As a little girl, I used to take a tin of beads and treasures into the school playground with me and a few of us would sit in a secret corner and swap our prized possessions. Being a bit of a Magpie, I never got tired of my collection and added to them through the years. My great aunt helped no end by giving me long strings of beads when I used to visit, and I loved getting them out for dressing up.
So, as with all my projects, when it came to exploring different bead sizes in wirework vessels, I had the perfect stash of lovely big beads to use.