Mini Mo' Sept 13 Harvest and Noel

My first collection for September was inspired by the changing of the season as we move towards autumn and the leaves begin to turn. I've used CiM Indigo, CiM Clockwork and Reichenbach Black and Sherbet Dib Dab shards.

The first beads I have to show are some fun hearts made with some of  the Vetrofond odd colours from 2007. The first is Smoke rings and I have finished it with a harvest murrini raked into a heart shape.

Next up is a sweet  pair of earring beads made with Effetre Uranium Yellow and pretty flowers using the Clockwork flower cane.

I also have this fab focal to show, the base glass is a combination of Effetre Dark Teal and CiM Aloe Juice with Sherbet Dib Dab shards.

Noel is a classic mix of traditional Christmas colours. I've used Effetre Petrol Green, Effetre Special Red with Peace and Goldstone.

I must confess that I used the majority of the cane from this collection during October to make smowman scarves. This fella is wrapped up warm with a candy striped cane.

And this poppet here has a snuggly sparkly scarf made from goldstone ribbon twistie :-D








Last I want to show you a pair of heart beads that have Noel murrini accents. There are lot of reelections on the black heart in his photo but hopefully you can make out that I've raked the murrini into a heart shape too.

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Have a lovely week, Jolene x

Lottie Booty #blogtoberfest13

It really does feel as though the season is changing fast and that it is tidy up time now for many of my beds. This week I have been taking up the dying foliage in my Rhubarb beds and digging out stubborn bramble roots so that hopefully there will be a lot less prickles there next year. This morning I put in some spring bulbs in amongst the Rhubarb which will brighten up the lottie and will have finished flowering before the Rhubarb leaves get too big and steal all of the light. The next thing to do will be to mix in some well rotted manure and cover the whole bed with wood chips, it'll be like tucking a duvet over the Rhubarb for the winter.

I brought home  a good haul from the lottie today including a tiny pumpkin that I hope to ripen off on the kitchen windowsill in time for Halloween. I've left the two bigger ones on the vine to take their chances! One of the big successes from the lottie this year is Swiss Chard which I had never eaten before I grew some. Totally delicious and totally healthy (or it would be if I didn't wilt it in a frying pan with a big know of butter). I also picked a couple of big handfuls of lovely fat pea pods and harvested the baby sweetcorn and last of the baby courgettes.

They will be for tea tonight along with chicken and pasta. Not a bad haul for October really :-D

Jolene xx

Plot 36 - Woohoo Spuds!

I dug up my first ever potatoes today, half of the Charlottes and there was enough for two family meals, so happy. Here they are with some mint I picked off the Lottie to cook them with. Looking forward to dinner tonight, they will be the freshest spuds I've ever eaten.

Have a lovely day, Jo x