Good things....many good things

I just have to say that I am in a high rolling good mood lately. Things just seem to be coming together amazingly well. Maybe its just that after a long haul being crook, with the increased good health I am more positive and therefore drawing positive thing towards myself.... whatever is causing it... I am enjoying myself. I have two shops now stocking some of my work, one is a honey business that stocks my honey dippers which is great and another shop approached me to make them some florally pendants (our local florist). Seeing as I am really floral impaired, hopefully this will encourage me to put in a little more effort on my floral beads. I might add that in the past I have put NO EFFORT in at all pretty much, so more effort will be rather easily done. I don't want to even try to make those beautiful multilayered floral using dots lots of clever people do, so I will be sticking with the fairly basic and not particularly skilled efforts like these ones..... sorry couldn't resist popping on a frog!

Sorry about the doghair, the fact the pics are on an uncleaned mandrel etc. I think I might mask off the frogs and etch the base bead which could look a bit better.... oh well, they are about a good as its gonna get for mainstream beads with me!

I was stoked to also get the 2nd place at the Sydney Royal Easter Show which was really REALLY cool. Something nice that has come out of that is an artist spotlight with Kerry at Affordable Inspiration http://www.affordableinspiration.com.au/ (who stocks my murrini as well) with a giveaway of one of my beads.... that was really nice and great advertising to boot, ta Kerry!!!

On the murrini front I have had some real success with some crazy ideas (like the snowflake one) and have now done the shell for my turtle murrini - head and flippers will be done later today! Here is some of the snowflake murrini pulled down to 4mm diameter and applied to a bead. I did make a marble covered in them which I wanted to call a snowball, but made the fatal error of applying the murrini directly onto the solid colour underneath before encasing..... I should have encased in some clear, inserted the murrini then encased.... maybe next time!

A big Happy Easter to everyone, be safe on the busy roads and have a lovely holiday however you celebrate it. We are going camping and maybe a day at the beach as well.... YAY!