#Mardi Gras Beads Recycling

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"I've got a Big Chief, Big Chief, Big Chief of the Nation

The wild, wild creation

He won't bow down

Down on the ground

Oh how I love to hear him call Indian Red"

Voices of a Nation – "Indian Red"

The Backstreet Bar used to be the spot Celeste's parents went to when they were young and lively in the nineties and before they started pumping out kids left and right. Near the French Market off Esplanade in the sixth ward, it became a shrine and the iconic hub for rhythm and blues.

All things Black and New Orleans culture-wise sprang from that bar in their neighborhood. When the owner Etienne King passed away, his widow Lesli King took over. The levees broke in 2005 and nearly washed away the people and history that gave the city its culture and flavor. But the people persevered until Lesli passed during Mardi Gras of 2010. Celeste remembered 2010 well because it was the first year she started sewing with her granddaddy Big Chief Harris Profitt of the Wild Treme Mardi Gras Indians.

Thirteen and full of spitfire energy and overzealous gumption, Celeste spent all year beading and sewing using her granddaddy's jeweler's loupe magnifier over her right eye. The intricate beadwork and patches she sewed and assembled to make her first Indian suit was a proud moment, not only for Celeste, but for that side of her family who ran up and down the streets hunting down other tribes to battle in verbal dexterity and showing off how pretty they looked in their Mardi Gras finery.

Her suit was a patchwork of dark purple, lavender, and white micro beads, feathers, and sequins. She showed the fuck out among her kin and her relatives started calling her by the nickname Duchess because she strutted so high and mighty in front of granddaddy's house while the neighbors waited for their Big Chief to come outside on a fine Mardi Gras morning to represent their downtown neighborhood in his fabulous three-dimensional African-inspired suit. No one in Treme ever called her grandfather by his first name. It was always "Big Chief", "Chief", or "Chief Profitt".

Proud to be a Wild Treme Indian, Celeste sewed a new suit every year as was custom. It was expensive, time-consuming, and a true labor of love. Her grandmother had worked as a seamstress for a dress shop and her grandfather was a welder like his father before him, and she absorbed those technical skills of sewing and shaping metal under their tutelage to transform Black Mardi Gras Indian regalia into wearable art. Sadly, she lost interest in making suits by the time she hit twenty-four and began designing the fancy second line parasols, fans, and baskets for several social aid and pleasure clubs instead. That extra source of income helped carry her for over four years. Sometimes on annual Super Sundays she'd re-purpose some old suits to play in with other Mardi Gras Indian tribes that came from all over the city to commune and show off in A.L. Davis Park. It made Big Chief happy to see her on those occasions, although he wanted his youngest grandchild to sew new suits again.

The test of a true Indian was to pour your passion and creativity into needle and thread to kill 'em dead with a new suit annually. Tribes frowned on recycling an old suit and considered it lazy work to don a suit people already witnessed you in. People came out looking for craftsmanship, originality, and style—lagniappe—a little something extra each year. She poured her creative flair into the overly decorated accessories for other people and made a nice coin doing it.

After Lesli died, Grand-mère, along with a cadre of old-timers, lamented that the history of their hood would crumble if the Backstreet Bar died. Grand-mère had been one of dozens of foster-children Lesli looked after over the years, giving some jobs working at the neighborhood bar. Eventually, Grand-mère and Big Chief took over the property instead of retiring when Celeste turned eighteen. It was the bar Celeste headed toward for Mardi Gras Indian practice with her family and tribe.

She didn't want to drive through downtown, but she became the designated driver for three of her besties. Lyfts and Ubers raised their prices during the holiday season and no one wanted to pay outlandish fees when they could look cute in her brand new muscle car. Cruising through the Garden District, she picked up two of her friends and headed down to the French Quarter. They didn't have to stop for food because Grand-mère provided free red beans and rice, fried chicken, and sometimes boiled crawfish and red rice at the bar. She hoped they had a nice spread tonight because her stomach growled and she needed heavy food to soak up the liquor she planned to consume.

Her ex boyfriend committed a flagrant foul that weekend by jumping the gun and telling everyone they had broken up before she was ready. She suspected he wanted to bring out his new woman openly so no one would beat his behind once she blabbed that he'd been running around on her. Truth be told, she was tired of his boring ass anyway, but the general principal of the matter was she wanted to be the first to bail and get her lick back during carnival. Now if she turnt up and shook ass extra hard, people would say she was overcompensating for getting dumped.

