I must admit straight up that I have been a style thief, and blatantly stole this idea. Outrageous I know. Well, suck it up people because I think these beads are worth a bit of scandal.
It started when I bought my mum a beautiful strand of beads for Christmas from Emily Green at the Finders Keepers markets. Take a look at http://www.emilygreen.net/
and http://www.thefinderskeepers.com/
Then, my nine year old got some Fimo for Christmas and when I was doing the Fimo with my girl over the holidays I got into a wild bead making frenzy, heavily inspired by the gorgeous Emily Green.
(My children made a tree, a leopard, a snowman and some big lumps of different coloured Fimo smashed together that were.....interesting.)
Once I had spent several evenings rolling different shaped beads - some designs more successful than others, and some so bad they went in the bin - I made a trip to a beading supply shop and got some coloured cord and leather, some silvery beads and some little neon beads for a tiny pop of bright amongst the softer colours.
Anyway, I now own no less than twelve strands of beads, and my friends can expect to see me looking very heavily beaded in coming weeks.
Funnily enough, today I met my mum for afternoon tea and by chance we were both wearing a stripy navy and white shirt, gold triangle shaped studs, and a strand of Fimo beads and it was VERY FREAKY. Emily Green, if you ever read this - the ones my mum wore today looked way better than mine, please contact me with some tips.
Kate
