Mys Arbeada - mystical beadings by Arvita

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For L as she builds her new nest. 

 

             

For S who traveled to New Zealand and Australia and passionately worked with Green Peace.

 

                        

             For E from the Wind Clan of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, to celebrate their heritage and creativity in the theatre arts.

 

 

    

For Pastor H, who has spent many years sharing her compassion with those behind bars.  April 2015

 

 

          

For M who is about to become the best teacher in the world and an excellent singer  Nov 2014

      

For A on her big day.  Aug 2014

 

      

For S on her retirement.  She can now enjoy more of her book club and wine tasting,

somehow I believe that one is a cover for the other.   June 2014

        

A cedar tree for Cedar who also loves the baby chickens on the farm.  May  2014

 

                

For S who wanted a branch for her eagle to land on.  Aug 2013

  

            

For my wonderful friend G. who was recently married in Hawaii Aug 2013

 

      

For Tec Tec Nai,  who loves nature and sharing it with all the children she meets. May 2013

 

 

           

For S, who sounds like an angel in the church choir and is of the generation that remembers the "real" curling brooms. Feb/13

     

For J, whose dancing has always moved me. Oct 2012

 

     

For K who uses her eye surgery skills to help out the Fred Hollows foundation  in Australia and around the world.  May/12

 

 

       

An Aspen grove for sweet Aspen who slept through most of our sailing trip.  May/12

 

 

       

       For M.who is awesome in character and in self, and blossoming into a wonderful young woman.      Dec/11

 

      

For my favourite artist, Kaviya - you go girl! June/10

 

   

A brook for A. - the daughter we never had - on her special day.  June/10

  

     

For S who is conquering the Seven Seas one sailing trip at a time.  Jan/10

 

       

For M,  Delicate Arch from Arches National Park, where our traveling paths met,

and one of the many elk that winter in her back yard.  Jan /10

 

      

For my own dear Elizabeth, her graduation dress and the hat to go with it.  Congratulations! June/09

 

 

 

          

For G, who has the clearest healing aura and uses her druming and singing to transport spirit to another plane. June/09

 

          

For E, who reminds us to keep working for the grandchildren and the medicine wheel that makes her world go around. June/09

 

          

For Ross Laird, an amazing group facilitator and mentor.  Austras koks so he can learn more mythology. June/09

 

            

For V, who has learned that there are no bounds to her love and the strength that she has gained from this. June/09

 

 

 

      

For Elizabeth who keeps getting curiouser and curiouser,
based on pictures from the books by H. A. Rey.
     Try kid’s pony bead patterns with delicas, just way too cute.

 

                

For F who is spending her year nursing and biking in the sands of Saudi Arabia. April 09

 

            

A  flower for V, may it bring her luck in her search for LOVE.   April/09

 

 

          

For L, now's the time for travel, fun and games. April/09

 

      

For S, may her enterprises bring success and sunflowers bloom in her heart.
(Logo from her Timberline Market, and sunflowers from the market door.) Dec/08

 

              

For Carli, who has wonderful Thai dreams, and takes beautiful pictures of them. Dec/08

 

        

For Valerie Markell, whose gently powerful voice and clear guitar notes add up to the most beautiful rendition ever of
"The Water is wide." Nov/08

             

For J, so that she can always remember the things that she loves to do and take comfort in them. Nov/08

 

       

Pour S, for her gentle manner and nurturing compassion. Merci! Oct/08

 

  

A mandala for W, who always manages to find peaceful calm, even in life's biggest storms. Sept/08

 

   

  For C, for her support and acceptance. April/06

 

     

     A map for F, who is off to find herself, I know that everything will fit wonderfully into place.  April/08

         

                                     For J on the birth of her son,                                    and the rest of the family

(The front is based on a bag found on the web, but unable to find it again. If you recognize it, let me know.)

 

   

For Jaine, from a watercolour painted by her artist daughter Kaviya.

 

         

For P, who is lending a helping hand in Africa.  Idea for the hands taken from the web. Unable to refind it. March/07

 

         

 For Joanie who has the most welcoming  front entrance to her loving home,
and enjoys canoeing in Desolation Sound.

 

       

   For Mara of "Marks in Lace", her favourite hiking spot - Elfin Lakes and the boots she uses to get there. 

  

       

For N, who loves to make music and loves to paint and can fix any boo-boo with her bandaids and love.  

    

For Y, who is off to Ethiopia to be united with her daughter, whose name means gift, and bring her home.   April/08

 

   

For Suzy, who works during the day in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside,
and in her spare time devotes herself to the sunflower organization "Turn to the Sun"
helping  HIV/AIDS impacted families in Africa. May/08

 

     

For T who battles dragons with confidence and successfully graduated with her Master's Degree. Aug/08 

 

 

 

 

 

       

  A handbag for N, the queen of handbags, who was our guiding light throughout the  Naomi study.   June/08

 

        

For A, who works hard keeping us in line and in time.  Based on an amulet bag on the web,  Oh yeah, that is my bag .....    June/08

               

                                The original r bag.                 Repairs made after the accident.

                 

“Take 2” for r, after the original bag was stolen. (Can you imagine what stealing an amulet bag does to your Karma?)
The essence of the original bag remains in the remake.

          

For B, given to her with a CD of Eric Bogle’s “One Small Star.”    

                  

For the generous, caring lady from behind the white gate, who offered me coffee and shelter.

               

For M+I, their beloved Daisy.

 

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