Meet Ember - he's my latest complete dragon. I am making just one more green one, before I hand the pattern over to a very kind lady in England who has offered to test it for me - yay!
I can't wait to move on to new things. I feel like I have just woken up to discover all these new 2-hole beads. And the shapes - triangles, tiles, pips, lentils, diamonds, disks, half moons, dragon scales - I might have used those scales on my dragons back!
Now I'm seeing all these amazingly stunning designs, and feeling like it's too late - I have not been at the party. But no, I tell myself, "I can have fun with these new beads too - it's not too late, & there are new ones coming out, yippee!"
I just had a wee break from pattern editing, and played with some superduos to make a textured starfish. It looks realistic, like the one in my shell stash, & I think I have used super duos in a slightly different way to what I have seen on Pinterest. No point in reinventing the wheel. For me the challenge is to put these new beads together in unique ways. The problem with Pinterest is that I get so inspired, but I end up thinking, I don't want to develop an idea that isn't mine. So I'm looking at all these board so I know what can be done - and what not to do.
It would be nice to make earrings and jewellery again, like I used to, & I could get to wear them as well. I'm tempted to buy some patterns too - it would be so nice to make something very beautiful that someone else has designed, & just relax about the whole thing.
