I showed you the blue/green version of these beads yesterday. Today it’s the red/purple version. Oh, I love this colour combination! They have been a lot of fun to make,…
I used to make LOTS of this type of flower bead. In all sorts of colours. And then one day, I just stopped making them. My husband asked me why,…
After around 15 attempts, I finally finished the Poppy necklace! I made 100 Poppy beads for the necklace, to commemorate 100 years since the start of World War 1. I…
I am trying to make a necklace for the South East Art Society “Remembrance” exhibition. I can picture it in my head, and draw it on paper, but the actual…
As a general rule, I don’t really like the colour yellow (I know)! However, every time I make a necklace with yellow in it, it gets snapped up! So, I…
Remember how I tipped all of my beads into the display tray the other day? This is another necklace that came out of that inspiring move! I love all of…
I can’t believe I didn’t do this years ago…well, maybe it’s because I only recently saw these box frames in the shops! I tipped all of my beads into the frames…
I have had a lot of lovely bead orders come in recently. It’s been fun, because some of the orders have been for beads that I haven’t made for a…
I would say that most of the days that I spend on the torch are “good” days. But the other day things just weren’t working out, this particular bead was…
Our trip to Melbourne on the weekend coincided with the LAST day of the Mari Funaki Award for Contemporary jewellery exhibition. This was at the beautiful Gallery Funaki. To…