Crown Jewels?

Not quite! A client came to see me a couple of weeks ago with three necklaces which she has had for quite a while but were so long and heavy she couldn't wear them. This is what they morphed into :)This necklace was lovely. The large flat beads had an almost mother of pearl effect, really pretty. I made two necklaces, a bracelet and a pair of earrings.

This next necklace is dark grey and out of this one I managed to make two necklaces, a bracelet and two pairs of earrings.

This one is the same as the one above but clear glass beads. Again, I managed two necklaces, two pairs of earrings and a bracelet. Exit one very happy customer :)

The final picture is of my table on Sunday at the wedding fayre. It was really difficult to get a decent photo as the lighting in the room wasn't very good and we had the glare of the window to contend with too. Not knowing much about photography or how to use the camera might have something to do with it LOL but it was actually DH who took the pics not me :)

Till next time, thanks for looking.

My award

I would like to say a great big 'thank you' to Hazel for her kind words and lovely award :)

"The rules are to give it to five others, who shall give it to five others.. You shall link the one you got it from, and also the ones you give it to:) And let them know. And there is more... You have to write down five things you are addicted to...."

5 things I'm addicted to (apart from my fab DH and kids!)

1. Card making
2. Coffee
3. Card making
4. Jaffa cakes :)
5. My lap top!!

I would like to give the award to

Beryl who makes great cards and leaves lovely comments! :)

Enfys who also makes great cards and leaves lovely comments ;)

Sally-Ann (now Sally-Ann has just got the award from someone else but she has been such a big help in making my Christmas cards that I couldn't not give her an award :))

Liz from Pink Petticoat who has also played a major part in my Christmas card making this year!

Kathy who is a great inspiration

Merry Christmas girls.

......and now for the rest of the stuff I made this week

All the componants of this card were from Craftwork Cards apart from the sentiment which is a rub on from MSE.

This set was part of an order. It is teal mesh with black beads. The picture doesn't do it justice as the colours are more virant IRL.

This is another mesh set which was ordered from the jewellery party I did on Thursday. This one is black mesh with white and silver lined clear beads.

This bracelet is magnetic and was made for a special friend's Christmas pressie.

My 'To Do' List

make

6 gift voucher wallets (2 are in progress)

2 necklaces for DD2 and her best friend

a gardeners year book for my mum

a 'birthday book' and calendar for my brother who is lousy at remembering birthdays!!

post it note holder for DS

cd clock for DS's best friend

a gift bag for a special friend

Dad's birthday cards (Boxing day!)

5 forum birthday cards

clean my house

ironing

pop to town first thing on Monday morning to pick something up.

Not much there then and I need to pack my Christmas stuff away as we are moving my craft table into the dining room for Christmas dinner. I think that's about it.

I shall now go and tackle the work mountain :)

Take care and have a lovely weekend. xx

Happy Birthday Mum...

.....slightly late but never mind! Mum's birthday was the 21st but we had the party on the 20th and she loved every minute of it. When she arrived she thought we were just having a family bbq as Matthew's mum was up from Somerset for the weekend then she saw the other 18 people in our garden :) Her face was a picture and all day she just kept saying "is all this really for me". It made all the late nights and the hard work worthwhile!

Here are mum and dad making their entrance (the big fat lump with them is me!) I handed them both a glass of bubbly and hubby had set up the cd player to play Happy Birthday.

The marquee as we were setting up (we borrowed the large white one from a friend and put our gazebo on the end)

We managed to seat 21 at tables without having to borrow any furniture! We didn't realise that we had so much :)

Here are the pressies I made for the birthday girl.
Keepsake box

Picture board

and her jewellery was the same as this but without the earrings.

And a good time was had by all :) We are all going out for lunch today as my sister was in Turkey and din't make the party. We also had to agree to this in order to keep the party a secret.

Thanks for looking.

Yesterday............

....all my troubles seem so far away :) I won't sing any more, the weather is glorious and I'd hate to make it rain!
Last night I realised that I hadn't made a birthday card for DH's niece who's birthday it is on Tuesday so had to be quick as it had to be in the post this morning. Thanks to Di Hickman's sketch for this week I managed it.

Paper is from the English Paper Company and the die cuts are Quickutz and Sizzix with the cake being paper pieced.

I had a client come to collect some jewellery yesterday evening so I can show it here now.

The lady was thrilled with them. She is going to a wedding next week and has the most stunning lilac dress and wanted jewellery to match.

Right, back to work now as I have a client coming at 10. Whatever you are up to this bank holiday weekend, have a fab one..................I'll be working on and off.

Thanks for looking.

Inside and out!

Hi everyone Gillian here, and it's my turn to dare you all this week.
I dare you to take the design of your card to the inside as well as the outside. Add a little finishing touch to match the theme on the outside, or Surprise the receiver with a flap, fold out, decorated journal block to write on, or one of those pop-out delights....It really adds so much to a card when there is attention to detail on the insideas well as the outside. I know some of you are finished your Christmas cards already so this week it's Any theme, Christmas or not But make the inside count too :)

My card is a variation of one I saw on Rachel B's blog I had a phone call this morning from the head at a local school to see if she could place an order on behalf of some of her staff. The card above was for her sister (who is a friend of mine) Papers are K & Co, snowflake eyelet was set with the Cropodile and the gold snowflake was stamped with Versamark and embossed with a gold sparkly powder.

The next card was part of the order too.

The greeting was printed onto the card and the image was stamped with a black Brilliance inkpad onto acetate and tied to the card using silver cord.

The next two cards were part of the order too :)

Again, the papers are K & Co and the stocking is a Sizzlit die.

The greeting was printed on the pc and the image is decoupaged and glittered.

Yesterday I had some ex collegues come round at lunch time to have a look at some jewellery and I sold quite a bit, I was well chuffed!

This is what I made yesterday morning.
I now need to make two more exploding boxes, two cd clocks and 37 place cards before Monday. Dh is working all weekend so the order will keep me out of mischief :))

Beads, beads, beads

I did my jewellery party last night and it was absolutely fab, I sold loads! I also managed to catch up with three ex collegues which was lovely.

Here are some pics of what I've been making over the last couple of weeks.

Please excuse the lousy pictures. I haven't had time to set up a 'photo space' so I scanned them for my records.

I made the bottom two today as they were for an order. I also got orders last night or ten cards, three exploding boxes, three pairs of earrings and a bracelet! Guess who is going to be busy again, I'm doing a wedding at the moment too!

Thanks for looking.