Such a fabby Month!

Crikey, where do I start?

Such a good month! First ballet and dinner with daughter, then cinema and a fashion show with my Mumma (who is utterly marvellous).

My birthday pressie arrived from my hubby, which is a gorgeous handmade necklace by Diamonds and Daggers (you can find the website here:   http://www.diamondsanddaggers.com/ )

Yes it is a crystal embedded knuckleduster! I LOVE IT!

I won an amazing gift set on a facebook comp from Purely Aromatic ( you can follow them on FB here: https://www.facebook.com/purelyaromatic ) This is what I won:

(http://www.purelyaromatic.co.uk/ourshop/prod_1911929-Giftset-Starter-Giftbox.html )

It doesn't stop there (gasp) I then win another FB comp today for an underwear set *faints* , no idea which one as I was late in emailling them back (busy busy day today!). So I'll update this when  I know.

More good stuff, I got the job I wanted! I have been doing work experience at a care home, today I got offered a paid job there! Now working in a care home was not something I thought I'd enjoy, so I went along with my bestie to see, and I flipping loved it. I was actually shocked at how much I did enjoy it. So I am totally made up that I now have a job there, pending on crb checks and blah.

Also I have recently "met" some truly great people on twitter. Now twitter is something I never thought I'd get the hang of, at all, ever. Lo and behold I did and have met some fabulous people who I would never of known otherwise :)

Next week is looking rather good too as I'm going to lunch with my daughters and my Mumma for Mothering Sunday and meeting up with  an old school friend on Tuesdaywhich I am really looking forward to!


All of this may not sound that exciting or even interesting to some people, but for me it has been an absolutely fantabulous four weeks!

Massive love to all of you

xo

Disheartened

Feeing a bit sorry for myself at the moment really. I have had no orders since before Christmas now, and as I need the orders to be able to get the rings to make new things with I can't make many more designs up (of which I have a notebook full of). So I am in the age old catch 22 situation of to carry on and hope I sell a few things so I can make new designs or just give up and make the bits for myself when I can afford rings and things.

This isn't a plea for everyone to buy something, just me feeling a bit down and out of sorts about everything, so some nice words of encouragement would be ever so much appreciated.

On a lighter note, I was bored earlier so decided to have a lookie loo on Google for chainmaille jewellery, and DEAR GODS! HOW much do some people charge?? There was a necklace for sale (using aluminium like I do) and they wanted £180 for it, I nearly choked on my hot cross bun! I could make the same one and sell it for £30 whilst making a profit! So I may use some rings up and make one to show you later, just cos I can. Even better it can't be a copywrited design cos it's an ancient one, so who holds the copywrite for it, now I am going to start confusing myself. I'm still shocked at some of the prices, fair enough for sterling silver or gold, but not ally.

Now I am going to drink more coffee and bandage my sons hand up, as he has just been sent home from school with a bashed up hand, again.... When do teen boys grow out of playing the "punch mates arm to give them a dead arm game"?  Answers on the back of a postcard, or in a comment below. Thanks!!


Mucho love xo

Exciting!

Does anyone else cry with sheer happiness? I do, all the time in fact. For my birthday today my Belle got me a ticket to go and see Giselle, I cried. I adore the ballet and haven't been for years and Giselle is one I have never seen and is on my bucket list to see. I will probably sob most of the way through it with sheer happiness at being there, plus it is such a sad love story. So I think make-up will be minimal or I will indeed be sporting the panda look lol.

If you aren't sure on the plot have a lookie here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giselle

We will be going out for dinner then the ballet and then a drink afterwards. My beautiful daughter will enter the realm of being a ballet nut after this, at least I hope she will, cos then I'll have someone to go to the ballet with *much rejoicing*

To say I was a bit overwhelmed by getting at the tickets would be an understatement. I just want to tell my Belle that I love and adore her even more than I normally do :)

Proud Mumma love can never be beaten by anything else, ever.

If you are all ever so unlucky I shall add some pics of us both all dressed up!

Much love to you all xo

How I got a Unicorn!

How I finally got myself a Unicorn!

A cautionary tale of never saying "Name your price" especially not to me!

I am still awaiting Allan to turn up riding my unicorn. I even made supper! If he doesn't turn up soon I shall feed my hubby instead, your loss Allan.

This does however prove that if you don't ask you don't get :) 

By the way if you like crime noir books, written by some marvy authors please do check out Blasted Heathens facebook page here https://www.facebook.com/blastedheath and their main website is here http://blastedheath.com/ , sometimes they go a bit insane and give books away!

Happy day!

Hmmm

Well as I have had no orders this month (sad times) I decided to start on another dreamcatcher as I love them. So far it's actually going rather well (much rejoicing).
This one will be a 5 ring catcher, so a big ring at the top, 2 coming off either side and 2 dropping from the middle at the bottom of it. I'm using nice restful colours, so blues, greens. pinks and lilacs as well as silver. It's a simple design using byzantine weave in the top ring (so far) and I have no idea what to do for the other rings, but I am sure I'll think of something.

Here is a pic of it so far, yes I am using beads as well, woohoo!

As you can see a lot more work is needed, but I'm enjoying myself making it and to me that is the main thing :)

Mucho Love xo

Blimey!

Well tis New Years Eve Eve, which just confused me no end (but that s a daily occurrence, in fact I'm normally confused) and I would like to say a big THANK YOU to all of you have either give me ideas, helped me out by product testing or bought something from me!

2012 I will be attempting (please note the attempting part) to start doing craft stalls and the local farmers market, so that should be rather exciting. I also have plans to start making more ornaments along the lines of the dragons,  I have 50 squillion ideas so far, no idea at all if any of them are even possible to make though, fun times! More one off pieces and more dreamcatchers as I have been neglecting them dreadfully.

Also possibly some tutorials on how I make the designs I do, I know there are loads of tutorials to be found on line, but everyone has a favourite way of doing things.

If any of you have anything you would like to see me attempt to make (within reason) please let me know!

Massive love to all of you and I hope your New Year is fabby and marvellous!

2 headed dragon....

Would it be possible? I think it might be, it works on paper, but then so did wings and I still have issues with those. So when I finish off Meebo for Marie I shall indeed be attempting a 2 headed dragon :o If you never ever see it, it means it went horrifically wrong and looked like an extra from a B movie horror film. Although I will probably keep it and call it either Frank or Igor... I think I need to get out more really.

After that it is indeed back to wings, Wings are beginning to be the bane of my life *sigh* they work fine on paper, but when I attach them the draco just goes kersplat to one side. I am now toying with the idea of wire work wings, I have wire, I have a wire jig this should be possible!

Wish me luck!

Yes that is just one of my nutty ideas of what to do with chainmaille when one has noting to do and no orders in to make.

I do have other ideas as well, but I am keeping those a little bit hush hush at the moment as I am still roughing the designs out on graph paper (yes I did find it)!

Massive love xo