RoseBead

I spent the last few weeks working on this custom graduation stole and matching earrings, and I'm so excited for the soon to be graduate to receive it!

This project took many hours, created many new calluses, and challenged me in so many ways; I'm honored to have been asked to create such an important piece.

Psst.

We're live on the website but not advertised outside of followers yet 😉

Looking for something to carry your books in?

We're gonna have something for you real soon.

Hey friends. I've missed you!

Been dealing with some health stuff over the last month, and one of the super fun impacts of that was losing my fine motor skills for about 10 days - so no beading.

But my hands and my health are back in check, and I'm looking forward to getting some custom orders finished up this month.

Before I do that, I'll be posting a super small drop of some items I finished up just before I got sick. Those items do NOT include this bag.

No. This bag has already been ripped apart and remade. You'll see the revised version of it soon ☺️

I'm showing you this bag because it has a great story: after I made it, I knew it was not a quality I would be willing to sell. I looked at my 10 year old and said "hey, AnnaRose, you want this bag I made?" Thinking she'd be stoked

She took it, turned it over, looked me dead in the eye, and said, "This is too small. It's useless to me." 🤣

I promise, it's no longer useless.

Today is Louis Riel Day here in Manitoba. In my house, we call it Métis Day because today we celebrate what it means to be Métis. Today I'll get to remind my kids that they come from generations of strength, determination, resilience, and resistance. We are built from strength and love, it's in our blood and our spirits.

Today, I encourage anyone who reads this post to support a Métis business in whatever way you are able. Spend money (if you can), like a post, share, find a new Métis business and start following them.

I've had to pack up my beading stuff for the last week due to a virus making its rounds in my house (I won't touch my beadwork when anyone in the house is sick).

So, while we wait for this virus to finish up its tour and leave, allow me to introduce you to my crafting partner, Nightshade, and his sister Salem.

We found these babies and their siblings in a box of garbage in our garage mere hours after they were born. Our local rescue suggested that we keep an eye on them and feed mama until they were at least a few weeks old, as their mama was feral and they were too young to have a good chance of survival if they were taken from her.

A week later, their mama got scared and left them and didn't come back, so - after watching our security camera and waiting for mama for 6 hours - we made the decision to take them into the Humane Society. They were "adopted" by a nursing mama cat, and all four babies thrived.

Once they were old enough to be adopted, we brought Nightshade and Salem home.

They're my babies, and I adore them. And they adore getting all up in my beadwork and crafting.

I did it. I made the thing my hands and heart have been desperate to create.

It is imperfect, just like me. It is full of love and creativity, just like I try to be. It is a piece of me that begged to be given form.

It is also a bag. With a flap. And a pocket.

The beadwork is my New Years piece. Every December 31, I begin a beading project to carry over into the new year. I will not work on any other projects until it's completed. It's my way of remembering to carry the love, beauty, and growth of the past year with me.

This is not yet for sale, as I'm currently stumped on how to price it. I just needed to share because this one - this labour of love - fills me with so much joy I can't contain it.

Use code FebSave10 for 10% off online orders $50 or more until February 14th.

Oh no! I just dropped a whole bunch of hearts!

Head to link in my bio or DM me to pick them up! Fcfs

I'll be sharing my heart(s) with you later today.

Psst. I've got a pair of interchangeable fringe earrings for you.

Link in bio

Beading what brings me joy over the last year has meant I've been doing a lot fewer earrings, and a lot more projects that I didn't really know what they would become.

I'm really excited to share what this became later this week.

Oh hey friends!

I've been quiet for nearly a year now, with only a few posts. I've been beading away, and trying to decide how I want to proceed with this page.

I don't ever want beading to feel like a job or a chore for me. Beading is something I do for my own wellness. To relax, center myself, and feel connected to my ancestors - it's how I ground myself and find my roots.

Beading is much more than a craft for me. It's culture. It's spirit. It's love. And every piece I bead, I include a little bit of my heart and spirit in.

That can never be work or a chore.

I'm excited to be back now, with a few items I'll be posting for sale in the coming days - only a couple pairs of earrings, though.

And just for fun, here's some photos of the first wallet I've ever made (which was promptly snatched by my daughter).

Is that a clue as to what's to come? Yes. Yes it is. But future wallets won't be hand sewn, thank goodness (my poor hands) 😂

Gosh, it's been awhile friends.

I took an unofficial break over the holidays, and then just ... kept it going.

Every year on January 1st, I spend the day beading - I choose to start each year doing something that brings me joy. This little hummingbird was my project this year, and this was the last photo I took of it before I fell out of love with it. And after falling out of love with this, picking up the beads just ... didn't come easy.

I've always been taught to bead from a good place, or to bead yourself *into* a good place. But it felt like every time I tried to bead, I lost my good place - things have been going well, I have been happy, but the beads and I have been at odds for the last few months.

I've finally, FINALLY, picked up the beads and started creating with love again. Whatever little tiff we were having seems to have settled itself out.

Maybe I'll have some new pretties to post soon. We'll see if the beads and I continue to get along.

Red Charlotte cut fringes

Sold

Made with 11/0 miyuki seed beads and 11/0 charlotte cut beads.

$75 + shipping

Shipping:
$15 orders $0-99
$10 orders $100-199
FREE orders $200+

Free delivery within Winnipeg.

