too early

Urgh! well me darling daughter decided to get me up at 6.30am this morning. Not that i would usually mind but i stayed up last night to watch the first episode of heroes. I'm so glad it's back on now there will be something decent to watch on tv. But it didn't finish till 11.35pm so by the time i settled down in to the land of nod it was late.

Pictured are some earrings i made with a circle of memory wire i had left over, I have tried to make a bracelet with one ring of memory wire but it doesn't look right so i cut it in half and thought i'd give earrings a go. I think they have turned out pretty good.

I did venture out yesterday, my husband drove me to asda to do some shopping. where going to try and go out again today. The snow isn't to bad now, the problem is the snow has now been squashed into 3" of ice. The main roads have a single track through them which isn't slippy it's just the side roads.

more snow on its way

I am not really looking forwards to it as i haven't been out since monday. I don't want to drive my car in it and the footpaths round here are about 2" thick with ice. I feel like i am slowly going crazy! i'm going to brave it today and at least go out for a walk, get some fresh air. I really hope there is some let up soon it's so sad to hear about all the people dying on the news from ice and snow related incidents.

On a lighter note pictured is a necklace i made before christmas i have a few of these maroon glass pearls and i used some gold plated filagree leaves which i had in the bottom of one of my bead boxes.

I hope things start to pick up again now christmas has gone. I have just been on one of my shops and i noticed there were 522 pages of jewellery, each page has 12 items on and i think it's just to much competition especially with people not buying. Fingers crossed for this year x.

black hearts

I know we have only just had christmas but now us crafters have to start thinking about the next big date which is .... valentines day.

I made this bracelet and earrings set the other day it features black glass heart with tibetan silver spacers. The earrings are silver plated and both are available from my website. www.lej-jewellery.co.uk .

The kids still haven't gone back to school after there christmas break due to the snow. Not that i mind to be honest i have had a few issues with the school and i was rather my son was here where i know he was getting the right support and was being looked after. He was quite funny this morning, he told me he was going to get up and have his breakfast but then he was going back to bed to hibinate lol. not that i can blame him really i feel like doing the same.

ouch

Well i say ouch because my car is due in for a service and mot today, i had to buy four new tyres last weeks which cost me £180. When i asked the lady how much for a service and mot the reply was £200 hmmm but i also need and clip for my seat.

The thing is i have a 2 door car so im always pulling the seat forwards to let the kids in and out and our drive is so narrow that you have to park as far over as possible so you can open the drivers side door (the passenger either has to get out the car before i drive on or climb over the handbrake.) So anyhow it's always my seat that gets moved and the clip is broke so i can no longer move my seat. Which is a bit of a pain because everyone now has to get out of the car at the end of the drive.

So i asked how much one of those was going to be .... £90 OMG. I think i'm going to cry £470 in the last 2 weeks on my car. blub blub!

I can't moan to much as there my first tyres in 3 years, my hubby goes through them every 3 months. good job his is a company car!

So anyway enough of my moan pictured is a kiddies necklace i made the other day. It features some lampwork dog beads i bought at a craft fair last year (as mentioned in a previous post i'm trying to use up all my beads before buying more). I hope you like it :-).

seaside and the snow

Well not together but here is a bracelet i made callad by the sea. It is a memorey wire bracelet so wraps around the wrist rather than fastens. It features blue and green glass beads with tibetan silver seashells and a starfish and seahorse charm.

Next is a picture i took yesterday after we had had 6" of snowfall overnight.

The kids had a great time playing in it, neddless to say we had to come in and have some toast and a cuppa tea to warm us up. Well the kids had juice but after building that i needed a cuppa.

brrrr!

How cold is it outside -8 the weather woman said on the news before brrrrrr! i have just got back from shopping and the sun has melted abit of the frost but the roads are still very slippy, i'm just glad to be home.

I still haven't got to finish my bag although i only have the strap to sew and attach so nearly there. In the mean time this is another bracelet i made before christmas. It is amethyst beads with flourite glass chips and a pewter peacock charm. I really like it.

nutty for knitting

I love making charm bracelets which are unusual which no one else would have made or ones with a novelty to them so i came up with this. It is called i love knitting and features tibetan silver hearts and balls of wool with black glass beads. It is silver plated and can be made in any colour.

I made it before christmas and have listed it on my website with a few other bits.

Today i'm going to try and finish of a bag i started. I got half way through making it when the kids decided to start ww3 in my living room so had to sort them out and never got back to it.

I haven't crafted much over christmas, it seems to have flown by so fast and i have been trying to keep the kids busy. After i have done the bag i'm planning to make a summer dress for my daughter (yes i know it's winter but by the time i get it right it will be summer lol) i went to abakhan fabrics yesterday and got some georgous fabric in the sale for 50p a metre bargain!