Collaboration with fab bead-maker

Have just returned from a great afternoon with Doris John, a glass lampwork bead-maker who lives not far from me - Doris, who is originally from Germany, has converted her garage into a bead-making studio, and also sells wholesale beads as well as her own creations - her eBay shop is at http://stores.shop.ebay.co.uk/Jewlls4U but her beads are even more delicious 'in the flesh'! The lustre is amazing, and her use of colours is really imaginative. And it is so nice to find someone genuinely enthusiastic about their craft. Doris is hoping to start running courses soon, too. I will definitely be up for that - but meanwhile we are collaborating, with Doris supplying me with interesting hand-made beads for my corsages, and stocking some of my corsages on her stall at the next bead show (to demonstrate how her beads can be used!), while I will credit her beads on the labels of my corsages. Result! What an excellent way to spend a Sunday afternoon - pictures of the new beads on corsages will be added as soon as I have time to make some appropriately-coloured felt...