A couple of weeks ago, my friend, Kristi Bowman Gruel, of Kristi Bowman Designs , sent me these delightful copper connectors that she colore...

  Happy Wednesday folks!  I'm in the middle of a two-weekend show on Facebook with my friends Lucy Haslam and Helen Backhouse. Inspired ...

A week or so ago I made a 'singleton' earring - I've done them in the past, as custom orders for those who take asymmetry to the...

I painted the brass frames and leaves separately with no idea what would become of them. Hope you like how I've put them together.  Let...

I know we are in the run up to Christmas but I've had enough of seasonal jewellery already! I started making for Christmas about 3 month...

  Oh my, it's so hot over here - the north of  England reaches 31 degrees? What's all that about? Hottest summer since 1976 - whi...

A quick fill-in post from me today. It's been a lovely week here for half term and I've spent a lot of time in the garden.  We all ...

It's been a long week. Birthdays, funeral, too much going on in life. And I'd booked an on-line  show with my three friends Helen Ba...

                                                        Our last post of  2017! As I write, I'm humming 'Auld Lang Syne' - a...

Last weekend   I took part in a lovely event. New to me, it was held in the wonderful garden of Jan Lord, a friend of my friend Helen Backho...

How is it going in your corner of the world? After a couple of fabulous weekends when we were out in the sun it's decided to throw a str...

 Almost all of my earrings will have some chain (mostly wrapped around beads) on them.  It's a very fiddly job but the end result make...

PEARLS OF WISDOM   Pearls . Calcium carbonate in minute crystalline form, found in the soft tissue of molluscs. Doesn't sound too ro...

Yesterday hubby and I went on an adventures hike (read no trail, very prickly bushes) on the coast near Vivari, a small village close to ou...

"Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads." - Henry David Thoreau Isn't it true! There is so much beaut...

The seasons are changing again. It's not quite fall-ish here yet but give it a week or two and all my favorites of the season will re...