Lone Pine Lodge

Late today and not what I intended. I've been out shopping with cousin A at a small outlet village near us. We started with an early brunch in the cafe at the entrance, then hit the shops only to discover that a shop we usually hit (china and glass) had closed and found a craft shop had opened, not a chain a group of local young ladies had opened it. They cater for knitters, jewelry makers and card and paper crafters. Cousin A fell in love with a string roughly cubed c hunks of polished Carnelian, 13 pieces for £1.99 13 cubes roughly 1 cm cubed (that's just over 3 dollars). I've been trying since 2pm to find a way of stringing them that would make them long enough for a necklace and that looked right. Three times I've strung them with different spacer beads and nothing looked right. I have finally found a way that pleases me and the effort has left me with out the energy or inspiration so the necklace is my work for today.