December must be my lucky month! Not only was it my birthday and I received some beautiful cards, gifts and good wishes from my family and friends, including a gorgeous sewing box from my very good friend Sue. I also was lucky enough to win a box of amazing artisan lampwork beads from Sarah at FlameForceFive, thank you Sarah : )

Then I was so pleased to discover that I’d won the Artist of the Month challenge over on the UK Beaders forum with my Dark Twist necklace! As well as all that, my Enchanted Earrings project is in the latest issue of Bead Magazine (issue 19). I haven’t been too good healthwise lately with one thing and another, so all of this has cheered me up immensely : )

It’s been a while since I made any cards but I got the urge to make some this week. I’ve stuck to a very simple style; stamped Pollycraft Winter Elves and a polar bear by Anita’s coloured with Promarkers and glittered, Shabby Princess backing papers, some ribbon and sentiments printed on the computer. Hope you like them.

And here’s another of my Fairground Attraction pendants that sold before I had a chance to show you! I adore the colour combination in this one, based around the shades in the mix of cubes called Serenity, consisting of blue, purple, green and white.

I seem to be in earring mode at the moment. I made these last night, I used gorgeous little blue/green artisan lampwork beads made by Rob Johnson and tiny metal saucer beads. They swing beautifully inside these hoops, I can’t believe I got the spacing right first time! These are available on my website.

I love the sketches on Poetic Artistry each Monday so I’m pleased to see Julee has set up a brand new Mojo Monday challenge blog! Here’s my card, using the gorgeous LOTV fairy stamp and backing paper that my fabulous friend Sue sent me for Christmas. Thanks Sue!

Happy new year! Brr, it’s bitterly cold here, we even had a bit of snow this afternoon. I love the snow but we don’t get very much of it these days so it’s always lovely when we get a flurry, even if it’s just for 5 minutes like today! I’ve been busy making new jewellery this week, these are already on my website and there’s lots more to come.

I love the beads I used for these earrings! Depending on which way the light catches them, they look clear or deep topaz and teamed with Swarovski crystals I think they look fab with gold.

Purple and green is always a gorgeous colour combination and looks lovely with antique gold.

This is a gorgeous bead handmade by Anna Richard of Beads on Toast, I thought it would look lovely on it’s own as a focal pendant.

This mini book thong will certainly brighten up anyone’s reading! I’ve used a gorgeous artisan glass  lampwork bead on one end and on the other a cluster of Swarovski crystals in a myriad of colours.