Playing With Dragons

   Like most bead makers I guess I often have periods of time when I become a little addicted to a certain style or type of bead, usually when I'm either working with a new idea or as with the case now when I'm trying new colours with a favourite design. A lot of my customers will by now realise how much I enjoy producing my "Dragon Scale" beads and other the last week or two it's these that I've been playing with, no design changes but I have experimented with different colours. I've always made the green and blue dragons but until now have never really given other colours a chance and now I'm just trying nearly every colour I have, so far only a few living up to expectations but those which have I'll introduce into the Etsy shop every few days, so keep an eye out if you enjoy using beads with a difference.

   I'm having great feedback from customers who are enjoying the frit and wave sets I'm listing, to be honest, I never really listed these beads much in past years but after having several requests for them I thought it was a good idea to place them in the shop and boy was that the right decision. So many sets have sold and I must admit they really add a great amount of colour at a time when a lot of designers are making jewellery for spring and summer.
   Some of the sets are made up of different sized beads allowing the customers to use them in many more different situations. Other sets are made up of a number of beads all measuring the same, which is the common way of selling sets and most are sold in sets of odd numbers.

   So the Etsy shop is fast growing into a very nice selection of beads with a wide range of beads being added most weeks, More trio sets and earring pairs will be listed this coming week and of course yet more spacer sets in many different colours.

Storms, Gales and Damp Days.

   It's been a while since I posted here on the blog, the main reason being my lack of inspiration, for here in the fens of East Anglia we seem to have travelled the last three months taking cover from high winds, persistent rain and some rather severe storms. In such weather I really find it difficult to raise my levels of enthusiasm, in fact, many days were spent in the safety of my home and workshop, trying my best to ignore any worries of either being damaged.

   Now, although the temperatures have fallen and talk of snow is rife I'm starting to once more enjoy my little bead world and to be very honest the thought of looking out at the snow-covered fens while working my warm glass is one I'm looking forward to.

   On the bead side of things I've been receiving some great feedback on the new photographs I'm taking and the more colourful glass selection, I guess while witnessing such a grey damp winter I was longing for spring and summer and this showed in the choice of colours I've been using.

   A good mixture of bead types are now sitting upon the shelves of my Etsy shop, both stone effects and many new brighter beads are pleasing the customers and sales continue to do well. I've been working hard on the Snakeskin and Dragon Scale beads with new colours being produced most weeks and of course the "Turquoise Mine" beads seen above are fast becoming a great favourite with customers, I just hope I get to see how they are being used. So now I'm back up and running I'm sure you'll soon be getting fed up with all the bead pictures I'll be posting.

   Enjoy the snow everyone and keep safe an warm this coming week.