All Done!

There we are!
Following on from my earlier post (see below), the beads are on, everything is sewn in place, and this Sheherezade (or Sheher-A-zade, depending on your preference!)Pendant should be residing in my DaWanda shop later this evening! Phew...

Wildlife-o-rama

No, this isn't going into one of my shops...I just wanted to share with you the lovely little surprise eldest made for me at the weekend. A wonderfully unusual ring, made of cotton and felt scraps, and sweet little butterfly beads - and the most important feature, the letter 'C'...just for me, as it stands for 'Charlotte'...me! How lucky am I?!
I wonder if there's a market for them?!

Now, then...there was a lot of excitement in our garden today...thanks to a neighbours' cat! Yes, it obviously loves us, because it presented us with a, how can I say, 'lovely' (?) gift!! Take a look at the photos, below - I think you get the picture!

After much squealing, and lots of pleading with us to keep it as a pet (I think not), my two girls paid this dear grass snake a lot of attention. It was very stunned when it was dropped at our feet (I think I would be, too, if I'd been marauded by a feline with sharp teeth), and spent a good ten minutes hardly moving. This gave us ample opportunity to look it up in the 'Wildlife Field Guide', to assure ourselves that yes, it is a grass snake, and not some deadly python or other, let loose here in the forest...one does like to be sure!! The children listened intently to various details gleaned from the information in the book, so I'm left feeling mildly smug that they've learned a few things this holiday..and it's only the first day!

On My Desk Wednesday

Thought this sounded like fun...so this is my entry for kootoyoo's On My Desk Wednesday. I read their page, and nipped over to take this. My next blog entry should see this finished....later...later.... just need to sew some beads and buttons on ...

Another Fine Mess

Now, why ever would I have wanted to alter the balance of the fine day I had yesterday, I wonder? Well, I didn't, as you can see....three brand new sewing machine needles snapped within the space of seven minutes, topped off with a nice big spillage. What joy!! Beads everywhere.....half inching their way into the computer, gliding about on the floor and slip-sliding away down between the gaps in the floorboards, never to be seen again.

And the moral of this tale? Don't live in a house with bare floorboards!!! (At least this didn't occur upstairs in eldest's bedroom...the gaps up there are big enough to lose your shoes in...and yes, she pretty much has done just that!) .

Someone slap me with a wet fish, please

Phew! What a day!

The day began with some all singin', all dancin', wrappin' and despatchin' of another sale, this time wingin' - okay, enough - winging its way to France. Farewell, mon collier! Oh, enough of the dramatics...where's that wet fish? I've replaced it with this, above. Click on my DaWanda shop link on the side of this page, if you'd like a closer look.

That's several items sold, now, whoopee! - not that I'm counting - so it's about time I got my derriere (francais, n'est pas?....leave it!) into gear and knocked up (with a large amount of love, and a bucketful of talent, obviously) a few more items. Some claret-coloured velvet has been uncovered, and I've received some sequin trim from India, which is tres fantastique....so I think the creation of few 'Showtime' pieces (circus inspired, remember?) can hereby commence...!

But before that, I just have to go and put the finishing touches to a little gift I've very quickly thrown together for a friend's birthday. It's only very small, but small means fiddly, and I'm not exactly famous for my patience...!

The chocolate sky blue theme is coming along a-pace, thanks to the exciting arrival of some scrummy glass beads from France. I love getting parcels! Shame it's not a bouquet of flowers, but best not complain! I can do so much more with a gert big bag o' beads!!