And I...

...forgot to show you this...

 A fun light pull called "North Norfolk", as it looks like the sand, sea and sky of our beautiful coastline...

A little bit...

...of silver.

I decided yesterday to mix my lamp-work style necklaces with my chain designs, and these are the result...


Above is a necklace of my lamp-work beads of a mingled green and amber glass, with mid amber and sterling silver spacers, with a large agate pendant I found a couple of years ago and had never got to use...


This one is made from cobalt blue lamp-work beads with a drop of white and cobalt, finished with silver beads...

I must admit, I'm more than a little pleased with them...

You have...

...to love the colours...

Seashell Pink

Shadow Grove

Pale Blue

Dark Ivory

and Mint...

It's been good getting back into the swing of things, after so long of just jogging along. I've missed making these little pearls of colour.

A bright and beautiful day today...some new beadies on the way, but to start...the pale blue is a beautiful German glass, which is lovely to work with....swirled over purest white.

Such a pretty lilac ribbon runs through these crystal clear beads.

A focal swirled with fine silver, you can see melted into the glass.

All for sale in my Etsy shop...

A favourite...

...colour. I think this is my favourite glass to use. It just reacts quite naturally to the heat from my torch, and depending how you do that you get the most wonderful colours...

I call it Shadow Grove

And some...

...more new colours.







1 - Yellow Ribbons
2 - Sage Green
3 - Petrol Green
4 - Blue Violet
5 - Old Rose

A few...

...bits and pieces I've listed on my Etsy Shop over the last week or so... I must leave myself a note...show off!!









The lime and lipstick red ones were made after I received my journal...I just love those colours.

Today...

...normality returned. Today I did get to the garage, and I did get the paint. I also got new rollers for the paint, some candles...more wild bird food, and two pots of hyacinths...I will photo when they're flowering.

I also got the call from the agent. Our viewer went on to another house after visiting me, and it was in the village she lived in as a girl. When she told me that yesterday, I knew she'd prefer that...and the call today confirmed it.

So, now my painting and tiling continue...I'm looking forward to the refreshed kitchen.

Oh..oops! I also separated my jewellery from my beads on Etsy...I now have two shops.

New Arrivals...

...are now showing in my shop.

I put some time this week to start back on making lampwork spacers. I've listed them in my Etsy shop, and show some here... Also, a further set of pebbles. It's a style I like, and is fun making...watching the silver twist and melt in the flame of my torch.

1 - Imperial Rome
2 - Marmalade
3 - School Ink
4 - Bloody Mary
5 - Coppered Red
6 - Shadow Grove
7 - Shiny Pebbles

Now there's...

...a thing!

As predicted, tomorrow came...and another draw ensued. This means that our run of not winning extends to seventeen, we have a replay to get through...but, it also means we ARE in the hat today. Let's hope game nineteen and the number thirteen are lucky for us! Nineteen because we play Notts Forest (who beat Man City yesterday), this coming Saturday (game eighteen), and how they'll be rejuvenated by that win and their new manager...and thirteen, because we replay against Norwich on Tuesday the 13th, and we're ball number thirteen in the draw today. I'm hoping that eighteen will be lucky, I have reservations there though!

Yesterday was different, seeing the game from a different vantage point, still having the same kind of supporters around us, but at least these were a little more positive towards the team. I am concerned about whether the board have the want to keep Jonjo Shelvey, he's just so good and a brightness in the gloom covering the Valley. For those who don't know, he's our sixteen year old midfielder, and little used this season, but already you can see his understanding of the game. His influence yesterday was beyond his years, and he scored a cracker of a goal. I just hope they remember that being under seventeen he's not worth as much as after seventeen...and any monetary difficulties we're in could influence that decision. Maybe by then they'll like us again, or have sold us on...I mean, Ashbey has taken Newcastle off the market, West Ham have more problems then it might be worth new owners looking at! Like a £30m debt to Sheffield United, plus other financial decisions to make. Back to the team, it was good seeing Yassin Moutaouakil playing again, and a surprise to see Matt Holland as a central defender, but you couldn't ask for more industry and savvy from an older midfielder! There were positives, but we are letting ourselves down each time.

We are "promised" four signings in this transfer window. I wonder? Who and how? More loans?

Anyway, in the short term...do I go shopping in Norwich next week? Decisions, decisions!

I also promise some new items being listed in my shop, and I'm thinking about separating my items out, maybe having one shop for the beads, and another for the jewellery...we'll see.

I've been included...

...in an Etsy treasury, chosen by Frillz. I am thrilled...it made my smile spread from here to there. :)

Sunrise Lozenge Lamp-works in this treasury Heat Lamp. A very clever title.

That tomorrow came...

...and went very fast. Luckily it's not life or death, and so far not the move or not. It was just the football match, and predictably we didn't win...I'm not going to ruminate further, there are better than me at doing that. Back to the brighter side of things....

I listed some new beads yesterday...nothing extravagant, somehow I don't trust that around here at present, but with getting ready for a jewellery sale, the beads have taken a bit of a back burner, so it was nice to get some out there again. I'm pleased with what there is though. I should post some photos....and also some of my jewellery. I'll sort that soon.

I must admit with the jewellery I've been a hoarder of beads, and now, gradually that hoard is disappearing, so soon enough I'll be out looking for complementary beads, especially as I can use my own lamp-works now. I do like a bit of sparkle too, and silver usually, though having just started some copper items, they're becoming popular.

Awhile ago I bought some natural crystal pillows, absolutely clear, and cut to perfection. I used a few in a couple of mixed bracelets, but have just made a necklace with matching ear-rings with the rest, no colour just these crystals and a few Swarovski crystal bicones...I think at present that's my favourite...there's just so much sparkle, and it's perfect for anytime including Christmas. I'm hoping I can get some more, and make myself something....it'll be my treat to me, and we all need those on occasions.

and last but not least...spacers, those little gems that complete and complement.

If anyone wants a particular colour, we can talk...I have a wide range of colours, including specials...please see what's in my shop, and sold items. Also with the jewellery...I love experimenting with others ideas...so contact me and we can arrange.