BHB

[fionaess]

I decided that my stall needed a bit of a revamp - and that meant a new product. So, soft glass or boro ?- and boro won.  Initially I was only going to make a few BHBs but found I was enjoying myself too much.  These are not for bracelets, they're for necklace chains....


P1000262 by Fiona1953, on Flickr

P1000260 by Fiona1953, on Flickr

[liquidglass]

Beautiful, I'm glad boro won, just look at those fantastic colours, wowser

[Princess Peggy (Priscilla McGirr)]

My goodness there's a lot of work there!  And they are lovely.

[garishglobes]

Initially I was only going to make a few BHBs

They look really, really good - fabulous colours and a great way to display them.

[Diane]

Wow - they're fantastic Fi - what a fabulous display
Diane x

[Les]

wow !

[Blue Box Studio]

They are beautiful.  Love the display too (but how do you get one out if you sell it? Sorry if that's a daft question.)

[chipperpottery]

OMG they are stunning

[fionaess]

They are beautiful.  Love the display too (but how do you get one out if you sell it? Sorry if that's a daft question.)

That was my initial problem.. I have one of those rod displays, but they are an absolute nightmare to sell from.. People can't pick up a bead and they always want to see the middle one, which means beads having to be taken off and then slid back on again...
I decided that they needed to be easily picked up and yet secure enough to travel.  I bought a ring tray, cut pieces of wire, threaded the wire through each bead and then stuck the cut ends in the ring tray slots. Now each bead stands proud of the tray, is secure enough to travel and yet customers can pick out and put back...

[ScarletLeonard]

wow! looks gorgeous and a great way to display them. So many pretty colours

fyi you need to make more, there's an empty row....

[JKC]

OMG Fiona, you have been seriously busy.  They look amazing, I am sure that you will sell loads.

[shaz]

Wow gorgeous beads, and displayed great

[MadelineBunyan]

gorgeous!!!! customers can pick one out and put it back...except they wont be putting it back, they'll be rushing to hand you some cash and get wearing their new bead!

[Blue Box Studio]

That was my initial problem.. I have one of those rod displays, but they are an absolute nightmare to sell from.. People can't pick up a bead and they always want to see the middle one, which means beads having to be taken off and then slid back on again...
I decided that they needed to be easily picked up and yet secure enough to travel.  I bought a ring tray, cut pieces of wire, threaded the wire through each bead and then stuck the cut ends in the ring tray slots. Now each bead stands proud of the tray, is secure enough to travel and yet customers can pick out and put back...

Oh that's wire, what a brilliant idea.  See, I said it was a daft question, I thought it was a complicated stringing technique with some kind of elastic so customers could pic up but not walk off with.  I'll go back to doing my accounts, about all I'm capable of today!

Am still in awe ....

[amareargentum]

Oooh Yum!! They would certainly make me stop and look.