Shopping and Subconcious love

I thought I would share with you a few of my recent acquisitions. And I made a random selection, well random I thought anyway, from my records files of my purchases. And I started to put together a collage.

And lo and behold! I discovered a theme there. Mainly a color theme. It is both what I actually have bought, but also what I did pick to be included in the collage for you. Because I have bought for instance yellow things too, but I didn't include them in the collage.

(Btw, do YOU keep organized records of your purchases? I do!)

Here's what I see anyway:

1. Dark blues, midnight blues, matte or frosted and/or metallic. 
2. Whites, beiges, ecru's, greys. Well these colors I always have a weak spot for. As combination, background or in between colors sort of. I love to use them to help lift forward what I wish to lift forward. But sometimes they have the main role too of course.
3. Oranges, rusty oranges
4. I purchased that Harbinger clasp from Lorelei. I love the pattern and I was so happy I got my hands on it. But then funnily, about half an hour later I had also bought some beads from Pam Wynn. Not at all aware at the time that the one with turqouise edges sort of related to the clasp. Pam's bead is a large focal one about the same size as Lorelei's clasp I believe. And I felt at the time that it wasn't really my normal style, and I hesitated as I looked through my cart. But in the end I couldn't resist it. What do you think? Was it my subconscious that saw the pattern? I do! And I do love my subconscious!!!!!
5. How about those unique figure beads from Reduction Nation then? Well I saw them and I thought "How absolutely wonderfully quirky they are! I gotta have them." Bought them a couple of days before my visit to Pam Wynn's shop. Would I have bought those orange tube beads from her without the figure beads? Maybe. One thing is for sure when it comes to Pam Wynn's beads. They are absolutely gorgeous in reality! No picture can do them justice! I know that, because I bough my first set from her a little more than a month back. And I was completely blown away about their marvelousness when I opened my package. And I have already used them in a set of three bracelets related to each other, that I have not yet shown you. I might submit them to a magazine you see. We'll see what happens. Thank you Lorelei Eurto for making me aware of Pam Wynn!
6. Thank you Rebecca Anderson for making me aware of Scorched Earth! I bought the ceramic links from her, and a few more gorgeous beads and pieces. An adorable Seagull pendant among other things.

(Open the picture in a new side window if you wish to see it larger, and please note that the pictures, and what's on them are not in scale to each other.)

From top left and so on:

• All the seed bead type beads in the upper left corner are from Fusion Beads
• Orange speckled tube beads from Pam Wynn
• Harbinger clasp from Lorelei Eurto
• White flat wide rubber o-rings from Swedish shop Fru Parla (=Mrs Bead, isn't that a great name!). I shall enjoy playing with those!!! Never seen that style before. And I have never used rubber o-rings before either.
• Ceramic links from Scorched Earth
• Polymer clay focal bead from Pam Wynn
• Rusty orange figure beads from Reduction Nation
• Pink flower etched ovals from Reduction Nation
• Dark blue matte lucite rice beads from Reduction Nation

All my best,

Malin

Recent rustic love ...

... it could almost be the name of a song. And perhaps it already is.

Anyway, here are some of my recent acquisitions. A lot of rustic goodness in there, don't you agree. I have always had a weakness for that quality in my beads. I seem to not be able to resist when a bead artist put them out on offer. Side drilled beads are another weakness of mine. If they are gemstones I am even happier, but they are not so easy to come across, so whenever I see them I hit the "buy now" button. And lately I have also found myself buying a number of different things in that wonderful cornflower blue color. That copper leaf chain is just adorable too. Rustic and carved and natural as in the two different kinds of wooden beads just have a plain irresistible power on me.

Most of these things have not arrived yet. Guess if I am longing. I am particularly happy to only in the past week have discovered the shop EarthButterStudio. It's run by a lady in South Africa who makes the beads in a kind of collaboration with women living in rural areas. You can read more about it on her blog and the website. Her name is Desiree Malan, and she is a very lovely lady.



Two ceramic large (huge) flower bead caps - RoundRabbit
Set of yellow raku houses - Jubilee
Set of yellow and green rustic ceramic beads - EarthButterStudio

Copper leaf chain - ValerVal
Set of ceramic beads in earthy blue colors - EarthButterStudio
Two different kinds of carved wooden beads - KanduBeads
Cornflower blue facetted czech rondelles - LimaBeads
Pale Pink Kunzite Pebbles Side Drilled - LimaBeads

All my best,
Malin

Breaking my blog silence

Hi there,

So, I've been awfully quiet here on my blog for a couple of weeks. There is really no reason at all for it. I am fine. Life goes on as usual, and so on. I simply haven't felt I have anything to blog about. I'm sure it happens to us all at times. My aim is to post here on my blog at least once a week, and hopefully more often. And now I haven't.

So I just thought I'd share with you some wonderful things I've bought over the last period. All of them apart from a couple have already arrived. However, none of them have yet ended up in a piece I have completed (apart from a bit of that Rayon Gimp which I used in a bracelet). Semi-finished yes, but not fully. And some of them will have to wait a little longer before I decide what I will do with them.

Please note that scale between each item is not correct

The suppliers are, from top left:

DaisyChainExtra

Lisa Peters (I got two of those lovelies)

GuldPaddan (they are super tiny)

MissFickleMedia

Jade Scott

HumbleBeads (I got two eggs)

Floridity

HappyMangoBeads

Kylie Parry

Birgitta Lejonklou - Angel Whisperer

Ornamentea

TreeWingsStudio

All my best,

Malin

Recsent Acquisitions

These goodies all arrived in my mailbox during last week.

Stoneware Flower bead caps - Chelle V2

Baloon and Swan pendants - Jade Scott

Ceramic links and beads in custum ordered colors - Clay Buttons

Please arrive soon!

Oh how I long for you all!

I've gone too far this month, I know.

And this one was missed out from the above collage. A custom one that has been made in my own ring size! By Maire Dodd.

Successful shopping yesterday

Aren't I lucky! I managed to get all of these beauties from Nancy Schindler's Round Rabbit Extra shop yesterday. Gosh you have to be super quick. Everything sells directly. I just missed the Amber Koi Fish unfortunately, and some other things too that I really would have liked to get. But I am soooooo happy about the things I did get. I also have to say I admire Nancy. Not only for her skill as an artist, but also for her clever business mind. She creates a demand for her products by doing these special sales days when she lists a lot of things in her extra shop. During just one day she sells a LOT.

I've been ill quite a bit lately, that is why I haven't been so active here, or in general in the beading community. I've got some new pieces of jewellery that I need to take pictures of to show you, and to list on Etsy. But I have decided to take it a bit easy for a couple of weeks. There are so many other things going on at the moment. See you soon anyway.

All my best,

Malin

More Gaea - Yes Please!

I have developed a new need.

It is just another one really.

This time it is Gaea!

Immense Love

Just look at them! I am filled with an immense love. Soon, very soon, I will fondle them, take care of them, and make sure they end up in a suiting environment with the best of company. I will treat them like my own babies. I long for them! I want to meet them now.