Happy, happy holiday!

So happy! Today is the first day of our long holiday. Tonight we board a flight to Milan for 4 wonderful weeks in Italy. Then, we go to Germany to be with with my wonderful nephew and his beautiful bride-to-be when they are married in the romantic Black Forest. What a fairy-tale wedding to look forward to.

Scott and Sandra at Melbourne International Airport leaving for Germany for their wedding.

News from the studio

 I have ignored this poor, lonely blog for far too long.

 I have been very busy organising our trip to Italy - coming up with an itinerary and then booking accommodation has taken up so much time that I've done little else. We will have 4 weeks in Italy and then 3 days in Germany for my nephew's wedding - I'm so excited I can hardly wait for May.

I have had time to play around with a few new ideas though. I have dozens of hand-dyed silk cocoons in beautiful colours and finally decided to make myself some earrings to match a silk top Bob gave me for Christmas. I liked these so much that I have decided to make them for sale at $35 per pair.

 Email me for available colours.

And some leather cuffs with changeable glass cabochons.

I don't make the leather cuffs. They come from a supplier in the UK - a clever glass worker who came up with the idea.

However, my favourite creation of the last few days has been this beautiful orange female nude.

Spring is here

Spring is definitely here with glorious sunny days and such warmth. I just had to take a photo of the wisteria growing over the pergola in in the backyard. I think this is its best flowering in the 10 years we have lived here. When I walk out the door the gorgeous perfume almost makes me swoon (gosh, what a lovely old-fashioned word swoon is).

Shame about the washing on the clothes line!

 

New work

Just a sample of the new work I will have available this weekend. Some of my current favourite glass -  silver glass, dark silver plum, some lovely CIM Ginger, Seashell and lots of silver leaf.