Wednesday 21 January 2009

Earrings and pendant in Chaos range ..............

Went to PAD gallery in Preston yesterday to swap over jewellery. Depsite their move to a more central place they only sold one piece of mine over Christmas! ..... and they told me they were very busy! Fortunately I also supply a shop called Vibe in Preston and I received a nice big cheque off them yesterday for sales over Christmas ....... at least it justifies (to me) having 2 outlets there........... managed to pick up a bargain from a little designer shop there , pair of purple In Wear velvet trousers for £5!!!

Friday 16th January 2009

Remember this sterling silver bangle with chunks of amethyst from November? Everyone admired it, picked it up, tried it on but nobody bought it? Well it sold off the website at Christmas! Hurray.

Going to the Computer club in Wray today to hopefully resolve a few issues for me ..... putting links on wesbite etc .... still can't get the hang of it ......... going to cycle there if it's not raining!

Making some earrings for a customer and some other pieces for a gallery in Garstang .......... then its the weekend!

Must go and see Slumdog Millionaire ..........

Thursday 15th January 2009

New BIG ring ..... sterling silver ..... this one is oxidised but doesn't have to be ......... its on the website www.thejewelleryroom.co.uk

In the process of making more new designs ..... I am designing and making some pendants which I wil put on bead necklaces rather than chains ....... just learning the intricacies of beading at the moment!

Have signed up to do The Art Market in the Westmoreland Shopping Centre in Kendal this July ..... a new one but hopefully a good place and time ..............

Tuesday 13 January 2009

Over a month since I blogged! Got 'blogged' down with Christmas sales etc and then just didn't bother to get back in to it ..... not good ..... so here I start off in 2009...... a new range called Chaos .... I love it ..... a combination of fine silver and freshwater pearls .... lots of different bits thrown together to form a necklet, earrings and pendant but the necklet is definitely my favourite ..... the fine silver is great to work with and it really shines better ... lots of lustre! .... the pearls just hang really well with it all ..............

Have some more designs brewing ..... big ring ..... lots of earrings ........

One of the most touched pieces of jewellery at the Christmas Market ...... but nobody bought it! Sterling silver hammerd bangle with fastening and mega chunks of amethsyt .....Much admired ...... oh well.

Have been very bad at blogging, time flies ..... web site is doing good ...... I am shopping for pressies so thats good ..... sorting out Christmas, family, etc etc ....... have been steadily losing weight in anticipation of putting it on over Christmas! ...... hope my silver jewellery trade sales are good .... have put a lot in to sale or return ..... have a buzz going on in my head, ideas, plans which hopefully will come together soon ..... need something to solidify it, bring it all together .... hopefully n the near future!

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!