Taking photographs for facebook
I am not good at getting nice photographs with my iPad. I have to go thru so many trials. I had my friend Gail giving me a hand. We spent the morning going through all the different varieties. I had to send it to another beadmaker who was also doing the challenge.
Catch up
I realise I have not entered any more additions to my blog. How can I have a blog and not add to it. I promise from now on I will at least enter more items at least once a week. This last week we have had the Hornbills flying and making their odd noises. I …
Frustration there is nothing more frustrating than waiting for my oxy cylinder to be switched on. Here I am waiting and not knowing when all will be ready for my bead making
A. Difficulty in making special beads.
Way back when the rand exchange was more reasonable, I was able to buy special glass rods. Now with the difficult conditions it is not possible to buy glass rods like boro glass. As mentioned I was able to buy some rods but these days I can’t manage to even buy one rod of clear. …
Teaching glass bead making in the early days.
I was very keen to teach people the most tantalizing craft of bead making and towards that end, I put myself out there. Well this company in Johannesburg who had the equipment and were keen to get the craft of bead making going contacted me while I was in Somerset West and brought me up …
Glass bead instruction
It is quite interesting that having left Somerset West for KZN I have received more inquiries for glass bead instruction than I have received in KZN. I have given out leaflets to indicate that I am prepared to give bead classes to anyone who is interested. Why I have mentioned this now is because I …
Assembling necklaces
One of the not so interesting sides to bead making is having to assemble the beads into a desirable necklace. I feel my talents lie in making the beads, using all the AIDS in producing an outstanding set of beads When I,have to” assemble the beads it,takes me a while before I can get the …
Just a few of my boro pendants
Just had a very enjoyable supper of macaroni cheese. After all the Christmas diets, this is just a normal light supper.