Pink Spangles

I just had to buy these gorgeous pink encased frit beads by Laura Sparling a while back. Just look at the vibrancy of the pink and that deep encasing just makes them sparkle and twinkle.

Unsurprisingly they didn't stay on the website for long. The lady who bought them wanted a pendant to go with them. Now normally when I use lampwork then that is all I have, but in this case I had made the earrings and had beads left. So, after a bit of discussion here is the matching pendant.

It was a joy to make, it just worked straight off. Sometimes a piece does and sometimes it doesn't. With this it was as if it was just meant to be.

So, is she pleased? Well, I think so as I have had to make the remaining beads into a set for her daughter.
Oh, and the Pink Spangles well, I borrowed the name. It is the name of a Heather Cultivar found and named by my grandfather Neil Garland Treseder.

I borrowed the picture from Burncoose Nurseries which is the UK's largest mail order plant specialist. They stock a lot of granfather's plants and are well worth a visit.

Introducing....

Mikey the meerkat. Here he is checking out the neighbourhood to see if he fancies staying around. I hope he likes what he sees, as little man loves him and keeps giving him lots of cuddlles.

Hmmm wonder if the house foundations will be ok, don't meerkats live underground? If you fancy your own meerkat check out Niftyknits folksy shop.

I'm a winner

If I run around the house shouting that, I will sound just like my 3yr old. He seems to be a winner all the time - great though when you want him to go upstairs for his bath. "I'm going to be a winner", "No I'm going to be a winner" and hey presto one small child up stairs.

Well, I am not going to run around the house, but I will natter about it here. I entered a competition on NiftyKnits blog the other week and I am now the proud owner of a Meerkat. Fondly known as Mikey, in the same way as the doggy from FabricNation it is now in possession of my child.

So, photos of Mikey will be posted tomorrow when said child is at school and I have access to Mr Meekat. In the meantime let me tell you all about Mikey's maker.

Mikey's maker is Heather at NiftyKnits. She sells via Folksy and Etsy and seems to have an ability to knit anything and everything (and she can crochet). Whether it be Morris dancers or dragons.

Or gorgeous flowers made into pin cushions or everlasting bouquets. Whilst I pin down Mikey tomorrow why not check out her shops or her blog to see what else she can create. you may be amazed.

And they're off

Well, our sunflower seeds have sprouted - have yours?

Widget's have as well. You can become a facebook friend of Widget here if you want to keep on track of his antics.

Wonder how big they will be in a week or so?

Winning

A little while ago Fabric Nation had a competion on her blog. Now normally I am not really into entering competions as usually I don't win. However, Fabric Nations gorgeous doggies took my fancy and I kind of thought why not. Then, much to my surprise I ended up winning. How pleased am I? Look at these gorgeous goodies that came through my door last week.

Gorgeously packaged, with lots of funky stamps on the envelope (I loved the birdy). I recieved a fab flower broach - this was really nicely displayed on tree. A fantastic Retro scotty dog broach and a hand printed card.

This package coming through my door really made my day and cheered me up no end. Only problem is I have lost the dog to my 3yr old son. "Love the doggy mummy can I have it on my jacket". So off my cardi it came and onto his jacket. He them smothered it in kisses - I think it's a hit. I am just hoping he forgets about it soon so I can have it back.

Easter Sun at Trelissick.

I am very lucky as the fantastic National Trust property of Trelissick is only 5 mins or so down the road from my parents. We are also lucky that we had a fab wedding pressie of life membership to the NT, so each time we visit we don't have to pay. It was a lovely gift that we keep enjoying year after year.

So after an Easter egg hunt and dying the eggs with gorse, off we headed down the fields to the beach.

It may be shingly but it's great for stone throwing.

It's a bit of a hike back up the beach, but the view is worth it.

Here is Trelissick house. The house is privately owned so not open to visitors but the stunning gardens and alot of the parkland is. There is also a lovely walk along the river bank with stunning views down the Fal, or King Harry Ferry and up to the Tregothnan estate.

