Beauty from the Beach comes in many Colours

It has been a very busy creative week here in my Coccuveda world, I have now tried to organise my days so that seaglass jewellery, beads and wire and fabric and felt get equal amounts of my attention. That is the theory anyway.
Monday was my Roving Rothbury Reporter day  http://coccuvedarothburydaily.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/roving-rothbury-reporter-does-afternoon.html

Tuesday was a sorting out and organising beach finds day followed by a bit of sea glass jewellery making.
Wednesday and Thursday were sewing felt and fabric creatures..... more owls and some more little Tweeters brooches.(pic will come soon) had no time left to package and photograph them.

Friday was a jewellery day, I just love making the Beauty from the Beach Mosaic pendants as the colours you get are so different from what you would really expect from the beach. There are the shades of green and blue but the surprising colours are the mauves, pinks and reds,

Dream Catcher pendants have been proving popular so I managed to get another couple made.

According to my work schedule tomorrow, being Saturday is a Christmas day, so will have to get cracking with Christmas Crackers!!!!

Cute red squirrel!

I heard on BBC news the other day that the rate of decline of our red squirrel population here in Northumberland has slowed down, that is good news for Tufty here and all her friends ,that might appear here soon if i can speed my hand sewing up a bit!!!

Bootiful Booty from over the Border

Dunbar has been an excellent treasure hunt at the beach, seaglass including a few pieces of cobalt blue, much prized! Other finds were lots of little shells, perfect for the mosaics, sea pottery all rounded and smooth. I have a fantastic amount of "Beauty from the Beach" so I best get cracking and get some more jewellery made! I had better make sure I tell customers that this is Scottish seaglass rather than the usual Northumbrian seaglass that I use!

Todays Booty from the Beach!

We all need a holiday every now and again, it becomes a bit more difficult though when you have a small retail business because if you are not open you are not taking any business but overheads still need paying! I am easily pleased though, a few days out here and there with a nice stop at a different coffee/tea shop and I am content. Today's trip in the sunshine had us heading to our favourite beach in County Durham to get more sea glass, interesting pebbles and pottery for making more "Beauty from the Beach" jewellery. I am really pleased with how it is selling so I need to take any opportunity I can to keep my "booty" full so my production doesn't slow down. I wonder how keen I will be to take to the beach in the middle of December in freezing cold windy conditions! Will have to see about that!

Todays "Booty from the Beach"