Sorry Lydia, I should have been more specific. I made 3 beads using your Black petal tutorial - which is also awesome (I should have practiced these more but I was too impatient to get to the florals), and then 2 of the encased florals.
The first encased floral took me an hour and 20 minutes and then I had to stop for a cup of tea and to give my poor mandrel spinning fingers a rest! Then I had to make another, just to make sure the first wasn't a fluke.
I was very happy when I pulled them out of the kiln this morning and no cracks, yay!
I made 2 more today but tried to use different colours and designs. I find that to be the hardest part of making beads - comming up with my own stye.
Any how, here are my attempts:
Couldn't have done them with out you!
Jenni