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

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