A Mixed Week

   This last week has been one of mixed results as far as beads are concerned, I've been playing with new focal ideas but as yet the effects I'm looking for have not materialized. I think you all know me well enough by now to realize that they won't be listed for sale or indeed even shown here on the blog until I manage to get them right, fingers crossed they will be up and running soon.
   On a brighter note, I'm working on a batch of different spacer beads that will I'm sure be appearing very soon in the Etsy shop, https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/pebbledreams  The range will consist of larger sets (20 beads), but will all be one-off sets, meaning it will be first come first served. Over the last few months I had a number of requests from customers regarding the larger spacer sets I sold in the past and if I would be listing any again, so I hope these coming sets will again become popular to those who use spacer size beads more regularly than the larger beads. I do know a lot of customers use spacers when making bracelets and leather jewellery as they sit better against the skin, so hopefully they will find some that interest them and please don't forget, I'm always happy to see any photographs of your work, I love to see how my beads are used, even simple spacers.

   On the cycling side of things, it's been a good week, I've improved the amount of miles I'm putting in and the weather has been a great mixture, from dark and damp to beautiful clear frosty mornings. I can never understand how anybody could label the fens as boring and flat, when even in winter those stunning wide skies and open countryside can change in so many ways, I now understand why those Victorian artists were so keen on this magical part of the country.