Experimenting, Glee and a phone call

1. There's time this afternoon to make some jewellery. I experiment with some resin I've had on hand for a long while. Two rings and three pendants now sit under a cover waiting for the resin to cure. 

2. I catch up on episodes of Glee and spend two hours singing along to the songs. 

3. The phone rings and it's a dear friend calling all the way from Paris. We share a happy hour catching up with each other. 

P.S. Happy New Year everyone! I'd like to wish us all peace, joy and health in 2012. 

Commissioned pieces, reminiscing and mangoes

1. I was paid for a commissioned bracelet and am working on another commissioned piece now - a long necklace.
2. An old friend came by which was a nice surprise. It got me reminiscing about the old days.
3. Plowing through a boxful of mangoes. Sweet. Juicy. Heaven.

Countdown of indulgences...continued

Right, I hope you've had a good day so far. I have. I managed to coax both my camera and my laptop into working. At least for a little while. So this post isn't going to be very long, since I really don't want to push my luck.

It's with much guilt that I acknowledge - a day late - that my single biggest indulgence is....this.

Yes, people, my greatest guilty pleasure is beads. Beautiful, gorgeous, breath-taking, sparkly beads. What you see is just a teeny portion of my bead stash. Aren't they lovely? My favourite has got to be the butterfly beads. They look and feel like glass but they weigh hardly anything so I think they might be acrylic. I bought them in Tokyo over 2 years ago and am loath to use them. They're just so pretty. I guess I'm waiting for inspiration to strike since they deserve to be showcased in a spectacular jewellery design. What do you think? Do you have ideas on how I should use them? I keep thinking they'd look stunning in a necklace but I'm not quite sure. Leave a comment and tell me what you think I ought to do with them. At the moment, they're sorely neglected. They only see the light of day when I take them out - every month or so - to ooh and aah at them.

PS. I'm known for taking crappy photographs. So do bear with me. I'm hoping all this blogging will help improve my photography skills. We'll see.