<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2133233502320817890</id><updated>2009-11-10T21:49:30.748+11:00</updated><title type='text'>Nellie Mae Glass Beads</title><subtitle type='html'>Beautiful, Handmade Art Glass Beads</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nelliemae.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2133233502320817890/posts/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nelliemae.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2133233502320817890/posts/default?start-index=26&amp;max-results=25'/><author><name>Nellie Mae Beads</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11372569414642269517</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>39</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2133233502320817890.post-9194195278996193044</id><published>2008-08-02T19:44:00.002+10:00</published><updated>2008-08-02T19:47:30.836+10:00</updated><title type='text'>Blog on the move</title><content type='html'>I've decided to move the blog.. ! See it &lt;a href="http://nelliemae.typepad.com/inside_nelliemae/"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pop on over to the new blog, and lets see how it goes at a new location...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2133233502320817890-9194195278996193044?l=nelliemae.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nelliemae.blogspot.com/feeds/9194195278996193044/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2133233502320817890&amp;postID=9194195278996193044' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2133233502320817890/posts/default/9194195278996193044'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2133233502320817890/posts/default/9194195278996193044'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nelliemae.blogspot.com/2008/08/blog-on-move.html' title='Blog on the move'/><author><name>Nellie Mae Beads</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11372569414642269517</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='03223041521990691868'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2133233502320817890.post-2792188317238817641</id><published>2008-08-02T11:20:00.003+10:00</published><updated>2008-08-02T11:26:44.547+10:00</updated><title type='text'>Re-Vamp</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2Geq96WqYBE/SJO3zDTSaYI/AAAAAAAAAWk/obkJp_5ez1g/s1600-h/holiday-preview.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2Geq96WqYBE/SJO3zDTSaYI/AAAAAAAAAWk/obkJp_5ez1g/s200/holiday-preview.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5229725679994694018" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm making an effort to kick start my blog.. so changing the look was the first order of business.. ! Let's see if I can actually update this on a regular basis... &lt;br /&gt;Aside from that, I've been experimenting with borosilicate glass... one tough cookie! But there have been some successes that I'm rather pleased with. I'll be back on the torch this afternoon trying out some new colour ideas.. wish me luck!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2133233502320817890-2792188317238817641?l=nelliemae.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nelliemae.blogspot.com/feeds/2792188317238817641/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2133233502320817890&amp;postID=2792188317238817641' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2133233502320817890/posts/default/2792188317238817641'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2133233502320817890/posts/default/2792188317238817641'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nelliemae.blogspot.com/2008/08/re-vamp.html' title='Re-Vamp'/><author><name>Nellie Mae Beads</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11372569414642269517</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='03223041521990691868'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2Geq96WqYBE/SJO3zDTSaYI/AAAAAAAAAWk/obkJp_5ez1g/s72-c/holiday-preview.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2133233502320817890.post-2898023374641009439</id><published>2008-05-16T21:36:00.001+10:00</published><updated>2008-05-16T21:36:17.484+10:00</updated><title type='text'>Bracelet fun &amp; design</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nelliemae/2494311554/" title="photo sharing"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2059/2494311554_4aba023b40_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nelliemae/2494311554/"&gt;Island Blues Bracelet&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;  Originally uploaded by &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/nelliemae/"&gt;nelliemae&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;I've been having some fun playing with different bracelet designs recently..  and I think this one is my favourite.. it's always good to play with different colours and shapes &amp; come up with something new, and this is the true genius of this style of jewellery.. when you're bored with it, take it apart and make something new! I came up with four different looks in half an hour (check my Flickr pages to see the rest!) .. Very cool!&lt;br clear="all" /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2133233502320817890-2898023374641009439?l=nelliemae.