Yes Yes Yes Yes! eeee!

[ShinySnail]

After 5 months of saving and 2 months of building I made my first beads in my barely finished shed!



Shame I had not used vermiculite before - my beads have little dimples all over them!
Will have another shot tonight and allow them to cool a bit more - doh!

Just thought I would share, everybody else around me is probably sick of hearing about it!

[Louise Menzies]

Fabulous news hook line and sinkered ..... pics?

x

[Trudi]

great news - shame about the "dimples"

It takes practise, but give your beads a a few seconds (depending on size) to cool a little and "set up" that will help!

[julieHB]

Hooray!! 

[Lush!]

We feel your excitement 

I recommend Annealing Bubbles in place of the vermiculite - much less 'resistance' so less likely to cause pitting on your beads, although you still need to allow your bead to 'set up' first like Trudi says. 

If you want to get hold of the bubbles, Manda sells them http://www.mangobeads.co.uk/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&page=shop.browse&category_id=27&Itemid=1

[Liesly]

Hello

I made my first beads recently too, I used the annealing bubbles and I haven't had a dimple yet!!

Liesl x

[ShinySnail]

Thanks 
I do have some annealing bubbles too and had the same problem - but I was putting the beads in waaaay too early!
Things went a little better last night, can't wait to get out there again!

Will post some pics asap

[Margram]

Brilliant! Show us your first beads so we can ooh and aaah!

[Angie]

Sounds like the same thing I did, I had loads of pyramid beads! Where in the country are you?