My lily in the September Ideas Magazine

My long awaited Ideas Magazine arrived today. I am very happy to have my work in Ideas, but I was a little disappointed with a few things. Firstly they printed my blog address as '.co.za' instead of '.co'. Secondly, they have a little icon at the bottom of the page that says 'go online to http://www.ideas.co.za/ to see how Andrea made this pendant' but if you actually go online and try to find anything related to me or the pendant, there is nothing there yet! (Apparently it will be online be by the time the magazine hits the shelves, but I feel it should be there in time for the subscribers, who get their magazines about 10 days before it's available in the shops.)

There are a few other things that leave me a little puzzeled, but I think some sleep would be more helpful than dwelling on these problems. Despite the errors and other little things that leave me wondering, it is always a lovely thing to have one's work in print, so thanks to Ideas for putting me in their magazine!

Marvelous Mushrooms

My sister came to visit a few days ago and she brought some mushrooms. I have wanted to try to cast this kind of mushroom for quite a while, so although mould making was not originally part of the plans of that day, I decided to steal a few and build a tree. It will probably be a week or so till I make enough flasks to fill my kiln, but I am looking forward to seeing the results of these mushrooms!

The lovely mushrooms

Work to be done

Some new casts waiting to be turned into beautiful jewels!

This pod is particularly dear to me-I collected it while on holiday in Thailand, about seven years ago. It was a very special time as I got to meet up with a wonderful Australian friend whom I had not seen in 10 years. We spent a month exploring all we could of that very beautiful country-it was a truly magical time. I plan to turn this pod into a ring (/weapon of self-defence, should the need arise).

Bluegum worm: I plan to turn these mini bluegum pods into stud earrings, but I discovered that they make a rather nice worm. Think I need to cast a lot more and look into bracelets and dangly earrings.