"Duchess, turn right…slow down…there's a spot about to open up."

"Where?" Celeste said to her friend Mercy, who sat shotgun.

Mercy pointed to the flashing hazard lights of a taxi. Celeste zipped into the tight spot and breathed a sigh of relief. There was nothing worse than searching for parking anywhere near the Quarter or within a one-mile radius in any direction during the carnival season. Mercy checked her smartphone.

"She's on her way out," Mercy said.

Celeste checked her face in the mirror. Although it was only a practice at the bar, she still wanted to look cute. Her giant Medusa locs were pulled back with a leather hair tie high on her head, and her eyeliner and ruby lip stick gave enough sexy unbothered vibes that made her feel confident. She had her girls, a stellar whip that she worked hard for, and time with her tribe to look forward to. Lately, it seemed like carnival festivities were the only way her family got together en mass. Carnival or funerals.

Their friend Joyce hustled out of a popular bakery in the Quarter carrying a box of the popular King Cake, a ring-shaped, hand-braided cinnamon infused dessert. The plastic covering on top showed off the tri-colored icing of gold, purple, and green.

"Hey, girl!" Celeste said as Joyce climbed in the back of the Charger. She gave air kisses to Nae Nae in the back.

"Whew! It's been crazy in there! Some people were mad they ran out of King Cakes that weren't pre-ordered. I am ready to cut up!" Joyce enthused.

Celeste checked her driver's side mirror and pulled out, heading around the narrow block. Clogged streets packed in the tourists, locals, and plenty of cops. She parked four blocks away from the Backstreet Bar and they all climbed out feeling giddy. Normally, Big Chief didn't allow outsiders or non-tribal members to attend Indian practice. But he made an exception that year to help her get over feelings about her ex. Freddie made being in Nawlins central intolerable. He knew everyone in her extended family because he was a police officer who had connections to a political family with high ambitions for him down the road. After their unceremonious break up, she moved into a cute little over-priced cottage far from him, and took an extra part-time job at a chicken processing plant with a goal of saving enough money to head out to California for an extended visit. Celeste had relatives in L.A. and could stay with them for a vacation. Getting away from the Big Easy would help build up a new positive lease on life. Or maybe she'd take a five-day cruise to Mexico. Anywhere was good, just as long as she could escape Freddie and go to a new world for a minute.

That man had wasted her time and love. She wanted to buy a large home and get married. Start a family. Months ago, she gave him an ultimatum that their relationship needed forward momentum and her finger needed a ring by New Year's Day. Cheating was his way of humbling her, and ironically, it brought her great relief. He made life feel stagnant and dull, proving unequivocally that he wasn't The One. She just didn't have the guts to leave first before having something lined up on the horizon.

A crowd of patrons gathered outside a corner in front of the Backstreet Bar, catching the pitiful breeze that attempted to blow through the escalating muggy heat while listening to the thumping music from inside. Celeste glanced at the exterior of the bar painted with colorful images of their tribe, Creole food, and two giant beer mugs clinking together. The name of the bar was graffiti painted above the front door that stood wide open. A "Closed Until 9 P.M." sign taped to the wall kept non-tribal members out for the time being, and a blank-faced bouncer, David, stood vigil on a metal stool.

"Hey David!" Celeste said.

"Duchess!"

David hopped off the stool and gave Celeste a big belly hug because his stomach lopped over his belt.

"I brought my friends to watch with Big Chief's permission. They won't be no trouble," she said.

David looked over the women, his beady eyes taking a liking to Joyce's plump frame.

"Alright now, go get y'all a plate before the good eatin' is all gone," David said to the group. His eyes stayed on Joyce the entire time.

Inside, the raucous shouts of men showered them with the energy of the packed bar and sucked them right into the fold. Family and tribal members were already cutting up, clapping and smacking tambourines in time to an internal beat that swelled throughout the room.

