my latest obsession

Making these little things is such a nice meditative activity - and it takes about a billion to fill a jar, so there's no reason to stop.


And a close-up:

Orange lifts the spirit

So I have a real camera now! Sadly I have no manual and no inherent camera skills, so my blog is still going to be full of risible photography until I work out through trial and error what to do with it. This is a picture of the necklace I made for the bpal.org necklace swap:


Bugle beads and some twinkly Swarovskis stitched onto a bright orange ribbon with dangly bits. It was a present for a girl who really seriously liked orange, so it got me working outside of my usual colour range. I knew I was satisfied with it when I realised I was half-sad to be parting with it in spite of the fact that it's a colour I never wear!