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Well, I had intended to finish the Flood Relief fundraising by the end of February but I have run out of time and February ends on Monday! I have decided to extend this through to all of March as there are also 2 community markets where I plan to have a stall and that [...] Well, that’s the end of my break….heading off to work today. Thankfully the weekend is just a day away so I can finish up the beads then. hopefully I will get around to posting pics of the next batch of flood relief beads. ~~~ SimplyBea – Kangaroo Island ~~~ Isn’t it just incredibly sad and overpowering at the same time that all the above can be happening at THE SAME MOMENT in a different part of the world? It’s almost like living between sliding doors where you enter different experiences as you open one door after another… it is just so awful to [...] When I heard on the radio that another Australian soldier had been killed in Afghanistan, I had no idea how close to home this story was….the radio reception at home is 3rd world quality so I often miss out on details, in this case the name of the soldier. Jamie Larcombe was a Kangaroo [...] Someone recently asked me what my signature style is and that got me thinking. I am very much influenced by the colours of the ocean as I spent many years working on the beach at Seal Bay as a guide and it was the draw of the ocean that brought me to Seal Bay [...] After that depressing post, I had to cheer myself up and I knew there were beads waiting to cool down in the kiln… so I got them off their mandrels and took a quick snapshot. I absolutely love this shape and they are dainty enough to use for earrings so I shall be [...] What can I say? I ordered a special tool in the new year, January 4th to be exact, and with ‘this n that’ it took forever for the supplier (and their supplier) to get back to me with shipping rates and finally 27th Jan I thought we had it sorted, I agreed to pay [...] Well folks, no posts in a while because I have been ‘a tad busy’ and it has been for a good cause! I have sold 46 out of 49 beads (Carmen – I will get yours out to you when we get back!) for the Flood Relief fund and once we get back from [...] |
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