Days like this make me want to move back home, oh well maybe one day.

Easter Traditions

We had an Easter Egg hunt on Easter Sunday as most people with kids probably did, but we also did something a little different. This is something of a tradition in our family, I am not too sure where it come from but both sides of the family used to do it so maybe it's a Cornish thing - who knows.

Anyway you get some eggs (preferably white or light coloured), ours were a little dark so the result wasn't great this year. You then draw silly faces on them.

You then boil them in a pan of water with loads of gorse flowers (mind your fingers when picking these - ouch!). These come into their own about Easter time, but do bloom all the year round. The gorse flowers when boiled dye the water and therefore the eggs a lovely yellow colour.
Hmmm no pic of yellow dyed eggs and soldiers I hear you say - well despite being dyed yellow the pic didn't show it up very well - sorry. Mind you they did make yummy egg sarnies :)

Pics soon of our glorious few days in the sun sun sun.

All the best people.......

And bunnies are joining in with the great sunflower competition. So far it looks like we have 37 entries - thats £74 for Macmillan Cancer (if you haven't paid yet - pay me! - if you don't pay you won't be in with a chance of winning the prize). Here you can see Widget planting his seeds.

Let's hope the seeds sprouts - ours like many others have had a swimming lesson. Anyone make armbands for sunflower seeds?

All the best people.......

And bunnies are joining in with the great sunflower competition. So far it looks like we have 37 entries - thats £74 for Macmillan Cancer (if you haven't paid yet - pay me! - if you don't pay you won't be in with a chance of winning the prize). Here you can see Widget planting his seeds.

Let's hope the seeds sprouts - ours like many others have had a swimming lesson. Anyone make armbands for sunflower seeds?

An the winner is....

Moira.

I can't work out how to show the random number generator thingy I used but I did use one. It came up with the number 10 and Moira was the 10th person to sign up to Beady Pool's facebook page.

The Flow pendant will be on it's way to you early next week. Thanks to all who have signed up and become fans of Beady Pool already. If you haven't, what are you waiting for? If we get near 100 I may just do another little giveaway.

An the winner is....

Moira.

I can't work out how to show the random number generator thingy I used but I did use one. It came up with the number 10 and Moira was the 10th person to sign up to Beady Pool's facebook page.

The Flow pendant will be on it's way to you early next week. Thanks to all who have signed up and become fans of Beady Pool already. If you haven't, what are you waiting for? If we get near 100 I may just do another little giveaway.

The Great Sunflower Race

So, my mum won a packet of sunflower seeds at her local gardening club. Kindly, she passed them to me and said "you could organise a sunflower growing competition". I thought about it and decided no, I had too much on already. Then I thought again and decided YES, the kids will love it.

So, here it is the Great Sunflower Race.

I have asked all my friends with kids and each child is donating £2 to enter. This money is then going to Macmillan Cancer Support.

Today, I am bagging up compost, pots and seeds for those who are local to me, hopefully we will get planting this weekend.

Once they are sprouted the winning measurements will be posted on here every couple of weeks so watch this space and hopefully we will have some pics once they are flowering.

Oh and the tallest one will get a prize from me.

If you have kids and fancy joining in, then leave me a message on here or via my website. I am happy to post you some seeds.

The Great Sunflower Race

So, my mum won a packet of sunflower seeds at her local gardening club. Kindly, she passed them to me and said "you could organise a sunflower growing competition". I thought about it and decided no, I had too much on already. Then I thought again and decided YES, the kids will love it.

So, here it is the Great Sunflower Race.

I have asked all my friends with kids and each child is donating £2 to enter. This money is then going to Macmillan Cancer Support.

Today, I am bagging up compost, pots and seeds for those who are local to me, hopefully we will get planting this weekend.

Once they are sprouted the winning measurements will be posted on here every couple of weeks so watch this space and hopefully we will have some pics once they are flowering.

Oh and the tallest one will get a prize from me.

If you have kids and fancy joining in, then leave me a message on here or via my website. I am happy to post you some seeds.