Hi, I haven't posted here for a very long time. Towards the end of the last period of blogging I completely lost track of my craftiness and there was just too much going on in life. Now I am finally feeling like myself again, I have started a web shop on Etsy and have started selling my jewellery from a shop in town. I have not yet been brave enough to do a craft fair, but I have my eyes on one in October and then it is a matter of doing some Christmas fairs to get my name out there. Below you can see some of the things I have made, and I will be posting my finished items whatever they may be both on Instagram, Facebook and here, planning on going a bit more in depth here for whoever wants to know more:) So, here we go:) This was a commission, made up of peacock colour freshwater cultured pearl nuggets and silver-plated copper stardust beads and findings. It consists of a ring, ear studs, bracelet and necklace. The lady who ordered it absolutely loves it:) Below are so...
So...I made a promise to update my blog regularly, to get things done and focus myself... It has been a few months since the last post (not too bad considering the space between that one and the one before...), and as usual things have progressed in a way I was not expecting... Firstly, we lost Pearl, our 14 year old cat on the 4th June, 2 days after her birthday. She had not been herself from just before we moved from Inverness to Elgin at the end of February. I noticed her drinking a lot more and not eating much, not having much energy and stopping often to breathe before continuing walking, so I booked her in with the vet. The news were bad but inconclusive. The lungs did not sound right and the heart was working very hard. In a cat that age, it points to heart problems or the possibility of cancer. It was decided to bring her back for a scan and blood test, and the scan showed that her lungs were filled with fluid. This fluid was emptied, bloods taken and when I picked her up a...