Tuesday 21 June 2011

Bad beader!

I am a bad beader :-( last week, I ordered some of my Beads and Beyond pal Jo Tinley's new clasps. She packaged them up to me and was kind enough to include some lovely extra goodies for me. The reason I say I am a bad beader is that I didn't email her to a) let her know that the parcel had arrived and more importantly, b) thank her! I really thought I had, but no....only in my head. I do that sometimes....

Here is what I ordered:


And here's one of the extra goodies she sent me, right up my street I think you'll agree:


Isn't she beautiful? I can't wait to make something with her - after I've hoarded her for a bit of course :-)


Here's a close up of my favourite clasp:



And the back, so you can see how it works. It's about the size of my thumbnail - small and perfectly formed:


Jo makes some of my favourite designs featured in Beads and Beyond and I think that's partly because she has a completely different skill set and style from myself (well, when I say that, she can almost certainly do everything I can with wire, but I can't do anything that she does with fire and metal!). She always has something simple and striking on the go and her lovely blog is well worth checking out if you're not already a regular reader. I'm hoping to go down and have some silver smithing tuition with her at some point over the next year or so (not sure that she knows this!) but until then, I'll be buying these lovely clasps from her! Show her some love and do the same :-)

5 comments:

steufel said...

Wow, her metal work is terrific - and your goodie super cute:-)

Jo said...

You are definitely not a bad beader!! I'm glad they arrived safely and, even more, that you like them. Thank you for showing them off! I'm really looking forward to seeing what you make with them.
It would be so good to meet you at last if you make it down here for tuition!
Jx

CraftyHope said...

That's some fabulous stuff! I'm so glad you shared it with us here.

Jen Judd said...

Love these pieces! I'm going to go check out the goodies for myself!
Jen

My Life Under the Bus said...

I've got to get me some of those!!!

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