Wednesday, 21 May 2014

Night Sky on wrist...

My beautiful assistant displays nine of the Night Sky beads:

I think if you are on a computer you can see the 12 second movie, but on mobiles I'm not sure it works/ (I shall look into it..)



Monday, 19 May 2014

Starry Starry Night...

Wow!

It's been a bit of a journey bead wise this last week or two.

You might remember that I had been asked by a lovely customer to make some "Night Sky" themed charm beads.. Well, I have loved the challenge and finally can show you all what I've been up to..

I'll start with a picture of them all in one, and then go into each one in detail...

This picture tries to show each of the sixteen beads as a summary.




OK. Details on the beads in the top line:






Details on the middle set:





 And finally the ones on the bottom row:







So that's what I've been up to. I've got to get straight back on it though because I have a few bits waiting now, as I think I got a bit caught up in all this Night Sky lark! I will let you know which other ones are available soon.

My next adventure are a set of rainbows for a very special lady and preparing for the stall at the Summer Fair on the 7th June. Wish me luck

Take care

Wednesday, 7 May 2014

Round the Twist!

Been on quite a bobbly journey recently with all those rockpooly beads and the like.. 



Well after getting all the bobbly orders and off to their new homes I have been doing twisty beads. Can't seem to stop!



It's really funny how you seem to go in phases; everything I have produced in the last couple of days has had twists (or twisties) in them!





And... Am really excited as am going to make my first set of 'night sky' inspired charm beads soon. I don't quite know how they will turn out at the mo. but it's a lovely concept and can't wait to start. (..just need to do a few other bits first as always...).

Been looking at some images for ideas: 
Do make comments/suggestions of themes if you think of any. So far I've been thinking:

Starry, starry night:


Aurora borealis:


Comet

Nebula:


Meteor/meteorite:




Moonscapes:


Moon dust:
Also:

Moon Rock
Witching hour
Black hole
Neptune
UFO 

Now,... how these ideas might come to life as beads I do not quite know yet, but I'll be having a lot of fun trying to make it happen ;-)

Watch this space to see how it goes! Wish me luck x