On a small stage across from the bar, a second line brass band made up of young men in their twenties carried the foundational rhythm the others followed. The musical frenzy, sweaty faces, and rocking bodies enveloped Celeste in the comforts of culture. Trumpets, a trombone, and a good faith tuba blasted the familiar jazzy sounds that New Orleans was famous for. Celeste rocked her shoulders, shuffled her feet with slick footwork, and sang the old-time Indian songs.

Joyce placed the King Cake on an open table near Grand-mère who stood regally watching the action. She hugged each one of them. Celeste eyed her father drumming on stage and glanced toward her mother, who mixed drinks at the bar.

It was good to be in the Treme.

She greeted familiar faces and asked "Who dat?" about folks she didn't recognize. Inundated with love and affection, Celeste settled in, bringing a playful zeal to her dancing. Her mother handed her a tambourine at the bar, and she hopped onto the dance floor behind her grandfather and tapped a churchy beat on her left palm. Onlookers who were guests ogled the rare treat of seeing a real deal Indian practice. Their tribe's Spy Boy, Darryl, waved a white handkerchief around, yelped in his warbled tone and pretended to see another tribe's approach. A play uncle named Man-Man started strutting as their Flag Boy and the boisterous sound of voices rose, singing louder than the percussive drum beats onstage. Celeste stayed close to her grandfather, listening for his calls to change the tempo at the drop of a dime.

The Big Chief's salt and a little less pepper hair sweated out into tight curls. His dark hickory brown face stayed bathed in a sheen of earned sweat. Eyes closed and listening for the spirit to arrive, Big Chief struck his tambourine once and hooted, his cries flying overhead and joined by a tribal call-and-response that bolstered his bringing down of the ancestors.

Celeste copied his tambourine strikes to aid in catching the spirit. In four days, the tribe would take to the streets, preening and daring another tribe to outshine them. Thankful for choosing to wear a white t-shirt tied at the waist and comfy jean shorts, Celeste danced, sang, shook her hips and felt the weight of the world lift from her shoulders.

Three hours rocked by with chants, foot stomping, and plenty of drinking.

Twirling to her left to show off for her friends, she took some time to eat and gulp down a rum and coke standing in front of the stage. She caught the eye of a man lingering near her right side. Despite the many faces in the bar that blended into a chaotic blur during practice, the stranger's eyes latched onto hers and she couldn't shake them away. He was one of them pretty boys with captivating light eyes and possibly good hair that most people thought Creoles were supposed to have. Celeste's family was bone-Black Creole, the darker kind that still spoke southern, creolized French.

The man stood near some of her male cousins, and God forbid, a childhood friend named Travis X who was a five-percenter and a member of the Nation of Islam. It was impossible to miss Travis's short, high and tight fade and big shiny teeth. Still lurking in the shadows next to Travis, peeping at her moves, Mr. Light Eyes boldly stared right back at her like she was supposed to be sucked up on a plate of hot crawfish and dirty rice Grand-mère served.

Big Chief nudged Celeste to join in on the closing song. Lifting her contralto voice to support her energetic grandfather, she belted out the first opening cry of "Indian Red"

"Madi cu defio, en dans dey, end dans day…"

Their tribe repeated the words like a field holler with a tinge of the blues until everyone was on one accord. They belted out the song that represented the core of their tradition.

"We are the Indians, Indians, Indians of the nation

The wild, wild creation

We won't bow down

Down on the ground

Oh, how I love to hear them call Indian Red

I've got a Big Chief, Big Chief, Big Chief of the Nation

The wild, wild creation

He won't bow down

Down on the ground…"

Tears welled up in Celeste's eyes while singing with her grandfather. The power of the words enveloped her like a cozy patchwork quilt. Big Chief was getting to the age where he would have to pass the torch onto his oldest son. It was quite possibly his last time leading the tribe. His age was catching up to what his body couldn't carry as well anymore. The heavy tribal suits could weigh over eighty pounds or more. She wanted to dance in the streets with him one more time before a shift took place. She heard the trembling in his voice…they all did. Everyone in that packed bar knew they were witnessing the closure of an era under his leadership. Her uncle Alston would be a capable chief, but Big Chief Harris Proffit was the only chief she had known representing her people since she was a baby. He was eighty-two. Time to hand down the baton.

