30th of June Already..... I've been lax again havn't I

See I just can't help it. I'm rubbish at this blog lark, one of you is going to have to poke me with a sharp pointy thing every now and then to remind me to get on with it.

So what have I been doing, well I've been making lots of beads, lots of disc beads to be exact, and Mexican beans, well I think they look like mexican beans, they certainly look mexican though thats not saying that all or indeed any Mexicans are orange of course. Its just a very summery set and if I ever got to go to Mexico which is very doubtful in todays financial climate, I'd wear it there. It reminds me of spicy kidney beans but flatter and in different colours, I'm just not selling it to you am I. How about the pink one. I love this, I have one in blue too. Its called Flamingo Fandango a fetching name for it I thought, thought up by a beady friend Tan, its blue brother is called Blue Lagoon. Ok so I'm rubbish at names too.

So why is it so hard to think up names for pieces. Do they need names, would a descriptive title suffice and indeed be better picked up by the search engine things. Is someone looking for a Tex Mex recipe going to be presented with a photo of my spicy Mexican beads instead of a photo of a bowl of steaming chilli. Is some poor school kid hunting for info on the habitat of the pink flamingo going to be landed with a photo Flamingo Fandango. Is it a nice suprise or a sad let down when someone finds my Citrus Swinger instead of what they were really looking for. What were they actually looking for anyway. Which reminds me of the time when the kids were toddlers and I put an ad in the local newsagents window advertising an ironing service to earn a bit of pin money and I got a phone call from some chap asking if I did spanking too. What was that all about, and would it have earned me more than ironing his shirts.

With that thought in mind, what about these names then, do we go for floaty arty names, girly names, modernistic names that baffle or just a descriptive name. Answers on a postcard please to the usual address.

See you in, well probably a month. xxx

So

What can I say, I'm a busy girl, but theres no excuse, I'm just not good at blogs, or remembering to update them. So here I am updating my blog.

Where to start, so much has happened since my last post. One of the most momentous is the fact that I have 2 local shops stocking my jewellery now, something I'm very proud of, I'm visiting another one in Colchester later this week so will update you on this one.

I've been very busy in the shed, since having my own kiln things are quicker and much easier, no sending beads of to lovely willing friends with kilns and its so much nicer running down to the studio in the morning and opening a kiln full of lovlies rather waiting for the postman to appear. Its also lovely making beads for a set and being able to make that set up the next day whilst you still have the design and inspiration in your head rather than having to find it again after a couple of weeks.

In April I attended the Flame Off, a meet of glassy people with fabulous demo's by brilliant glass artists, lots of equipment to try out, lots of glassy goodies and supplies to buy and best of all loads of old and new freinds to meet with and more inspiration than you can poke a stick at. A wonderful weekend, leaving me far richer in mind and spirit and far poorer in pocket and bank balance, whoops!

The other thing that happened this month is gaining my SRA membership. This is an organisation set up to promote Self Representing Artists. To obtain this, all the glass work you sell must be made by yourself and I'm proud to say that mine is all made by me. This feels like a great achievment for me and I join the ranks of glassy friends who are also members.

My new website is almost finished. I think its more me holding it up at the moment, I need to take photo's and make more stock but all will be revealed soon, its been a long time coming but I think it will be worth the wait when its launched, its a fab website made by my lovely web designer Alison at www.daffodil-design.co.uk without whom none of this would be possible.

On a personal note, we have 2 less chickens since Mr Fox paid us a visit but have gained 2 more kittens, Daisy produced them 3 weeks ago and they're both doing well and will be going off to new homes in about 4 weeks. The PS is off to Scotland on a pilgrimage of the Holy Isles today, and I have the remote control for the telly.

Ok so I've neglected you.

What can I say, I'm a busy girl, but theres no excuse, I'm just not good at blogs, or remembering to update them. So here I am updating my blog.

Where to start, so much has happened since my last post. One of the most momentous is the fact that I have 2 local shops stocking my jewellery now, something I'm very proud of, I'm visiting another one in Colchester later this week so will update you on this one.

I've been very busy in the shed, since having my own kiln things are quicker and much easier, no sending beads of to lovely willing friends with kilns and its so much nicer running down to the studio in the morning and opening a kiln full of lovlies rather waiting for the postman to appear. Its also lovely making beads for a set and being able to make that set up the next day whilst you still have the design and inspiration in your head rather than having to find it again after a couple of weeks.

In April I attended the Flame Off, a meet of glassy people with fabulous demo's by brilliant glass artists, lots of equipment to try out, lots of glassy goodies and supplies to buy and best of all loads of old and new freinds to meet with and more inspiration than you can poke a stick at. A wonderful weekend, leaving me far richer in mind and spirit and far poorer in pocket and bank balance, whoops!

The other thing that happened this month is gaining my SRA membership. This is an organisation set up to promote Self Representing Artists. To obtain this, all the glass work you sell must be made by yourself and I'm proud to say that mine is all made by me. This feels like a great achievment for me and I join the ranks of glassy friends who are also members.

My new website is almost finished. I think its more me holding it up at the moment, I need to take photo's and make more stock but all will be revealed soon, its been a long time coming but I think it will be worth the wait when its launched, its a fab website made by my lovely web designer Alison at www.daffodil-design.co.uk without whom none of this would be possible.

On a personal note, we have 2 less chickens since Mr Fox paid us a visit but have gained 2 more kittens, Daisy produced them 3 weeks ago and they're both doing well and will be going off to new homes in about 4 weeks. The PS is off to Scotland on a pilgrimage of the Holy Isles today, and I have the remote control for the telly.