Work has reached a point where I can’t start the next stage for a few weeks, so I’m catching up on a few other things and taking afternoons off. Paul has come down with a cold/flu thing, and my back would benefit from a rest.

I was hoping to get lots of craft done last weekend but my back being cranky and a bout of food poisoning scuttled those plans. But I did get some non-thinky jewellery projects done. Simple ones, or ones that just needed finishing.

I’d got the beadweaving off the loom for this bracelet, but had only recently found a clasp for it. And glue to secure the threads. Beadalon glue. It’s scary stuff. Clear, so it’s impossible to see if you’ve got it anywhere it shouldn’t be. And as quick drying and strong as superglue.

Inspired by Honestly…WTF’s Gold Tube Bracelets, I made use of the Kumihimo cords I’d made.

A ‘mood’ bead that somehow made it into my online shopping cart. What can I say. I like turtles. And… the bead changes colour!

These anchor bracelets were all over Pinterest. Maybe I should call it the fashion victim bracelet. Or maybe quote this.

Dead simple. This caught my eye at the Craft & Quilt show. It wasn’t a bead, just a flat disc. So I stuck a brooch pin on the back.

Rose pendant. Another thing I grabbed at the same show. I could have hung beads or something off it, but I like the simplicity of it unadorned. Ribbon chocker stolen from a pendant that just wasn’t getting worn.

I think I’ll wear that last one and the anchor this weekend. I’m off to Brisbane to sign books all weekend. I hope Paul is better before I go. Being alone and sick sucks. But he tends to recover from these things quickly. Me, however… I tend to get things three times worse and for ten times as long as him. I’m likely to catch it the day before I leave, end up flying with blocked ears and sinuses and spend the next two weekends high on cold meds. And then be the one who gave everyone else the flu.

But I can’t complain. I haven’t had a proper cold/flu for over a year and a quarter.