The last note hung in the air and Celeste broke away, grabbed her smokes from her purse, and headed outside to clear her head. Big Chief didn't need to witness her sadness. He wasn't dying, just nearing retirement. But it felt like a passing on anyway.

Back on the corner and away from David, who allowed regular patrons to come inside since practice was over, Celeste opened up a pack of Newports and tried lighting a cigarette. She flicked her lighter. It flashed and petered out. She huffed, and the cigarette dangled from her lips. A sign from God to quit, probably. A spark of another lighter glowed under her bottom lip.

Travis had followed her outside. So did the stranger and a few other men from Travis's Hotep crew.

"Sister Celeste, you know you should give up the devil's ways with this smoking," Travis said.

Celeste puffed to catch the flame, and Travis removed the lighter.

"Then why help me out?" she said.

She took a long drag and blew out away from his face and noticed a dark tattoo on the stranger's muscular right arm. An eight-pointed star floating above a crescent moon. Shit. Another Muslim. Last thing she wanted was to be lectured and recruited to be the next Betty Shabazz to a Malcolm X wanna-be. At least Travis wasn't slanging his bean pies or the Final Call at the bar. A real vibe killer. One thing the Nation had right by her was how they cleaned up Black men and turned them into fine specimens of manhood. She glanced at the tall, pretty boy with the hypnotic eyes. His plush lips looked so succulent for long, lusty kisses.

As-Salaam Alaikum, she muttered in her mind.

Her stomach fluttered at the grin on his face. Like he heard her thoughts. He turned to look at a few patrons entering the bar, and she glimpsed more ink on his left arm. A marine tattoo with black USMC lettering. An eagle sat on top of a globe underneath it, and Celeste looked away when he rested his gaze on her face again. Her cheeks warmed up like she was in a hot bath, and she parted her lips to take in more air. Feeling breathless, she jabbed her cigarette against the wall and tossed it in a garbage bin near the entrance.

"You ready, Duchess? They playing the down home blues in there and the old folks are taking over the dance floor," Nae Nae said with an annoyed stank face, joining Celeste outside with Joyce and Mercy.

Joyce handed her a paper plate with a piece of King Cake on it. Grateful for the distraction, Celeste took the plate and broke off a piece of the pastry. Stuffing it in her mouth, she chewed and Mr. Light Eyes pierced her soul with another drawn-out stare. She stuck two fingers in her mouth and pulled out a tiny brown plastic baby.

"Oop, you know what that means!" Joyce said.

Mr. Light Eyes seemed to float away with Travis and their male entourage down the street.

"I gotta bring the King Cake next year," Celeste said softly, holding the plastic baby in front of her lips, eyes still tracking the round, firm ass of the stranger in his jeans

The marine glanced back at her and smiled. She dropped her head forward, feeling lightheaded.

"You okay?" Joyce asked.

Celeste pocketed the plastic baby and linked arms with her friends.

"I'll go change inside and we'll be on our way! Let's get to clubbing!" Celeste said.

Chapter 3 HERE.

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In-Depth Travel Review| New Orleans (Nola)| Episode5|BlackWomanVibes

#Nola #NewOrleans #Travelvlog In-Depth Travel Review| New Orleans (Nola) Review| Episode5|BlackWomanVibes 

The footage from this 7-episode series is from my New Orleans (Nola) travel vacation from Nov 23 2023 to Nov 28 2023. The commentary and opinions from these videos are my own.  

Episode five I take y’all to brunch, . . . well a late breakfast at Cafe Beignet (they have the most endearing and vintage self-playing piano that captured my heart! But I came for the food! At Cafe Beignet is where a had their mouth watering alligator sausage eggs, grits, toast, a side of three bumps, a smooth mimosa and a bottle of water to wash half of the meal down! Side note, you will NOT regret eating gator. You’re welcome! Next we cross the street to be picked up by the Mardi Gras Shuttle Bus to Mardi Gras World! When I tell you the poor kid that never went to Disney World/Disney Land wound was fully healed at Mardi Gras World . . . between the life size and bigger floats. The 30 minute tour takes you throughout one of their multiple float warehouses, the history and creativity behind the floats and how Nola reduces, reuses, and recycles floats WITHOUT sacrificing originality. You CANNOT travel to Nola without visiting Mardi Gras World plus you get free beads that serve as your pass AND your souvenir (no titty flashing needed) ‼️ All that walking had me hungry! I followed the Black Star up to Mr. Eddy’s and had me a super loaded, creamy, cheesy crawfish bread with a side of fried gator bites with a glass or two of pineapple rum on the fly cocktail. The food as always hits a SOULFUL spot, however my brothers and sisters in Black Ass Solidarity, PLEASE reduce your sodium in take. We Black, hypertension already preying on our downfall! All the Black aesthetics including Motown throwbacks had me in my Black ass feels! Political commentary in 3…2…1 Freshened up for Comedy House New Orleans for a night of interesting funnies from locals and out of towners like me! 👀 And OF COURSE I recorded every last bit! Comeback for episode 6 next week and complete the 7-episode series! 

