Shop Update

A rainbow of handmade beads

'Rainbow Bright'

'Carnival'

There are bold brights and blushing pastels in today's shop update. Bright pinks, kermit greens and fruity oranges. Champagne taupes, fairy floss lilacs and powdery blues. There are black, chocolate brown and turquoise coloured braided cottons. And there is the option to design your own necklace too.

Are you a pastel or a rainbow loving person? Or a bit of both?

You can find them all here.

Instagram snippets

1. The latest addition to the garden and high on my list of favourite flowers.

2. A few more rows here and there.

3. Sandles for Summer.

4. Patting cats is serious business for Emerson.

5. Store brought and homegrown. I'm calling my eggplant a dwarf variety. It was fresh and tasty though!

6. The dinning room/ crafting table.

7. Making beads - four new designs in the shop today.

8. Potato stamping Christmas wrapping paper with Cohen.

9. Admiring the blocks of sculpey colour.

Shop Update!

I have been happily and busily at work in the creation of these handmade beads. As a result there are several new colourful necklaces in the shop today. They make a fun addition to an outfit or a lovely gift. They also work beautifully as a feeding/teething necklace for little ones, as they are non-toxic, colourful, smooth and can handle the attention.

You can find them all here.

'Afternoon Tea' Beads

I could not wait to start stringing the beads I made. I wore mine all day yesterday and Emerson has been enthralled by them. Now if she is feeling fidgety while feeding she can play with the beads instead of pinching me. A definite win!

Thanks for your lovely comments about them too. I have put some in the shop if anyone is interested in a set for themselves or as a gift. I can also custom make them for you with your chosen colours and shapes.

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Ornament swappers! I emailed the last of the partner details last night. So if you haven't received an email from me and you think you should have, please email me and let me know.

Don't forget to keep your partner's details a secret until you send them your ornament, then you can reveal your identity (name, blog, email, whatever suits you) in a card or note with your decoration. I would love it if you sent me a photo of your finished ornament/s too, so I can make a mosaic of everyone's handiwork.

I have created a flickr account, so you can add images of your works in progress, inspiration mosaics and your finished pieces. It's here.

Quiltova has created a mosaic of decorations she likes to make the guess work easier for her partner.

Christmas crafting

My heart is set on as many of our Christmas gifts as possible being hand made, so the Christmas crafting has begun. Inspired by Pip's gorgeous necklaces, I spent a couple of hours rolling, making and baking beads yesterday afternoon, for some special people in my life. A rather satisfying way to spend an afternoon. I do think they are looking a bit cute. I can't wait to get some pretty string to thread them on and play with the combinations of colours and shapes. 

There may even be enough beads for a necklace for me...

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PS. November is looking like a creative month indeed, with the inspirational Kootoyoo initiating a month of my creative space. I will be playing along via Instagram. More details here.