Songbeads

Wednesday, 5 February 2014

What will they become...

What will these become when they are all grown up?

Art beads by:

Tempting Little Charms

Tuesday, 4 February 2014

30 Words - Hope

Hope is the thing with feathers ~

I see it, fluttering

far above me.

In the

cold, dark, dreich

half-light

of the Winter,

one

little

bird

flies above,

fragile yet ~

indefatigable.

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Take an image (preferably one you shot, or have permission to use).

Write 30 Words about it. No more. No less.

Post it each Thursday.

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OK, so it's not Thursday, and I didn't take the picture. I found it online (here). But I'm joining in nonetheless. I hope you find a little winged hope here in the cold and dark winter that we are having (colder for some than others, I know!).

Monday, 3 February 2014

New copper items in Curious

Happy Monday! I hope today find's you ready for the week ahead. Phew - we made it through January!

I'm stopping by to let you know that I've added a few new items to The Curious Bead Shop - some lovely hand-antiqued and sealed copper wire in four different gauges.

There are 0.5mm, 0.6mm, 0.8mm and 1mm. These are roughly equivalent to 24g, 22g, 20g and 18g, in the AWG system - you can check out the exact comparisons here.

I also added these sweet little Edison clasps - so called, because they reminded me and Helen of a light bulb! They are really cute, and great when you're looking for something special and handmade, but something simpler that one of my Deco Rose clasps.

That's all for today folks! Have a great Monday!

Sunday, 2 February 2014

Jewellery sale extended!

I never can quite get the hang of scheduling etsy's coupon codes, and I accidentally scheduled my sale to finish on Monday, rather than today. Rather than cancel the sale, I decided to simply extend it by an extra day - woohoo! And I've added a whole ton of new jewellery to the shop today, some of which has disappeared already. However, there is still plenty of lovely jewellery available for your perusal.

Check out some of my new pieces ~

Birds and Hearts and Flowers - Oh My!

Hop over to Songbead before the coupon code really does expire!

More New Jewellery!

Happy Sunday everyone! Here are some new lovely pieces over on etsy.

Mint Violet

Coral Wing

Key to my Cornflower Heart

Saturday, 1 February 2014

FLASH sale at Songbead!

FLASH sale over at www.songbead.etsy.com! Today (1st February) only - use coupon code FEB20 for 20% off all purchases. Get a scoot on - sale ends tonight! Here are some of the lovelies currently available in store ~

Cherry Blossom Flutter

Purple Perch

Lickable

Bird's Nest 2

Pinch, punch, first of the month! Here's a mini-tute to start your February. See this post for instructions on making the bird's nest in the first place. The beads I've used are from over at Curious, Large Robin's Eggs.

(I've got more of these lovely speckled rounds in different colours - just search for 'eggs' and they will appear!)

Here is how to attach a nest into a bracelet ~

1. Here's my bracelet, laid out and ready for stringing. I don't always do this, but with nests, I do.

2. String all the beads before the nest as you usually would, and then slide the bead wire through the base of your nest. This of course depends on how tightly you have wound the wire on the back of the nest. Tight enough to be secure, but loose enough so that the wire can pass relatively easily through. You might need to add a couple of extra spacers on each side, but that's something you can play around with.