I Am In A Good Mood!!

Hey there, well I am really in a good mood this week, lots of nice things have been happening over the last week!!

Firstly we picked up our new car and I totally love it, I have never had a brand new car before and feel very lucky, even if I do feel that everyone on the road wants to hit it and I am driving super careful!! We have a really narrow drive to park down (190 cm wide and the car is 170cm) so I have been hanging towels on the wing mirrors and getting my daughter to walk in front of the car to guide me down!! My old car had serious scrathes but it never mattered!! Anyway I managed to master the art of cruise control and picked my daughter up from uni on Sunday so now have both my girls off for the summer and I have no idea how to motivate them to get some work!!

On Saturday I had a lovely shopping day with my youngest daughter who has just finished all her exams, she helped me choose a dress to wear to Buckingham Palace to see the Queen!! and of course I treated her to a new dress too.

Bead wise I have not had an awful lot of time I did manage to make these pretty flower beads

and played around making hair combs

And a new bracelet

So next on my list is to empty my kiln, it still has the beadies I made yesterday in it and then hopefully have some more lovely beadies to make with. I have yet another tiara idea and hopefully some beads that match my new dress.

Hope you all enjoying the Sun today xxx

June Already!!! blimey!!

This year is really flying by!!!! My daughter was 19 on Saturday, she celebrated it without me at Uni and by all accounts had a good time, oh to be young again!!! lol

I had a fairly quiet weekend, which was great as had lots of me time and managed to spend some quality time in the shed, a bit of dog walking, Tiara making and lots of cuddles with Spotty( well when he was not playing like mad or sitting on my laptop!!.

I bought some mosaic cutters to cut down my handmade murrini as the clipper things I usually use flick it every where and it makes me sooo mad!! anyway I am really pleased with them they cut the glass so much easier. Here are some beads I have made with my new murrini:-

Here is my lastest Tiara and I also had a go at a hair comb, I really love making them, its so addictive and I have been dreaming of swarvoski crystal!!!


































My youngest daughter is sitting her maths exam as we speak, so keeping everything crossed for her and hope she does ok, she will soon be all finished at her school and onto College x



Good luck to anyone else out there going through the same xxx

Tiara crazy!!

Well I have been going Tiara mad since my last blog!! totally addicted to making them and even my hubby has told me to off!! I have run out of tiara bases so waiting now for more to come!!! lol

I spent most of the weekend catching up in my shed and working hard to get my website back up and running. If you get time have a look, its has a total new look and I am now in the process of making new beads to fill it back up!! Just click on the flower bead below for the link (which is one of my new focal beads)
http://www.lalalampworkbeads.co.uk/

I am feeling in a really positive good mood this week, girls are being good and hubby seems pretty happy and I just cannot get enough time in my shed, really concentrating on trying to make the best I can especially with flower beads and murrini.

heres a few more pics of some of my new beads

Its my daughters 19th birthday this weekend, can't believe she is 19 years old blimey where does the time go!!! she is going to be celebrating away from home this year!! gonna be strange not being part of it, but heres to a fabulous weekend by big girl and I love you xxxxxxxxxxxx

last Weekends Bead Retreat

Firstly this is the piccy of the bracelet I made with the beads from my last blog, the piccy is a bit dark, but I love it xx

Well we had a fantastic weekend, can't believe it was nearly a whole week ago!! It was such fun, lovely company, everyone got on brilliantly and the place where we stayed was fantastic. Great Walks and Great food and the beading was just brilliant, its so nice to have such a wide range of talent all in one place, I am constantly amazed about what everyone can make. We also had a baby shower for Aster it was a really lovely weekend and I am so lucky to have meet such a lovely bunch of beaders. The house we staying in is in the middle of the trees at the top of the hill in this photo. I walked Madgy along the Tissington Trail and it was beautiful.

There is way to much to tell you all but here is the link with Photos so you can see what we were all upto. Just click on the piccy x

Whilst we were there the lovely Faye from Occasions Accessories (http://www.facebook.com/#!/OccasionsAccessories?sk=infonfo) showed me how to make Tiara's and I am afriad I now have a new addiction!!! I would like to try and incorporate my glass flowers in each Tiara.

But my daughter wanted one without so I made here this one

I have loads to do at the min, I am in the process of redoing my website and I am not getting on very quick!! Plus I need lots of shed time to make new beads and thinking of making murrini too, so it will be head down over the next month or so, so if you see me slacking give me a kick up the bum!!

Helen xx

Bead retreat is nearly here!!

I am so excited, some of the bead buddies have planned bead retreat weekend and its nearly here just two more sleeps. I cannot wait we had such a lovely time last year and I learnt loads too. We are staying on this lovely farm in Derbyshire and this year Madgy is coming too!! ( will have to watch her near all those sheeps!!!!!!

I have been busy preparing got all my beads together and route planned, new pyjamas and jeans too!! Its gonna be nice to have a step out of my hectic life and chill out. Hubby is gonna be left looking after his girlies and remaining pets!! Poor Spotty ( my cat) no Mummy cuddles for a couple of days!!!!!!!

I did manage a bit of shed time at the weekend and played around making my own murinni, at first i really had a job pulling it out even but kept at it and gots some nice results in the end. Here are some beads I made with them:-

I really love bracelets and as its now summer thought I would make myself some to add to my ever growing collection and came up with this

I quite like it it's nice and chunky, so I am thinking of making a whole collection sooooo made these beads for my next one!!

Will show you when I finish it, might match them with some more of my lampies and see what I come up with.

Catch up next week with all the goss on the beady weekend xxx

Helen xxx

My Newest flower beads x

All the above beads were made on my sunday session in the shed, I have not had anytime since then, as came down with some horrible bug that floored me for a couple of days, I did manage to go to work but cancelled everything else which has mean't I have been feeling a little sorry for myself!! I even missed out on a night with some of my freinds!!!

Anyway, I have decided to give myself a kick up the bum and get back in the shed today, feeling sorry for yourself is pointless, easy to slip into when so much goes on around you but still pointless, so what shall I make!!!!!!!! hmmmmmmmmmm can't decide xxxx

Hope everyone out there having a fun time xxxxx

So sorry not blogged for ages!!

Hi there, well I am sooo sorry not updated on here for ages, have had loads of going on over the last few months but think things are returning to a calmer time again (fingers crossed). I returned my eldest daughter back to Uni at the weekend, its a bit of a drive to Chester but I think I am now getting use to it now and it really is a lovely City. Was there and back, home by 1 pm this time!!! but then totally shattered!!

I then used Sunday as my beading day, I am really into making sets with hearts at the min and also flower beads too. I have been really thinking about my beading lately and things are pretty slow, so have decided to use the time to try harder and make more compilcated beads rather than trying to sell. The selling game is such a complicated one, that I am obviously not very good at and it can be disheartening when so much time goes into my making.

So I made flower beads yesterday and will get them cleaned to show later today, I am also getting quite excited about the bead retreat, only two weeks to go Yay, a whole weekend talking beads just can't wait.

xxxx