Finding it hard to stay awake?

Well, this should keep you going for a while! Created by my husband to roast bigger batches of coffee than your standard household needs. And why should we want this, you ask?

Well, rocknwrap is going to be selling its special blend of home-roasted coffee beans at the BiDM on Saturday. Going to have a busy night before to churn out all we need for the day. Hope they're a hit!

So come along and get your hit of freshly roasted coffee, medium roast with floral, citrus and cocoa flavours, smooth and creamy and chocolatey. Mmmmm!

Missed it

The flying foxes got this one, but graciously left us half. How kind!

And my climbing Double Delights continue to delight and delight and delight! HOT day today. Hope you're keeping cool wherever you are.

Bead reamer arrival

Whoopee! My bead reamer arrived today (well, actually yesterday - it sat on the front step all night) and I finally got a chance to make those pesky holes in the labradorite beads big enough to put wire through. Huzzah!

One week until the BiDM, and things are happening, but I haven't got anywhere near my table setup yet.

I have a small child on my left, in her highchair, gumming a slice of vegemite/cheese toasty finger into submission, and a husband on my right installing a light for me under my little shelf to light my little workbench. Life is good.

Double Delight

Climbing roses are in full bloom today! This photo is taken from the ground, but the best view is from the Moo-Ma's window! Hope she appreciates it when she's older!

Just can't seem to focus!

With the Brisstyle Indie Designer's Market coming up in a week and a half, I should be building up my regular stock, right? But nooooooo, now is the time that I decide to experiment. So contrary is my creating mojo. I also want to make sock monkeys. The days are too short.

I finally got a ring mandrel, so I just HAD to try out a ring.......
And some hooped earrings...................... put some of those littler stone beads to good use!

Pearl

Facetted garnets

Aquamarine

And my first ever facetted stone pendant. 10ct of ametrine. I'm pretty darn proud of my claws. Even managed to get them even, what a miracle!

Well, perhaps tomorrow I'll get back to my pendants. There's this new ornate ring idea I have though.............

And the winner is.....

Well, the deadline has fallen and thanks to The Hat, the randomly picked winner is Sarah! I'll send you an email and you can pick the style and the stone!

To all those people who entered, thank you so much, I have got some wonderful insight and ideas from your comments. Thank you for letting me pick your brains!

I hope you all have a great week, I've got to get all my goodies ready for The Handmade Expo this Saturday. Pop in and say hi - Ipswich Turf Club, Bundamba Rd, Bundamba 8am-2pm. It's shaping up to be a lovely weekend, not as hot as the original forecast (phew!).

Come down and get your Chrissie presents wrapped up.

Obsessed

I've been obsessing about this earring design over the last few days, thinking about it when I should be sleeping, blah blah blah. It's the same basic idea, but has endless possibilities.

In the studs, I want them the drop to hang just below the earlobe, so they're contained and elegant.

These are my favourite, little ruby drops.

And amazonite drops, certainly not as little as the rubies, as you'll see in the pic where they're all together.The hooks hang a lot further down, but are still quite contained. These ones are carnelian.

These are all prototypes, and some won't get further than that. But I'm hoping to get a heap up in this style up and running for the BiDM. Gosh, so close!

Have you entered my giveaway yet?

Crunchy

Today was granola day. Homemade granola, a la Nigella.

Mmmm, golden syrup, almonds, hazelnuts, honey, oats, seeds - soooo much delicious crunchy goodness.

Great for snackies by the handful. And with yoghurt. And on icecream. And I suppose you could use it as intended for breakfast cereal, but I can't say that I've ever tried.

I think I hear some calling me now.

Have you entered my giveaway yet?