It's Christmas Eve and I'm working on my beady dragon design, picking up where I left off about a year ago. I'm half way through making the fifth torso. I don't get as far as making the legs, because I keep wanting to start again and refine the body shape. My daughter is pretty frustrated with me - she wants me to finish at least one dragon. She doesn't mind the imperfections and the diversity - each new addition to the menagerie is lovingly accepted by the kids.  I'll put some pics up soon to show my dragon's evolution. I think I'm going to end up with a curly whirly Chinese dragon and a more traditional winged beast with a long curved neck.

No beading lately :(

Hi, I have not been doing any beading lately but hope to do some more in a few weeks during the holidays. I am studying to become an early childhood teacher at the moment and it's intense. I start a teaching experience at a kindergarten next week. I'm looking forward to that - hope to get creative, interacting with the children.

My daughter's owl

My oldest daughter made this owl to sell at her schools Market day - raising money for charity. It's the second 3D peyote animal she has made, after she made a little mouse. She has also made a purple diamond-back snake. My younger daughter only makes snakes and crocodiles - things that bite!

Over December I have been developing a four-legged fox design and a tiny baby bunny - haven't quite nailed these yet - but I finally uploaded the peyote dog pattern to Bead-Patterns.com. I have also started on a raccoon and turned my gaze back onto the dragon. I won't even talk about my hopeless attempt to make a wolf for my daughter for Christmas, or the two-legged neon fox I made for my younger daughter.

Goodbye, and thanks for reading my second post.