Instant fame

As I mentioned in my last Jewelled Web, I've been featured in a magazine this month, the December (I know! I never understand magazine dates either...) issue of Make and Sell Jewellery, which is a very nice magazine even if I do say so myself, and am slightly biased this month at the very least...

I often have a bit of trouble finding the magazine but, this month, eventually spotted a copy tucked away at the back of the shelf at WH Smiths, who obviously don't appreciate how important jewellery mags really are.



Rather nervously (how odd to feel that) flicking through the issue (too impatient to check the contents...well, I did try but realised I wasn’t sure what subject heading I’d be under) I found myself (so to speak) on page 18, (subject heading - Bookmark This! (sub-heading - Blog of the Month)) along with several photos of my work and a link to this very blog.

It was a slightly awkward feeling... I've noticed many jewellery makers seem to be very much behind-the-scenes type of people, letting the jewellery they create do the talking, and I guess I'm no different, so being in a magazine, even in a small way, feels a little... revealing.

Anyway, do let me know if you pick up a copy and check out my mini-interview and my moment of glory!

I am featured!

Dig The Earth has featured me on his blog, a lovely looking place, and so I'm very happy indeed.

Here's the direct link and I'm happy to be a fully fledged member of the Folksy Blog Circle . . .

Feature! Blackberry Crafts

Feeling on a bit of a roll - and discovering a good way of procrastination - I've decided to blog about Blackberry Crafts as well.

Another knitter (you can't have too many really, not given the weather . . .) Blackberry has a wonderful selection of fingerless gloves in her shop although the lovely mossy colour on the trim of this pair makes them, naturally enough, my favourite.


And some good news is, they're on sale!!!

Also on the Folksy site is this very sweet - and again on sale - little mushroom decorated purse.



Makes me almost feel I could venture outside again, with a few magical golden coins in my purse to throw into a wishing well somewhere . . . Hmm. Instead, I'll stay in and read Blackberry's inviting blog instead.

Feature! Big Blue Bed

My first ever feature on another craft maker! And the lucky person is . . .
Big Blue Bed, who is a fellow Folksian and a bit of a wizard with wool.

In her Folksy shop a lovely selection of covetable goodies are displayed. The one that really caught my eye, especially given the frost outside, is this fantastic scarf made from Icelandic wool.



The Dorset buttons are very interesting with an historical element tied up with them, reinforcing how important handmade goods still are today. This one caught my eye, with its wonderful heathery colour.



Big Blue Bed also has a blog which is well worth whiling some time away with as you contemplate that snuggly warm Icelandic scarf . . .