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nelliemae.blogspot.com/feeds/2898023374641009439/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2133233502320817890&amp;postID=2898023374641009439' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2133233502320817890/posts/default/2898023374641009439'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2133233502320817890/posts/default/2898023374641009439'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nelliemae.blogspot.com/2008/05/bracelet-fun-design.html' title='Bracelet fun &amp;amp; design'/><author><name>Nellie Mae Beads</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11372569414642269517</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='03223041521990691868'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2133233502320817890.post-7091741162921373637</id><published>2008-04-16T10:11:00.002+10:00</published><updated>2008-04-16T10:14:08.103+10:00</updated><title type='text'>New Beads Coming...</title><content type='html'>Well I have lots of new beads to list, but unfortunately the weather isn't co-operating with sunlight to take photos.... we have overcast conditions forcast for the whole week, and without nice bright daylight, I can't get a good pic. So, I wait... There will be new beads up as soon as some sun peeks through!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2133233502320817890-7091741162921373637?l=nelliemae.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nelliemae.blogspot.com/feeds/7091741162921373637/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2133233502320817890&amp;postID=7091741162921373637' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2133233502320817890/posts/default/7091741162921373637'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2133233502320817890/posts/default/7091741162921373637'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nelliemae.blogspot.com/2008/04/new-beads-coming.html' title='New Beads Coming...'/><author><name>Nellie Mae Beads</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11372569414642269517</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='03223041521990691868'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2133233502320817890.post-4763146676759385529</id><published>2008-04-09T09:29:00.001+10:00</published><updated>2008-04-09T09:29:34.697+10:00</updated><title type='text'>Nigella Book Signing</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nelliemae/2398960589/" title="photo sharing"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2021/2398960589_7d3b7144c6_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nelliemae/2398960589/"&gt;Nigella signing my book&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;  Originally uploaded by &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/nelliemae/"&gt;nelliemae&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Some of you might not know this, but Nigella is my hero, I abolutely love her! So, when I heard she was going to be in Sydney for a book signing, I was THERE!! ... along with a few hundred others of course.. !  Now this woman looks absolutely incredible ... not a line on her face, must be all that good food!  My resolution this week is to try some of the recipies from the book, lots of yummy food to try... and not have the book sit on the shelf ..&lt;br clear="all" /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2133233502320817890-4763146676759385529?l=nelliemae.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nelliemae.blogspot.com/feeds/4763146676759385529/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2133233502320817890&amp;postID=4763146676759385529' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2133233502320817890/posts/default/4763146676759385529'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2133233502320817890/posts/default/4763146676759385529'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nelliemae.blogspot.com/2008/04/nigella-book-signing.html' title='Nigella Book Signing'/><author><name>Nellie Mae Beads</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11372569414642269517</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='03223041521990691868'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2133233502320817890.post-2356390171670948057</id><published>2008-03-30T09:00:00.000+11:00</published><updated>2008-03-30T09:03:47.300+11:00</updated><title type='text'>Hopeless I tell you!</title><content type='html'>Ok, so my new year's resolution of keeping the blog updated has failed dismally... I admit I'm completely hopeless at updating it... Somehow though I don't think people want to read about the boring details of my daily life, especially when all I do is work! But having said that, if that's what you want to read about, by all means let me know... (you know, I &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;really&lt;/span&gt; doubt that you're into reading that!)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2133233502320817890-2356390171670948057?l=nelliemae.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nelliemae.blogspot.com/feeds/2356390171670948057/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2133233502320817890&amp;postID=2356390171670948057' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2133233502320817890/posts/default/2356390171670948057'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2133233502320817890/posts/default/2356390171670948057'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nelliemae.blogspot.com/2008/03/hopeless-i-tell-you.html' title='Hopeless I tell you!'/><author><name>Nellie Mae Beads</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11372569414642269517</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='03223041521990691868'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2133233502320817890.post-3385033331632316380</id><published>2008-01-20T19:34:00.001+11:00</published><updated>2008-01-20T19:40:33.161+11:00</updated><title type='text'>Biagi!