Cinnamon Jewellery

Visit lampwork bead maker Laura Sparling's blog Beads By Laura  for a chance to win a set of her lovely blue, green and purple nuggety lampwork beads! Just leave a comment by 7pm August 18 to enter. Blog or tweet about the giveaway and get two chances to win!

Check out Eve's blog Jems Direct  for a chance to win one set of these beautiful torch-fired enamel beads. To enter the giveaway become a follower of Eve's blog, leave a comment and post on your own blog about this lovely giveaway! The winner will be chosen tomorrow - 8 August.  Good Luck!

I decided last night to change my blog template as the flowers in the border had mysteriously vanished. I've searched for one that's "just right" and spent most of the day faffing about with changing templates. They either a) didn't work with blogger  b) looked nice on the site but horrible on my blog or c) made my computer freeze at which point I felt like screaming! In the end I found this background which I like but had hoped I could change the page colour as I don't like the white but I can't using blogger. Aaarghh!! It will no doubt change again in a couple of days when I've found the "perfect" background. Here's hoping :D Don't forget to enter my Giveaway for these Sterling Silver and Lampwork earrings! The winner will be chosen tomorrow! Click here  to leave a comment! Not sure if this photo is showing, there seems to be a problem which rounds off my blogging day perfectly! You can see a photo of the earrings when you cl...

To celebrate reaching 50 sales on Folksy last night I'm having a Giveaway! The earrings below are made from Sterling Silver and pretty ivory with turquoise and black design Lampwork beads. The ivory colour is actually a bit lighter than it appears in the photo. To give you an idea of the size, the beads are 9mm in diameter. A small and well behaved pair (compared to some of my earrings!) looking for a home.............. To enter the Giveaway all you have to do is leave a comment saying what is your favourite colour of bead or Semi~Precious stone when you look for earrings. Please leave contact details if you don't have a blog so that I can contact you if you are the winner! The winner will be announced next Tuesday 30th March! I'm off to Folksy now to choose the print I promised myself from Folksy shop Sascalia when I reached 50 sales :D

Reading the lovely comments about my new hideously bright orange backgrounds I used for a couple of my photos and thinking about it, I've decided that the orange is just too much! After two further trips to my local ESK and ferreting around their background papers (I was in there nearly half an hour one day and almost missed an appointment!) I now possess several more neutral coloured backgrounds and some shiny new pebbles. I'm still having problems using my camera in manual as altering some of the settings affects the sharpness of the photo, so even though it's brighter it's not properly focused! So frustrating! I'm hoping to start redoing them tomorrow as the weather is supposed to be better - fingers crossed. God, I hate taking photographs! ~♥~♥~♥~ Got all excited this morning when I checked my emails as I had another sale in my Folksy shop and thought it was my 50th. Alas it was my 49th ~ I sold two lots of earwires yesterday and hoped t...

The winner of my blog Giveaway for a pair of  Gelert Design  Brass Resin Earrings is.................... (fanfare of choice in your head, work with me!) .......................... Dottie Designs ! I used a random number picker and Dottie was the one! Congratulations Dottie!! Here's what you've won!

Yesterday I was very pleased to find I'd been awarded three, yes three! blog awards! Two Sunshine Blog Awards from Sue of  BlueBoxStudio and faeryatrix  and an I Love Craft Blogs award from Hilary of haptree and me ! I guess I'm going to be busy deciding who to pass the awards onto, only 24+ blogs to choose! I'll post who I've chosen tomorrow. I'm gonna need a big bag of Maltesers for energy before I start :D New Earrings I'm just about to list these on Folksy ~ I can't believe after making wirework jewellery for 2 years this is the first time I've made these twisted coil links! I really like the look of them so no doubt will make some more! These are made from 16g Sterling Silver wire and yes, it's another spiral design. I love spirals, can you tell? Don't forget! Enter the Giveaway below to win a pair of Gelert Design Brass Resin earrings.  The winner will be chosen on Saturday!

As I didn't have time to do a Folksy  Finds last Friday I thought I'd make up for it and do one mid-week! This time I've indulged myself and gone for my favourite colour ~ Purple ♥ The links to the Folksy shops are below the photos ~ 1. Lavender ~  Fleurs De Perles 2. Purple Leaf Ceramic Pendant ~ Dottery Pottery 3. Purple Circles and Squares Cushion ~  Handmade By Louisa 4. Glass Pearl Bracelet ~  Laura Cameron 5. Purple Spot Overnight Bag ~  PIDGEONSTITCH 6. Purple Tree ~ Sascalia I love all of these picks because they're purple ♥  and I've made a promise to treat myself to a print from Sascalia when I reach 50 sales in my Folksy shop! Don't forget to enter my blog Giveaway for a chance to win a gorgeous pair of Brass Resin earrings by Gelert Design . Just visit his shop, pick your favourite item then leave a comment saying what you'd like to see more of in his shop. The winner will be chosen on Saturday ...

I donned my reporter's hat recently and asked Dave of Folksy shop Gelert Design  to answer a few probing questions. He willingly obliged plus answered the all important curry question. Dave then very generously offered a pair of his Coldcast Brass Earrings as a prize for a Giveaway! Enjoy his interview then enter the Giveaway! Details at the bottom.................. Please introduce yourself. What type of craft do you specialise in? Gelert Design, but you can call me Dave :-) Born and raised on the edge of stunning Snowdonia, I've moved around a bit and finally settled in Bristol with my incredibly supportive and patient partner Eva. I'm not sure I do specialise to be honest. Perhaps you could say that I'm primarily a sculptor? Certainly I don't wan't to just be known for making fridge magents!:) I'm forever getting excited by new ideas or new applications for what I'm making. Apart from cards made from my paintings, everything else I do...