Beads By Laura

'Seashore' & 'Summer'

2012-05-27T21:06:00.000+01:00

I was up and melting glass early this morning in an attempt to ensure I didn't spontaneously combust in the heat of the hot hot shed. I hope you've been enjoying the glorious weather?

The 'Seashore' nuggets at the top of the post and these 'Summer' beads are for sale over on the Freshly Baked Beads page right now.

Enjoy your Sunday night!

'Hot Hot Hot'

2012-05-22T19:55:00.001+01:00

These spicy-looking lovelies are over on the Freshly Baked Beads page. There are also some frit beads and a pretty cherry blossom pendant waiting for new homes too.

'Fuchsia'

2012-05-17T16:39:00.001+01:00

Deep purple encased in clear and decorated with violet stringerwork. I've teamed these with cranberry pink spacers and these colours just seem to 'sing' together. These are available over in the usual place.

'Refresh'

2012-05-15T19:02:00.001+01:00

Crisp, pale green and breezy turquoise always seem like an invigorating colour combination to me. These 'Refresh' beads are available over on my Freshly Baked Beads page right now.

Bracelet-O-Spottiness

2012-05-10T20:48:00.000+01:00

Lentil beads are so comfortable to wear. I've teamed these spotty black and white ones with some cranberry pink spacers and some sterling silver to make a striking bracelet. This bracelet is £45.00 including gift box and worldwide delivery. If you'd like to buy it please email me.

However, if you fancy just the beads on their own, I have some for sale over on the Freshly Baked Beads page right now.

Loadsabeads

2012-05-06T12:35:00.000+01:00

I've just added a big wodge of beads to the Freshly Baked Beads page. Today's offerings include the shiny 'Goldness Gracious' ones up there, these pretty fritty ones ...

and a big strand of Lonelies ...

There are also a couple of sets of spotty comfy-to-wear lentil beads so do take a look-see and let me know if any of them tickle your bead fancy.

Have a great Sunday!

Orangeness

2012-05-04T11:18:00.000+01:00

These orange gems remind me of marmalade.

If you'd like a strand of these in a different colour scheme do let me know. There are twenty-seven beads here, including seven pairs so there is a lot of jewellery-making potential in this set.

A strand like this would cost £45.00 including worldwide delivery. Please email me to discuss your requirements.

'Bluey Greyes'

2012-04-18T21:14:00.000+01:00

These blue-grey lovelies remind me of rain clouds or moonlight. Glacier blue encased in a thin layer of transparent grey and decorated with grey scrollwork. These glassy gems are over on the Freshly Baked Beads page right now.

'Sepia'

2012-04-01T16:39:00.000+01:00

These delicate 'Sepia' beads and some other pale-yet-pretty beads will be for sale on the Freshly Baked Beads page at 7.30pm (UK time) tonight.

Wearable Laurabeads

2012-03-23T11:55:00.002Z

'Sugar Plum' bracelet. Ordering details here.

New Beads

2012-03-22T20:54:00.001Z

I've just this minute added these 'Hyacinth' beads and some etched purple ones to the Freshly Baked Beads page.

'Ladybird'

2012-03-20T10:05:00.002Z

These bright red and jet black lovelies are available right now over on my Freshly Baked Beads page.

Bracelet Gallery

2012-03-16T23:52:00.000Z

I've just made a gallery for my bracelets on Flickr. I figured that seeing all the different bracelets would give you colour ideas. My bracelets are £35.00 each including giftbox and delivery. If you'd like to order one in your choice of colours please click here for more details.

'Crocus' Bracelet

2012-03-16T12:26:00.000Z

I've just put this green-and-purple lovely on the Freshly Baked Beads page.

'Lionfish' Bracelet

2012-03-15T20:25:00.000Z

I've just added this cheerful bracelet to the Freshly Baked Beads page.

The bracelet costs £35.00 including giftbox and delivery.

Bruce Wayne Beads

2012-03-07T20:02:00.000Z

If Batman had a thing about beads I reckon he would like these. They'd go lovely with his outfit.

If you like them though, and if you fancy beating Batman to it, you might like to know that they will be for sale on my website at 8.30pm tonight.

Bracelets To Order

2012-03-02T19:33:00.000Z

Fancy owning some of my beads but in a handy, ready-to-wear form?

You do?

Well, that's good because I am happy to say that I am taking orders for bracelets. The one pictured throughout this post is an example. The bracelet is a standard seven-and-a-half inch size (but I can embiggen or smallen that if needs be) and features eight decorated beads and nine plain glass spacers. I can make the beads in whatever colours you like. Just let me know what you're after and we can sort something out. Please click here to view my bracelet gallery.