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nelliemae/2205114913/" title="photo sharing"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2293/2205114913_876cb9e7f1_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nelliemae/2205114913/"&gt;Biagi-Bracelet-lg&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;  Originally uploaded by &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/nelliemae/"&gt;nelliemae&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Well after many, many requests, I now have Biagi sterling logo bracelets available ! I will carry three sizes to start with.. and if you need a particular size, be sure to let me know and I'll gladly order it in for you.. &lt;br /&gt;just follow the link, &lt;a href="http://www.nelliemae.com.au"&gt;www.nelliemae.com.au&lt;/a&gt; for ordering details. &lt;br /&gt;Lots of new bracelet beads have been listed on ebay with more to come tomorrow also. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hope you all have a great start to the week!&lt;br clear="all" /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2133233502320817890-3385033331632316380?l=nelliemae.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nelliemae.blogspot.com/feeds/3385033331632316380/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2133233502320817890&amp;postID=3385033331632316380' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2133233502320817890/posts/default/3385033331632316380'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2133233502320817890/posts/default/3385033331632316380'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nelliemae.blogspot.com/2008/01/biagi.html' title='Biagi!'/><author><name>Nellie Mae Beads</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11372569414642269517</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='03223041521990691868'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2133233502320817890.post-4484063054629901921</id><published>2008-01-16T10:05:00.001+11:00</published><updated>2008-01-16T10:05:15.362+11:00</updated><title type='text'>More Beads Today!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nelliemae/2193894035/" title="photo sharing"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2136/2193894035_a01fc9da5f_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nelliemae/2193894035/"&gt;Beads-Abstract&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;  Originally uploaded by &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/nelliemae/"&gt;nelliemae&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;They're on their way... I'm listing a new batch this morning... I have a few new designs &amp; colours too!&lt;br clear="all" /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2133233502320817890-4484063054629901921?l=nelliemae.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nelliemae.blogspot.com/feeds/4484063054629901921/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2133233502320817890&amp;postID=4484063054629901921' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2133233502320817890/posts/default/4484063054629901921'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2133233502320817890/posts/default/4484063054629901921'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nelliemae.blogspot.com/2008/01/more-beads-today.html' title='More Beads Today!'/><author><name>Nellie Mae Beads</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11372569414642269517</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='03223041521990691868'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2133233502320817890.post-700731034887542711</id><published>2008-01-14T18:48:00.000+11:00</published><updated>2008-01-14T18:53:03.706+11:00</updated><title type='text'>Want Beads??</title><content type='html'>Attention all you bead addicts out there... (yes, you know who you are!) There will be a new batch of bracelet beads listed tomorrow.. I am expecting a visitor right when I normaly list, but will try to put some up before she arrives, and the rest later. So expect to see a few around 9.30 to 10am Sydney time, and the rest after about 12 (I think!) &lt;br /&gt;Thanks everyone, and enjoy!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2133233502320817890-700731034887542711?l=nelliemae.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nelliemae.blogspot.com/feeds/700731034887542711/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2133233502320817890&amp;postID=700731034887542711' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2133233502320817890/posts/default/700731034887542711'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2133233502320817890/posts/default/700731034887542711'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nelliemae.blogspot.com/2008/01/want-beads.html' title='Want Beads??'/><author><name>Nellie Mae Beads</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11372569414642269517</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='03223041521990691868'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2133233502320817890.post-859680275285036657</id><published>2008-01-09T12:13:00.001+11:00</published><updated>2008-01-09T12:13:45.384+11:00</updated><title type='text'>Welcome to the New Year!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nelliemae/2177563864/" title="photo sharing"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2312/2177563864_0703e8cee5_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nelliemae/2177563864/"&gt;Kitten 1&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;  Originally uploaded by &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/nelliemae/"&gt;nelliemae&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;This is our new kitten... I'm still trying to decide on a name... she's just so adorable!  