October

OCTOBER:

October Flower of the Month: The Calendula & Cosmos.

Zodiac Signs: Libra / The Scales, Sept. 23 - Oct. 23.

Scorpio / The Scorpion, Oct. 24 - Nov. 21.
The Name for the Moon: for October is Hunter's Moon

The Full Moon is: October 4, 2009/ 06:11 / Sunday

October Birthstone: Opal, Tourmaline, Pink Sapphire

Meaning: Hope

About the month of October

October is the tenth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with a length of 31 days. The eighth month in the old Roman calendar, October retained its name (from the Latin "octo" meaning "eight") when January and February were added. October's birthstone is the opal or tourmaline, and its birth flower is the calendula (pot marigold) or Camellia.

October is commonly associated with the season of autumn in the Northern hemisphere and spring in the Southern hemisphere, where it is the seasonal equivalent to April in the Southern Hemisphere and vice versa. October starts on the same day of the week as January in common years.

Have a great, spooky month!
Ruth Ann
http://www.r2swanger.etsy.com
http://www.beadkits.etsy.com
http://www.raggbaggs.blogspot.com

Flowery Star Fish

One of my latest acquisitions here at Ragg Baggs is the flowery star fish. The colors are bold and beautiful and will make magnificent focal pieces. Keep watch in the weeks to come for these little beauties to be offered as finished jewelery on my Etsy site.

http://www.r2swanger.etsy.com

An English Country Garden

Jade Flowers - Coming Soon!

These fabulous, hand carved jade flowers are on their way to my new Etsy shop!
http://www.beadkits.etsy.com

I've been looking for these flowers for years and finally found them in a
little shop in Hong Kong.
And they are
BEAUTIFUL!!!!!
They are about an inch across and
the colors blend beautifully!
I'm waiting breathlessly by the mail box!

If you are interested in ordering these flowers, please let me know at
beads@bledsoe.net
as soon as possible.
I will have a very limited number of the flowers available and
20 of them are already sold.
The price is only $15.00 per flower.

Tea and Tidings!
Ruth Ann

August Flowers and Herbs - A Little Late

Snowball, Hysop, Day Lily, and Weeds

Roses and Rudbeckia

Snowballs

Queen Anne's Lace at the Edge of the Woods


My little English garden has been beautiful this summer
- despite having no attention from me.
The hollyhocks came up, but did not bloom.
The hardy hibiscus with the huge magenta blooms bloomed beautifully,
but I wasn't able to get out to make a picture.
Lest I should forget, it is in the front left wine barrel.
All of my lavender died this year.
A tragedy!

Here's hoping that next year will be better!

Le Jardin du Paris

Inspired by the beautiful gardens in Paris,
I've named this bracelet
'Le Jardin du Paris'.
The components are
Lucite Flowers
Swarovski Pearls
Swarovski Crystals
Gold Seed Beads
Gold Plated Beads
Mother of Pearl Flower Closure

What a joy to make!
What fun dreaming of a return trip to Paris!

First Flowers of Spring

Despite the winds and chilly weather, our flowers are becoming quite lovely.
The roses are full of blooms this morning, but pictures are impossbile because the rain is peppering down.

It's a wonderful morning for sitting by the window and sipping cappuccino.
I've become addicted to my beading.

It has been many years since I beaded professionally, but the minute I picked up my needle and thread, the bug bit yet again.
I have decided that the direction I should take is toward designing and offering kits for jewelry making.
I will be offering a few finished pieces for sale in the galleries that I worked with in the old days, but I'm getting too slow to offer finished jewelry on a regular basis.
I will post on this site when new items are on offer.

My regular website is
http://www.deerhaven.etsy.com

I will be opening another site soon that will be dedicated to my jewelry and kits.