Stone The Crows new necklace and earrings.

Freshly made for the vintage fair at Saltaire Festival tomorrow.

Nostalgic look back.

This is a brooch I made around 12 years ago, when I did a silversmithing course it was hard work to make that brooch, its made with titanium which has to be riveted to the silver and the titanium is very hard to saw, so I have the utmost respect for those people who create this type of  jewellery, I may have carried on with the silversmithing but I went to live in France then came back and started to do other things, like using vintage and antique elements and mixed media jewellery which is still evolving not quite there yet, soon there will be more of the mixed media involved in my creations, old books will be involved,

New Designs.

Its that time of year again, Saltaire Festival.

I will be there on the 21st selling some lovely new stuff made from unloved forgotten treasures also some vintage goodies.

Art is timeless

There is so much art to see nowadays what amazes me is the talent is infinite, some of the paintings in this selection were painted over a 100 years ago, I know which is which, some of them are obviously contemporary do you know which are the old ones my friend.

I don't like Mondays.

Bugger this for a game of soldiers I am really trying to get my life sorted out, all I want to do is be creative and be less stressed, so whilst trying to get rid of a stinking cold I create stuff, but now other things like my sons, the cat, the getting my house sorted so I can sell it, moth infestation, creepy crawlies, have all taken my time today.

The Cat
Bless her all she is guilty of really is throwing up every other day, making a mess with her food and sometimes missing the cat litter (she is an indoor cat) and peeing on the kitchen floor, and that thing that most cats do is howl/cry in the middle of the night like a banshee for no apparent reason, well that as well.

My youngest son
Well 19 and unemployed, lazy and untidy, his elder brother was chatting to him in his bedroom and noticed a centipede type insect, so my son started to clean his room, I thought I have missed a trick here why on earth didn't I think of that before, as I know he does not like insects, well he didn't finish the job, that was over a week ago,  I would love to go and hunt for juicy creepy crawlies and place them in his room, thing is I don't want them wandering into my bedroom which is near to his, so I will be looking for fake stuff to get the ball rolling again, as I am trying to make my house marketable.

Reason I am annoyed today is whilst eating my cheese and ham sandwich the Branston pickle decided to fall out onto my top, so went a changed into a favorite top and found several big holes in the sleeve, moths, they are evil, have tried lavender and cedar wood and the moths are still here, I was sort of pretending they were dying off and killing a few of them everyday, have just ordered a spray with chemicals not harmful to the cat, this is war, will have to clean the house from top to bottom and make sure clothes are put away, not an easy task with  19 and 23 year old sons.
So Tue you have to be better.