As for beads, the bracelet beads are going mad on Ebay at the moment, and I'll have some more listed tomorrow.. (I've had lots of people email &amp; ask, so I thought a general announcement might be the way to go! ) &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hope everyone has had a great start to the year... my first resolution will be to keep this blog updated on a more regular basis..  !&lt;br clear="all" /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2133233502320817890-859680275285036657?l=nelliemae.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nelliemae.blogspot.com/feeds/859680275285036657/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2133233502320817890&amp;postID=859680275285036657' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2133233502320817890/posts/default/859680275285036657'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2133233502320817890/posts/default/859680275285036657'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nelliemae.blogspot.com/2008/01/welcome-to-new-year.html' title='Welcome to the New Year!'/><author><name>Nellie Mae Beads</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11372569414642269517</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='03223041521990691868'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2133233502320817890.post-7196289799601266107</id><published>2008-01-01T00:37:00.001+11:00</published><updated>2008-01-01T00:37:37.065+11:00</updated><title type='text'>Happy New Year!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/o6scura/340183865/" title="photo sharing"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/165/340183865_fbceae4768_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/o6scura/340183865/"&gt;Happy New Year!&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;  Originally uploaded by &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/o6scura/"&gt;O6scura&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Wishing everyone a happy new year.... Here's hoping that 2008 brings good things, lots of joy &amp; happiness to everyone out there! Enjoy!&lt;br clear="all" /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2133233502320817890-7196289799601266107?l=nelliemae.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nelliemae.blogspot.com/feeds/7196289799601266107/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2133233502320817890&amp;postID=7196289799601266107' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2133233502320817890/posts/default/7196289799601266107'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2133233502320817890/posts/default/7196289799601266107'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nelliemae.blogspot.com/2008/01/happy-new-year.html' title='Happy New Year!'/><author><name>Nellie Mae Beads</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11372569414642269517</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='03223041521990691868'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2133233502320817890.post-8532885248727510423</id><published>2007-12-21T23:50:00.001+11:00</published><updated>2007-12-21T23:50:26.213+11:00</updated><title type='text'>Merry Christmas Everyone!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/twinkleshabbystar/2105122037/" title="photo sharing"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2076/2105122037_e52f86a995_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/twinkleshabbystar/2105122037/"&gt;Sugar plum dining room&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;  Originally uploaded by &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/twinkleshabbystar/"&gt;twinkle twinkle shabby star&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Hope you all have a fabulous Christmas and safe New Year... I'm still here working a little over the break so there will still be new beads on offer in next couple of weeks...  Enjoy this special time of the year, and thanks to all of you for your support during 2007... Here's to a wonderful 2008!&lt;br clear="all" /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2133233502320817890-8532885248727510423?l=nelliemae.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nelliemae.blogspot.com/feeds/8532885248727510423/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2133233502320817890&amp;postID=8532885248727510423' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2133233502320817890/posts/default/8532885248727510423'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2133233502320817890/posts/default/8532885248727510423'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nelliemae.blogspot.com/2007/12/merry-christmas-everyone.html' title='Merry Christmas Everyone!'/><author><name>Nellie Mae Beads</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11372569414642269517</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='03223041521990691868'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2133233502320817890.post-3670614228427754768</id><published>2007-11-23T09:05:00.001+11:00</published><updated>2007-11-23T09:05:34.182+11:00</updated><title type='text'>It's almost Christmas</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicolep72/2048830128/" title="photo sharing"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2005/2048830128_0c2f464c46_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicolep72/2048830128/"&gt;because my brain isn't right...&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;  Originally uploaded by &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/nicolep72/"&gt;nurseynicole&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;I've been really slack about updating the blog lately, but that's because I've been incredibly busy with the lead up until Christmas... Lots going on behind the scenes, and plenty of pre-chrissy BBQ's and get togethers... With summer just about here, it's been hot and perfect weather for outdoor evenings with friends.  