Colours to make you feel warm....

I'll admit, as I get older I feel the cold more and dull days are just not my thing!  So when I saw these teardrop beads in these gorgeous colours, I had to have them!  So after the pain of paying for postage from the United States and customs fees, I finally got my hands on them.  I just love the warmth of these colours, they make me think of Spring, Summer, peaches and real strawberry ice cream =)

So I've wrapped them with sterling silver wire and made them into earrings, will be making matching pendants.  These are perfect as Mothers Day gift or if like me you love some colour, treat yourself!

You can find these beauties in my etsy shop, just click here!

Enjoy!

Healthy thoughts....

 

It's that time of year again, the shops are full of things to buy as gifts for other people (even before the Christmas trees were packed away), but maybe before diving into all of that it's time to take a little time for yourself to re-energize and get healthy (well healthier every little bit helps).  Health is wealth!  So what healthy things am I doing you might wonder.  Well I'm trying to get stronger, not like a body builder, I'm hyper-mobile so getting stronger for me hopefully will mean less pain and injuries.  I have a rowing machine which I'm using and am learning the art of sit ups.  But dancing is also good exercise and you can do it in the comfort of your home!  Drinking more water!  Not too much caffeine ( I NEED MY COFFEE).  Eating healthy, I already am quiet good, but I've been trying to cut down on wheat and use more spelt flour in my baking.  In the cupboard I have some nuts, walnuts at the moment, to snack on and dark chocolate chip oat biscuits (40% less sugar and yummy), so I'm less tempted by the triple chocolate biscuits!  I also bought myself a comfy pair of bright pink and black trainers, one day I'll run in them so that counts ;)

Well to inspire healthy thoughts and share some lovely finds I made the above treasury.  I love red! 

To visit the treasury click here!

Enjoy!

Beads Glorious Beads......

Well I haven't been able to resist buying beads, so here's some eye candy for the jewellery / bead/ aholic's out there =) 

 

I try to always have a wide colour selection of beads to work with, which is easier to do with the glass beads compared to the semi precious stone's, as in having a selection in a certain cut/ style/ size of bead in the same price range, which is not always possible with gemstones as the price can vary a lot more and some stones are more delicate then others or not found often in larger sizes.

I'll admit that when I bought these beads I was thinking of WoW (World of Warcraft) which is a game where you collect all types of materials to make things as well as fighting dragons,  the smaller beads look to me as if they were made of little pieces of molten lava=)

I love this colour, it's gorgeous!

These beads make me think of blended ice coffee =)

A little rain is good for the garden.....

Well after all that sunshine the rain was bound to follow and I guess it keeps things nice and green.  Whilst it was hot and sunny our little garden was treated too some lovely new flowers, including  lavender and red geraniums.  There's also been a burst of floral earrings in my etsy shop, I just managed to get the pictures taken whilst there was a break in the clouds.  So here are some pics to brighten my blog up =)