And the winner is...

Well the winners are, to be more precise! You'll have to look at my FB page to get the full list, click here, but the first name out of the hat was Kirsty Elson, whose work I love, love, love! Have a look at her work here. But to avoid cries of FIX, I decided to pull another name out of the hat. So have a look at the lucky winners - remember there's a further 10 people who've got a whopping 31% discount from my online shop..... it could be you!

Not long now....

Don't forget to enter the giveaway - only a few days before I draw the names out of a hat. Feel free to share if you're feeling generous!

It's giveaway time again!

To celebrate reaching 500 likes over on my FB page, I'm giving a way a pair of wild roses stud earrings to one lucky winner, and a further 10 people will receive a unique discount code to use in my online shop. The draw will be on the Friday 31st of August, so a 31% discount seems in order!

All you have to do is leave a brief comment below, or one over on my FB page.

Feel free to share because if I'm feeling extra generous, I may just make two lucky people out of the hat!

Good luck!

Just three more to go...

Would be great to start next week, when I'm back form my damp Welsh holiday, with a competition! Just three more FB likes needed - go on, tell a friend!

Almost there...

Just 10 away from having 500 likes on FB so planning a little competition... watch this space to find out how to win a pair of my roses earrings. And if you've not liked my page over on FB yet, you can do it  here and help me reach the half century even sooner! 

An oldy but a goody!

A couple of weeks ago I had an order for one of my old favourites - this cuff that I've always called my Diva cuff as she's such a showy piece! I thought I'd photograph the silver sheet as it gradually became a cuff, so here's the result...

This shows the silver with the tracing paper drawing stuck on to the sheet of silver. I have textured the silver beforehand.

I've drilled holes in the areas to be cut out so that I can get the blade of my saw into the area. Then I cut out each piece starting at one end and working my way along the length of the silver.

All the 'holes' have now been pierced out.

Then I saw around the outside.

This is the silver with the tracing paper removed, and then I file every nook and cranny, inside and out to remove any saw marks and to soften all sharp edges.

Once all the filing is done I shape the length of silver around a steel mandrel, gently hitting it with a hammer made from leather to prevent it marking the silver. 

Landscape Magazine

Well, I have been unbelievably lazy when it comes to blogging. Utterly useless. Still, I have been busy on lots of fronts. The most exciting is the article in Landscape Magazine that came out last week -  here's a picture of the cover, though I do apologise for the quality...

Much more sensible to see it clearly on their website - click here to do that. I've no idea if it has generated any sales, but I have been madly busy with online sales generally, and what with half-term and a virus I just can't shake the last two months have been pretty full on.

I've also had my website redesigned (by a company called netspin in Bristol) who have been a joy to work with - professional, speedy and understanding what I wanted. Have a look - it's not much changed visually, but in terms of how it works, it's leagues ahead of my old one! Click here to have a look.

Meanwhile, at home I'm desperate to get crafty again, and have signed up a sewing course with a friend who runs classes for sewing dunces like myself. Here name is Grace and she has been highly recommended to me by people she's helped, so now it's my turn! I went on a research trip (!) to John Lewis yesterday and managed not to buy a sewing machine. My wise and sensible friend Vic persuaded me to come back after our lesson and buy then. What I'm desperate to do is quilting - have always loved it, and one of my wonderful customers Ann writes a fascinating and inspiring blog that has urged me on. She's also written very kindly about me, but it's her quilting blogging that gets me excited.

So finally here's a picture of the fun my daughter and I had this weekend making something crafty! Going to be strung together in a long line, with beads or ribbon between them, and a bell on the end (thanks to my lovely friend, colleague and another inspiration) Kate Tarling!