Hope your Christmas preparations are coming along well... it will be here before you know it!&lt;br clear="all" /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2133233502320817890-3670614228427754768?l=nelliemae.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nelliemae.blogspot.com/feeds/3670614228427754768/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2133233502320817890&amp;postID=3670614228427754768' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2133233502320817890/posts/default/3670614228427754768'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2133233502320817890/posts/default/3670614228427754768'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nelliemae.blogspot.com/2007/11/it-almost-christmas.html' title='It&amp;#39;s almost Christmas'/><author><name>Nellie Mae Beads</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11372569414642269517</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='03223041521990691868'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2133233502320817890.post-1023787413018368894</id><published>2007-10-20T15:12:00.001+10:00</published><updated>2007-10-20T15:55:50.851+10:00</updated><title type='text'>Sunny Saturday</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2Geq96WqYBE/RxmQcSp_uqI/AAAAAAAAANQ/-Su8yTCW8YI/s1600-h/Collage.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2Geq96WqYBE/RxmQcSp_uqI/AAAAAAAAANQ/-Su8yTCW8YI/s320/Collage.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5123284866829367970" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Today it's my brother's birthday, so we all headed down to the fish markets for some fresh seafood by the harbour... Summer is coming fast, and I think it's time to enjoy the outdoors finally!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2133233502320817890-1023787413018368894?l=nelliemae.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nelliemae.blogspot.com/feeds/1023787413018368894/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2133233502320817890&amp;postID=1023787413018368894' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2133233502320817890/posts/default/1023787413018368894'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2133233502320817890/posts/default/1023787413018368894'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nelliemae.blogspot.com/2007/10/sunny-saturday_20.html' title='Sunny Saturday'/><author><name>Nellie Mae Beads</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11372569414642269517</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='03223041521990691868'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2Geq96WqYBE/RxmQcSp_uqI/AAAAAAAAANQ/-Su8yTCW8YI/s72-c/Collage.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2133233502320817890.post-2922471352798345874</id><published>2007-10-13T17:54:00.001+10:00</published><updated>2007-10-13T18:02:50.273+10:00</updated><title type='text'>An Afternoon with Max</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2Geq96WqYBE/RxB55ip_ubI/AAAAAAAAALU/32sM9sneFqA/s1600-h/Waffles.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2Geq96WqYBE/RxB55ip_ubI/AAAAAAAAALU/32sM9sneFqA/s320/Waffles.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5120726805782706610" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nelliemae/1557760901/" title="photo sharing"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2105/1557760901_3ef686dc99_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nelliemae/1557760901/"&gt;At Max Brenner&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;  Originally uploaded by &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/nelliemae/"&gt;nelliemae&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;An afternoon off was badly needed, so we decided to indulge in some retail &amp; chocolate therapy... We headed off to the chocolate restaurant, Max Brenner (for absolutely everything chocolate) and left with chocolate overload! .. Yum..! &lt;br clear="all" /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2133233502320817890-2922471352798345874?l=nelliemae.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nelliemae.blogspot.com/feeds/2922471352798345874/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2133233502320817890&amp;postID=2922471352798345874' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2133233502320817890/posts/default/2922471352798345874'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2133233502320817890/posts/default/2922471352798345874'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nelliemae.blogspot.com/2007/10/afternoon-with-max.html' title='An Afternoon with Max'/><author><name>Nellie Mae Beads</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11372569414642269517</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='03223041521990691868'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2Geq96WqYBE/RxB55ip_ubI/AAAAAAAAALU/32sM9sneFqA/s72-c/Waffles.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2133233502320817890.post-2245360073464121102</id><published>2007-10-06T09:50:00.001+10:00</published><updated>2007-10-06T09:51:28.299+10:00</updated><title type='text'>Bracelet Beads are Moving!