Moonlitnight Creations

Claire Francis has been a bead customer of mine for many years now. As well as being a thoroughly lovely person (I've met Claire in actual real life) she makes absolutely beautiful jewellery too.

The other evening, when I was feeling a little bit glum, my email inbox ding-beeped and I was delighted to open an email from Claire that instantly cleared my bad mood. She had sent me a wodge of photographs of jewellery that she had made using my beads.

I can't pick a favourite because I think they're all stunners but I tell you, if I could wear earrings* those spotty ones would be dangling from my lobes right about now. I love them!

Claire sells her work via Folksy and most of these items are available in her shop - Moonlitnight Creations - where you will find countless other pieces that will make you ooh-and-aah with jewellery lust.

So thank you, Claire, for cheering up my face with your wonderful work.

Have you got any photos of items that you've made with my beads? If so, please email me and let me have a look-see.

Right. I have a stack of frit beads to clean and string.

Have a good Thursday!

* I had my ears pierced when I was sixteen. I wore earrings with no trouble until I was about twenty-seven and then all of a sudden my ears went all horrid. I left them alone without wearing earrings for months on end but whenever I try wearing earrings (and I've tried gold, sterling silver, titanium, nickel free, niobium and youwillnotbeallergicium) my ears instantly react and go wrong again. It's mighty annoying because I love earrings but never mind, eh? So yeah, that's why I can't wear Claire's spotty earrings. But you probably could ...

Restocked

I've been encasing frit beads like a crazy person and I've just added these pale green and light pink 'Cherry Blossom' ones to my Folksy shop. I've also restocked the purple and teal ones.

Shiny new beads

I had a lovely surprise when I opened the kiln today and saw these gorgeously rich purple beads. Obviously I knew they'd be purple (because I sat and made them myself with purple glass) but they really are a very lovely purple. If you like them too then you might be interested to know that they, and also the teal green ones, are available in strands of seven over in my Folksy shop. Each strand of seven is priced at £9.00.

I've also made a set of etched 'Iced Coffee' beads.

These ones are for sale over on my Freshly Baked Beads page.

It's doing really wimpish, naff snow outside. What's it like where you are?

Have a good Sunday and thanks for stopping by,

And the winner is ...

Thank you to everyone who completed my bead survey. Your responses have been super duper and I really do appreciate you taking the time to help me.

The survey software assigned each respondent a number and I have just used a random number generator to pick the winner of the prize beads and that person is Jane Hickey. Yayhurray!

Again, big thanks to you all.

Folksy Update

I've just put some beads in my Folksy shop. There are some pairs which would be fab for earrings and there's also a some encased frit beads.

Joanna over at Designs By Jojo sent me another picture of one of her lovely neckalces, this time made with some of my sepia beads.

I love this one; it's just so pretty.

I must away to the shed now. See you later!