Silvery Moon

Silvery Moon Bracelet : ( For Sale )

By the light of the silvery moon, what film is that by ....... Not guessed yet . Doris Day Moonlight Bay. I love those films .

This is a what I would use as a ' going out ' bracelet. perfect for an evening out with the girls or partner. The nugget beads are by Flame and Glass. I am not really into fancy overloading design as I am sure you have picked up on. I want to show as much of the bead as I can without all the fancy bits. Although I have the perfect pair of shoes ( the old Jimmy ) that would go with this colour bracelet. I have similar beads that I will make up and show later this week. So you can see that the clothes and shoes you have in your wardrobe can work with the pieces of jewellery you buy or beads that you buy and jewellery you design and make yourself.

The Wheels on The Bus

This came from Cheeky Cherub today : Feminine Shores Bracelet I am calling this , I love the design, wait till you see the heart one, I am waiting for stock to go with that but it is just as nice. This is a perfect summer bracelet either to be worn during the day or for those summer evenings when you go out for that meal and sit outside with a shandy in hand wearing a summer dress and cardy.

The Wheels on The Bus Bracelet Above :

The Husband said they look like wheels so I named them the above, Beads are from Glittering Prize and I made them up with chain and toggle. Again perfect for spring or summer . These beads I hope Trudi will do more they are fabulous.

A wonderful day today, took The Girls out early, blue skies , no wind and sunshine . Amazing weather I loved today when it is like this it just needs to warm up. So I made Flapjacks yesterday for The Son he had been moaning for ages that I had not done any. And today Bread is on the go along with Chilli that The Husband makes and The Son complains about. They have gone playing Squash , The Husband has not played before so it will be 1/2 hr of The Son cheating so he can win. I have said if The Husband likes it then we should have a game together. OMG what have I let myself in for. I do NOT exercise the only form of that is walking The Girls. I will let you know on that one.

On a Roll

These beads are by Josephine Wadman ,

I must have been on a roll yesterday as I continued until it was Teatime, Beef Wellington yesterday Yum Yum !!

Above are Tuscany earrings on Sterling silver : ( For Sale )

These lentils are by Anneylse Taylor.

Truly Love You Necklace above :( For Sale ) Focal by Glittering Prize made on leather thong that goes over the head no fixings.

Valentine Necklace Above : ( For Sale ) Focal by Glittering Prize again made on leather thong that easily fits over the head, no fixings . These are perfect for everyday casual wear. Even when walking the mutts or taking the brats, I mean kids to school .

Another focal by the talented Glittering Prize, I have had this for a while but yesterday I had a bug up my arse I looked and decided this was the piece for Valley Day , again it is for sale if anyone likes it..

I made a few of these up for the craft / farmers markets up here , and they sold really well. I have started to do more ready for this year , so as and when I do some different designs I shall post them on for you all to see.

And finally for you all to see, the slave labour of a cat. Cocco and her hard day helping moi.

And so to bed ::

Busy Day My Arse must be on Fire

These Lentils above came from Flame and Glass as soon as I saw them I thought of Spring. So they are called Spring Flowers.

This Focal is what I won from Halo Beads . I have made into a simple necklace for casual wear. This is called Halo 2 for sale

This Focal above is again what I won from Halo Beads , again a simple necklace for casual wear. This piece is Halo 1 is for sale.

These Cow Beads are from Flame Born Shop, I got these for One Silly Moo to wear when doing the craft fairs starting from spring. What do you think ? I have called it Moo Print.

This is Cocco deciding to help before I made all of the above pieces

Again still helping or thinking about it.

And again and then she plonked herself on my lap , this was her major effort in helping me today.

So today I have been busy , I think it helped taking The Girls out early in this really bitter weather. Then the sun was shining in the Sun room so warm cosy and warm for a change . I thought right get some done quick before the south westerly winds come and make this room cold again. We are in for strong Gales again tonight and more snow the locals say and they are rarely wrong , so that will be another night of little sleep because of the winds. 3.20am this morning I was awake and I did not go back into a deep sleep. NO I was snoozing til it was time to get up , great. I know I will a complete cow tomorrow. Ahh well it's only The Husband & The Son that suffers.

Its Arrived

So its arrived : Today my table came after what felt like forever. I set it up ready to go straight away. A few changes will have to be made to where I shall place my beads. then I can change them around again and again. All I need now is the sea view, that's the other side of the house.

Yesterday we had fresh Lobster, and as a pathetic southerner we had to do the dirty deed & do away with the Lobster before we ate it. Being that we are used to going to a supermarket , butcher or fish mongers and buying already slaughtered meat ready done. We had to experience the humanly killing of our food before we ate it. For those who want to judge , do not read this part of the blog DO NOT judge before you experience a crofter or fisherman's life on Islands , we as southerners that have supermarkets on our doorstep are spoilt I am first to recognise that aspect of what I had in Manchester by living up here we no longer have a Tescos 6 Min's down the road . All animals up here are cared & reared with the up most respect for its lifetime and all animals / fish are humanely treated during its life and after.

