Productive Day

I have had quite a productive day today, I spent some time with my mum which was nice. I went swimming with a friend to help our bid to tone our 'Mummy tummies' up and I also made a few pieces of jewellery.

I made a necklace using jade gemstone chips spaced out along the thread. I also made three pendants, I have been experimenting with twisting the wire to make a spiral.

After our swimming session, I went shopping for a few crafty bits and pieces and picked up a few items which will go well into hampers I am going to make. I picked up a gardeners journal in the sale for a gardening hamper I aim to make. I also picked up bits and pieces to make a nappy cake for a friends baby shower on Saturday.

Jewellery photos to follow, no natural light to photograph them!

Not Enough Hours in the Day!

It was my birthday last week, I had a lovely but very busy day, followed by a very busy weekend in london, with my wonderful other half. So crafting time has been very limited during the last week or so.

I recieved some lovely gifts for my birthday, some lovely beads, embellishments, ribbon etc. So hopefully I can put them to use soon. I want to decorate some note books to give as gifts. I spent alot of time on gifts for people last year, I made alot of themed hampers, which went down well. This year I aim to make presents where I can, I feel it is more thoughtful than just buying the first thing you see in a shop. Also it will help me save money, which will go towards our wedding at the end of the year.


I have been grabbing a few minutes peace to research local craft events. I have found a large one not far from here. An old school friend informed me about it, so I am waiting to get some more information on it.

I really could do with making a necklace or something now, but I am so tired. We have a new addition to the family, a kitten. She is beautiful, but insists on waking me up early in the morning for some food! Or like this morning, playing with some ribbon right next to my face.

So I shall leave you all now and get some very much needed rest x

16th Feb 2009 - My first blog!

Welcome to my blog, I have been thinking about writing a blog for awhile, especially with our wedding being at the end of the year and more recently I have started making jewellery and other crafts again.

I try and get a bit of crafting in each day, mainly for my sanity! I am also one of those people who can't start something and leave it half finished very often.

Sometimes my little helper likes to join in so things take longer than I would like! My daughter has her own bead set, card making set, paints etc all for herself, but guess what. Mummy's look prettier and somewhat more appealing!

I didn't get any done tonight as we spent the day at Puxton Park as its half term. We had a great time, meeting up with a friend and her baby. I could have spent a small fortune in the farm shop.

So for now I will leave you with a terrible photo of the jewellery I made yesterday for our wedding. I salvaged the beads from the bag that came with my wedding dress. The other half called me 'cheap' I call it being 'thrifty'. I need to make some adjustments to the necklace and swap beads around but I am happy with how it came out. Hopefully a better photo will show in more detail the beads that I have used.