Hearts

both sides of hearts, the red heart in the middle has raised dots

the goldie band on the second bead is slightly raised as is the dot

 few beads made yesterday , had to get a new bottle of

gas

First 3 attempts with murrini bottom right 1st, bottom left 2nd

pink one 3rd I think I'm getting it !!!!

All 8 charms are not flying to the States to join a charm exchange.

I took another photo with them all and the pink one facing the right way

with a £ coin just to show the size of them, these have a rustic finish 

which means they are not uniformly wired ie they are untidy LOL

Heart charms

beads waiting to be sold

anklet below just to show I do make things lol

I have a bead fair at the weekend, just haven't got as many beads as I wanted made lol, been having an awful time with hayfever  , migraines and no sleep , I think this has been the worst year for me hayfever wise for donkeys years, not making for a very happy Karen LOL  oh and I stuck my finger in the flame the other day that didn't help!!!!!!

etched and not etched, some of these will be sold just as beads at the bead fair in July.

Others will be made into jewellery, the pastel 5 row up I did 2 of each colour 1 set are etching

Bracelet for MIL blue beads with blue pearls and silver beads and catch

better photo lol

bad photo lol

hand made deep pink beads with turquoise dots

silver plated Greek washers and 2 deep red washers

on pink leather thong with silver caps a a silver hook

2 different colour bracelets

project finished

project started during Columbo yea yea I watch any film when hubby is away lol
he has been in Switzerland for a week and a half so I have been home alone, hopefully he will be home tuesday or wednesday
Notice the glasses I now need for reading and close work makes life a lot easier when you can see what you are doing lol may even try going back to stitching, I was told 6 months a go I didn't need glasses now I an told by a different optician I should have had them  for quiet a while they are quiet strong lenses for a first script 

Thought it may be easier to see them here rather on the other album

Turquoise and ivory glass beads, ceramic round beads and turquoise clay beads

Pink glass beads with turquoise pattern, silver plated beads and Swarovski crystals 

real turquoise round beads with Thai silver spacers

all three are anklets

Silver for a change

This is my first attempt at silver castings , used a glass heart shape bead which probably wasn't deep enough lol. A friend gave me a few scrap bits of old jewellery to play with last year so I took the plunge and melted them . It needs finishing off , a hole drilled and polishing then I will decide if it needs to be re melted or made into a charm

Beads from this weekend