Hi everyone!

Over the holidays, I made lots of new jewellery and I decided to give you a preview of what's going to be up for sale in the coming days. Above is Mango Tango Fleur Necklace made with my handmade lampwork floral bead, Sterling silver, Swarovski crystals and a hand-dyed ribbon. I LOVE the colours.

This is Felicia, the beautiful deep honey-coloured kitty. Say hello! Felicia is handmade by me, etched for a velvety look and feel and I hand-wired her with Sterling silver, Swarovski crystals and a gorgeous hand-dyed ribbon. It's hard to tell from the picture, but the ribbon is stitched with sparkly golden thread!

Hi everyone!

After finishing my orders yesterday I finally got around to making some Halloween beads! YAY! Halloween is my all-time favourite holiday and, although it's not celebrated as much here in the UK, I decorate my place and dress up and bake lots of Halloween treats and enjoy the heck out of the day :) Now that I'm in my new flat I doubt I'll get any trick-or-treaters which makes me sad. I absolutely LOVE the kids coming to the door and getting to see all of their adorable (or spooky!) costumes. Maybe I can get a folding chair and sit out on the sidewalk instead!!

Anyway :) So I made some new Halloween beads. Above is an old favourite, Linus, who is perfect for Halloween. He's striking in black and lime green :)

And this is Vera, a cousin of Eddie. Vera is so sweet and scary all at once! She looks rather unimpressed by the little skull though!

Hi everyone!

Ok, so I can't be the only one who's saying, "Wait a second, it's WEDNESDAY already?!" Work with me, people. The days are going by soooooo fast. Yesterday I was quite ill (reaction to antibiotics, apparently.. booooo) so today I have to play a bit of catch up. Anyway! I've had quite a few orders for my Twilight Tree Focal lately and the above picture are three that I made the other day at Naomi's. I really like this design. The base bead is actually a really deep purple and the moon is on the back, too. What do you think?


Here is Issy the Little Lady Kooky Owl! I like the nice, bright lime green against the black and white. This little lady is hopefully flying off to a lovely lady's house as a gift for a friend. I hope she likes her!

Hi guys!

I always love going home to Florida for a visit. I get to see my family, my friends and have great Mexican food (hey, priorities!). The only downside is coming home. The jetlag is AWFUL and getting back to work, although I miss it so much while I'm away, is difficult.

A HUGE thank you to everyone who made my Sunday Sale a smashing success. I love you all! Now I'm back and ready to take custom orders again. At least for now! You see, I'm moving soon. Life changes and all. So if there's something you'd like to order, please get in touch this week or next as I'll probably be shutting down my shops again for a couple weeks to get everything in order. I know, I know.. I only just returned but life is a bit nuts at the moment!

Thanks again for all your support, all your wonderful emails, all your love. You guys are the best!

Have a great week :)

Love,
keiara

www.bykeiara.co.uk
www.bykeiara.etsy.com

Hi everyone!

A whole week without blogging.. ohhh, I'm bad. I've been working hard on orders and getting ready for The Big Bead Show. It's in 3 1/2 weeks.. yikes! Anyway, above is a custom order Cherry Blossom Tree Set. I really adore that pink glass yet I hardly ever use it. As a matter of fact, I think the only time I use it is for this focal! I do like the overall look of this set, though, and the focal is one of the beads in all my banners :)

I've also been making micro owls! These little guys are super teeny and measure only about 11mm tall! I love making micro beads.. it's like a game to see how small I can make them :) These dainty little guys will make fantastic earrings.

In website news: I've added a Kooky Kritters category to my site which contains some.. kooky kritters! Imagine that! There are a few in there now but I'll be putting a lot more in there shortly. I've also added a Bead Box category which contains sale beads. Go have a peek, the beads in there are up to 50% off!

Off to light the torch and melt some glass. Have a great day!

Love,
keiara

http://www.bykeiara.co.uk/
http://www.bykeiara.etsy.com/

Hi everyone!

Happy Monday :) Did you have a nice weekend? I've been fighting a cold for over a week now so we had a pretty quiet weekend. Nothing to report, really. Bead-wise, I have something fun to talk about though! Owls! Why owls? Well, when I made my kooky kittens last week, I had a few people either think they were owls.. or think they looked a lot like owls. So I had to show them what an owl actually looks like! In keiaraland anyway ;) Above is the group shot of some owls I made last week. From top left: Candy, Fred, Lydia, Honeybear, Blizzard and Puddles. Bottom: Bluebell, Thistle, Twilight, Sweetpea, Domino and Hector. I'm absolutely crazy about them! They're tons of fun to make and I really like giving them different silly expressions :)