Ha! Go me another post :)

Today i go away with work until Sunday. We've only got 3 shows so it's still not a hectic schedule but it's all up north. Today is Plockton which is the mainland side of the Skye Bridge. Now while it's fab to get away (Next week is the same) what isn't so good is living in B&B's and eating out all the time. So this week is going to be a challenge to keep on track and not just live entirely on fruit. But i have my incentive from a few things my family said to me this week, so whenever i feel like picking something i shouldn't my mother's words of how i'm too fat for clothes like that (we're talking slim leg black jeans here incase anyone was thinking it was tiny shorts or something, but it's something i have been well used to hearing over the years but it really got to me this time.) Or be it my brother joking that the only running i would do is to the cake shop (for me as someone who doesn't really eat cake unless it comes in the form of banana bread) So i'm gonna aim for another 2lbs this week and see how it goes


The Jewellery has kinda been put on the back burner for now, i have a few custom orders to do which i will hopefully find time for this week and i've had a few sales to keep me going. I have to push it a bit more though but i now think i need to find more places to do it, Facebook and Twitter are full of people advertising their stuff and although i still mention stuff there i don't want people to think it's spam, especially as i've been using twitter a lot more recently for other bits and bobs

so time to drink the coffee, make sure i have what i need for the next week and get going, a 5 hour drive awaits

Have a fab week all

Lx

what's been going on?

Oh dear, last blog post 7th July 2010. Bit of a fail eh? Not sure this time will be much better but we shall see!

So life since last july has been Edinburgh Fringe, Sunshine on Leith, End of relationship, terrible christmas jobs, new friends, decisions made, tears, laughter, rum, cider and the iodd bit of rock and roll. It's funny looking back at what has past, some major stuff, some not so but this year i've decided is the year that i get me to where i want to be, so in January i set myself the goals. The current one is to lose weight. I done pretty well last year but when i went on tour with sunshine the healthy eating and gym stopped. So i'm not back weight wise to where i was but size wise i'm pretty close. So I have had my first weigh in with weight watchers and i've lost 2lbs. It's a start i guess and ideally another 42lbs to go. And if i continue to lose at 2lbs a week i should be where i want to be on the 7th of Aug, give or take. Just in time for the madness of the Edinburgh Fringe :)
Next is the fitness, i don;t have the gym membership any more so i'm attempting to start running outside on the couch to 5k programme. So far have only got one session in, i need to get myself more motivated for it but i will. This is the time. If i don;t do it now i never will and it will always be something to be unhappy about. so here we go, this is the start. Wish me luck.

Wednesday Already??

Well it's not been the best few days for me, but I'm getting back on track!
It's a lovely day outside, if a bit windy just now. I live about a mile from a air base and the tornado's have been out all morning, you only usually see them once but it's been about 7 or 8 times today so far, they must be making the most of the good weather too :)


I've attempted to make a pineapple and ginger cake too, it's on the oven just now so we'll see how it comes out, probably a little burnt, I'm not used to electric ovens!! But nothing a bit of icing won't hide :)


So the July Jesters. Everyone seems to be doing really well, my sales have dropped off, even the views aren't as high as they were so i need to get back to promoting it again and hope things pick up, although that seems to the the same for loads of folksy people.


Anyway here's my listing for the day



I love ribbon and have been playing around with it for a while. I think i still need to refine the length and the placing of the ribbon to get it to lie exactly how i want it to, but i think on the whole it works pretty well, chuffed with it :)

As usual there has been some lovely items posted today, here's a few of my faves from today (and there goes another tornado!!)



These gorgeous earrings by Damselfly Gemma (which would go great with my necklace!!)


Next up is London Fogg



It's no exaggeration to say i want just about everything in their shop, i love steampunk (i blame back to the future for my love of it!) but have never braved making some steampunk jewellery, maybe i will give it a go

And my final choice for the day is from Ickle Imogen



Another shop i could quite happily spend all my pennies in, some great stuff!!


Right off to see if the cake has worked, wish me luck!!


Laura x

Rainy Sundays

I've had the weekend in Edinburgh visiting my parents, it's a rainy one here today! Driving back home in a bit though so glad it's not too hot, i'm getting the usual one tanned arm you get while driving :)

Played about a bit with the blog layout, not sure how much i like it but will give it a go! And got my July Jester listing up and here it is :)



There is as usual some fab listings over on Folksy today, think these so far are my faves:



Gorgeous little pic by Pavlova, love the retro look of this :)



I'm a lover of the polymer clay and this bracelet is so cute (as is the necklace from yesterday)from Buttons and Beads gifts



Gorgeous patchwork bag  by Aiden :)

Well that's me for the day

Have a good one everyone!!

Laura x

Sweetie Time...

Here's today's listing :)



Another cute Jelly Baby necklace :) This time featuring Baby Bonny.

I love these and making them is one of the most fun items to do. They were my first experiment with making silicone moulds and i'm prettu happy with how they turned out, so now moulding is a bit of an obsession, look out for more to come

Oooh did you know Jelly Babies were origionaly called Peace Babies? They were launched at the end of the 1st World War and didn't become Jelly Babies till 1953. There's a fact for the day :)



I've also come across some really cute blogs, if you're a fan of Kawaii this is a good one to check out, her photo frames are amazing!!  http://petitecafeotete.blogspot.com/

Off to annoy the dog now, if you have a dog try giving them a coconut, Oscar goes daft over his :)

Laura x

Folksy Friday and July Jesters part 2

So I'm going to combine the 2, my second listing for the July Jesters and my first ever Folksy Friday.


First up my 2nd listing of the Jesters 

a cute cherry bracelet :) Check it out at
http://www.folksy.com/items/623725-Cherry-Bracelet?shop=yes


So on to Folksy Friday

For my first one I've picked the theme of ribbon and lace and these are my top picks:

Candyfloss Created gorgeous lace and ribbon cuff

I love this, it's something completely different and utterly gorgeous (and on my fave list for payday :))

Check it out at http://www.folksy.com/items/454773-Victorian-Lady-Collection-Regal-Lace-Wedding-Bracelet

Second up is CocoAngelRose's utterly beautiful brooch

Can be found at http://www.folksy.com/items/321669-Frippery-Brooch-Pin-No-25

This would be a great addition for any outfit or bag and i have my eve on it to jazz up my black dress

And lastly this cute tag by Just for You Cards

Def one i would want to have as a keepsake, it's lovely!!

You can find it at http://www.folksy.com/items/549813-Beautiful-Vintage-Gift-Tag-Wedding-Anniversary-Keepsake-

There is so much lovely stuff on Folksy and these are just a few of my faves :)

Laura x

July 1st

So day one of the July Jesters and this was my listing:

I'm working on the mix up between the kitsch and the more grown up, this is one of the grown up ones :)

Pretty quiet day today, have made some bits with buttons and am just going to finish them off

Hope all the other July Jesters had a good listing day. I'm hopefully gonna have more time tomorrow once I'm out of my interview so look out for day 2 and hopefully my first ever folksy Friday :)