Slightly Better Photo of the Crystal Burst Ring

I discovered Picasa, it's still not great but the
colours are are truer representation, on my monitor anyway.
I've got some time on my own on Monday, so I think I'll play
more then.

Crystal burst Ring

Last week I finally treated myself to Laura McCabe's book Creating Crystal Jewellery with Swarovski. I've been wanting it for ages and I was not disappointed, it is a beautiful book 7 I wish I had more money to go out and buy a truckload of crystals to make every project in it! The instructions for this ring were easy to follow and it was a lot of fun to make. The photo is dreadful though, I wish I was a better photographer.

Herringbone & Medallion Necklace

I am a big fan of Suzanne Cooper's book Victorian & Variations and have made many versions of the medallions from it. I made these 3 to dress up a strip of herringbone that I made by experimenting with different size beads to create curves, the pendant is strung with onyx beads for the neck strap. I like the colour combination of the dark red, bronze and matte & shiny black in this piece.

Spring Tickle.

I loved these lime delica's when I saw them at Chepstow, so I snapped up a couple of packets. This bracelet is spiral peyote, which is a technique that I have wanted to try for a while. I liked it, I'll probably use it in a bigger project one day.

Knuckle Up.

I don't very often wear dress rings as they aren't usually big enough for me & I am usually focused on making necklaces. I have recently organised my stash & found a few odd beads leftover from other projects and I thought rings would be a good way to use them up and would expand my finger wardrobe nicely.

These rings are simple peyote bands with fringe to embellish, they take little over an hour & are great to do in front of the TV or when supervising a four year old bundle of fun. I think I'll go through the stash & make up a few kits for these so that I am ready to go when I want to do some beading but don't have any inspiration or time to think up a new project.

Unanticipated Exercise.

So my 4 year old son has a play date over for the day while her mums in work. They are having great fun putting things together all over his bedroom floor to make pictures of different things. It's really very cute & I am thrilled with their creativity, but, they keep calling me upstairs to look, it's only 9.05 & I am already worn out! Heaven help me by 4.30 when her mum is picking her up!

Random Facts about me #1

So far I haven't included much personal information, I thought it would be fun to occasionally post a fact about myself and what makes me tick. Here's the first one, it may seem trivial but it's something my friends learn very quickly!

I firmly believe that Celery is the Devil's vegetable.

Seriously, only give me something that includes this vile and heinous substance if you truly want to punish me! My husband says that it has a bland taste but to me it's really strong and the flavour that I hate most. I am not the only female in my family to feel this way either, it must be a genetic trait.