Wednesday 26th November 2008

Happy Birthday Dad.

I survived the cold of Manchester Christmas Market for a week .... how do people do it for 5 weeks I do not know ...... I was exhausted from the long hours and freezing from the cold .... all because I want to sell my beautiful jewellery! There has to be easier ways .......... but saying all that it was great fun, really enjoyed the banter with the people looking and sometimes buying and had great fun with the other traders ............. glad to be home, hardly saw the children for a week, Tom had to 'run' everything and he did a good job and it made him realise how much I do ......... not a bad thing!

Back to reality, sorting/making some commissions, and actually making some decisions about next year!

Wednesday 12 November 2008

Going to drop off some jewellery today, had some re-orders from Arteria which is good ........ trying to come up with a 'credit crunch' range to suit a budget in time for Christmas which is easy for earrings but pendants/rings/bangles are more difficult ...... had too much rain over the last few days but we have remained surprisingly free of water around the house ...... going for a quick ride this morning on my bike before I start work!

Sunday 9 November 2008

Got my bike last week and went for a ride whilst weather was decent enough .......... good to get out but need more practice with the all the hills round here .... made quite a bit of jewellery, trying to use bits and pieces up whilst sales are low - ring with peridot is a 'recycled' bangle! ........ finally saw Barbara the other day, haven't seen her for ages.....

Remembrance Sunday today so going to church early for a wreath laying ceremony .........

Friday 7 November 2008

simple sterling silver square earrings for Christmas presents ...
£10 .... trying to come up with low price pieces ......

finally got my bike from Pedal Power ..... feel like I have paid totally over the top for it bit my recycling/environmental conscience is topped up for quite a few months now ....... so now I can get on with cycling places instead of driving .....

Thursday 6 November 2008

Love this bracelet - I know I love all the glass bead jewellery I make - the beads by Emma www.beadenvy.co.uk are called Poppyfield ..... they are great, red green and white ....... look great with the sterling silver .....

The amber pendant is ok ..... I decided to set some stones in silver, I have a few knocking about and never use them, stone setting is'nt my strong point .... they don't really go in to it in detail when you are studying so you end making one piece for the course and nothing else ...... so I decided to do a few stones yesterday .... the amber came out best .... I did a turquoise stone but the setting is so bad I am going to redo it .... I also did some other bits and made a ring with a peridot which I have claimed for me! Will post images another day ................

Went to Wennington Hall School fireworks last night ..... great display and we got treacle toffee and chocolate apples that they had made .........yum .... and thanks.

Tuesday 4 November 2008

So much to do so little time to do it in .......

Sunday 2 November 2008

November already! ......... Thursday went well at Arteria Gallery 23, display was good and lots of people looking and buying ........ Friday was Bond day ...... film was good, usual stry line but I quite like Daniel Craig as Bond, brings something to it that the other didn't ....

Planning for Manchester Christmas Markets, stock, pricing etc .... have been invited by the Lady Mayoress to a dinner before the Market opens to celebrate the 10th Aniversary!