DH and I had a very entertaining conversion with a couple who came to look at my jewellery yesterday on the stall at the Craft Market. I had been telling a lady about what all the beads on my stall were made of (recycled Harveys Bristol Cream bottles, recycled Perrier bottles etc).

She was interested by the organic looking beads in the Stones in the Road series (see picture left). Because she was used to glass being transparent, she was trying to guess what they were made of - she thought perhaps they were shell but was fascinated to hear that they were actually glass too. In fact several people have made this mistake since I put these out for sale, some think they are stone or bone too.

When her husband (I assume) came to the stall, she challenged him to guess what they were made of and we were all absolutely stunned to hear him say off the cuff without even thinking about it "Camel's teeth" (!!!)

Apparently his mother had come back from Egypt with some jewellery made from Egyption ivory which in fact is not ivory at all but camels teeth (Egyptian Ivory is a MUCH nicer name!) He then went on to say he thought the beer bottle beads were made from Bovril glass - that gave us another titter! When we got home I checked the jar and he's right - beer bottle brown is virtually identical to Bovril brown!

Despite an awful weather forecast, Cambridge - yet again - managed to keep it's microclimate and dodge the majority of the showers on Saturday, though as I am typing this on Sunday morning, the rain is pouring down. Fortunately, we only got one shower on Saturday and so we managed a good day's trading. Thanks to everyone who purchased from my stall - the Harvey's Bristol Cream bracelet went, as did all the jewellery that I made from the Loco frit beads (before taking photographs - tut - smack on the wrist for me!)