New!

Yes, those new products I mentioned a few weeks back are finally in stock and in my Etsy shop. I wanted to try and expand what I sell while getting back to my art. So I have started with some little items to judge the pulse of what people are looking for. Hopefully, later in the year, I will expand a bit more with some paper based products like greetings cards and notebooks. But I'm a great believe in great things growing from small seeds.

At the moment there are button badges, fridge magnets, zipper pulls, and two different styles of keyring in a choice of nine different designs, from animals to plants. Do pop by if you would like to take a look.

More new paper beads for spring

I finally got them photographed. Hooray! For a change, we have had some bright weather which allows me to get brighter photos too. Some pretty Peacock Feather beads are first up. Years ago I made some hand painted peacock feather beads that were very popular. Sadly, I had to stop hand painting my beads due to time constraints. But I always wanted to bring back some feathers.

Next we have some flaming red beads called, strangely, Flame. It has been a long, cold winter here (although not as cold as in some places) and I think I was inspired to create something with a bit of warmth. These ones have a grungy, distressed and abstract design.

As usual, they are in my Etsy shop.

Butterfly beads for spring

This hasn't been the easiest weekend. I learned never to place a bag of jelly sweets next to patchouli and sandalwood incense - the sweets taste dreadful after that. I hurt my wrist while doing some spring cleaning (is this an excuse not to spring clean?). It is now bandaged and looking very sorry for itself. And my Ottlite blew up. Yes, it blew up with a futt-ing noise and flames. It is nearly seven years old and was used all day, every day for those seven years so I will make excuses for it. But I did get a bit of a fright.

However, I did manage to get some new beads designs finished. This is the first of them - Butterflies. Of all the designs I have made over the last ten years of bead making I don't think I have ever made butterfly beads. Mmmm, strange! You can find them in my Etsy store - if they haven't sold out already (did I mention I am trying out positive thinking?)

An update for early spring

Just a quick update on what I have been doing since I have obviously not been writing blog posts. There are some new moves afoot at the moment. A bit like the mad scientist, I am trying out some new things. I have some new bead designs in the pipeline. They should be available soon. However there are some new products that I am working on that focus more on my art. I don't want to say too much right now as I am getting some things finalised before the big announcement - but there is a certain cuteness factor. More to come soon. In the meantime, here is a look through the mad scientist's microscope.