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

Mid Week and Feeling off

Firstly don't laugh but here is a mad creation I made, not sure what I was thinking really but its done!!!! We are all allowed our little mistakes!!





Well its Wednesday already and I feel a bit off today!!! I have been dieting and think I might have eaten too much riveta!!!! lol Maybe I need chocolate!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!





I had a lovely weekend caught up with my little sis and her lovely family, little Megan is growing up fast and so comical now. I also met my daughters new boyfriend, this is a new experience for me,first time one of my girls has officially got a boyfriend and introduced them!! I think they are dead scared I will scare them off!!!! LOL!!!

So I have been extremally addicted to making impolosion beads and these are my lastest















I made this bracelet just for me and since wearing someone at work has asked me to make a bracelet in the same line but diff colours for their wife, so chuffed with that
















Oh and my Mum has asked for red necklaces so made these, but won't know what she thinks of them until the next time we catch up. My Mum is my number one fan of my Jewellery!! lol













So last night I planned to make more beads but I had one of those days when whatever I tried to make just turned to pooh!! so having a day off the shed today, might get some seedies out tonight will see how I feel.

The only other thing I have to tell you is that I have now popped some beads on sale on my webby to try and make way for new beads to get to the link just click on sale.








hope you all having a good week and enjoying the sunshine peeking through xxxx

Really Chilled out this weekend

Well I have just had a lovely relaxing calm weekend for a change, no teenage troubles and quite a bit of time to myself!! The sun even shone now and then!!

so here was my first attempt!!




















Then I tried with green aventurine and it sort of did not work but I still quite like them!!

















And these are my latest try, I think I am getting there now!! lol




















I cant wait to try and make some more now, but running out of clear glass and no money till pay day!!

Oh and shhhhhhh don't tell anyone but I finished my peice for the gbuk competition which is safley hidden away ready to post!! yay

I have also nearly finished something else I have been making but its a bit mad really!! I will hopefully finish it tonight then show lol.

Oh and having a great time at the moment on the bead buddies forum, with swapsies, got this amazing beaded bracelet in the post today I loves it!!

Hope you all happy and smiling


Helen

I can be soooo stupid its unbelieveable really!!

Hi everyone, well what can I say I am a total idiot, I had to withdraw my entry for the GBUK because i am thick and did not read the rules properly and showed the cuff!! I was sooo annoyed with myself and it has really taught me a lesson to slow down and read things, instead of rushing in!! Luckily they have extended the entry date and I now have time to try and submit a totally new peice secretly this time!!!!



Above is my Mad Spot!!! lol

Anyway I have also decided to slow things down a bit, taking time to enjoy my beads rather than actively trying to sell, so I have put my Misi, Etsy, Folksey and Ebay all on hold and I am only going to concentrate on my website from now on, when I have the time. I mean I have a job and the girls, pets and Hubby to look after and feel like I have been overdoing things a bit.

Sooo to cheer myself up I had a bit of an internet shop and bought lots of lovely glass pearl beads and with all the beads now not listed I have been eyeing up ideas to make some jewellery just for fun!!

so far have made these beads
into this necklace










And with this necklace too










I plan to get some shed time at the weekend and want to try the tut in Beads and Beyond magazine that Sally Carver has done, I never have been able to master round implusion beads, so wish me luck!!!!

Happy weekend to you all xxxx

Teenagers are driving me mad!!!!

Well all I can say is that I am glad it is Friday!!! as you may know we have four teenage girls between Jason and me (two each), aged 14, 15, 16 and 18 and I am not sure if it is me but my god its hard work!!!!!!!!!!!!! I know I gave my Mum hell at that age and maybe I deserve all the hassle they bring and I do love them all its just hard sometimes. I get so frustrated when I don't get much shed time.

Anyway apart from running around after all them and doing boring things like working!!! I have managed to to finish a cuff I have been making for the GBUK Jewellery competition.


















And this morning I founds some off my odd beads and made this bracelet, I teamed them with some Rock Crystal beads that I just love.













I did make some focal beads last weekend and I have loads of ideas for some more beads I want to make so planning a shed day tomorrow YAy xxxxxxxxxxxxx