Rings and things

I have been chained to my work-table again today. This time it has been rings:

Steampunk rings

(the one on the left I can't bring myself to sell ... it's mine, all mine ... mwah ha ha)

Bead rings 

 Button Rings

On a more serious note, I've been looking for craft fairs locally to sell at but they are really thin on the ground this year. Yet another sad indication of the state of the economy and people's personal finance. When money is scarce, people don't buy art and craft items. It's all pound shops and pawnbrokers. So I've started up my Folksy page again. But anything you see on here, my facebook page, or Flickr account is available to purchase. Any items that catch your fancy, just send me a message.

Lots of creative stuff

So to balance out all the writing in the last posts, this one is mainly pictures :-)

Gluten, wheat and dairy free baking

As Meg is still on a restricted diet (and now looks as though she may have become sensitive to soya too!) we do lots of home baking: bread, gorgeous shortbread biscuits from Ariana Bundy's book Sweet Alternative, and an almond & polenta lemon drizzle cake.

I am a member of an ATC trading group called Mixed Media ATC and suddenly remembered I was supposed to be making some green textile postcards (4" x 6"), so this is the work in progress ...

... and this is the end result :-)

 

 And the rest are pics of some pieces I've made for my next craft fair.

A charm necklace

           

   

     A brass button bracelet

 This piece is a vintage watch face, coloured with alcohol inks and embellished. The reverse is polymer clay.

Standard watchpiece cufflinks. Nothing fancy, but quite pleasing none the less.







And a watchpiece ring.

Back to the drawing board

Those of you who know me, know that I love to create. I make jewellery, steampunk creations, paint stuff etc. etc. But I've never got comfortable with drawing. Friends tell me it's not important, and I guess they're right. But coming from a musical background I know that I play 'cello better because I learnt my scales.

I have occasionally done some representative stuff that I'm not too ashamed of, and drawing is one of those things I have been reliably informed anyone can learn ...

There's a really interesting youtube feed that I'm planning to use http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDE90A0B005052EFB so tomorrow I start. Expect to see my exercises and experiments soon :-)