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nelliemae/1492464602/" title="photo sharing"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2223/1492464602_1a4c052403_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nelliemae/1492464602/"&gt;Gold-Beads&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;  Originally uploaded by &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/nelliemae/"&gt;nelliemae&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Well the bracelet beads have been such a great hit.. and I've decided to move them to their own dedicated website... &lt;a href="http://www.nelliemae.com.au"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;... Over the next week or so, I will stock the site... I will still have a few offereings at Ebay, but you'll find most of the beads on the new site. I think it will make it easier to have them all in the one place!&lt;br clear="all" /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2133233502320817890-2245360073464121102?l=nelliemae.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nelliemae.blogspot.com/feeds/2245360073464121102/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2133233502320817890&amp;postID=2245360073464121102' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2133233502320817890/posts/default/2245360073464121102'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2133233502320817890/posts/default/2245360073464121102'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nelliemae.blogspot.com/2007/10/bracelet-beads-are-moving.html' title='Bracelet Beads are Moving!'/><author><name>Nellie Mae Beads</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11372569414642269517</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='03223041521990691868'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2133233502320817890.post-7430435287036312162</id><published>2007-09-26T09:25:00.001+10:00</published><updated>2007-09-26T09:27:35.928+10:00</updated><title type='text'>Fresh Batch!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nelliemae/1439385793/" title="photo sharing"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1424/1439385793_52d0633d48_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nelliemae/1439385793/"&gt;Rainbow of beads&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;  Originally uploaded by &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/nelliemae/"&gt;nelliemae&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Todays fresh batch of bracelet beads, ready for new homes! Check my &lt;a href="http://www.nelliemae.etsy.com"&gt;Etsy&lt;/a&gt; &amp; &lt;a href="http://stores.ebay.com/Nellie-Mae-Lampwork-Beads_Silver-Lined-Bracelet-Beads_W0QQcolZ4QQdirZ1QQfsubZ3QQftidZ2QQtZkm"&gt;Ebay&lt;/a&gt; stores to grab the one's you want... plus there are more not in the pic..!&lt;br clear="all" /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2133233502320817890-7430435287036312162?l=nelliemae.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nelliemae.blogspot.com/feeds/7430435287036312162/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2133233502320817890&amp;postID=7430435287036312162' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2133233502320817890/posts/default/7430435287036312162'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2133233502320817890/posts/default/7430435287036312162'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nelliemae.blogspot.com/2007/09/fresh-batch.html' title='Fresh Batch!'/><author><name>Nellie Mae Beads</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11372569414642269517</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='03223041521990691868'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2133233502320817890.post-6790277266242266453</id><published>2007-09-23T11:25:00.001+10:00</published><updated>2007-09-23T11:25:00.856+10:00</updated><title type='text'>Can you tell I'm obsessed?</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nelliemae/1424984221/" title="photo sharing"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1075/1424984221_ef24575a8b_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nelliemae/1424984221/"&gt;Troll Bracelet&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;  Originally uploaded by &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/nelliemae/"&gt;nelliemae&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;I can't help myself... I LOVE Troll bracelets!! And so do you guys, the bracelet beads in my Etsy shop are quite a hit... so here is some more eye candy for 'ya....&lt;br clear="all" /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2133233502320817890-6790277266242266453?l=nelliemae.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nelliemae.blogspot.com/feeds/6790277266242266453/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2133233502320817890&amp;postID=6790277266242266453' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2133233502320817890/posts/default/6790277266242266453'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2133233502320817890/posts/default/6790277266242266453'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nelliemae.blogspot.com/2007/09/can-you-tell-i-obsessed.html' title='Can you tell I&amp;#39;m obsessed?'/><author><name>Nellie Mae Beads</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11372569414642269517</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='03223041521990691868'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2133233502320817890.post-2773305543043802964</id><published>2007-09-18T17:20:00.001+10:00</published><updated>2007-09-18T17:20:35.784+10:00</updated><title type='text'>Todays Bracelet!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nelliemae/1399925006/" title="photo sharing"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1186/1399925006_26e33e8448_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nelliemae/1399925006/"&gt;Black Blue Gold Troll Bracelet&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;  Originally uploaded by &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/nelliemae/"&gt;nelliemae&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;I wanted to show you guys how a Troll bracelet looks when filled with beads &amp; silver... Mix &amp; match colours for something interesting and different..Tomorrow, I will put together a new combination of beads to suit whatever I'm wearing... I swear, this is so much fun!