P.S. Please check out all these artists whose songs are featured in these episodes. They are deadass the soundtrack to my life! Like the content? 

Support the content creator cashapp: $BlackWomanVibes 

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Check out this listing I just added to my Poshmark closet: King cake decorating set.

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St. Louis Aquarium Would Like Mardi Gras Beads (But They Won't Flash You) | St. Louis Metro News | St. Louis

Mardi Gras in St. Louis can be summed up in three words: puke, boobs and beads. Since you already expelled of the first, and getting rid of the second isn’t against the point, here’s an easy to take care of the third. Take your beads downtown to the St. Louis Aquarium ( 201 South 18th Street), and aquarium staff will recycle your beads for you. While this may seem like an odd scheme to cop the…

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NOLADrinks Show - 2-22-18 - New Orleans Kitchens in the Civil Rights Movement - News and Notes

On this edition of the NOLADrinks Show with Bryan Dias, we welcome returning guest, Pepper Bowen of the Culinaria Center, part of the National Food and Beverage Foundation. This time around, we discuss kitchens in New Orleans that supported activists during the Civil Rights Movement as well as other topics, including African-American women selling pralines in Congo Square prior to the Civil War and more. We also touch on some news including the passing of Mr. Okra, Tales of the Cocktail, French Quarter Festival, the James Beard Awards, and more.

Pictured above – Pepper Bowen, Director of the Culinaria Center, part of the National Food and Beverage Foundation.

NOLADrinks – 2-22-18 – New Orleans Kitchens During the Civil Rights Movement with Pepper Bowen of Culinaria

We start things off talking about the passing of New Orleans icon, Arthur J. Robinson, better known as “Mr. Okra.” We also talk about where you can recycle your Mardi Gras beads and some news on how the NOLADrinks Show will now be part of the National Food and Beverage Foundation’s podcast platform. I am really honored to have the show selected as part of the inaugural group of those chosen to launch this great concept!

Next up is our featured interview. We chat with Pepper Bowen, Director of the Culinaria Center with the National Food and Beverage Foundation (NatFAB). We record the show at the Southern Food and Beverage Museum, also a part of NatFAB.

We discuss part of the role New Orleans played in the Civil Rights Movement. Namely, as a location where kitchens fed activists and gave them a place to meet and organize. We discuss some of her current research into the idea that African-American women sold pralines in Congo Square and how this may have functioned. Also, we talk about her soon-to-launch podcast, “Green Pepper,” on food policy and the environment that is coming soon, how food was used as a weapon against African-Americans who attempted to vote in the South, and much more!

We close the show with some news and notes. We talk about the recent announcement of the James Beard Awards semi-finalists. New Orleans boasts fourteen nominees in the first phase of the process. We also talk about the change of ownership of Tales of the Cocktail, which was just completed this week. Finally, we touch on the French Quarter Festival’s performer lineup being released – we will be talking with them on next week’s show, by the way.

Below the map that shows the location of the Southern Food and Beverage Museum, you can subscribe to, stream, and download the podcast below…

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Mardi Gras Bead Skirt

Don’t know what to do with those Mardi Gras beads? Sew them onto an old skirt (strong elastic works best since beads are heavy) to make a custom bead skirt. Paired with fishnets and a corset, I got tons of looks and compliments in New Orleans on the big day this year. And they make a lovely sound as you walk. Love your feet: wear sneakers; no one will notice ;)

I sewed one end of the necklace loop to a tight short pencil skirt about one inch from the top of the waistband then twisted the strand once and brought the bottom-ish (I staggered to create depth) end up over the top end and sewed it on. To hide the hem of the skirt fold or cut to just above the line of the beads. 

