I swear beads breed

I have just been having a look at my bead stash and I swear I didn't realise I had so many.

I am undergoing a bit of a change at the moment and my tastes seem to be changing in what I make. This is a good thing as I want my jewellery to be more cohesive as a collection. I adore what I do with charm bracelets and watches, so they will be staying. As will the brooches and the stitch markers, but I think I can do better. So I'm going to be going through my beads and clearing out what I don't think I'll use any more via eBay. Any money I get will be spent on new beads.

I do have something exciting to show, but I need to photograph it properly first. I have had some fossil pendants come in, which are gorgeous. I have made one necklace, with sterling silver findings and leather, but I'm looking to do something a little bit more unusual with them, so I plan to do a bit of research and see what's out there first though.

I have to say that True Blood makes an excellent accompaniment to bead sorting and Stephen Moyer is totally on the bang list.

Off to knitting now in the rain! Ah well, at least my garden gets a good watering. I just hope that this isn't it for the summer now.