Sort and organize

The lovely spring-like weather we've been having recently has inspired me to spring clean my workroom and organize my beads and findings for a better workflow. So pleased with the new storage boxes I got from my local DIY store:

Bead candy

Sorted by finish: my bronze box

Bead addiction

Some of my lovely new aquisitions:

The above two gorgeous color mixes I bought from Millefiori in Gothenburg.

Swarovski beads in the new shades of Denim Blue (bicones) and Padparadscha (lg heart) and sweet lilac foiled rocailles from Canvas, Gothenburg

These beauties are HUGE. From Westers in Jönköping.

New paper and a flower shape cutter. Paper roses from Toytime, Habo.

The glass rocailles made a lovely heart for my friend E's birthday.

A Good Read

Just finished reading one of those books that you never want to come to an end. A brilliant read. It was this one:

Day in Gothenburg

Alice and I had a great day out shopping during the half-term break in Gothenburg recently. I visited several beads shops and Alice bought clothes and crystals. There are so many cute, boutique-style shops in the Haga district:

Millefiori on Linnégatan is great for beads, and Canvas is just around the corner (lots of seed beads and Swarovski). We also stocked up on Cadbury's Cream Eggs at the English Shop.

 

Recharging our batteries with tea and hot chocolate...

When the shops started to close, we trekked across town to the Gothenburg Museum of Art, Göteborgs Konstmuseum which was open till late that day.

It's hard to convey in a photo just how huge this exhibit of a plaster-cast rotating pole-dancer was. I would guess about 15 ft high....

 

 

 

All in all, a great day!

Hope Street

One of my favorite photos of Alice, taken on a trip to the UK, Dec 2011.