{"product_id":"beaded-poppy-pin","title":"Beaded Poppy Pin","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMétis and Dënësųłinë́ - Treaty 8 - Fond Du Lac FN - Beadwork by Jaymie and Keri, 2 sisters in YEG \u0026amp; YYC- Lafferty = Proud + Mercredi = Wednesday\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"col sqs-col-6 span-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sqs-block website-component-block sqs-block-website-component sqs-block-html html-block\" id=\"block-fed642172c1116b795ec\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sqs-block-content\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sqs-text-block-container\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sqs-html-content\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eBeading was an art our great grandmother, Maria Mercredi (Tralnberg), was an expert in. our dad tells stories of helping her thread her needle as a little boy and enjoying sitting and watching her bead. we’ve got many pairs of moccasins and mukluks worn by us as children in our homes, but this is where our relationship with the craft really ended. this was not a skill passed down through the generations and that just didn’t sit right with us. keri found and bought a “learn to bead” kit sold by an indigenous artist for each sister. it was a great first step to learning, but the worry of doing the art justice made picking up the needle, thread and beads scary!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eA couple months went by and we finally worked up the courage to try. The interesting part was sharing our experiences with one another and realizing our feelings were very similar. This was out of body, this was spiritual, this felt like a skill we’d always known and were always meant to do. Before we knew it our basement “games tables” were covered in colourful vials of beads, sketches and inspiration. we called each other nearly daily and would sit in front of a video of one another and bead, hardly even saying a word.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: right; white-space: pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"\u003e- keri \u0026amp; jaymie\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Proud Wednesday","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46532249616534,"sku":"P-PROU-1PIN-POPP-XX-V001","price":120.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/5875\/9830\/files\/FullSizeRender_b707f5d9-c37a-4c9e-a96c-beb0cce2bd95.jpg?v=1789756420","url":"https:\/\/www.indigenousbox.ca\/products\/beaded-poppy-pin","provider":"Indigenous Box","version":"1.0","type":"link"}