Shimmer all around!!

Oh my word!! how long has it been since I last posted!!!

Ok so Christmas was mega hectic for me and with all the snow I couldn't get to my torch :( but in the last week I've been at it again and hopefully going to bring you all some delights worth drooling over ;-)

I bought some pixie dust over christmas in loads of different colours but here are my first offerings:

Purple Shimmer Marbles

Midas Touch

I also have been playing with some lovely Val Cox frit which is so lovely and gives great colours!

This is Mood Swings on opal yellow and pink champagne

And some Big Hole Beads in Prince of Tides and Boro Bora

And finally a lovely lentil set in some of CiM's new greens with a splash of DH triton

 I would love to hear your comments! xx

Christmas Giveaway! (finally right!)

Ok I am so so sorry for not blogging sooner! Uni has been mad, my lovely dad celebrated his 50th birthday a few weeks ago and I've been up to my eyes in Christmas fairs!

Right so I have a Christmas giveaway for you all which I will send out first class on Monday, so all you need to do is drop me a Christmas message with your name and address (so there is no delay in posting) to my email address: shahlaa@hotmail.co.uk

I will draw 2 names out of the hat on sunday and one will get a Christmas tree bead and the other a Christmas pudding bead. Apologies for the awful photos, my digital camera is broken and i'm hopefully getting a new one for Christmas.

Lotsa love & a very merry Christmas to you all!

Shahlaa xxx

It's been a busy month!

My word hasn't time flown! I haven't been on here for almost a month!!! So what have I been doing? Well on 4th Nov I had a rather successful jewellery party where I nearly sold out of jewellery stock and beads! Was totally crazy!! Then on Saturday I had a stall at a lovely primary school Christmas fair. Again it was very busy!!

Well let me show you a couple of things I've been working on jewellery wise, and also I'll flash you a few of my latest beads for you to ogle ;-)


Polka Dot Madness

Playing with Silver Glass...

This is a lentil set made with Pink lady glass and DH Aurae encased, I call it Carousel

This is some DH Ekho I've been playing with...

Some Shimmer..

 

 

These lovely earrings were made with amazing earwires from La Valederie (I would check her out!)

And finally Just some focals to tease!

 

Hope you like! I know I promised a giveaway last month but I will get one up asap by the end of this week!

Been so busy!

Well last week was pretty horrid, my poor dad was taken into hospital and had to stay in all week. He's been battling cancer for 4 years now but got an infection which really knocked him back a bit. Was pretty difficult but he's home now and I'm pleased :-)

Got some time at the torch last week, got some yummy shimmer lentils and some new polkadot encased beads to share with you once they are photographed.

I've been working hard preparing some jewellery for upcoming jewellery parties and Christmas fairs so I thought I'd share one or two bits with you...

 

Enjoy! Will be adding details about another competition in the next week or so, so keep an eye out!

Shahlaa xx

A week of up and downs

So my week started off well and my new purple dell laptop arrived in all it's shining glory. In fact I'm writing you from it now :) Then on Weds my family had some disappointing news that my dad who is fighting cancer wasn't responding to his current regime of chemo anymore. That was a bit of a blow, but they are going to change the regime and he might have to have another operation.

So it's been a hard week and I've not had too much time to make beads but here are a few for you to drool over!

Pastel Icicle Set (made with sugar frit) available on Etsy

Polka dot sets - white and periwinkle  available on Etsy

Also managed to work some magic with Raku this week. Raku is a reactive frit, if heated up enough you can tease gorgeous colours out of them. If not you can end up with brown poop! Unfortunately even though the beads look to die for, the holes weren't amazing so they are very slight seconds-i haven't put them on etsy for this reason but if you want them just email me or leave a comment.

Competition winner announced!!

Well my hubby drew a lucky lady out of the hat tonight and Sally Graddon wins my set of beads!!

Congratulations Sally!! Send me an email to shahlaa@hotmail.co.uk and I'll get it posted out to you :-)


Look out for more regular competitions. I will be doing another one in a couple weeks :-)

The new beads I promised

So I rediscovered my pixie dust mica powder and had a little play and came up with these sage shimmer marbles

I also have been playing with some simple styles and fine silver wire. I really love the clarity of the pale blue "laguna" set, as well as the wintery feel of the "Crimson & Ivory marbles".

 

 

So I hope you like these! I haven't put them on Etsy yet, as you guys get first shout. So if there is anything you're interested in send me an email to shahlaa@hotmail.co.uk   if not I'll post em on Etsy later this week.

Shahlaa x