Squirly Flower

It's actually called a Lisianthus but I reckon 'Squirly Flower' describes it better! I bought myself these flowers earlier and I think I actually like them more in bud than in bloom.

I've no beads to show you as I haven't made any for a few days. I had my niece Robyn over to stay this weekend. She slept on her inflatable mattress in my room and at about 5.20 on Sunday morning I was woken up by a little voice saying "Auntie Laura is it time to get up yet?" and when I replied that no it wasn't she said "But I just heard a chicken outside and it said 'Cock-a-doodle-doo' so I think it is time to get up, Auntie Laura!". That made me laugh!

Today I've been taking step-by-step photographs for a magazine tutorial that my friend Nicky is working on. We had a good day full of nattering and coffee - always good.

The other day I wrote a new post for Watch Me Create. This one is about my Cloud beads. Please click here if you fancy a look-see.

No house news. We've had several viewers and about three of those are really interested but they haven't sold their properties so all in all not much is happening on the house-selling front. Yawn!

Hopefully I'll post again tomorrow with some beads to show you!

Winner

The winner of last night's draw is Sue Konynenburg.

Well done, Sue! Hope you like the earrings.

Earrings Giveaway

I made these earrings before Christmas but at the start of the new year I decided that I would no longer sell jewellery on my website and they've been sat in a box doing nothing ever since. So I decided to use them as a prize in a giveaway.

The earrings feature two of my etched 'Coconut Ice' beads along with Swarovski crystal sequins and beads. All findings are sterling silver.

If you fancy a chance of winning them then please send an email to me at laura@beadsbylaura.co.uk with the words 'Prize Draw' in the subject line. Your name will then go into a hat (or some kind of bowl or box or something) and I will draw a winner at 9.00pm (GMT) on Sunday 6th July.

Good luck!

'Luminobeads'

These beads look like they're glowing. Opaque cores cased in coloured transparent and etched to a matt finish. Simple but pretty.

These will be for sale on my website tomorrow evening.

More Cloud Beads

I've been working on improving the cloud effect beads today. I did a touch of encasing tweaking and I'm really pleased with the way these have turned out. They're definitely some of those you-need-to-see-them-in-real-life kind of beads. They seem to be a bit camera shy and won't pose nicely!