More Shimmering Polkas!

And there are a couple more shimmering colours to share with you.

 

First up is the custard yellow

 

now for the orange

 

 

light red

 

 

 

 

Till next time

 

Happy beading!

 

Trudi x

 

 

 

It's Been A While!

Hello there

It's certainly been a while since I blogged, I guess I've been guilty of posting quickly on Facebook instead. While I do love Facebook, it's great because it is so quick, I do find that I'm limited to one picture per post. Sometimes you want to post up a few and tell a story ... so for that the blog is great!

So what's new then?

Firstly, I've had a mini make over!

Well, not me personally, but my Etsy shop, my website and here.

I wanted to jazz up my banner in Etsy, and as I don't have the time (or expertise) I had a look on Etsy and I found a wonderful shop called Accentuate run my Marilyn!

She has pre-made sets that she will add your shop name and tag line to, and once sold to you she doesn't re-sell them so they are unique to you. With sets starting at $12 (about £7.70), I thought that this was a bargain. The banner also fits nicely on here and my blog! I like it so much that she's also designed an advert for me and I'll be getting some graphics for my next lot of Moo cards!

And the makeover hasn't stopped there!

The polka beads are very popular, and I was thinking about how I could jazz them up a little!

Well I mulled it over, and I gave them the "Razzle Dazzle" treatment

and they now have a lovely shimmering finish.

I'll admit that it's a little tricky to capture in a photograph, but in the flesh they have a lovely shimmering finish to them.

So far, I have only tried it on the blue ones but I plan to try it out on others very soon!

So watch this space!

Till next time

Happy beading!

Trudi x

Glistening Grass

Glistening Grass, originally uploaded by Glittering Prize - Trudi.

Well green is my favourite colour - add to that a bit of shimmer and you have a winning combination!

I really do love the shimmer effect on beads but I can only manage a limited number at any one time, as I make them towards the end of my torching session to make sure the shimmer doesn't get on to other beads!!