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“The city used to measure the success of Mardi Gras by how much trash it produced,” says Kevin Fitzwilliam, a lifelong New Orleans resident and krewe member. He’s the founder of Atlas Beads, a company that sells biodegradable paper beads. “It's so insane that we have to keep turning a blind eye to this trash—why can't we keep the things that are incredibly beautiful about this tradition, but do them in a better way?”

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🕯Witchy Substitutes For broke and/or closet witches

🌿 Some of these are more symbolic/discreet, but remember it’s your intent & the symbolism given to these objects that matter! Feel free to add to this list! 🌿

🌹 Altar cloth:

Table runners, recycled clothing, fabric scraps, doilies, bandanas, scarves, placemats, pillow cases, metal trivets, pet mats, DIY crochet/knit

🌹 Candles:

Incense (cone or stick), oil burners, oil diffusers, wax melters, flameless candles, red gemstones spears/obelisks, empty candle sticks, drawn/painted/printed imagery of a lit candle, glowsticks, thin flashlights, wax chunks or cubes, red and orange crayons, glow-in-the-dark-anything, nightlights, matchsticks/lighters, salt

🌹 Insence:

Candles, soap (cake), wax chunks or cubes, flowers, ground herbs, leaves, air freshener spray, car air freshener, perfume, potpourri, humidifiers, spray bottle filled with water + very distilled perfume

🌹 Chalice or Offering Bowl:

Candy or cookie tins (like altoid or Christmas cookie tins,) jewelry dish, soap dishes, flat rocks/wood peices, seashell, empty/used candle holder, shotglass, old make up containers, bottle caps

🌹 Crystals:

Glass, marbles, regular ole rocks, beads, buttons, drawn or printed images, sigils, fake gems, boardgame peices, jewelry, dice, candies

🌹 Spell Materials:

Empty spice jars (jars in general), kitchen spices, outdoor plants (grass, weeds, leaves, acorns), rocks, old/discarded wax, pencil shavings, cleaned non-perishable food leftovers (bones, misc nut shells, uncooked rice etc,), paper, thumbtacks, money/coins, beads, old makeup containers, salt, shed cat whiskers, bells/whistles/instruments, nail polish, yarn/string/ribbon, literally any tiny “useless” odds and ends, empty medicine containers

🌹 Statues/Representations

Rocks (plain or painted), Jewerly, Toys (go ahead and use that Superman action figure for Zues or that My Little Pony for Epona!), cat toys, knicknacks, clay, Christmas ornaments/decorations, drawings or printed images, bookmarks, cards, game peices or D&D miniatures, mirrors, perler bead art, flowers, bones

🌹 Offerings:

Candy, flowers, water, pretty rocks/chunks of wood/shells you find outside, dedicating small acts to your dieties, leftover food, booze, coins, pretty much anything you can say “this is for you” and leave discreetly on your altar. They’ll appreciate the thought/effort.

🌹 Pendulums

Necklaces, small yo-yos, string + beads/rocks/buttons/etc, Lamp chains/ clickers, Mardi gras beads

🌹 Altar boxes

Shoeboxes, glasses cases, altoid tins, cookie tins, tissue boxes, backpacks or purses, liquor pouches, cigar boxes, plastic drawer dividers, empty plastic dishwasher bin, dresser drawers, vanity drawers, iPhone boxes

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This Is Why Landscape Wall Art Is So Famous! | Landscape Wall Art

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The allure he’s created with co-founder Chad Smith is alleged JAMNOLA (Joy Art Music NOLA). It isn’t an art arcade and it’s not a accepted museum; it’s added like a Halloween apparitional house.

Except instead of chilling stuff, the 12-room bewilderment is abounding of aesthetic wonderments, from a 5-foot-tall apprehension of Big Freedia to a abjure abscess area the bodies are in the pot and the mud bugs are accomplishing the cooking. There are movies, murals and an alternate music-making machine, additional a bright gold anchorage landscape, a Carnival apparel closet and a alleyway paved with a bazillion recycled Mardi Gras beads.

