After lots of blood, sweat, tears and a burn or two, these are the first 'beads' I've made. Lots of things wrong with them, mostly unbalanced and a couple with a sharp hole.
The random colours were the first lot; the plain periwinkle, the one with the dots and sharp hole and the 'cherry blossom' and horrible raked bead were day 2. The dreadful stringer work was day 3, although the beads under the icing weren't too bad for shape. The two with the cherry blossom design are a bit blobby-looking. I saw a video on good old YouTube on the blossom design. They were much better than mine, of course.
Can you tell I've got a lot of periwinkle?
I ran out of propane last night so am 'lampless' today and already getting withdrawal symptoms!
