Shimmering Raspberry Polkas

And the polka pictures continue ...

this time it's shimmering raspberry!

You might see that the shimmer beads don't look as bright in the pictures, but I can assure you that they are still bright and have the added shimmer particles that reflect the light!

 Before picture ..

I've got a couple more test colours in the kiln, so more pictures to follow!

Till next time

Happy beading!

Trudi x

Where Inspiration Strikes

Inspiration can come from all sorts of places.

I've had this peachy pink glass for ages, gathering dust on the shelf!! It's not a colour I use much, but I was having a rummage through my bead stash and found some David Christensen cane glass slices .... they have a delicate pattern in the peach shade with blue and yellow ...

Light bulb moment .... I know what glass will look great with them .. and so the peachy pink ribs were born!

Now listed on the website www.glitteringprize.co.uk

Happy beading!

Trudi x

New Coat = New Broach and New Handbag = New Charm!

For Christmas I was lucky enough to get a new coat, and this coat is a bright shade of pink (you can see me coming!).

I decided that this needed a nice brooch of some sort and so I made myself a pink heart bead. Brooches really aren't my area of expertise, so I sent the bead to my friend George and she turned it into the most fabulous fibula!

I can't tell you how thrilled I am with it, and I've had no end of comments about it.

So now I had a new coat, I had to change my bag ........ the bag I was using was green, nothing wrong with it, just kinda clashed with the coat! I was in town the other week and Clarks had a sale on, imagine my joy when I saw the handbag I was after in sale at half price!! I just had to have it.

Now I have my new bag, it really needed a bag charm to match in with the coat. So here is the new charm

I made the heart bead with silver rich glass and gold leaf and teamed it with silvered ceramic beads and Swarovski crystals, strung on a leather cord!

Trudi x

Think Pink Beads

Well it's October and it's Breast Cancer Awareness month!

So I have made some beads with pink ribbons (decorated on both sides)!

These are ideal for making into pendants or bag charms, and I'm donating half of the sale price to Cancer Research!

So please help me to raise not only money for this great cause, but also awareness!

If you like these beads and don't make jewellery or charms, contact me and I can help with that.

The beads are on my website www.glitteringprize.co.uk

Thanks for looking!

Trudi x

Pink Ribbons!

All mine!, originally uploaded by claires crystal classics.

Ohh check this out - the lovely Claire from www.clairescrystalclassics.co.uk has made this perfect necklace using my lampwork beads, with a fine balance of colour and silver. It's just delightful!

If you're looking for some original jewellery, why not pop over to her site, you won't be disappointed!

Good Enough To Eat .............

Big Hole Cupcake (1), originally uploaded by Glittering Prize - Trudi.

Almost, but perhaps not!!! I'm pushing myself to make "big hole beads" you know the kind that fit onto European Bracelet systems such as Pandora and Troll etc. And my sister Jojo said, why not have a go at cupcakes ............ so I did and here's the first one I made!

Promptly pinched by Jojo herself and is not living on her bracelet!!

More to come I think ............ and I have ideas for other ones too! Watch this space!