JAMNOLA opens to the accessible Aug. 1, a abounding four months after than expected. The aen for the adjournment was, as you may accept guessed, the appearance of the coronavirus contagion.

JAMNOLA — for Joy Art Music NOLA —  describes itself as an “experiential pop-up” that lets visitors aberrate through 12 apartment abounding with colorf…

No start-up business has been added ashamed by COVID-19 than JAMNOLA. 

From the start, Liss saw the attraction, on Royal Street abutting to NOCCA in Faubourg Marigny, as a day-tripper destination. The aboriginal April

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Happy Twelfth Night! Along with your first king cake of Carnival, don’t forget to pick up a copy of Arthur Hardy's Mardi Gras Guide!

Lots of great information, plus I had the pleasure of writing two articles for it: The Original Illinois Club, Inc. celebrates its 125th anniversary and how local krewes such as Krewe of Carrollton, Krewe of Excalibur, Krewe of Centurions, and Rex Organization are purchasing recycled beads and throws from Arc of Greater New Orleans.

Remember, Mardi Gras is Feb. 25!

#mardigras #neworleans

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Check out this listing I just added to my Poshmark closet: King cake decorating set.

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[morningtou]

Thrilling Intent/3rd Wheel LARP AU

Ashe, Markus, and Gregor are all played by their respective players (Faust, Matt, and Jackson) with actually nice and detailed costumes.

Jay on the other hand,

-Inien is a potato with a little witch hat @hotdiggitydagger @mloking

-Don’t is Jay in a croptop with cat ears and a tail @mloking

-Zalvetta is just Jay in a crop top

-Narn and Dunstan are Jay in a super complicated mech suit made of cardboard @ballastmcgee @hotdiggitydagger

-Moren is Jay with gelled hair and silver mardi gras beads @hotdiggitydagger

-Kyl’il is Jay with a nightlight/paper with shitty drawn on fire, scotch taped to his forehead @hotdiggitydagger @mloking

-Firi is Jay in a hat with a notebook @mloking

-Charoth is a racooon plushie

-Batty is that same costume as Don’t but with a butter knife @mloking

-Xin is Jay with shitty red facepaint

-Kyr is Jay with a black blanket tied around his neck @mloking

-Ballast Mcgee is Jay with an actually good costume with a custom made hat @ballastmcgee

-Colvin is Jay with a strip of pillowcase wrapped around his face @ballastmcgee

-Thog is Jay with a lot of hair gel

-Aftin (paladin/King of Altrea/ex-king of Altrea) is Jay holding a bottle of booze @ballastmcgee

-Horaven is Jay a really big trench coat, and that Xenoblade Chronicles Monado sword prop they brought to gencon

-The ban are Jay in various paper plate masks @authorofthelabyrinth

-Rat is Jay in a purple hoodie and a domino mask @xadnem

-All the rat creatures are hand sewn plushies

-The Tax Goats are Jay in a mash of “proper attire” picked up from Goodwill with a clipboard @ballastmcgee

-Randy is Jay in a shitty plastic knight @i-am-the-altman

-The imps are are hand sewn plushies that the fans send in @hotdiggitydagger

-The Phobiast is Jay with cardboard wings and plastic fangs @hotdiggitydagger

-The Cathradi is Jay with plastic wolverine claws

-The unnamed golems are Jay with a cardboard box over his head @hotdiggitydagger

-Varyndir’s box has a face drawn on it. @hotdiggitydagger

-Rudy’s Box has his name scrawled in crayon

-Zeke is Jay in a T-shirt and a plastic katana

-Verne is Jay after not washing his hair for a week and then greasing it.he’s wearing the plainer robes from when he was introduced.Those robes get recycled into all the coven of dusk Characters @ballastmcgee

-Dao the Digger is Jay with no shirt and one of them big snow shovels and with a bald cap and a toy axe dunked in glitter @schonheitt @lost-ones-glittch

-Kyrlos is jay with a paper beard taped on his face and cardboard crossbow. @lost-ones-glittch

- Background character pog for Jay is Just Jay @ballastmcgee

-The background character POGs for Faust Matt and Jackson, are all shitty low budget renditions of their costumes for their in-game POGS all played by Jay (Matt’s costume has the most effort) @ballastmcgee

[craftyhope]

Introduction for Bead Peeps Swap n Hop

I'm participating in the Bead Peeps Swap n Hop this year. While this is the third year of the challenge, It's my first time participating. Basically, you are paired up with another jewelry artist and the two of you swap a focal, beads, and a clasp. One of those elements need to be artist-made, and you have to send at least two of those three elements. From there, you make jewelry from the pieces received! Fun stuff!!

