Well it's been a busy couple of weeks both with the beads and cottage life here in the fens. As did a fair proportion of Britain we were stuck by "Storm Doris", as most will know we have good strong winds here in the flat lands at the best of times but Doris was something else. We have been here for around 15 years now and I can honestly say we have never had gales so strong. On the morning of the storm I was working in my studio as normal, my flame lit and kiln beside me when out of the corner of my eye I saw two of our large conifer trees come crashing down just inches from the studio wall next to my seat, to say I was shocked was an understatement and to think it was only a few weeks back when I was joking with a neighbour how knowing my luck one of those trees wold fall onto the studio while I was in it, well it looks like somebody up there was looking down on my that morning as I was just inches away from a serious accident.
So as you can imagine the following week was spent with chainsaw in hand and the odd bonfire or two until the whole mess was sorted. Hopefully now we have spring and summer to look forward to and not so many storms and gales.
On the bead side of things the last few weeks have been really busy, the introduction of spacer beads to the Etsy shop as really produced good sales, both sets of 20 beads and the larger sets of 40 being listed. Also I decided to start listing some sets of orphan beads, like most bead makers I love to experiment with silver glass, striking, reducing, encasing etc, so I find myself hoarding these beads in boxes where they would and are gathering dust. So to sell them on Etsy is not only giving customers the chance to use them but also making a little extra income.
