This is my new work, "the Iris Fairy" collar. The legend says, there was a beautiful goddess of rainbow - Iris. She walked on the rainbow, and where the rainbow fell, the flowers grew - and people called them irises.
I used rivoli Swarovski, Japanese beads, a beautiful charoite cabochon, and a metallic fairy pendant - a gift from the fellow beader)

I didn't expect that my works will be accepted! But here they are, in the Perlen Poesie contest! I guess I have no chance to win, but anyway, I do want it, and I'm already happy that I managed to take a part in such a contest))
http://perlen-poesie.de/en/node/197
http://perlen-poesie.de/en/node/196

I had a beautiful black rose made of carved obsidian, but it was so large and heavy that I didn't know what to do with it. But then I remembered that I had a pattern that I wanted to bead a long time ago, and so this collar appeared. Now this rose doesn't look heavy at all.

The spring has come at last. It's not that warm yet, but you can already feel it in the air... Like tiny butterflies waving their wings in the cool spring air, the wind blows..

I did my best to win in the Haute Couture Beading contest, but I guess I'll be lucky next time) Still I'm glad that my compatriot Olga Haserodt (now she lives in Germany but she was born in Russia) won - her work was very beautiful and original. By the way, I was very surprised that there was only 1 winner and so many prizes just for him - couldn't they make some honourable mention prizes?.. There were so many beautiful noticeable works, that were worth it.
A couple days ago I've finished a new collar. I'm not sure how to name it, my fantasy wanished:) I just call it "The Ruby Flower".

The time runs so fast.. I was going to take a part in Haute Couture Beading contest, to prepare a lot of works.. But all I could bead in time was this very collar. I called it "Ivory Dream"

And here is that haute couture dress that inspired me:
This wonderful dress has caught my eye at once. It's really hard to describe my feelings when I see this dress -
something light as a feather or a white cloud, soft and smooth as silk, glowing gently as a pearl, with accurate lines as spires of gothic churches... So I did my best to show my feelings and emotions in this collar.

Collar "Lotus from the Pandora Planet"

I think, this is the best work I have ever made. The "Avatar" is a very beautiful movie, and it inspired me to create this work. The flower is of my own design, like the one in the collar "Amethyst lotus".

I've almost forgot that I had a diary here:) The hot summer is almost over, and soon I'll have 2,5 months of practise at school. This year at the univercity will be the most difficult, as my friends say. I'll have to write a diploma and study at the same time. And at the end of the year, I'll have to pass the final exams, with the special comisssion. I'm so afraid of it!
I've beaded a lot of nice things during my summer holidays. Here they are:1. Pink glamour2. The water power

3. "Festival"

4. "Pink Grapefruit"

If only..

I started to think about my future... What will happen to me in couple of years? And in 5, 10, 20? I don't know anything about my future profession.. Of course, you may think that if I study to be an English and German teacher, I will definitely become a teacher. But I guess I've made a wrong choise when I entered this department.. What to do.. I can't leave it, because I have to study for one more year only, but I don't want to be a simple teacher.. I think I'm not ready for this job and I'll never be ready.. It's too complicated, noisy because of children, and nervous.. I always wanted to travel a lot, but I have a problem with my back - two years ago my spine was broken in a car crash.. For now it is all right, but it still hurts sometimes, when I have to sit or stand still for a long time, or to work in the garden.. If only I had such a job, that fitted me perfectly, but the problem is that I'm not sure what do I want to do after all.. Of course, I want to have a lot of time for my hobby, and to have a family with a loving husband, a couple of children and a big parrot.. But to be a simple housewife is not my choise also... I can't sit at home all the time, I need to have fun, to travel.. And nobody can give me a good piece of advice..
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I'm sick now, and have a couple of days to have a rest from my studies at the university, and of course, to bead something. As a result, I beaded a collar "Amethyst lotus" and started a new one, inspired by the "Avatar" movie. In these collars I used a new flower created all by myself, without any schemes, however I'm not sure whether someone has already made the similar before.. Anyway, here it is, "Amethyst lotus".

Sorrow

It is really sad when our relatives pass away... My grandmother died last Saturday. I can't believe it even now.. She will be buried this Wednesday.. She was very ill, and the doctors said in the hospital that it was a miracle that she was still alive. Now I have no grandparents at all. Firstly I coudn't feel anything and I didn't cry at all, and only today the tears came. I can't imagine that I won't see her again. I'm so afraid that I will burst into tears when I see her there in the coffin..
Maybe it will seem strange to someone, but I have beaded all this sad time. This collar is dedicated to my beloved grandmother.. I will always remember her. Here it is:
"My crystal dreams"

New pendants

Finally my practise at school is over. The children are so noisy and naughty! I'm tired of them. But now I have more than a month of free time - I can bead as much as I want. And here are my new works:
1. Pendant "Strawberry flowers"2. Pendant "Amethyst eyelashes"

Today I feel good, even very good... I have been ill for about three weeks, and now I can go to the university again. But today begins my weekend (as I have no lessons on Friday), and I have some spare time for beading. During my illness, I made two new beautiful green things:
1. Collar "Tears of the Elven princess"

2. Pendant "Green Eye".

I don't know why but now I'm in love with the green colour:)))