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Adding to the collection of red glass beads! Total is now 411 and I am starting to feel like I might actually get this done. Thinking about what to make next. 589 to go!

Finding a nice mix of red semi-precious beads to add to the jewellery I am making for my @salafestival exhibition in August.

In my happy place at @tartscollective today. All re-stocked with a mix of my jewellery made from handmade Italian and recycled glass beads.

Simple, cute earrings heading to @tartscollective on Saturday when I am spending the day in the gallery! Love my days in Adelaide as the shop keeper.

I love that red and purple are colours that work well with so many other colours, making this a bracelet that can be worn over and over again.

I haven’t made any jewellery with the red collection of beads yet, I think I will wait until the total gets closer to 1000. Luckily I have lots of other beads already made and ready to make jewellery. It was nice to put a few pieces together over the weekend, getting ready for my next @tartscollective shift.

Added another 70 beads to the collection this morning! I now have 250. That is a quarter of my way to my goal of making 1000 glass beads for this @salafestival exhibition! So far it’s has been fun and I still have lots of ideas for beads, phew.

Adding 70 beads to the collection of red beads. Total is now 180 beads made for my @salafestivalexhibition. I like this mix of sparkly silver and gold beads.

I found this lovely little bottle of gin recently and thought I would try to make a pair of earrings to match. The beads in this pair of earrings were made from a tonic water bottle!

Red glass has a long history of being a difficult colour to make, with many experiments to get the different shades, and even the addition of gold to make the colour (and make it one of the most expensive colours of glass). I have been experimenting with red glass from a variety of manufacturers. I now have 110 beads made for my @salafestival exhibition. Aiming for 1000, a long way to go.