It's a windy Friday....

I suffer with hayfever, and this wind doesn't help. But, thankgoodness for flixonase cause that does help. I was determined to ignor the blog until I had two competition pieces finished plus my YOJ piece. The 1960's..... To be honest I can't remember what sort of jewellery I wore way back then, it was all about mini skirts, pointed toe shoes, back combed hair, flowery shift dresses (I remember those) I recall medallions on long chains, think I had one of those! So I tried making one, absolutely hated it. It's now in the UFO box. Decided I would go with the flower power theme and a brooch was born......

I didn't have a clue what I was making when I started with 18g peach coloured artistic wire, I sort of had a pendant in mind (type of medallion type thing!). Then out came the 28g copper wire and the crochet hook, my favourite tool. Crochet patterns came out next and the flower and leaf began to take shape. It didn't look quite right as a pendant so I stitched a brooch back to it and........ voila! que c'est bon?

Plenty of ideas on the creating table

but have come up against a brick wall! And the old headaches problem have been surfacing this week so have to give myself a break and just chiiiiiill!

Yeah just like that....................zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

It's raining it's pouring.....

Good day to stay inside and get cracking on my 1960's piece. So far this week I've come up with all sorts of ideas but don't really like any of them! Anyway, watch this space cause I might just have a brain wave today, rain does that!

A happy photo.

I only wanted the one photo from facebook and lo and behold I get the whole shamozzle (is that a word?) That'll teach me to muck around with stuff I don't know a thing about. Am listening to my favourite music, black birds evening chorus, and hark I hear a thrush in there too! Anyway here's the said pic, Dada and 3 of his darling daughters.

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Thought for today...... Look after ya muver.

What spelling mistake!

Here she is, my Mum, lady of the house although it's not her house she's waving from. I know there's many out there who no longer have a Mum, so I really treasure having mine living close to me now. She can be a pain in the arse at times, but I wuvs her.

This is the pretty I was trying to upload earlier

Our Daisy cat just loves her basket.

Loving copper at the moment

Also loving trying out these Chinese knots. This is a prosperity knot with sweet little button knots in between the copper beads. These are my favourite knots and ones I can now do without the instruction booklet.

Thought for the day..... watch ya spelling!

I'm so quick to check others spelling, I should check myself! Nice day to bead today (it's overcast and cold) I must get cracking on this months YOJ, theme is 'the 1960's', I should know all about that! And the pretty for the day is..... Oh nothing at the moment, the blog seems to be blocked. Back later.

Another day, another dollar.... I wish!

Spent heaps in the supermarket today, only shop every three to four weeks, anymore than that would drive my nuts! Now popping into a bead shop and I could stay there all day! Talking of beads, here's a few more pretties. Exotic bracelet. Crochet bracelet in Autumn shades.

This is now called 'Nature's Mantilla'

YOJ theme for May '09 'Nature'.

Love this one, yards and yards of 32g artistic wire was crochet into three pieces and then put together with wire and flat beads. Then decorated with tons of various seed beads etc., The brooch that holds it together has a beaded bead in it's centre.

Some items of jewellery I've been working on

A beaded button, button with a view. I think it looks like the sea with the sun shining on the hills. And pink and aqua beaded button, this is a beadhivedivas YOJ item for July 09, theme is 'precious'.