Hello, I have been lost in the beautiful British summer over the last couple of weeks. I did have a bad spell of not being able to make a single round bead, my creativity had vanished somewhere in the ether and I can't help it .... once that sun comes out I just can't focus! It must be the excitement of actually having good weather .... I know I harp on and on about the weather but really it has been truely depressing over the last 12 months ...... well until now!
My laptop was also on it's last legs so my very wonderful husband (he reads these) and he is the most amazing husband in the whole wide world ... bought me a very nice shiny new one. It is great! It starts straight away. Usually I can make breakfast, hoover the house, put on a few loads of washing, make five sets of beads and then the password request will appear. Not now though .... this machine is instant. I must admit, it takes a while for me to get used to new technology (unlike my kids) and I have taken ages to transfer my work across (... might also be due to watching The Returned at the same time... totally addictive) but I am finally ready to go.
I have been very good at promoting my shop on Etsy and to be honest I am wondering if it might be more sensible to concentrate on having one shop. I currently have a shop on Etsy, Folksy and WOW Thank You. Folksy is basically a British version of Etsy and my original thinking was to advertise myself in both places and spread the word about Beadscrumptious Beads around the globe ... a little. What I am not good at is promoting my work on Folksy. So, I thought I would rectify this today and post about this pretty set of lampwork beads.
This set of beads was made using a very pale green coloured glass. It is a very subtle and calming colour so I needed a contrasting glass that was rich, vibrant and "in your face" to balance things out. The colour I chose was CIM Lapis, one of my favourite coloured glass and beautiful to work with. The contrast between the two colours is very striking so I was careful to keep the design's simple. By doing this I have managed to keep the calming influence of the pale green glass. A great deal of thought goes into these beads you know ........
Since writing this post I have decided to close my shop on Folksy for the time being but you can purchase my lampwork beads from my shop on Etsy. If you click on one of the photographs a link will take you straight there.
Sarah xx
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