Wednesday 7 December 2011

and I got the window decorated in Skipton, great copper beech branches, sprayed randomly with gold, gold and black baubles and some leaves around the bottom .... all looks very tasteful.

I did the Storey Vintage Christmas Fair on Saturday which was great.  I had some good sales including my pepper pot pendant that sold to the first person who saw it.

I also sold quite a few of the old silver charms with and without a chain.  So if I can expand my vintage range I might try a few more vintage fairs next year.

I am just working on turning some old spoons and forks in to pendants, not the ones you usually see, I am trying to do something different.  

I have a great commission at the moment.  I am making a contemporary silver ring for a customer and using 2 pearls from her old gold ring and setting them in to her new ring.  Before Christmas!  And I am making a hashtag from perspex.

Right, back to work ..........

1 December 2011

Had to post a short blog today as it's the 1st of the month.

I have been busy sorting stuff out and now I should be working on jewellery as I left my handtorch in the shop yesterday and I have just got it back.  I am working but just taking a break to post this.

This is a new pendant, based on my Fickle range and I have added gold leaf to it.  It looks great on but I am not too sure about the gold leaf and its sustainability.  You can buy it off my website The Jewellery Room.

I will just have to keep wearing this piece to test it out.
I am off to the shop again tomorrow in Skipton and I am going to decorate the windows for Christmas.  My boss is a Muslim so we are definitely not going over the top, we are going to be subtle so I hope likes it.

Wednesday 30 November 2011

I have had fun this week getting ready for the Vintage Fair at the weekend.  Its at the Storey in Lancaster on Saturday 3rd December 2011.  I have got quite a few upcycled and old pieces ready as well as some ranges and designs.  Fingers crossed I sell well!

I took this on my run this morning, there is always great dramatic light at this spot in the morning.  I have taken several from here over the years and they always make a good picture.  And this one was on my Blackberry!

This one of my vintage, upcycled pieces.  I have used an old charm from a silver charm bracelet, an old boot. I have about 10 different charms in total, they are great just as a single piece on a long chain.  Hope people like them.

Thursday 24 November 2011

Its been a mad week of work.  I  did a day for my friend on Tuesday (my day off!) at Manchester Christmas Market which was great, not as cold as usual and there were 2 football matches on so they were lots of Italian fans walking around singing.  Sales weren't too bad, it's early on yet so I was quite pleased with them.

I am in the process of designing a pearl ring for a customer, I have to email some designs this week to her so she can choose one.

I have just made a Wrap ring off my website for a customer.  It is a birthday present for her husband and she wants her initials and all her children's initials engraved  on the inside with a love heart, aahhhh, cute.

I am also flirting with some new designs.  I am quite desperate to make them but I need to hold back.  I have spent a fortune on materials to make all my Christmas stock and I really need for the money to start coming in before I start buying again as I have bills to pay as well!.  If I was sensible I would do all this after Christmas and get them ready for Valentine's Day ..... if I was sensible!

15 November 2011

Got some great new pieces by Susan Weir of Edinburgh on my website.
Susan makes beautiful sterling silver and gold jewellery, very simple, clean lines.

Both these pieces are matt finished with polished gold detail on.

Available now on my website.

Friday 11 November 2011

 I have finally got my jewellery on display in the shop in Skipton.  It dominates one of the windows and one of the cabinets inside.  I didn't have any props really so I used some of the tools from the workshop.

I am working on a better display for Christmas so I will change it at the beginning of December (official Della date for when we can start getting Christmassy).





We will get some more handmade jewelllery over the next few weeks from other designers so I will have to make room for them!

Saturday 5 November 2011

Tweet by Emma Freud today
Wow.. The perfect start to Saturday. A Richard Curtis movie in real life! Thanks @paddy_delaney http://t.co/8Y0Y2ROg 
It's only 3 minutes long but a beautiful romantic gesture ........

So this is the hair after the hair cut.
In the end I just had 6 inches cut off but basically its the same hairstyle.
One step at a time, I might just go for the fringe next.






Skipton is slowly taking shape, still a long way to go but as I said before it will just evolve along the way.
I am off there on Saturday to put my jewellery out and sort out some displays etc.

I am working on some new cufflinks this week.
Need some inspiration or else I will end making some like these again.

Off to a big bonfire in Lancaster tonight, haven't been to a bonfire for a few years so looking forward to it.