vintage pink

dusty pink wall flowers

I'm really enjoying this pot of dusty pink wall flowers. Daintier than the usual ones, and a divine mix of softened 'off' colours which I'm definitely going to add to my colour library. I've used a similar colour combination in the Chantilly Tassel design which appeared in Bead magazine (see post here).
I'm not usually a 'pretty' colours kind of person, and will probably never be able to do that sugar candy kind of colour thing, but, I have to admit these softer mixes are kind of fun to play with.

Chantilly Tassel pink colourway

ooh! on the cover!

I love creating designs for magazines, it's so lovely when an editor asks for something special and I get excited when I come up with new ideas, so it is Soooo hard to keep quiet until the design is published!

Chantilly Tassel

I loved designing this Tassel for Chloe at Bead magazine. This was my first go with the Swarovski Chaton (8mm), I used a simple right angle weave variation to create a layered bezel... Then just added lots of romantic strands of flowers. I even got organised and have a materials pack for this spicy coloured one and a lovely pale pink version here. So it's always lovely when having created the design, then kept really mouse quiet about it for a few months, they go and do something lovely and put it on the cover. Thank you Chloe!
Once I'd started it was utterly tempting to keep on experimenting with the Chaton stones, which is how Bella's Charm evolved too. I also realised that I could finally get on with the dragonfly design that I'd been promising for so long.