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The clocks go back this weekend - sale to cheer us up
I realised as I showered this morning and was listening to the dawn chorus outside the bathroom window - that the clocks go back this weekend and next week I'll maybe miss my birdsong, but it will...
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Can you take decent product shots with a low end camera?
There was a thread started in the Etsy forums recently in respect of the limitations of low end point and shoot cameras and their suitability, or lack of it, for taking product shots for selling. A...
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PHP server upgrades, autumn leaves and lots of coiling
Isn't it just typical - we get a day of glorious autumn weather on a day when we have other commitments and can't take full advantage of it. Why couldn't it have been gorgeous yesterday instead.Please...
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Anniversary, the last few leaves and new puppies
As I wrote a note this morning and went to date it, I realised that today was actually my on-line selling anniversary - I have no idea how that snook up so quickly. 4 years under my belt now as a...
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Rings, raffle prizes and lots of copper spirals
The last couple of weeks have been a bit of a rush, with lots of work to finish to pending deadlines. Because of promises I'd made, birthdays coming up and favours I needed to repay, only a small part...
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Frost and blue sky - perfect for a walk
First of all, may I wish everyone a Happy New Year and I hope that it will be kind to you.I'm pretty horrified to see how long it is since I blogged - I hadn't realised it had been so long over the...
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All copper and earth tones this week
I don't seem to have been able to get my teeth into much new lately, all of my orders have been for re-makes of existing designs. Absolutely nothing wrong with that whatsoever, but you do get the...
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Birthday walks and extreme picnicing
My husband's boss called it infantile - that he wanted the day off for his birthday this last week - "what are you; 12 years old, that you want a day off on your birthday?" he laughed. It's something...
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Trying to think a little differently
It's all too easy sometimes to just pop nice beads onto a hand crafted headpin and make them into simple earrings, so I've been trying to think lately about different approaches to beaded earrings and...
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Clearing the decks and sub-conscious solutions
I have an airtight compartment box that lives permanently on my work bench. It originally landed there to keep finished items waiting to be photographed safe. But in reality, I found that items...
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Revisiting Polymer Clay
Some time ago when I first became aware of what was possible with the relatively new precious metal clays on the market, I resisted the temptation to do down that route as I had the very strong feeling...
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New adventures in Precious Metal Clay
As mentioned in my last post, I was about to start tinkering with precious metal clay - copper clay specifically. I have resisted somewhat so far for a few reasons; firstly, I wanted to ensure I'd...
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Maybe that was summer?
Here in the UK we've just had an unseasonably early warm spell - wall to wall sunshine with lovely warm temperatures and the summery feel was further enhanced by the start of British Summer Time when...
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Nursing duties and more copper clay working
Just coming to make a new post and seeing my last one about 'maybe that was summer', it looks like that might have been the case. It's funny that we were walking outside on that especially lovely day...
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Woodland pretties
We did one of our favourite walks this Sunday, one we can do from the front door. Our son was visiting for the day with his girlfriend and it's a pretty spot at this time of year, so was an ideal...
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Spring green - such an optimistic colour
Firstly, apologies, I did promise that my next blog would be on the stages that a piece of copper clay goes through, but I need to retrospectively take some photos on another piece, for stages I...
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Ladybirds and pine shoots
Further to my previous post about the emergence of spring flowers and the bright optimistic green of new foliage, I'm going to make a quick interim post with a couple more photos on that theme - and my...
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Bringing copper clay to life
Firstly, I must apologise for the delay since my last post, but between health issues, our annual 'summer' holiday (I use the word advisedly, it didn't feel much like summer in the storms) and being...
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New adventures in bronze
Apologies again for the tardiness of my blogging recently; sometimes events just run away with you despite the best intentions. Thankfully, it's in large to being busy with orders, so I'm certainly not...
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I have a date tomorrow with mud
Heavy showers were forecast during today - fairly typical August weather in Lancashire, unfortunately. And right on cue, it started raining quite heavily as I was eating a somewhat late lunch.As I...
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