George is going back to work tomorrow after nearly 3 weeks off, he’s not quite 100% yet but he is sooo much better. I'm really looking forward to getting back to work but it's been so long that I don't even know where to start!

I need to work out how to (kindly) evict the monster spider in the shed before I can make any beads, he likes to scurry about once the kiln is on and he freaks me out. It’s never a good idea to spook me when I have a lump of molten glass in my hand, if you have any ideas how to entice him off the premises please let me know.

So it’s going to be jewellery instead of beads. I have been imagining some handmade chain with different size/shape links interspersed with two or three of my smaller pebble beads. It will be nice to play with some new ideas and see where they lead.

For now here are a few more seasonal photos