&lt;br clear="all" /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2133233502320817890-2773305543043802964?l=nelliemae.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nelliemae.blogspot.com/feeds/2773305543043802964/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2133233502320817890&amp;postID=2773305543043802964' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2133233502320817890/posts/default/2773305543043802964'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2133233502320817890/posts/default/2773305543043802964'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nelliemae.blogspot.com/2007/09/todays-bracelet.html' title='Todays Bracelet!'/><author><name>Nellie Mae Beads</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11372569414642269517</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='03223041521990691868'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2133233502320817890.post-8555438150296107850</id><published>2007-09-13T12:26:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2007-09-13T12:30:59.593+10:00</updated><title type='text'>Troll Beads</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2Geq96WqYBE/Ruigt1LXvXI/AAAAAAAAAHs/W8NSyUxX8ZU/s1600-h/Safari-Troll.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2Geq96WqYBE/Ruigt1LXvXI/AAAAAAAAAHs/W8NSyUxX8ZU/s320/Safari-Troll.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5109510486481157490" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm completely hooked on Troll beads &amp; bracelets right now... I love the versatility and variety you can have with just one bracelet. If you haven't seen them, take a look...&lt;a href="http://www.trollbeads.com"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; ... I've started to make silver cored beads to fit these bracelets.. they're a heap of fun! I've listed some today, and hope to make them a regular offering... How many of you out there have one of these bracelets? I'd love to hear from you..&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2133233502320817890-8555438150296107850?l=nelliemae.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nelliemae.blogspot.com/feeds/8555438150296107850/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2133233502320817890&amp;postID=8555438150296107850' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2133233502320817890/posts/default/8555438150296107850'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2133233502320817890/posts/default/8555438150296107850'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nelliemae.blogspot.com/2007/09/troll-beads.html' title='Troll Beads'/><author><name>Nellie Mae Beads</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11372569414642269517</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='03223041521990691868'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2Geq96WqYBE/Ruigt1LXvXI/AAAAAAAAAHs/W8NSyUxX8ZU/s72-c/Safari-Troll.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2133233502320817890.post-8675135958766622188</id><published>2007-08-29T11:01:00.001+10:00</published><updated>2007-08-29T11:03:48.535+10:00</updated><title type='text'>Studio Cleanout</title><content type='html'>Well it's time to clean out the studio again, and I've listed a great set of 91 beads.. Lots of small sets and plenty of colours to add to your bead stash.. They're up on ebay now!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2133233502320817890-8675135958766622188?l=nelliemae.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nelliemae.blogspot.com/feeds/8675135958766622188/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2133233502320817890&amp;postID=8675135958766622188' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2133233502320817890/posts/default/8675135958766622188'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2133233502320817890/posts/default/8675135958766622188'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nelliemae.blogspot.com/2007/08/studio-cleanout.html' title='Studio Cleanout'/><author><name>Nellie Mae Beads</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11372569414642269517</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='03223041521990691868'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2133233502320817890.post-3994527402287201848</id><published>2007-08-16T10:37:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2007-08-16T10:42:04.063+10:00</updated><title type='text'>Colour is the word...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2Geq96WqYBE/RsOdPMc0buI/AAAAAAAAAEU/yBICdMk0c_8/s1600-h/Colour-Box-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2Geq96WqYBE/RsOdPMc0buI/AAAAAAAAAEU/yBICdMk0c_8/s200/Colour-Box-2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5099092087479234274" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2Geq96WqYBE/RsOdCsc0btI/AAAAAAAAAEM/tOc733F8Sng/s1600-h/Sunburnt-Country.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2Geq96WqYBE/RsOdCsc0btI/AAAAAAAAAEM/tOc733F8Sng/s200/Sunburnt-Country.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5099091872730869458" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Colour is the word of the day... I've pulled just about every colour of glass I have and put them into two fun &amp; bright sets today... I think I have a thing for red at the moment...