A mini post on the move

Nic and I are currently on the way to celebrate his mum's Birthday with a tea party (I'm hoping for Pimms) and I have made up a bracelet to match my outfit! I've tried this in the past and its not worked out quite as well as this one. I was so happy with the result I thought I should have an impromptu blog post!

I like the lopsidedness of the silvers on opposite sides, they were chosen on a whim, but the glass beads where chosen for their colour.

The Brown beads are a Red Jasper from 2011 Limited Edition Gemstones. A convention Jasper from the first UK Trollbead convention and a Red Tigers Eye. I only realised they were all gemstones once they were on, but I love the organic Brown colour they give.

The green beads are all glass. Christmas in Australia has browns in it too, so that works well. Kimono bead is the exact shade of my polo shirt and has a bird on it (my shirt has flying geese) and turquoise feather finishes this bracelet.

After a discussion with Mars, over at Curling Stones, expect a few on posts on the fly, like this!

Definitely worth the wait.

11 days before my 22^nd Birthday I received my first ever Trollbead gift that wasn’t from Nic. My very dear friend since School Lorna gave me the Dice Bead. I got a bit too emotional about it and I think she was a bit bemused that such a small piece of silver could make me so happy! It was worth waiting 354 days!

This charm bead takes the shape of a dice. The perfect silver Trollbead for the one who aims high, takes risks, or likes a gamble, this charm is a symbol of lady fortune.

I do love the bead, but the thought that she had gone out of her way to look at all the beads and choose me one was really very lovely especially as she isn’t a Trollbead collector. I'm not sure I take risks, and I don't gamble. But for my 18th Birthday I bought Cluedo and we played that (we were supposed to go out but the weather was awful) so I think it represents that to me.

I have one gripe with the bead is that it is missing a couple of numbers where the bracelet goes through it (I’m not sure how you would get around this to be honest) the bead is price group one (£23) so is perfect for wearing every day, it sits nice and comfortably and I wear it almost all the time.

:D