Holidays!

Well guys the time has come for my holiday to Vegas ! I've been busy today making some fun jewellery to take with me as I like to wear matching sets when I'm away so it matches my outfit. I think when one can make jewellery why not make enough that it matches my outfits!

Here's some of the finished items.
Catch up with you all in 2 weeks!

Short and sweet

I am making this short today as. I overslept! And have to be ready for day job soon.
I was up late making beads!
So addicted to it , must be bad for my health. Need to get ready for hols too.
Busy busy!!
Hope you all have good day .

A week to go ,!

good morning all , I'm so excited !!!

Only 5 days till my hols to Vegas! Can't wait we love it there and there's a lot of beads shops I visit, Sweet beads is one I always look forward to as she has some lovely unusual beads.
However got 3 days at the day job to concentrate on which will be busy I expect.

I am also debating whether to get a kiln to do my jewellery in although a big outlay I think ill use it a lot and should be able to recoup the money spent back in a few months.
I will be selling some jewellry and maybe some loose beads on test when I return from hols.
Hope us enjoy your day.

Busy day.

 Morning all,
Just wrote my to do list for today and it's long! Going on hols to Vegas next week and need to pack plus got some orders to post and to make as well for my jewellery!
Busy busy but just needed to share my latest lot of beads I'm afraid to say I'm keeping a couple of these as I love the blue with purple spots. So me ,....a bit quirky!
Well have a nice day think of me doing my housework today!

Lampwork earrings

Hi everyone,
I've been very busy lately I'm afraid ...I've been making beads! Did you think busy with work or the house ? Oh no not at all! I mean busy playing LOL
I've managed to make up a couple of sets of earrings from the first sets of beads I made. I will be putting on Etsy next week after girls at work have seen them as they also are interested to buy stuff.
I have other thing s like pendants as I have done them but need to put on a cord or a chain.
Here's the earrings.

New beads

Good morning all,
I was off yesterday and contrary  to what I should have done( tidy house) I played on my lampwork all day!  Well most of it anyway! I'm going on hols soon and I want to give a special bead to the lady at Sweet Beads in Vegas as she's so lovely and helpful.
I am getting much better at making the beads and will be able to make up some of these into sets to sell once they are annealed.
I think I'll try Etsy to see if I can sell on there as it's for handmade stuff.
I'll be doing it under my trade name - Laouami
I'll let you all know once they are on there.
Here they are

Lamp work studio

Hi everyone, I thought I'd share the piccy of my workstation I use for the lamp work beads so you can see that I actually do make them! It's quite tidy at the moement as I tidied it last night!
I'm awaiting my beads back from the company who annuals them ( this makes them stronger and so last longer) can't wait for them to come back do I can get some jewellry made!
Am at day job today but off tomorrow so I'll be playing tommo!

Day job

At the day job today ......but i want to stay home and play and make more beads!
I'm sending them all off to be annealed and I can t wait for them to be returrned so I can make up some jewellery to sell....or maybe wear!
I need more wrists and another neck! So many lovely beads I'm no good at giving them up though!!
Need to be more buiss minded and let go of stuff.
Have a lovely day folks.

Theatrical cuff

Ive been making this cuff for ages and it's so time consuming but I will love it. Once it's finished I expect.
I'm off today so should have some time to play ! I had to make a to-do list so I do all my chores before playtime!
Here's the cuff so far.

Hairdressers

I'm at the hairdressers today at last my hair is so frizzy and in need in TLC !
So shall be playing later on
Must dash she's covering my grey bits!

Beads glorious beads!

Well Hi everyone!
I've been having a lovely time with my new toy ! Making some lovely beads ...now I have the ventilation system I'm doing it all the spare time I have ,
These are the beads ready to be sent off to be annealed and then I will sort into good ones and make up a few jewellry bits.
I. Getting better but it does require practice and patience!

Ribbon work project

Good morning. I've been up since 5-30 am thanks to my lovely doggies!  So I thought I'd do some stitching I'm preparing the project for the workshop on Saturday which is on ribbon work.
I'm quite pleased with it but it's been ages since I did any ribbon work so it's good to remind myself.
Here's the sample.
I'll try to do a vlog on it later in week.I'm off at weekend !
Have a lovely day hope you get time to stitch.

Awful weather

Good morning.
Today is a stay in and play day, the weather is awful apparently the storm called " Bertha" is over the UK.
It's raining and windy here so not going anywhere which means I can stay in and make some more beads!
I have quite a collection now and am going to make into jewellery to sell I may put some on Etsy I think so if you go on there it's under Laouami .
I can't wear them all as much as I'd like to!
Well I'm off to play some more and hope the weather gets better my little dog doesn't like this weather!

Fun friday

Today I'm off to see my freind whom I'm doing the exhibition with in a couple of years. Also going to see the exhibition we did recently at Craft Arena it's on all of August.
Just getting myself ready and taking my project with me so must dash.
Hope you all have a nice day!

Diachronic beads

Made some more fabulous beads yesterday and learnt a very important lesson.......wear long trousers when doing hot glass as it spits! I had a very hot lap yesterday LOL
Still had fun though! I have decided to sell some in jewellery though I can't keep them all.
Poor hubby isn't getting fed until late each evening as I'm so addicted!
Bad wife.......he is such a patient man!
Here they are , at the day job today so no playing till the weekend.

Ribbon work sample

Hi everyone,
I'm off. The day job today so I can play with new toy .
Ialso need to finish the ribbon embroidery sample I doing for the workshop I doing soon.
There's quite a lot of  work in it even though it's small ........
I'm off to play now although hubby was suggesting I do some house works as well.......

Here's the embroidery so far.

Snazzy bag

Good Morning all,
I thought I'd share my little bag I made on Saturday at a EMbroidery guild ran workshop with  Alex Waylett . She is a great teacher and we had a lovely day.

This bag is for my sister for Xmas so I'm hoping she doesn't check my blog today!

More lampwork beads

Good Morning all,
I am sitting in my garden enjoying the quiet and listening to bird song.....with a cuppa of course !
I went. To. A brilliant exhibition yesterday where students of Nora Stocker were. Showing their coursework.
It was such a high standard and. So inspiring to see.  I spoke to a few of them and was reminded of how much. Work is. Incolved in the city & guilds.

I've also been making more beads.....I love it I. Have found a new hobby which I am totally addicted to!
Here they're not quite finished off and polished. Yet.

Lamp work beads

Good morning everyone, I've been very busy these last few days as I have a new toy which I've totally fell in love with!
It's a lamp work kit and I've just made some beads on it.
Some of them are actually useable in my jewellery too!
Can't wait to go into garden and do more later today!
Here's the beads  I'm going to make up some jewellry later with it too..