Halloween Treats With And Without The Calories! Ghoulishly Good Beading Discount Codes.....

Halloween is nearly upon us 

so here is a round up

 of beading

 discount 

codes 

to help get your spooky makes 

on the go....

BEADS DIRECT 

Spooktacular Clearance sale 50%-70% off 

Pick a pumpkin on the website for trick or treat extra discount fun!

BEADS JAR

Use cose; HAL25 

for 25% discount 

(not sure when this offer ends) 

Delivery is only 99p per order until Xmas.

JEWELLERY MAKER
25% OFF Citrine
Use code: CITRINE25 at checkout 
*Excludes show products and wont work in conjunction
 with any other offer. 
Ends 30.11.15

THE BEAD SHOP MANCHESTER
25% Off all full price items. 
Use code: 25OCT
*T's&c's apply. 
See website.

SPOILT ROTTEN BEADS
Two offers: 
1) Free bead, charm and wire
 bundle when you spend £25.
2) Vouchers worth up to £20
£5 voucher - quote SpoilMe5 
when you spend £25.
£10 voucher - quote SpoilMe10 
when you spend £40  
£20 voucher - quote SpoilMe20
when you spend £70.
Offer ends 
Sunday 1st Nov 
2015.

Some Halloween savings 
for you there. 
Just in case you fancy
 some treats
 of the more calorific kind, 
I found these sweet cake ideas 
over at Betty Crocker.com! 

My own findings (as per usual) 
not an endorsement, sadly - 
can you imagine being sponsored by a cake company... 
mmm mmm, but good bye skinny jeans!!

Rose Quartz Cabochon Bead Embroidery Necklace

My latest make! 

Crafting For Christmas - How Early Is Too Early?

So, Halloween is not yet  upon us 

but the marketing emails for Christmas 

goodies have already begun...

Craziness!

This got me to thinking about the prezzies I'm going to make.

It's so lovely to give a handmade gift

but jewellery making, particularly bead embroidered pieces, 

take time and if you 

multiply the amount of work  to make a piece of jewellery 

X the many friends and relatives you want to make it for 

and suddenly it seems like time is already running out!

So although it seems FAR too early

 for the ubiquitous Xmas marketing emails 

to be flooding my inbox  

as for my home made gifts - better get started!! 

My Beading Buddy

Kitty often likes to 'help' me bead. 

Some of her usual antics include: 

rolling out on my bead mat as I struggle to negotiate 

picking up tiny size 15's. 

Batting the end of the stringing wire I'm working 

with.

 Catching the stitching thread and tugging it away. 

Rolling the beads off  the mat and just 

generally walking over whatever I'm doing and purring around me 

so I have to give her attention instead! 

Today after a little bit of bead batting

she decided that she wanted  to sprawl out on the window sill.