Bead Peeps is a Facebook group administered by Linda Anderson. We were supposed to get an intro post up before she made the partner assignments. However, I was so busy with the ball (Mardi Gras) and family obligations that I completely missed that somehow. Despite missing the deadline, I still want to make this post for future reference. I'm tossing in some examples of my jewelry designs throughout this post to give examples of my work. Here we go!

A scrapbooking keyhole is the focal with a small Gaea flower connector. Vintaj wire was used to wrap glass pearls and glass beads to make the chain.

The arc on these is from some old earrings I took apart. The beads are a combination of glass, stone, and metal beads that worked well together.

I've been making jewelry for over 15 years. In that time, I've experimented and played with many techniques: decoupage, polymer clay, precious metal clay, metal etching, resin, etc. I started with stringing, but really love to use wire in my work. Though, stringing and knotting do come into play occasionally.

The color palette for this was a little out of my comfort zone, but I do love it. It incorporates a vintage button and vintage glass beads, freshwater pearls, stone beads, and seed beads into a really cute bracelet.

This was made for ZnetShows' Creative Spark publication and includes their cultured sea glass and tiny Chinese crystals. I really like the layering of this necklace.

Beads are indeed a staple in my work, but my favorite is designing with the unusual. This includes recycling old jewelry from thrift and antique stores, using hardware, upcycling items found on the street, etc. However, I'm not completely consistent with those methods. It just depends on the materials. In addition, I enjoy altering materials (both typical and the unusual) to suit my needs.

The dangly parts of this necklace are almost all found objects! A scrapbook brad and a wired resin piece I made are also included. I wear this necklace often.

Playing with wire, I came up with these earrings. I love how the Czech glass beads slide side to side on their bar.

For years I've had a hard time defining my style. I now feel as though my focus is beginning to narrow. Most of the pieces I make and like tend to have a romantic and boho feel to them. However, a bit of tribal does get thrown in from time to time.

These feel both romantic and tribal to me. The softness of the Lucite flower and pink beads are contrasted with the dark wood and shiny metal.

All of the charms in this bracelet came from old jewelry. Most of them are post earrings I wasn't sure how else to use. I incorporated a variety of jump rings in order to give it a slightly less fancy feel.

I often use glass and stone beads and antiqued metals. Though, that's not consistently the case - I will use a shiny gold or silver tone depending on how I'm inspired. And, I don't always use beads - buttons are a real favorite of mine and seem to worm their way into my pieces.

I made the stacked button focal before the necklace came together. The collar style of necklace is just so cute. I think it pairs well with the buttons.

I found the Webb Co. tag in an antique store and knew it would be a great addition to a long necklace. To add to the found object feel, the mother of pearl buttons were included in the chain.

I veer toward anything rustic, old, vintage-y. I love most colors, but do have a hard time incorporating anything too bright into my jewelry. Blues, greens, and neutrals tend to be my go-tos.

That's a guitar volume knob as the focal to this necklace. I kept a simple palette with an array of beads to accent the knob. 

I bought the altered copper charms from Bandana Girl and simply added some coordinating beads.

I'd like to say that I'm inspired by nature, but in reality I think it's the materials themselves that spark my imagination and creativity.

I had these holey bone beads for ages before I felt inspired to cage them in with some darkened annealed wire.

This is one of the most recent listing in my etsy shop. Again, I used a scrapbooking keyhole in antiqued brass. The green beads and bead caps are from ZnetShows.com. It all seemed to just fall together perfectly.

That about sums me up. There's probably something I've left out of this. Please don't hesitate to ask in the comments. Oh, and let me introduce my partner - Kari Asbury. She's using her Instagram to post about this swap, but she also has a blog on her KariAsbury.com website that she uses from time to time as well. Go check out her stuff. It looks like we have similar styles! p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #454545} via Blogger http://ift.tt/2lhpPyK