Wednesday wishlist....

more goodies I'd love to own...

fine moebius, solid sterling silver bangle by finchbird

Upcycled Knitting Needle resin brooch by lekker

Black CHANEL Wool Shoulder Bag by MSHandbags

the end...

...of the DUST Christmas in July promotion. A busy, fun weekend. I sold something (yay!) & bought lots of lovely goodies. I'll take some photos & blog about them when they arrive, I can hardly wait :)

I'm running my sale until the end of July...10% off & free postage if you buy 2 or more items, so come & visit :)

{the photo is one I uploaded to my flickr tonight, I'm quite pleased with it, so I thought I'd share it here too}

Wishlist Wednesday .....errr....Thursday

Art Deco Evenings print by matouenpeluche

Tropicana brooch by realisationcreations

Hand Dyed Earthy Ochre scarf by rainbowrevolution

it's nearly here....

The big DUST (down under street team) Christmas in July sale is coming & there will be heaps of awesome goodies to buy :)

As well as having a sale myself, I'm planning a bit of shopping :)

I made the above treasury (full of dusters who are participating in the sale) this afternoon. You can view it here
I decided to go with greens to compliment the treasury I made a few days ago (below), which was in warm reds



I'm really looking forward to this....see you there :)

Really Lemony Blueberry Yoghurt Cupcakes

The other night one of my Flickr contacts uploaded a shot of some cupcakes she had baked, with a link to the recipe. Once my sisters saw the photos, the demanded that I try baking them.



So, this morning I did :) They are really, really delicious & really easy to make. The batch I made is all gone already...one brother claimed that they are his new favourite way to eat yoghurt & I'm facing demands to bake a double batch as soon as possible.



Here is a link to the recipe.....butter sugar flour....some of the other recipes look really good to, I'm sure I'll be trying some of them sooner or later :)

recent listings...

stars & satellites

spectacular spots

moonlit sky


silvery grey

forest moss

hot glass...

Since I've posted about working with pmc, I thought I'd ramble a bit about making beads. The photos in this post are taken by my sister Amy, it being, as you might imagine, a little difficult to take my own during the process :).

To make beads you need: a torch, gas, glass rods, mandrels, vermiculite....this isn't intended to be a tutorial or anything, if I get you really interested, I suggest you find a class to attend :)

So....adding glass to the mandrel:


...heating the bead, to make it rounder:

...& rounder:


...adding some decoration (dots in this case, using stringer, which is a thin 'string' of glass):


...melting the dots in:


...& some more:


...checking to see if it's ready to be put into the vermiculite to cool down slowly (& looking rather serious in my stylish glasses) :


once the bead has cooled, I remove it from the mandrel, clean it & the anneal it in my kiln....& presto, beads:

Mmmmm mushroom...

I made a treasury last night (you can view it here), featuring cute mushroomy goodies & 'mushroom' coloured beauties.

I also uploaded a mushroom photo to my Flickr tonight:


& a bonus pic, just for fun :)