To start 2010, a lampwork bead swap has been arranged on www.beadingforum.com.au.  Basically, lampworkers make a group of beads to a theme, then send them to the organiser who sorts them out and distributes one of each bead to everyone. 

For example, ten people participate, so they make ten beads, the organiser then sorts out piles with one each of those ten beads, and sends the piles back out to each participant.  Hope that makes sense!  LOL

Anyway, the theme for this swap is ’seaside’.  I wanted to do something different and fun, so decided to make little beach hut beads.  Each one of different colours.  I wanted them to look like a child’s drawing, which is why I added the black detailing around the roof and doors.  For the detailing I used glass paint, as my stringer work isn’t that great for such fine detail, there’s no way I’d have been able to make such tiny dots for the door knobs! LOL

I couldn’t resist showing you all the little huts together.  The swap ends early February, so when I receive the other beads in return, I’ll be sure to pop a photo up of them for you as well.