folksy's turn today

As i blogged about my favourite's on misi yesterday i thought i'd give folksy a turn today and add a couple of my favourites from my wish list on there.
The first is these lovely cushions, i love the pattern on them. They are by la maitresse

The second is this georgous coat by kitchy coo who makes georgous childrens clothes, i especially love these coats.

And last is this beatiful bag. It is by Brigantia Designs

I hope you enjoy them :-)

so sweet

I thought i would share with you 2 of the things i have on my wish list on my shop at misi . The first is a doll which i have used 2 pictures to show you as she comes with 2 outfits and a georgous box to keep it all in. I would love to buy this for my daughter but i think she may just be a bit too young. Anyway it is by pink fairy cake who's shop is a treasure trove of goodies.

The second item i have to show you is this georgous little fleece, again for my daughter. I think this would be great for when the cold nights start to set in near the end of summer, if we actually get one this year that is lol. It's by flutter designs who makes hair accessories aswell as kiddies clothes.

So i did some training last night, change of subject, for the race for life run i'm doing. I did 10k on my cross trainer and the race is 5k so i'm feeling a bit better about it. don't forget you can still sponser me at http://www.raceforlifesponsorme.org/joannejoyce1

international sales

I had my first international sale from my website a couple of days ago, it was the pair of curtain tie back i featured on my blog a while ago and there going all the way to australia. I only made one pair as i wasn't sure how they would sell but i think i'm going to make some more now.
I've been in wales for the last 10 days on holiday, i came home yesterday but thinking of going back down this afternoon or tomorrow. I've got some stuff to sort out like going the bank and ordering a statement so i can dispute the money which was stolen from me. I got a statement ordered for when i got home but it only goes upto the day before it was all taken, typical!

bank card fraud

I'm going to have a bit of a rant about this because if there is one thing i can't stand it is people who have a complete disrespect for other people and there property.
I'm away on holiday at the minute as the kids are off school for 2 weeks and i have had a phone call from my bank asking about my recent activity. As it turns out some *&$% has used my bank card to buy £200 worth of stuff from i-tunes. It's lucky the fraud department at the bank got onto it so quick otherwise they could of cleared me out.
The thing what annoys me the most is i'm on holiday and now have no bank card, as it has been cancelled. It's lucky i'm here with my husband - we have separate bank accounts, otherwise i'd have no money to feed myself or kids and no way of getting home because my car has less than a quarter of a tank of petrol. So i would be stranded here with starving kids just because some idiot wanted to have the latest songs on his *&$%£* ipod. If you are reading this and take part in this kind of thing think about the people and the situation you could be leaving them in by taking THERE money. Ok we get it back but only after we dispute it which could take weeks!

artisan of the week - it's me!

I got a email this morning from pirate pixie crew to let me know that i had been selected as there artisan of the week. The link to the interview is below

http://autonomousartisans.blogspot.com/2009/04/artisan-of-week-joanne-of-lej-jewellery.html

Thank you again lynne :-)

love this bead

This is one of the 12 lampwork beads i spoilt myself with and were delivered yesterday. Isn't it beautiful, i'm not sure if the camera can pick it up but it kind of reminds me of a galaxy with lots of stars.


So anyway i just had to use it first, this is the bracelet i made i love it.

I have listed it on my website but i'm so tempted to keep it for myself. I'm going to chester races in may so if it hasn't sold by then i think i might just have to find a dress that will go with it and keep it for myself.

for sale

well the for sale sign has just gone up on my house. It's all a bit strange as we don't know where to go yet, we was going to move to ainsdale but with the rising sea level being on the news we checked with friends of the earth which area's weren't going to be here in 80 years time and ainsdale was one of them. so that went out the window, i know i probably won't be here in 80 years either but if the sea is on my front door it will make the house worthless.
My new beads came this morning, ooo i'm so happy with them can't wait to get stuck into them. The picture is a necklace i made last night i ended up changing it round this morning because i didn't like the way it was. It looks alot better now and i'm happy with it.