All findings (clasp, spacer beads etc) are sterling silver and your bracelet will be gift-boxed.

Each bracelet costs £35.00 and that includes delivery to anywhere in the known universe. As each bracelet is made to order I will need a week to ten days to create it.

So, if you fancy placing an order for some custom made, ready-to-wear Laurabeads, just send me an email and I'll see what I can do.

'Morocco'

2012-02-28T19:00:00.002Z

These spicy-looking beads and also some teal green ones will be for sale on my website at 8.30pm (UK time) this evening.

'Springtime'

2012-02-21T11:52:00.000Z

It's a-coming; pretty flowers here and there, bright sunshine, and longer daylight hours. So I made these crocus-inspired 'Springtime' beads to celebrate.

They will be for sale on my website at 8.30pm (UK time) this evening.

Come Melt With Me

2012-02-11T12:19:00.001Z

I’m going to be doing some one-to-one tuition during March and April. Tuition will take place in my shed which is in Cambridge.

I’m setting aside Wednesdays and Thursdays for this.

If you’re an absolute beginner I am offering a four hour session from 11.30am to 3.30pm. During this time we will cover the basics of beadmaking and we’ll pull stringer, make round beads and then use stringer and frit to decorate them. All materials, tea, coffee and biscuits (essential beadmaking equipment) are included in the tuition fee and obviously you will get to keep all the beads we make. The price for this four hour session is £100.00.

If you’ve done a spot of beadmaking before and you’d like to brush up on skills like stringer application, shaping and encasing then I am offering tuition at a rate of £25.00 per hour. It is entirely up to you how many hours you’d like but I’d suggest no more than five as there’s only so much beadmaking your brain can do before it gets tired. Just send me an email outlining what you’re interested in learning and for how long and we’ll arrange some times on a Wednesday or Thursday.

If you’d like to book some tuition with me please send me an email. I will require a fifty percent deposit (non-refundable) at the time of booking with the remainder payable on the day of your tuition. For deposits I will accept PayPal, bank transfer or cheque.

Wishing you a happy Saturday!

'Purple Haze'

2012-02-10T21:21:00.000Z

These purple lovelies are for sale right now. They're in the usual place.

Some stuff what I have done

2012-02-03T14:29:00.000Z

As I said in my last post, I haven't been doing a lot. But even so I have recorded these non-events using the medium of iPhone photography. Please allow me to bore you with some of those images now ...

I've been doing quite a lot of staring out of windows.

I've become addicted to chai tea latte.

I am still obsessed with red.

I have developed an alarmingly keen interest in post boxes.

I keep making kitsch-but-yum pineapple upside down cakes.

I've been listening to and letching on Matt Berry. (*purr-grunt*)

I've been trying to make beadmaking a tad more glam.

I've been eating sweet peanuts. (Remember those?)

I had a go at blowing glass on a tiny scale.

And I've seen some truly awful TV. Here's me watching Cash In The Attic.

So there you have it. I've been making beads in between all that but you've seen those already. I think that just about brings you up to date. Now I just need to stay on top of this blogging malarkey ...

A Letter To You

2012-02-03T13:05:00.000Z

Dear you,

Long time no write.

But for some reason here you are, visiting my blog and looking at my stuff.

I've been as quiet as A Very Quiet Thing, haven't I?

Fear not, my brain is not malfunctioning (well, maybe just a little but then that's nothing new) and nobody has died, which is pretty amazing. No, I have just had nothing to say.

That sounds lame but it's true.

I have had no amusing anecdotes ... unless you count the one where I fainted twice and did a sick when I gave blood for the first time. (You can read about that here if you like, but be warned, this blog has 'language'.)

I have been nowhere special. I had the quietest Chrimbletide on record and I didn't see any of my family.

I have planted no plants.

I have had no brilliant bead ideas.

In fact, I've been a bit of a boring shed-dwelling hermit. But I figured I should stick my head out of my shed door and give you a wave instead of just doing fly-by buy-my-wares posts.

Because that is rude. And I owe you more than that.

So let this be an apology for my silence and I will really try to talk to you more often.

In a minute I will post a long stream of photographs that will illustrate my recent boredom, so that'll be nice for you.

Thanks for dropping by and for sticking with me all this time.

No really, thank you.

Lotslove

Beads

2012-02-01T22:20:00.000Z

I've just put a couple of new sets on the Freshly Baked Beads page.

I'm a bit late tonight because the server was mucking about. Technotrauma!

More 'Scarlet'

2012-01-23T18:59:00.000Z

I reckon a lot of you are as taken with red-with-white-polka-dots as I am so I've made a whole wodge of them. They're over in the usual place.