Beads!

Hi

I had a shed day yesterday. It was very productive.

I'm especially proud of this bead I made:







I put a tree on both sides because I think its a shame when you have a lovely picture on a bead but when it flips over, which it often does as you go about your day, no one gets to see the lovely picture. I very much admire the beads of 'Rowanberry Glass Art' and love trees. I've made tree beads before and even had one shown in 'Bead' magazine once but this is easily my best. I am so pleased with it and have been wearing it all day.




I quickly put it on a a headpin this morning. It has a green Swarovski Crystal at the bottom and a blue one at the top. To make it not wobble because of the silver headpin being thinner than the hole in the bead, I put some size 11 seed beads between the two crystals. You can't see them but the wobble isn't there.


See that bead on the left of the photo above my big hole bead? It's a new Troll Bead I got for Christmas. I've wanted it for ages. It's called 'Three Siblings' and makes me think of my children. I gave up hoping to get it and instead stuck a photo of it in a scrapbook of things I would like and told my husband I would really like it. I love how this necklace looks. I've added a lobster clasp so that I can easily change the pendant when I want to.




The other day I was wearing this one:




I made this face cloth for my son:



It's Rowan Glacé Cotton with DMC Petra number 5 in black worked on a 3.5mm hook. I thought it would make it more manly for my son.

Now I'm working on a cowl/neck warmer for my daughter because scarves can be a bit tricky when you're little. I used my yarn I'd intended for a cushion. I hope she likes it and wants to wear it when it's finished. There are an awful lot of ends I need to sew in:



I decided to not use a pattern of stripes but to pick them more randomly and I'm very much liking how it's looking.

Forgot to show you these beads:



They remind me of Spring.

I'd like some more pink glass. Gellys Sty is my favourite but pink glass is expensive at the moment. Pink glass uses gold to make the colour and Gellys Sty is currently £30. Hard to justify. I kid myself that I'm very with the market when I have a look at gold prices to see if they are dropping.

This is my little light tent I use when I'm attempting to take good photos of my beads:



Here's that bead again:



Did I say how pleased I am with it? I think I might have.


In other 'news' the orchid is still looking good:



And this tulip is emerging:



I bought these today for the pots outside our house:




Have a wonderful weekend. I have to do new school shoe buying. There's always something I need to spend money on. One day I'll have some spare for a glass order but not for a while. There are lots of new colours since I bought my last lot and filigrano which I've wanted for a long time.

Sally
Xxx