Yes, in the land of keiara, it's time to start making Christmas and winter beads! I love holiday beads SO much as it gives me an excuse to go overboard with the whimsical stuff ;) First up is a set from last year that I loved so much I had to make another! Christmas Friends includes a snowlady adorned with holly, Santa with his hat, Rudolph sporting his red nose, a pretty angel with a glittering goldstone halo and a snowman in a top hat! Cute! I love their little smiling faces. I really MUST make myself a set of these for a bracelet this year. I said I was going to last year but.. well.. yeah, I procrastinated until it was too late. I ended up wearing my strawberry jewellery set just because it was red!! BAD keiara :(

If you know what that means, this is for you. Have I mentioned hubby and I met playing one? Yeah, I'm a total game nerd ;)



Have a great Monday!

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I'm busybusybusy preparing for The Big Bead Show in October. Here's a picture of a VERY small sampling of what I'm going to have for sale on the day. Key beads, kitty focals, cupcake focals, strawberries, ice cream cones, tree focals, big hole beads (to fit Troll/Pandora/Biagi or dreads). I have plenty of other beads not pictured here. I'd say this is less than one-third of what I have so far :D I'm actually feeling really positive about how much stock I'll be able to have by then. And, for once, I'm not procrastinating! Go me! lol :)

What do you guys think? Is there something in particular that you think I should be making for the show? What are your favourite beads of mine? I'm not generally a set-maker either. Do you think I should give in and make lots of sets for the show? What do YOU like to buy at shows?

I've also just listed my Spooky Skulls Set as a made to order item in my Etsy shop. I made the original set into a bracelet for myself.. heehee ;)

Ok, I'm off to melt glass. Hope you all have a great day!

Love,
keiara

Hi guys! Thought I'd share better pictures of the new dreads :) Naomi came over last Friday and installed these new wool dreads and I LOVE them! The colour is called Fruit Coulis and it's bright pink, purple, light pink and peach all mixed together. Gotta love my silly expression too ;)

After a rather disappointing day, Steve and I went to see the new GI Joe film in Ashford. WOW! I've heard lots of negative buzz about this film but we both REALLY loved it. The action sequences were great, the special effects were awesome and the CGI was really well done. It has lots of imagination which is something usually quite lacking in action films. Plus it gives you snippets of some of the characters' histories. I wasn't hugely thrilled with some of the casting choices (except for Christopher Eccleston whom I've missed terribly since he left Doctor Who *cry*) Eccleston wasn't on screen nearly enough for my tastes! But anyway, the film was awesome and I definitely recommend it.

Off to make more beads for the show! What are you guys up to today?

Have a great day!

Love,
keiara

Hiya guys! I had a custom order for some mini ghost kitties earring pair. What do you think? I'm very pleased with how they turned out! It's soooo much harder to do the detail on these little guys but I think they look great :) I hope my lovely customer likes them!

Every single time I'm going somewhere and bring my camera.. it stays in my bag the whole time. It's some kind of flaw in my character. If I had forgotten my camera, I guarantee you that I would have reached into my bag for it at some point yesterday. Ah well! Yesterday Steve drove Naomi and me up to Stourbridge for a bead fair! It was a looooooong drive but we had lots of fun chatting to other glass artists and buying lots of pretty beads too! I remembered the camera on the way home (actually Steve said I should take some pics of the pretty scenery.. which promptly disappeared behind some trees as soon as I retrieved the camera.. so you get car pics instead!) I wore my bunny necklace from Easter and received many compliments :) I handed out a few business cards too. And did I mention I had new dreads installed last week?! New colour: Fruit Coulis. Ooooh!

Hiya guys :) I thought I'd show a few necklaces I made recently. This one is a custom piece I created for the ever-so-wonderful Debbie (are you following her blog yet?). I used Sterling silver to create a spiral pendant with my Desert Tree bead and Swarovski crystals, hung it from a hammered ring by George and finished it with a gorgeous ribbon by Diane. This is my favourite necklace type: large focal suspended from a hammered ring and finished with a silk ribbon. I leave the ribbons long so it can be worn at so many different lengths. Nearly all of my own necklaces are of this design ;)