Busy couple of days

Ok time to take this beading seriously !!

I went into the shed yesterday for a few hours as a friend wanted some purples to choose from . That was my first job to tick off the list. 

 Then as I still have not got Lime Green or Acid Yellow out of my system yet I had to make Balls for earrings .

Then it was time to play with some other colours ( yeah !!!!!!!!! )

Here's my work station whilst I am working !!!

                              
                                                            Above is at it's worst !!!!

                                                                   After a little tidy up

                                        Then when I have finished  and cleaned everything up

I also have a new guest that comes into our shedo now, no not the dog . Cocco !!!!!!! Now she has been told not to go near open flames ......... And must wear safety glasses at all times .......

Hot days make me bead

It does really make me want to bead. Sod cleaning the house . I want to be in that shed beading , getting even hotter with the torch !!!!

 Above are some large ribbed beads that did not turn out so well, I have a good excuse . The gas was running and then ran out.

These are acid yellow and lime green , with a mixture of frit , silver foil and twists for texture .
I loved these colours so much I made myself this below.

P.S . Hubby has put fairy lights on he outside of The Beadoir , It is now complete . Just a shame I did not buy pink .

The only things I managed

I needed to do this , after having a stressful week I managed to get myself into the shed . 

What a release I felt so much happier when I emerged . 

Basic white glass with Kaz's frit I produced these .

What I did yesterday

Ok, these below are what I made yesterday with Kaz's lesson and her frit. I put this together. Rather pleased with these I must say ......

I also had yesterdays session using 2 oxys , soooooooooo much better and quicker just a bit noisy in the shed now . Oh well will have to turn up the radio more .

 Then as I am not doing so well at the flowers , I am finding I like putting the twists in to mix the colours and these are how they look , much better in person camera pics are not so good today.

Again trying to use colour and PPP the flowers , it might happen one day. I must say though doing encased flowers is really really hard then trying to encase it without the flower bleeding and all the layers you put in OMG is all I can say .

I made these focals before my lesson with Kaz . 

PPP with the heart press and new double helix glass .

My PPP at bead rollers .

Mallards !!

What a lovely couple 

I cannot believe this landed at the back of our garden

kaz's Day out

I said I would post pics, these are some beads that I made after Kaz's showed us what to do. 

From shards to ribbed to goldstone frit to encasing , Murrini I cannot forget that or stringer lessons again !!!!

A quickie

I have been doing beads HONEST !!!! I went on a much needed next stage course with Kaz last weekend both Saturday and Sunday. The husband and son I hear you say , well they went to Barcelona to watch them play . This was our son's Xmas pressie from us so Dad had to go with him as he is only 12 .

And I had the house to myself all weekend so I went on Kaz's course. I need not say anything more about the Master and her teaching skills. I learnt so much and have put some of it into practise today. As soon as I  recharge my camera I will get around to posting my efforts. 

On a lighter note we have a pair of Mallards in the pond. 4 hours they have been in their and Bella has only just noticed we have movement on the pond. Pics will follow when I go into the office next week it shall be first on my list of things to do . 

Updated Website

Just to say I have been updating www.60degreesnorth.com with bits and pieces of my work. This website will be going through a change when I am able to change the domain name in August . I am still unsure how I want it to look so plenty of extra homework for me this year, researching what I would like stylewise etc.

I am having problem with sizing of my photos on the website. I upload bigger images than I am supposed to. On my mac it says crop so I crop. I do not look at what size I am making it. ( my eyes are glazing over just talking about this. ) I know my 12 year old would do a better job than what I am doing of it at the moment !!.

Just some pics from Saturday Night

So right to left Kristie ( Our old school friend ) , ME, Sarah, Sophie, & My cousin Louise AKA Angel.

This momma dancing.

And me listening to the bass right on the speakers , no wonder I cannot hear at the moment !!!

Another job done

Now that I have been away for a lovely weekend at my cousin's . ( It only took her 17yrs to get just us two out dancing again !!) I cannot remember that last time I came in at 4am ( sober ) getting out of the taxi hearing the morning chorus ( bird's singing ) as I am just going to bed . I was awake again at 9am and on my way back home around eleven . Ready to drop when I got back home.

It was lovely us spending time together something I hope will continue alot more often anyway.

 I can now concentrate on melting glass and after a much needed kick up the rear by you lovely lot I will begin looking towards spring .

On a lighter note my younger sister ( 11yrs younger ) was out where my cousin and I were. All I wanted to do was pull her belt , sorry I mean skirt down and tell her it was past her bedtime now . But she is an adult as I keep saying to everyone I meet , but to me she will always be Vicki - Bits.........

Lost my mojo

I have lost it somewhere, I look at all the beads other people are doing and it is getting me down at the moment. Not their standard of work as I know that comes with practice and time. No it is the fact they think all these beautiful designs. That is what is getting me down, the fact I do not think my beads are beautiful and I never think of all these other wonderful designs that make up their wonderful beads.

So below are just a few I made over the weekend. 

Do you like

This is a rough attempt at using double helix glass. This is what I tried after I had my lesson at Kaz's. I overdid the glass , it is too big for the large lentil so I left it freehand. As it is that big I have put it onto a chunky chain so that it can hold the bead better. Not something I am used to but I am sure it will grow on me.

The other is a heart I made I have made up into a heart necklace.

Two more pieces of jewellery all made up ready to go.

Here's one for me.

I am so proud of this necklace . It is nothing special and is not fancy at all. Even the double helix colour has not come out that great I have better . Its just I have silver in this my encasing for this lentil is spot on for me . Up close and personal you can see the colours of the helix glass . 

So I have kept this one just for me . 

On a roll

Well I have got a party to do in a few weeks, so I really get my arse in order. 

Bags have arrived Plastic, Velvet or a few with handles . Tissue paper is next on the list. Cards are done , so it is just a case of making the endless amount of beads I have up into stunning pieces of jewellery that people would want to wear. !! You see that's the thing what I like and what I would wear is different say to what my cousin likes and what she would wear . I would say even in clothes what she likes and what I like are opposite in every sense of the word. However she is not afraid in what she wears , very feminine and very beautiful . The same as my sister very feminine and very beautiful . That goes with their style of jewellery . Light and feminine . Where as I like simple but chunky mamma's .

In this women are similar but would you ever get 2 friends exactly the same !!!

So here are a few more bracelets in doughnut style beads

 Getting ready for that heatwave we are going to have this year !!!

I really like this simple blue necklace on a fine Stirling silver ball chain

Some double helix glass and encased that I did, yes you heard right , I DID IT !!!!!!

Again on Stirling silver ball chain.

All about the PPP with this heart . One of the better ones that I knew I just had to put it on a snake chain I was so overjoyed that my hearts were starting to look like hearts .

 Stripped Pink Glass which I still love  made into earrings . I have a heart to make into a necklace that will work well together with these .

Must improve my spelling

It's awful I know I know so is my grammer . I must improve . However I have things to do first.... like show you the hearts I made yesterday. I started at 9am and finished at around 2.30 that afternoon. It is not easy when making these and now I am finding I am making less beads the more I progress I am making.

So what do you think ...