Medium size lentils.....

..... were made in addition to the great big ones that I showed off last week.  These guys are about and inch to an inch and a quarter across, and half an inch thick. 

Of course..........

........I had to make a few giant lentils to take to Tucson with us.  These baby's are pretty big a good inch and a half across and about 3/4 of an inch thick.

I noticed........

 ..............at Stitches Midwest last month that one of my trays of really big lentils was more than half empty.

 So I have made it a goal the last couple of weeks to make a few of them every day that I made beads.

 I really like these red and yellow ones.  The bottom one the color just seems to set off the black metallic glass so very well.

These are big beads right about an inch and a half or 37 mm across.  Great focal beads.

End of the Day Beads

What are end of the day beads? If I haven't said this before they are the beads you make with all the pieces you have laying on your work table at the end of the day.  The August issue of Bead Design Studio had an article about Lori Greenberg and the end of the day beads that she makes.  She was using her lentil press and it made me want to make some lentils.  I do not know why but for some reason I usually make round beads when I make end of the day beads. These were fun now I just want to make some more.

Work Table Wednesday

 Here are some new lentil beads that I have made this last week.  These are the ones that were still laying on the kitchen counter today. Sometimes my work table is all over the house. (I dry the new beads on the kitchen counter after cleaning them.)   I have been making a bunch of these big lentils for my upcoming shows which I can not believe start in less than a month. 

I think this one is my favorite out of this latest batch.  I always seem to have a thing for red and black.  I wanted to show you just how big they are so you also get to see my wrinkly pink hand.