My Sunday in pictures

(I'm hoping to open my Etsy store finally tomorrow but I have about 98 photos to edit first!)

And...

... now that I've delivered the other two items I've been working on lately, I can post them, too!

Jobey asked for a Rosary for fashion reasons and was very specific about the colour she wanted:

And this a "just because" gift for a very dear friend whose middle name happens to be "Rose" *grin* I'm subtle like that...
Both girls were very happy to receive their necklaces and these aren't the first I've made...

The first one I sold (to S):

The first one I ever made for my daughter N for her First Holy Communion:

Now that these beauties have so many more meanings and uses than originally intended (thanks, Madonna and Madonna and David Beckham!) do you need one?

Just to remind you all Mr B and I will be away for a while so my posts will be sporadic at best over the next month-ish but please do email me as normal :)

Long time, no post...

I'm sorry it's been so long since my last post, dear readers, but I promise I haven't been slacking.

I've been really busy!

The irony of the situation is not lost on me, either.

I quit my job to have some more time to develop a little baked-goods business and I've spent all of the last week working on jewellery!

(For those of you who don't know, I also "make" stuff* but haven't spent any real time developing that side of what I do because I wasn't able to invest much, if anything, in marketing/advertising at the time.)

When mentioning my plans for the baking endeavours to former colleagues the conversation always included some of the other things that I can do.

Two of these lovely ladies asked if I would take on commissions for them.

I was more than happy to do so and here's (some of) what I've been doing...

Miss N ordered a necklace, earrings and a tiara for her upcoming wedding at the end of August and I can now share pictures with you because A. let's face it, you're not likely to be attending her wedding and B. the pieces are on their way to her now and should be with her tomorrow.

Please forgive the photos, I was eager to get quick snaps of everything so I could send it off to her ASAP (I really need to invest in a lightbox-type set up!)

Necklace

Tiara (Version 2. Some day when I'm feeling self-deprecating I'll show you version 1)

Earrings

I can't wait to see photos of Miss N on her big day!

*www.morethanblue.com