To be honest, I don't like winter at all. It is cold, windy and snowy, but it sure is beautiful, and it inspires me with its wonderful picturesque views:)
Here is my new bracelet, inspired by many snowflakes. The snowflake in the middle is of my own design, and the chain is taken from the B&B magazine. I used Miyuki Delica and Rocailes, Czech crystal beads and also Swarovski crystals.

The time runs so fast.. I was going to take a part in Haute Couture Beading contest, to prepare a lot of works.. But all I could bead in time was this very collar. I called it "Ivory Dream"

And here is that haute couture dress that inspired me:
This wonderful dress has caught my eye at once. It's really hard to describe my feelings when I see this dress -
something light as a feather or a white cloud, soft and smooth as silk, glowing gently as a pearl, with accurate lines as spires of gothic churches... So I did my best to show my feelings and emotions in this collar.

Sorrow

It is really sad when our relatives pass away... My grandmother died last Saturday. I can't believe it even now.. She will be buried this Wednesday.. She was very ill, and the doctors said in the hospital that it was a miracle that she was still alive. Now I have no grandparents at all. Firstly I coudn't feel anything and I didn't cry at all, and only today the tears came. I can't imagine that I won't see her again. I'm so afraid that I will burst into tears when I see her there in the coffin..
Maybe it will seem strange to someone, but I have beaded all this sad time. This collar is dedicated to my beloved grandmother.. I will always remember her. Here it is:
"My crystal dreams"

Study and disappointment

Today is the 7th September, and the 7th day of my study. I have a lot of new teachers this year - actually, I knew only two of them. We have 3 German teachers, and three English teachers as well - each for Grammar, Speaking and Reading. And each of them demands to do a lot of homeworks(( Also, I'll have to write two course works in this year, to have a two-months practise in one of the schools in Gatchina, where I'll teach English and German to the young learners. In January, in the winter session, I'll have to pass 3 exams, and some credits - 7 or 8, I can't tell for sure. So this year will be quite difficult, and I won't have any chance to relax, and even for beading.
As for my life, I went to Lesha and Olgas' wedding, I gave them my beaded mice, they loved them very much)) Also I gave Olga a beautiful bracelet, but she even didn't try it on... That was a great disappointment, because I spent a lot of best Japanise beads on it, and I've been beading it for a whole night long before the wedding. I even didn't manage to photo it one the hand, because I had no time for that. Here it is... I will really miss him((( I think that I wasted it for nothing - Olga hardly thanked me for it...

I think I'm sick.. I didnt't sleep at all today, I have a sore throat and it's hard even to breath. My father went to Turkey, and for two happy weeks I'll be at home almost alone - because mother often stays in my granny's house - she is seriously ill, and needs a nurse.
Finally I've finished the mice for my friend's wedding - here they are))