'Electric Blue Starburst'

Thanks for all the lovely comments about my Starburst beads. It's nice to know that you like them. And yes, there are lots more in the pipeline. I have so many colour combinations for them in my mind! These blue ones, along with some others, will be for sale on my website later today.

'Crystal Starburst'

These ones are a bit of a different shape for me - olive-shaped beads.

The wind is whistling away here and it was really blustery all night. I half expected to open the curtains this morning and see tree debris everywhere, but no. It's just a lovely sunny, windy day!

Have a good'un!

More polka dot beads - I'm slightly taken with polka dots at the moment!

I'm off up to Cambridge now so I shall see you all next week. Have a lovely weekend!

Lots of 'Lonelies'

Total change of plan this afternoon. Sally came round with Robyn and the minute she walked through the door I could see that Robyn wasn't right. She looked pale and kept saying 'I'm freezing cold, Auntie Laura!' with a very sad look on her face. Sally took her temperature which was quite high so unfortunately we didn't go on our walk. She'd even brought Baby Annabell and Baby Chog (crazy name, but that's what Robyn calls her boy doll) who were going to come along with us in their pushchair. Robyn was so disappointed that she had to go home. So I told her we'd go next week and we'd take a picnic with us which seemed to please her. Shame - I was looking forward to an afternoon out!

So instead I spent this afternoon going through my 'Lonelies' jar and cleaning and stringing the contents together. Most beadmakers call their leftover beads 'orphan' beads. But you know me, I like to be a bit different so I call mine 'Lonelies'! This little lot can currently be found on eBay UK. Please click here if you'd like to take a closer look.

'Storm' Beads

I haven't blogged for a couple of days. Not much to say, really. March isn't a very good month for me so I've been a bit quiet.

I did go over and see my little sister's new house on Saturday. I say 'little' sister - she's six foot tall. Both my sisters are younger than me but infinitely more 'grown up' than me! Emily has just moved into a lovely house with her two best friends. While I was there we played tenpin bowling on the Nintendo Wii. I can't believe that I can be as rubbish at playing a computer game version of bowling as I am in real life. Just goes to show how good the Wii is, I guess!

I've got Robyn this afternoon. She does pre-school now so I haven't looked after her for what seems like an age! We're going to go for a walk down the woods or along the beach - whatever the weather allows us to do. I can't believe I'll soon have another niece or nephew. Sally looks pretty much fit to burst already and she's still got a month to go!