Playtime

I've just got some new glass :o)

Oh, the excitement when the parcel arrives at my workplace! I open the box, rip out all the packaging, eat the sweet...and there it is...lovely, shiny new glass. It has to be touched, stroked and held up to the light...then it has to be put away again until I get a day off and am finally able to play with it.

Today was that long awaited playtime and I can't wait to see what comes out of my annealing bubbles!

Autumn

Looks like Autumn's here...

And it really feels like it on a blustery, chilly drizzly day like today!

Rocks, the Universe and all that...

Well the mojo seems to be back, although I've not had much time to make many beads lately. I've come to the end of the first module of my degree and am currently revising for the exam, which is in a week and a half...wish me luck!

The unexpected bonus of the course was how much it influenced my beadmaking! I know I've commented on it a few times in my blog, but I'm rather chuffed because I feel like I've finally found my style. I've always loved making organic beads, but my interest in rocks - and most recently (and surprisingly!) in astrophysics - has been really fun and challenging to translate to glass.

Here are some of my latest Etsy batch. The first is a style I particularly love...a little ribbon of galaxy within a rock. Just fabulous :o)

New beads

Just popping in to tell you there are a couple of new beads now in my Etsy shop...

New shop

Oh dear, I've been rather lax on the blogging front...again...

My mojo has gone missing again, it hasn't been seen for a few weeks now. It happens every now and then, it seems that I have an intense period of creativity when I love almost everything I make, then I guess the old mojo decides it's been overworked and needs a holiday! It always comes back in the end, although I do panic for a while that it's gone for good and I'll never make a decent bead again :(

Anyway, in the meantime I've opened a new shop on Folksy. I've listed a few beads that I made a while back before the mojo went AWOL and there are more to come, so keep checking!