Monday, October 31, 2011

November!!


Prints!

Thinking about selling some prints of my beads, but presented in a more abstract way!
I think I might give it a go...need to find out what the costs will be for different sizes, I think this could be fun!


Saturday, October 29, 2011

Summer landscape

I know all of you in the Northern Hemisphere are going into Winter hibernation, but here in the Southern parts we are enjoying SUMMER ....so I can't help but make some summer beads, green fields blue, skies.. 



Tuesday, October 25, 2011

New Pendants for sale on Etsy....


Moscow!

It has been an interesting 10 days, I had no idea of what to expect and was surprised and amazed and in awe of what I saw and experienced .

                 The hotel was comfortable and offered an awesome spread each morning for breakfast.

We started classes about 12 ish.... so my mornings were relaxed and ended at 7ish :)

Friday was the first workshop, The ladies I met during all the workshops were so friendly, many did not speak English but we had a common language ...beads :)
Thank you to all who participated, I think you all made wonderful beads, and I hope you all had a good time too :)



Two really nice ladies, Katja and Julia showed me around Moscow on seperate days, a big thank you to both of you! Wow, what an impressive city, 15 million people hussle and bustle each day around here! The time spent on the roads back and forth each day just is incredible. We went on the underground trains too, a very effecient system and the artworks in the stations are amazing like none I have seen elsewhere.
Oleg ( my host ) introduced me to some interesting little restaurants and I really enjoyed the Russian cuisine...a lot :)
Of course it was a must to go to the Redsquare, there was no way I would want to miss that!!


 Saint Basil's Church!
I believe the architect of this most incredible church was made blind after the completion so he could not design another one ever...





This MUST be the most amazing food store in history, just look at the decor.....I wonder what the building was used for in time gone by??



This was from the view of my room, zoomed in ... Sadly with the cold weather not much was going on there, but I can imagine that in the summer months, this place would be buzzing with people. It is called the Vernisage and has permanent stalls for tourists and lots of eating places. I love the colourful roofs...

The Kremlin.... we went inside to view the crown jewells, again so overwhelming, the amount of diamonds on display is amazing!




The amount of beautiful, churches in Moscow is incredible, their beautiful golden domes glistening on the sky line. Apparently the buildings in the innercity were not allowed to be higher than the church towers!

Another thing I really loved is the trees... all exept a few, were Birch trees, I love them and with Fall colours in full beauty, it is quite a sight!



Spot the little squirel, it was so tame it came right up to my hands!
This was taken with camera phone!



A little art in the street!





Thank you to Oleg 
 for inviting me, it was wonderful!

Monday, October 24, 2011

Back from Moscow!

I have landed safe and well, tomorrow I will tell a little about the trip and show some photos of course....

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

On my way...

I will be back in 2 weeks, hope you all stay well :)
Here is the last bead for now....


Sterling Silver interchangable Bead Holder.


If you would like to purchase Inge's handmade interchangable bead holder, hurry to my Etsy shop as I will be closing it during my 2 weeks away!

It is SOLD!

Window shards!


Monday, October 10, 2011



I am getting butterflies in my tummy thinking of Moscow, can't wait to meet everybody and have some fun!!

Here is a sample of what we will do on one of the days with the WIG WAG technique, I love this it is so much fun to make and at the same time teaches you a lot about heat control!






Sunday, October 9, 2011

Today was just one of those glorious days...blue sky, a little breath of wind, 28 degrees C
Relaxing and sitting on the patio over looking the valley towards the hills in the distance ....
I had baked some fresh out of the oven scones with a dab of butter and a lick of apricot preserve, and to crumble all resistance a rosette of whipped fresh cream to top it all :)

And some home "baked" shards...






Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Mermaid's Tale

Excuse the pun...
One more week and I will be going to Moscow!!!! So looking forward to this :)