…. well for me anyhow! I had to work today and working as a collector is not the best thing on a Saturday, for some reason people just don’t want to talk to you about how much money they owe!
Mark and me are going to the cinema tonight to watch Slum Dog Millionaire. It’s got a good write up so I’m quite excited.
Two days off now so hopefully some more jewellery making! I have a couple of projects to finish so I’ll be getting on with them.
Here is my Ice Queen bracelet, just about to be listed on Etsy now. It features a beautiful lamp work bead by Jan Jennings, sterling silver, crystals and Opalite!
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Yes it’s even been snowing here in the City Centre! I did get a snap from my balcony but my phone isn’t letting me upload it :o( I hope it goes soon I really hate slipping all the way to work!
Here is a creation made from some wonderful beads by Laura Sparling, Mark had bought me them as a gift and I decided to create something using lots of Amethyst and silver. I love them! And wore them when I went to a party on Saturday night.
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I first saw Laura Sparling’s wonderful shell beads about a year ago and yet again fell in love! I then waited and waited for some more to come up for sale and vowed that if they did they would be mine!!! And so they were, quite a few months later. Then I got scared, because they are so beautiful I wanted to do them justice. I teamed them with some more of Laura’s beads and turned them into this super long necklace. I love the result!
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I fell in Love with Laura Sparling’s beautiful Easter focals when I saw them and decided I must have one or my life would be incomplete (This is how beads get you sometimes!). Last week, was a strange one, what with loosing Sasha and various other life changing events that I will go into in a moment, I just had to calm down and relax with some jewellery making. This pendant must have taken me about three hours to make and my hands were so sore!!! I teamed the bead with sterling silver and a gorgeous Rose quartz drop. I love it and it’s mine! I wore it all last week and lots of people commented with ‘oooohs‘ and ‘ahhhhhs‘. Lovely!!
Mark had some brilliant news last week. He has just been offered a job for the massive web design company based in Manchester called Lightmaker. I am so happy for him as he is so passionate about his design work! After much thought we have both decided to move there. Manchester is about 90 miles away from us, so it’s pretty far! I had to inform my boss on Friday which I was so scared about, but she was lovely and very supportive.
Mark and I went to Manchester on Saturday and found a lovely apartment which we secured, so now we’re trying to sort that out too. It’s all go!!! But we both fell in love with it, can’t wait! Part of me is very very scared to leave everyone and everything behind, I am an only child so I’ll miss my parents so much but they have agreed to visit as much as possible and of course there is no excuse not to keep in touch these days what with email and texting and goodness knows what else!
I also had a nice surprise yesterday when I looked at the My Vintage Charms blog and found a post dedicated to my jewellery, such nice words to say about my work! I love their website as their charms and findings are so unique, so thanks for featuring me guys!!! Click here to see their post on Cherished Trinkets :o)
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