Some new beads.

I haven't been very productive since I got back from holiday despite having had a week without either of the girls at home. However there are some new beads in my shop including this set.

I am off to London tomorrow to help my older daughter carry her bags home. She has been to a summer art course at the Slade School of Fine Art which is where she would love to end up in a years time. Unfortunately it is about twice as competitive as any Oxbridge course, 1400 applications expected for 25 places. Still, someone has to get in.

Phoebe and I need to decide what to do in London. We are meeting up with my son and his wife who has just got back from visiting her family in Iowa. And I will get my new Macbook tomorrow which Emily has brought back with her. My laptop finally gave up the ghost last week. The graphics card has gone, plus it needs a new keyboard so I decided it was time for a new one. I've never used a Mac before but my iPhone along with some visits to Apple shops to stroke the elegantly designed computers has convinced me to make the change....along with some advice from Emily who is a big Apple fan.

Have a good weekend. I will try and get more work done next week!

Better Photos.

I bought a new macro lens for my camera today. I haven't been happy with some of my photos recently. I've been wanting to get better close ups especially of individual beads like my silver cores. Cropping pictures right down I've found that some of the definition has gone. I haven't had much time to play with it but here are a couple of photos I took quickly between getting home rom town and cooking dinner! I got some useful tips from the man in the shop too. I like to use a white background but it's difficult with light coloured beads. Just need to get myself some frosted glass!