Cinnamon Jewellery

I made a start on the mammoth task of sorting out my bead boxes the other day. I currently have seven bead boxes so keeping all my lovely beads tidy and sorted is quite important, what a shame it doesn't actually happen! I start off with good intentions but new arrivals fail to find a proper home and stay in the bags for months until I do a "sort out". At least I've made a start now and listed 13 lots yesterday in my  Folksy  shop. I'm pleased to say all of the semi-precious and the abalone shell beads have sold already but I still have some pretty beads and a TierraCast SP toggle going for very reasonable prices! Having a sort out does have it's up-side ~ All those gaps I'm going to have in my bead boxes by the time I've finished will just HAVE to be filled! Bead shops here I come :D ~: Still for sale :~ Small Lucite Flowers Large Lucite Flowers Mixed Glass Heart Beads - great for Valentine's Day! Mixed Hematite Beads Lampwork G...

Browsing Artfire yesterday I came across a fabulous shop selling handmade Lampwork beads made by Lisa of Art By Lisi . The bright and colourful photos drew me into her shop where I discovered a large selection of beautiful and very covetable beads. Lisa lives in Florida and discovered lampwork beads after picking up a copy of Bead and Button magazine back in 2002. She learnt all she could about them, bought the equipment and hasn't looked back since! As well as selling on Artfire, Lisa also has shops on eBay and Etsy. She regards the day she picked up that copy of Bead and Button as a blessing and I've got to say I agree with her! After much deliberation I bought a set of these Terracotta Turquoise beauties below. How gorgeous are they??!  To see more visit Lisa's Artfire shop :  Art By Lisi

Visit lampwork bead maker Laura Sparling's blog Beads By Laura  for a chance to win a set of her lovely blue, green and purple nuggety lampwork beads! Just leave a comment by 7pm August 18 to enter. Blog or tweet about the giveaway and get two chances to win!

  Lampwork beadmaker Sandy Kelly recently bought a bracelet and a matching pair of earrings from my Etsy shop . She then asked if I would make her a bracelet using some of her own lovely lampwork beads ~ of course I said yes! As you can see Sandy's beads are a pretty mix of colours in a stripy design which I teamed with Sterling Silver "S" links. See more of Sandy's lampwork beads on her website  FlowerJasper   

Last week I received a commission from Kaz of  Cheeky Cherub Designs  for a pair of earrings and a pendant using Kaz's own beautiful Lampwork beads. Karen has bought several pairs of earrings from me recently and wanted a spiral design in Sterling Silver to go with her Lampwork lentils. They duly arrived in the post plus a pair of gorgeous green lentils just for me! This photo doesn't really do them justice ~ they are really gorgeous! Here's the end result I posted them to Kaz today and she is going to take them to the 2010 Flame Off this Friday and Saturday. Here's more of Kaz's handmade Lampwork beads. You can also see more of her work on her Flickr page here