Your jewellery my beads!

I have just had an email from one of my customers who has made some jewellery from some beads she bought from me. I get such a kick from this....Thank you. I love seeing what you make with beads you get from me!

Practice beads

So I am on my sofa wrapped up in a blanket feeling not very well and tinkering on the internet! Realised I took these and forgot to blog them! I made these yesterday afternoon, more of the designs I have been playing with lately! I am not actually that happy with them and am seriously worried that the 4 I sold yesterday may have been a one off fluke! (God I hope not!)
That said a couple of these are nicer than the others mostly the top one and the bottom one. The top one cos I just simply like the colours Effetre Grass green etched seems really summery to me and the bottom one cos I like the pattern and the lines! I do think that the base glass should be transparent cos the etching really finishes the bead off (IMO) but I have to play with the different glasses as some of them don't keep their nice crisp lines!!

My Bullseye order arrived a little while ago but sadly it may be a couple of days before I get onto the torch now cos I am not feeling top ticket but hey ho at least I have been able to catch up with "The Apprentice" which I missed last night!

Right going now see you all soon and don't forget I would love to hear what you think about my beads above or any other colour suggestions
TTFN x

This might help!!!

So I blogged this morning about having problems with finding colour combos that work and look what someone found on Frit Happens - Colour Lovers

I have fallen in love with another website! I have printed of some deeply scrummy colour combos and now need to see if I can match glass to the colours! and then off I go to make beads!

That said I had a couple of hours this afternoon and turned out complete pap! After my fantastic session last night with the beads I posted earlier I have succesfully made 2 sets of spacer beads! BTW the beads I posted about this morning sold within half an hour of me listing it on Etsy...How chuffed was I!!!

Anyway no beading tonight so gonna have to wait till at least tomorrow evening before I can get onto my torch again! In the meantime I feel a glass order coming on!!!

TTFN x

Wow post number 200

I have to say I am quite pleased with myself for being so consistent and writing this blog and I totally enjoy it. I do hope you guys who read it enjoy it as well!

Happy 200th post to me and many more to come!

Right to other stuff I made these last night

Those of you who follow my blog will recognise these as a design I started on a few weeks ago but I got waylaid by big swirl beads after the Flame Off. I returned to these last night and am really happy with the way they have turned out. It helped making a bigger base bead and the one thing I am really into at the mo is bigger beads. I do like my little beads but bigger ones provide a better canvas for designs! The colour combo was a bit of an ephiphany yesterday afternoon, not a unique colour combo blue and yellow work together but I do struggle with getting colour combos right. You should see my orphan and fugley box, full of beads that just don't do it for me!!! I do sell these cos my taste will be different from others but I sell them as orphans you have to keep an eye on my website for my occasional bargain basement sale!

Right gotta go, house work to do and shopping I am having a Body Shop party tonight for a friend who has just become a consultant!

Have a lovely day
TTFN x

Beaders Showcase

Yay I am one of this weeks featured artists in Beaders Showcase For those of you unfamiliar with this web site click on the "This week" section in the "Album Showcase". I am one of 9 featured artists and there are another 2 forum members with me Sarah from Flame Force Five and Pam from Maple Glass

Other news I am still struggling with stringer control on my beads and it is beginning to frustrate me but I will perservere (?sp). I have made a gorgeous ribbon bead this weekend that I am very happy with and they are quite forgiving of my poor stringer technique LOL. I will post a picture later there has not been much sun the last 2 days.

Right best be off, gotta get ready for work and get Savannah to my SIL as my childminder is off this week! Have a lovely day
TTFNx

Silver lentil beads

The finished article and I am quite pleased, not totally uniform but that is one of the things about handmade subtle differences with each one. I will take better pictures later and I think I may sell these what d'ya reckon! Would they be of interest to anyone?

Art clay pictures!

The top picture is what Keiara and I made on Wednesday when she came round! The fingerprint and the flower are mine the rest are Keiara's! The hearts are diddy!!! We did have fun tho honest Keiara's face when she saw what happens to the clay! It is amazing stuff tho!!! I still marvel at it!

The second picture is of my art clay lentils. The bottom ones are sanded down and virtually ready for firing the top ones are rough still! NO casualties yet still got 11 little devils to do something with! I am not sure if I am going to use them or if I am going to sell them! Lets see how they fire and what they are like once I have drilled the other hole in! Oh and tumbled them!

No beading tonight but I am hoping that my parcel from Jolene arrives tomorrow so I can play saturday night! I have joined the Mini Mo club which is run by Jolene and each month I get a selection of murrini, shards and twisties to use in my bead designs and I am really looking forward to that! So more beads to come!!!

Right best be off got lentils to sand and fire final pictures tomorrow!!!
TTFN xx