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2133233502320817890-3994527402287201848?l=nelliemae.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nelliemae.blogspot.com/feeds/3994527402287201848/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2133233502320817890&amp;postID=3994527402287201848' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2133233502320817890/posts/default/3994527402287201848'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2133233502320817890/posts/default/3994527402287201848'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nelliemae.blogspot.com/2007/08/colour-is-word.html' title='Colour is the word...'/><author><name>Nellie Mae Beads</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11372569414642269517</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='03223041521990691868'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2Geq96WqYBE/RsOdPMc0buI/AAAAAAAAAEU/yBICdMk0c_8/s72-c/Colour-Box-2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2133233502320817890.post-1978986669593771566</id><published>2007-07-28T13:37:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2007-07-28T13:39:31.156+10:00</updated><title type='text'>Katie...</title><content type='html'>I wanted to share with you my new favourite song... by Australian singer Katie Noonan... I'm counting the days till her debut album is released...Hope you enjoy it as much as I am!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="350"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/uve4qaByVJc"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/uve4qaByVJc" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2133233502320817890-1978986669593771566?l=nelliemae.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nelliemae.blogspot.com/feeds/1978986669593771566/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2133233502320817890&amp;postID=1978986669593771566' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2133233502320817890/posts/default/1978986669593771566'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2133233502320817890/posts/default/1978986669593771566'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nelliemae.blogspot.com/2007/07/katie.html' title='Katie...'/><author><name>Nellie Mae Beads</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11372569414642269517</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='03223041521990691868'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2133233502320817890.post-7751135222699729748</id><published>2007-07-25T10:30:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2007-07-25T10:34:46.963+10:00</updated><title type='text'>Crab Anyone?</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2Geq96WqYBE/RqaaNrjk7bI/AAAAAAAAABU/6U9u3KQqfwo/s1600-h/Crab.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2Geq96WqYBE/RqaaNrjk7bI/AAAAAAAAABU/6U9u3KQqfwo/s200/Crab.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5090925988609846706" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I thought I'd share with you a picture of the new addition to my aquarium... a freshwater crab... investigating one of the beads I dropped into the tank recently... Cute isn't it? There is something very soothing &amp; serene about watching fish swim around and around their watery world... don't you think?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2133233502320817890-7751135222699729748?l=nelliemae.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nelliemae.blogspot.com/feeds/7751135222699729748/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2133233502320817890&amp;postID=7751135222699729748' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2133233502320817890/posts/default/7751135222699729748'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2133233502320817890/posts/default/7751135222699729748'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nelliemae.blogspot.com/2007/07/crab-anyone.html' title='Crab Anyone?'/><author><name>Nellie Mae Beads</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11372569414642269517</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='03223041521990691868'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2Geq96WqYBE/RqaaNrjk7bI/AAAAAAAAABU/6U9u3KQqfwo/s72-c/Crab.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2133233502320817890.post-5497136068169416255</id><published>2007-07-20T10:39:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2007-07-20T10:42:02.206+10:00</updated><title type='text'>Etsy?</title><content type='html'>I joined Etsy an age ago, but never seemed to get around to selling there... so today I thought I'd change that and give it a go. I've put a few small sets up to see how it goes.. so if you're remotely interested, here's a link... &lt;a href="http://www.nelliemae.etsy.com"&gt;Etsy shop&lt;/a&gt;... Have a great end to the week!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2133233502320817890-5497136068169416255?l=nelliemae.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nelliemae.blogspot.com/feeds/5497136068169416255/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2133233502320817890&amp;postID=5497136068169416255' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2133233502320817890/posts/default/5497136068169416255'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2133233502320817890/posts/default/5497136068169416255'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nelliemae.blogspot.com/2007/07/etsy.html' title='Etsy?'/><author><name>Nellie Mae Beads</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11372569414642269517</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='03223041521990691868'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry></feed>