstones, crystals, precious metals or not-so-precious all to experiment.

Some times I like just good old stringing and today I am  in the mood for that.  Nothing complicated just let the lamp bead say what it wants to...

Handmade Lamp Bead

 and I chose the  the  hemalite, (not  hematite) string of beads.  To accent,  I added  red and white accent tube beads from her stash.  Here  is a necklace that I came up.

I think I am going to keep it for me.  It will go lovely with many things I wear.  I could not resist showing off the sterling silver clasp she sent.  I am not sure if Andrea made it herself.  It is just darling.  Thank you Andrea.  So I put it at the side.  The necklace is 24 inches in length.  I could just slip it over my head and not bother opening the clasp.  It is just for show!

Andrea sent me some nice  pink swarovski and jet black  beads from Greece but for today I chose these.

This is what I sent to Andrea:

Please check the other wonderful participants of this blog hop and see what they made.
Here is the list of the other participants:

It was fun for  me taking part in it.  Thank you Linda Anderson for hosting it.

Linda Anderson - Hostess - http://fromTheBeadBoard.blogspot.com
Linda	Anderson	http://fromTheBeadBoard.blogspot.com
Natalie	Davidson	http://www.northshoredays.com
Marcy	Lamberson	http://www.studiomarcy.blogspot.com
Kathy	Lindemer	http://bay-moon-design.blogspot.com/
Dita	Basu	Http://www.alankarshilpa.blogspot.com
Andrea	Glick	http://zenithjade.blogspot.com/
Kristina	Peck	http://tealeavesandtinyhats.blogspot.com/
Shai	Williams	http://www.shaihasramblings.com/
Catherine	La Vite	http://www.drygulchbeadsandjewelry.blogspot.com/
Christina	Hickman	http://vintagetreasuresjewelry.blogspot.com/
gloria	allen	http://wingsandbeads.blogspot.com
Teresa	Schurter	http://treezstreazurs.com/
Maria Rosa	Sharrow	http://willowstreetshops.blogspot.com
Susan	Kelly	http://mimismilesdesigns.blogspot.com
Jenny	Kyrlach	http://anafiassa.blogspot.com/
Michelle	McCarthy	http://www.fireflydesignstudio.blogspot.com
Terry Jeanette	Carter	http://tappingflamingo.blogspot.com
Lee	Koopman	http://stregajewellry.wordpress.com
Laurie	Vyselaar	https://lefthandjewelry.wordpress.com
Marianne	Baxter	http://simplyseablimejewelry.blogspot.com
Divya	N	http://www.jewelsofsayuri.com
Kelly	Hosford Patterson	http://travelingsideshow.blogspot.com/
Johana	Nunez	http://www.artincendi.com
Kari	Asbury	http://hippiechickjewelrydesign.com/blog
ROBIN	REED	http://www.willowdragon.blogspot.com
Kristina	Hahn Eleniak	http://www.peacockandlime.wordpress.com
Robin Lynne	Showstack	http://heartsdesiresjewelryforyou.blogspot.com/
Rosantia	Petkova	http://bairozan.blogspot.com/
Claire	Fabian	http://saraccino.blogspot.de/
Inge	von Roos	https://ingetraud.wordpress.com
Rachel	Mallis	http://mintmonarch.com
Sam	Waghron	http://palemooncreation.blogspot.co.uk
Lori	Schneider	http://beadaddicted.blogspot.com
Fay	Wolfenden	http://torchfairy.blogspot.com
SEEDERS
Suse	Stelljes	http://pearlify.blogspot.de
Ginger	Bishop	http://www.lilmummylikes.blogspot.com
Nelly	May	http://www.smellynelly.blogspot.com
REbecca	White	http://morganafeycreations.121hub.com/
sheila	Prosterman	http://catswithbeads.blogspot.com
Marianne	Baxter	http://simplyseablimejewelry.blogspot.com
PALLAVI	ASHER	http://kalaabhushan.blogspot.in/
Krafty	Max	http://kraftymax.net
Renetha	Stanziano	http://lamplightcrafts.blogspot.com/
Becky	Pancake	http://beckypancakebeaddesigns.blogspot.com
Katy	Heider	http://onthepondcreations.blogspot.com/
Deborah	Apodaca	http://deborahapodacadesigns.blogspot.com/
Heather	Richter	http://desertjewelrydesigns.blogspot.com/
Tami	Norris	https://tamisdesigns.wordpress.com
Brandy	Scozzari	http://bhjewelry.wordpress.com
Catherine	King	http://catherines-musings.blogspot.com
Kathleen	Breeding	https://www.facebook.com/99BOBOTW/
Veralynne	Malone	http://veradesigns.blogspot.com
Bobbie	Rafferty	http://beadsong.blogspot.com
Lori	Blanchard	http://alainnjewelry.wordpress.com

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