Beautiful Signs of Summer

   This week the signs of summer have flooded the fens, the warm sunshine, the smells of cut grass and the sight of nesting birds collecting building materials, all a wonderful part of country life. As I cycle each day I pass the miles of blossom filled hedgerows and the once dark soiled fields that now boast those young crops of barley and wheat and the amazing scent of the flowering rape that welcomes the warmer season each year.

   The summer spacer colours are a great hit with customers in the Etsy bead shop,  https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/pebbledreams 
   I'm starting to get some wonderful pictures from jewellery designers who are using my beads, the picture below shows a piece made by Caroline Legg, Caroline has used a selection of my encased orphan beads to great effect, I often explain to people how good these lovely beads can look when used alone without the bling of other mediums and this I feel is a perfect example.

   Well for this old bead hermit a weekend in the garden calls along with the odd evening shift with my flame, more new spacers are to be listed this coming week and a lot more encased summer beads that I'm sure will find homes with some of the great designers who use my beads. Enjoy your weekend and embrace the signs of summer.