We're moving!

I sit here surrounded by boxes and chaos. I hate moving, and wouldn't be doing it except there was no choice given to us.....the thrill of being a renter.

So with sadness we say goodbye to this house we have come to love, and look forward to a new adventure.

What this means though, is all my chain maille goodies are packed away and I am going through terrible withdrawal pains. To be honest I am bored out of my brain, and so over shoving things into boxes. Friday is the day we get the keys.....until then I will be a packing fool.

I sit here stunned......

Yesterday I applied to Trunkt and to be honest, I wasn't expecting a positive outcome, it is notoriously hard to get accepted to Trunkt, and even harder for jewellery artists.

Well today, after being out all day with the family, I came home to an email Welcoming me to Trunkt....I have to admit, I ran through the house screaming, I was a tad excited.

So I am still working my way through the site, setting things up and looking at what to do next....but I did manage to make this little badge

Off to have a celebratory champagne I think.

Busy Fingers

I have been busily making pieces for a party a friend wants to hold for me.....*gulp*...first time I will be really selling my pieces to the masses face to face. Luckily they are friends and shouldn't be too hard to stand up in front of and talk up my pieces.

None of the new pieces are listed in etsy yet, holding onto them until the party but here are a quick couple of pieces. The photography is quick and nasty, but it is all I have at present, and after a few weeks of beautiful weather it is wet outside again...*sigh*....that'll teach me to take so long to take photographs.

This is a pair of earrings in the Double Spiral Weave. I have a matching bracelet for this. Am going with a few sets this time and see how they sell.


Double Vision weave with a Siam Swarovski Crystal.

A simple chain with Swarovski Crystals and Pearls. Named this one Under the Jetty, but not sure if that will stay.

And still I wait.

Well now I have the shot, and OMG, the difference it makes to the finished pieces...they are now so shiny and extra beautiful. I love my tumbler.

So now I wait on more blades, finer ones than what I currently have. Oh boy, this certainly is taking some time to get it all to come together.

And while this is happening, I have itchy fingers wanting to get back into making pieces....hopefully it won't be long now.

I made these fun earrings recently...Enjoy.





These can be purchased at my etsy store. Other colours are available if you are interested.

I'm such a slacker

I have been so busy trying to get everything in place to cut my own rings. Who would have thought you needed so much "stuff".

I am now just waiting on some shot and I am good to go. Took delivery of my Sterling Silver wire yesterday, along with my tumbler. Unfortunately the place that sold me the tumbler didn't have the shot I wanted, and the place that sold me the shot didn't have the tumbler I wanted.....can you understand why this is taking so long!

I have many pieces in mind. New findings coming to help bring the weaves to life....to say I am excited is an understatement.

Keep listening, there will be new pieces soon, I promise!

It should be illegal to have this much fun!

So it has been a while since I put my fingers to keyboard and updated this page. In my defence, I did try a couple of times, but something kept happening to the update and I gave up!

But so much has happened. I now have my gorgeous Koil Kutter and miscellaneous tools that go with it. I have a work bench in my room....yippeee.

And today.....*insert drumroll*.....I actually made some jump rings today!

Here is the coil being wound onto the mandrel.






This one shows the coil, there is a slight gap at what was the start of the coil, but I think for a first go it's pretty good!







And here are the beautiful rings. They are a bit dark, need a good shine but I think they are very special.

When it Rains it Pours...they weren't wrong!

After such a long period of little or no rain the weather seems to be making up for it now. We may see the sun for a few short, and very hot, hours and then a storm hits and two or three more days of rain follows.....*sigh*....not good for outside play but at least I got a few pieces finished.

Today though, it did shine for a while so I quickly got out the trusty camera and got some useable shots off.


This particular bracelet took me days to finish. I kept finding myself hunching up over it and the back pain would start so I stopped. I have never before made this weave in this small a gauge, this one is 20 gauge whereas the other time I did this weave it was 16 gauge...such a difference to work.

But I am thrilled beyond belief with the final outcome, and am a bit saddened to actually have to list it for sale....but I can always do another later (much later). Oh the weave I hear you ask, is Half Persian 4 in 1 all in Sterling Silver....my precious!

This piece and a couple of others has been added to the etsy store....pop in for a visit and a look around!