New idea, new blog

Hi,

Yes, so it's changed from beads and all things shiny to food! Maybe once in a while there'll be a little post about a bracelet or necklace but really, there's not enough hours in the day anymore to make these thing. Surprisingly more time during my PhD than after.... :)
What I do do however is cook, well, me and my darling husband, and apparently it's very difficult to think of dinner ideas, so here we go, hopefully a massive collection of dinner ideas!
We're currently into barbecues and recipes by Jane Price, mainly cause we bought some cookbooks by her. But really, the main feature is to get inspired and look at pictures of nice food. You can always improvise!

So.... enjoy, I hope you find some ideas useful! and really, I'll only post stuff I liked, better tried and tested than not right?

Cheerio

C xx

Grey and petrol blue

Gosh, where did the summer go? It's been a long time since I wrote a post... but everything is just that little bit busier! This is something I made a wee while ago. Sort of a random collection of whatever I fancied linked together by grey and petrol blue beads.
Grey, white and petrol blue colored seed beads with a mix from JBS beads thrown in!

I've also gone into the card making business ;) Made all the invites for my wedding in October, but not a bead in sight! It would take too long and there's a lot more to get done.
Enjoy the rest of the summer, whatever's left of it!
xx

Summer green

With some foil lined glass beads, pearl discs and a heart clasp you'll go far in the summer :)
Reminds me of grass and leaves and all things green.
It's just strung onto fishing line cause I still can't master the art of wire and crimps... they always break!

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Dark purple sparkles

If there's such a thing as totally and utterly busy that's been me lately... and it's not looking to improve any time soon. Well, at least the weather is nice outside my window and I can eat as many strawberries as I want!
I actually don't know what the stones in this necklace is called, but they're cool and sparkly :)
with some black seed beads mixed in.

Don't get burnt!
xx

Black necklace / bracelet

Oh, don't we like a little multitasking?! :) Two strands of black seed beads joined by black onyx chips and other black accent beads. Twisted around the wrist it makes a multi strand bracelet but it would work just as well as a necklace.

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Turquoise dreams

I had a mix of blue and turquoise size 8 seed beads, there was just enough for a peyote strip... with some matching glass beads stitched on top it turned out quite well. Hope this can spur on the summer a bit! A wee swim in the sea perhaps? ;)

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Blue blue blue

I got these lamp work beads as a gift and wasn't sure what to do with them but then I found the blue glass beads and some turquoise crystal quartz and a bracelet was born. :)

xx