Ruby Tuesday - New Red Jewellery

Today is Tuesday. I haven't participated in Ruby Tuesday for several months, so it is fun to present some new pieces of jewellery with touches of red! I've made three stretch-bracelets with warm reds and orange-coloured glass beads.

This first bracelet is pretty simple: Nine 20mm cat's eye coins with small round orange Czech glass beads as spacers.

My next stretch-bracelet is a happy-go-lucky mix of firey yellows and red-orange glass beads.

And finally, with my third bracelet made with true ruby-red glass beads, I can participate in the Ruby Tuesday meme.

Thank you for visiting!

Best wishes,
Anna

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Blue Monday - Newly made blue beaded jewellery

For Blue on Monday, I would like to show some newly made blue, beaded jewellery. First is this stretch-bracelet that I made from large flat round lampwork glass beads that I took from a necklace that I hade done several years ago.

I wasn't happy with the design idea I had back them and just cut it apart and used the large beads to make the bracelet.

I had so much fun making the first bracelet that I went on to make a second stretch-bracelet out of other kinds of blue glass beads. These are silver-lined and seem to almost glow .

And while I'm at it, I may as well make a matching necklace too. Oh dear. I don't have enough oval beads to make a good length. I want this necklace to be a matinee or princess length and not a choker. No problem! I just added some round beads to increase the length.

That was fun. I wonder if I can do something with these very, very large lampwork beads that l have had laying around for a long time. Why not make a short necklace with them?

And while I'm at it, here's a bracelet with the same small glass Czech beads. Too bad I don't have enough of the big lampwork beads for a bracelet. Sometimes you have to make the bracelet simpler. Sometimes it's the other way around. (The cat's eye glass bead is from China.)

Thank you for visiting my jewellery studio for Blue on Monday.
Hope you all have a happy week!
Best wishes,
Anna
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Shadow Shot Sunday #116 / Pet Pride - Sigge, the tabby tom

This is Sigge, a tabby tom who likes basking in the sun.

Happy Sunday!
Anna

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Anna

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PhotoHunt #225 - 'Colorful'

This week's PhotoHunt Theme # 225 is 'Colorful'. Here are some photos that I find colourful: A Peace rose. Or my daughter Elisabet with a bouquet roses in different colours.

A close-up of Elisabet with her multi-coloured roses.

Flowers are not the only things that are colourful. My son Erik asked me to take him to a toy store to show me items that he liked, in case I needed to buy him a present for a special occasion, such as a birthday or name's day. At the toy store there is colour everywhere. The shelves are bright red for these action-figures from a popular children's film.

And here is a whole wall full of of small skateboard and bicycle models. Erik was careful to point out exactly which model he liked best.

We move on to a bin of glass marbles. Erik was not interested in marbles at this time, but was kind enough to pose for my picture. I finally found something that really fits the bill for this challenge:

Muli-coloured glass marbles sold by weight!

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Happy Weekend!
Anna

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Looking at the Sky on Friday

This is the first time I am linking up with 'Looking at the Sky on Fridays'. This is what I saw when I looked up at the sky:

Storm clouds,

that warn us of an oncoming summer shower!

Best wishes,
Anna

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Erik, eight, has grown this past year.

This is my son, Erik, with his new permanent teeth and a somewhat new jacket.

Best wishes,
Anna

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