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Peacock inspired fringes

Made with 11/0 miyuki seed beads and 11/0 charlotte cut seed beads, they are full of Sparkle

$75 + shipping

Shipping:
$15 orders $0-99
$10 orders $100-199
FREE orders $200+

Free delivery within Winnipeg.

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Guess who's back!

That's right! Melvin's back!

Available made to order in custom colours.

$40 + shipping

Shipping:
$15 orders $0-99
$10 orders $100-199
FREE orders $200+

Free delivery within Winnipeg.

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First ever pair of interchangeable fringe for sale!

Made with 11/0 Miyuki seed beads and 11/0 charlotte cut beads, they SPARKLE.

Hung on 14k gold plated hooks (can be swapped out for stainless steel or .925 silver at request). Beaded directly onto Alaskan split hide.

**These are made with strong Magnets to hold the fringes in place**

Introductory price: $125 + $10 tracked shipping for the earring and two included fringes. Delivery within Winnipeg, MB is free

Can make an additional fringe at custom request prior to shipping for an additional charge.

Message to purchase.

This is how my beading table looks after 4 days of trying to bring all the ideas that are rattling around in my brain to life.

I'll have some pairs for sale soon - including a pair of interchangeable fringe earrings this afternoon!

I'm extending the fundraiser for to the end of November!

25% of all sales (including sale items and customs) will be donated to Sunshine House Winnipeg in support of their programming.

Related: I was quiet here throughout October because my energy was elsewhere, but stay tuned because I'll be doing a holiday drop soon!

Stock clearout sale! 25% off of everything at rosebead.ca (including sale items!)

AND I'll be donating 25% of everything sold until the end of the month to Sunshine House

I had an idea, and I am in love.

Ftr, beading directly onto a boot is far more difficult than I anticipated

I started a new job recently, so I've been focusing on that and haven't been as active with my beading, but this BeadCause is still going until the end of the month!

Take a look at rosebead.ca, or message me for custom requests! 25% of all sales until the end of the month will go to Sunshine House

Until October 31st, 25% of all sales through social media or rosebead.ca will be donated to Sunshine House in support of their 105 To Save Lives campaign for a Mobile Overdose Prevention Site

New designs are already up on my website, and will be posted here this afternoon!

I've spent all morning trying to think of *something* to share today. Something meaningful and hopeful and that will reflect what I'm feeling.

I want to tell you a story.

I recently left my job at an institution I had been involved with in some capacity for 8 years. I was certain that this institution would be my home.

But as my career progressed, and as I started to reconnect more with my culture and become more aware of institutional policies and practices, I became less comfortable.

I felt "outside" in that institution. I, a proud Michif woman, did not have a place there.

I started noticing that I was the *only* person I worked with who identified as Indigenous - and I worked with a LOT of people. I started noticing that Indigenous people in leadership positions were leading in Indigenous or EDI specific departments - not general institutional departments. I noticed that there was a lot of talk about recognizing and respecting Indigenous culture, a lot of murals and art being put on walls, but no changes to how talent was attracted, no changes to how salary was determined to acknowledge other ways of knowing.

There was no community for me. No safe space for me to exist.

I noticed that some colleagues took issue with the aspects of my character that make me feel closest to my Indigenous heritage.

I felt outside. I felt unwelcome. Every day that I went to work, I faced feeling like I didn't belong.

So I left.

And that institution, and those staff within it, are sending their emails recognizing today. They're wearing their orange shirts today, and crying while they read stories of our ancestor's - our families - traumas.

And on Monday they will go back to work and their systems will stay the same. Their orange shirts will be packed away until next year. Their Indigenous colleagues will continue to feel outside and unsafe.

So today, for those who wear the shirts and cry with us, I ask that you reflect on what you're doing the rest of the year for your Indigenous colleagues and community. How are you being an ally when it requires more than a shirt and a post on social media?

Make sure your orange shirt isn't a token to save you from working towards real systemic and community changes.

These pretties are still available! Go to rosebead.ca or DM me to order.

New designs on rosebead.ca OR message to order (custom colours/made to order available)

25% donated to Sunshine House

Slides 1&2: aen kaanookaat - Spider
Pose-able, hung from stainless steel chain
$30

Slide 3: aen minoosh - kitty
15/0 miyuki seed beads and 11/0 charlotte cut beads
Backed with black velvet
Hung on stainless steel hooks
$80

Slide 4: aen shoorii shood- Bat
Hung from stainless steel hooks
$30

Slide 5: aen yiiboo- owl
Freshwater pearl eyes
Hung from stainless steel hooks
$60

Side 6: enn tet di morr- skull
Hung from stainless steel hooks
$50

Slide 7: Jack
Hung from stainless steel hooks
$40

Slide 8: Latonn- Autumn
11/0 Charlotte cut beads and 11/0 miyuki seed beads
Hung from 14k gold plated hooks
$60

Slide 9: Otipemisiwak - Olive and peach
11/0 Charlotte cut beads and 11/0 miyuki seed beads
Backed with split hide
Hung from 14k gold plated hooks
$80

Slide 10: wayshchishik - simple
11/0 galvanized steel and black Charlotte cut beads
Hung from stainless steel hooks
$30

FREE drop off within Winnipeg
$15 tracked shipping to $99
$10 tracked shipping $100-199
Free Shipping over $200

Until October 31st, 25% of all sales through social media or rosebead.ca will be donated to Sunshine House in support of their 105 To Save Lives campaign for a Mobile Overdose Prevention Site

New designs are already up on my website, and will be posted here this afternoon!