Emily's Musings

First solo beads

Here are my first beads that I made at home yesterday. For those of you keeping score, there are only 11 because one is still stuck on the mandrel and is soaking in water. I read online that having one of those grip things you use to open jars helps to get them off the mandrel as well, so I may try to pick one of those up later today so I can reuse all the mandrels for my next batch! The second picture is my favorite of the bunch, where I tried to use both of the blues together.