Moccasins and WIP Beading

Alright, so while Native Steampunk California has gone a little by the wayside (a little, I was working on it last night) I've been working a lot on a couple different projects so that I can have regalia prepared for one of my tribe's big powwow, the Nesika Illahee powwow in August. The first thing I worked on were moccasins made out of white buckskin:
Aren't they pretty? I can practically make a print out of this picture because of the angles. They're made in a style that's supposed to be traditional for my tribe and other tribes of the northern California and Oregon, with a piece of leather coming up to make a high-top boot form. It has antler buttons and abalone shell beads to cover up some goof-ups on the sewing for the laces. And here's a crappy WIP picture back when I was still sewing and before I sewed on the top:
Because it's relevant and all that.

Next for me to do was to work on several beaded projects which includes a hairpiece (which will be a hair clip for now since I definitely don't have time to make a beaded crown), two beaded hair extender pieces, something to hold eagle plumes with (once I get one) and a necklace (which I probably won't do myself thankfully). So lots of beading, and let me tell you, it takes a hell lot of time to bead anything, whether it's just to make an outline or filling out a small part. Plus it's my first time so it's taking extra long. My half-sister's mom, the person teaching me to bead, has been beading for over 30 years and is pretty fast and can probably do at least one a night. Alright, so here's another crappy WIP picture to show when I was outlining the whole thing for my hairpiece:Haven't made anymore progress since I was working on a hair extender piece:Notice all the nice tiny holes on it, showing I have no damn clue about where the needle is supposed to go, flaunting the fact that I don't sew either. It's okay though, I'm getting better about where the needle is supposed to go, and the little holes get covered by beading anyway.
And finally:That's with the flower and leaf part beaded, which leaves just the negative space to be filled. And it took way to long to do already. Once I get the whole thing beaded, I'll make a photocopy of it and bead on top of it to make a matching piece. Hopefully the next thing I bead though won't have so many rookie mistakes, such as visible strings and uneven surface.

So that's it for now, since I haven't made enough progress on the Native Steampunk California piece to show a WIP of that one.