It is after all what ends up in supermarkets and butchers after all only we don't get to see the gritty part. Anyway I can say I felt that much guilt being a southerner doing the deed along with my husband that at first I did not want to eat it , but I realised that would not give the respect it deserved by not eating it. So myself and The Husband did. It was amazing and I know that when we come to rear our Turkeys for Christmas Time it will another experience the three of us would be fortunate enough to witness if we were not living on this island. We will be caring for our food knowing that it is our food , the same as our hens that give us eggs, they are looked after and are free to roam all over our land ( what we have of it ) and we get top notch eggs for doing so. If we ever came back to Manchester, one of the first things I would do after shopping for shoes ( cannot change that much ) would be restart with the Hens , do the turkeys if a success , go to farmers markets or source farmers direct so I know how my food is reared.

Concerning food up here I have learned alot. People grow there own veg up here something what The Husband wants to do , he can I won't as I know I am too lazy in the digging and weeding part. But the outcome of your own veg you cannot beat it. I remember my dad growing his own veg and I wonder if he felt as fulfilled as they do up here. Something that I will never find out though ahh well .

Its Back

Its back the snow & wind , the schools have been shut and we have had a power cut, I have tried to write this page 4 times and it keeps going wrong, so you have the shortened version , I made this up whilst a power cut.

Beads came today from Red Hot Sal, Chain again I know but focals like these should be simple so you look at the bead not the breast or face I say anyway.

I have called this piece Moomin. I have no clue as to why .

This item is for sale email for details if you like my Moomin.

Ding Dong The Witch Is Dead

As promised I said when these footless tights came I would show you with my red shoes.

Ding Dong The Witch is dead !!!!!

So above is electric blue , god a reminder of the 80's with the shoes & below well I must of decided I didn't want to blend in , that's for sure. Now I know they do not go with the shoes but I did say they remind me of the wicked with having the house land on her and all you saw were her tights and shoes, her shinny red shoes. Now these are Marc Jacobs , I saw the shoe assistant wearing these shoes whilst I was shopping with my mother and I had to have them. I was good I tried them on ( they fitted like slippers ) I walked away saying I will think about it. I even came away from the Trafford Centre thinking about these shoes. I dropped my mother off at home and went back for the shoes. Now I must admit they do look good with black tights.

I shall be wearing these footless tights as a form of thermals so that my bum and belly gets covered and will be warm. However I am impressed with the bright coloured pink and black tights and shall be wearing them under my jeans ohhh laaaa laaa !!!!!

And yes I know I need to fake Tan my feet , well I would but the house is that cold the tan doesn't dry , I mean it , it takes ages if not at least a couple hours. Honest !!!

Workspace

So I've ordered a table so that I am not packing away each night or moving from room to room & making this teenie tiny house a constant mess. Every day living can do that.

So in the multi function sunroom that is storing all the bulky furniture because our sofas cannot fit through the doors and there is no room as in the lounge we have all the conservatory furniture from our old house in there ( sofa & arm chair , book cases, tv cabinet ) and the list can go on. I have enough lamps as The Husband pointed out to light Blackpool. I agree and if we were staying in this house then I WOULD have a clear out, but the jury is out at the moment , this was supposed to be a holiday home that has turned into our permanent home , so we have 2 houses in one now with all its furniture. Are you still following ??? I am also not sure whether I can stay here in Shetland ( homesick when it hits IT hits Hard and can last for weeks ) I am ok at the moment but it is an awful feeling. So if we stay we either knock done and build, move to another house , a bloody bigger one or move over to the Mainland of Shetland. But I have to settle first as I am at the see saw stage at the moment and not sure which way its gonna go. So my logic thinking is keep all the furniture until we decide then if we move into a bigger house we have all the stuff and won't cost money to get new again. Save that money for beads, bags and shoes ( shhh ) !!!

So back to the little space I have created for myself. I had decided to put myself between the toilet and our office , but The Husband suggested the sunroom and I have took him up on his suggestion however I wish he had mentioned it before because I would have got a bigger table as the space he has suggested is bigger , but no matter the fact I shall have my own creative workspace that I can leave will be a big plus. The drawback now is The Husband & The Son has started building model planes so the kitchen table is back to being a craft table again !!!!! So we will need a bigger house to use as a craftroom for all , now that's an idea all spending time together doing crafts. In a millions years I never thought that's what we would all end up doing and doing it together or in the same room as well , and that makes my heart grow warm thinking about.

My Snood

So this is my snood I think that's what the talented Angelia Laurie calls it, she is a friend on the Island that makes these beanies & snoody type things, 4 years she has being doing her course . I have never suited hats having curly hair it always looked awful. When I saw Angelia Laurie with her hat and her curly red hair she convinced me to come and have a try. So I did and I still was not sure but I still bought one as they were that Lushish I had to have one, then after a good few months I put it on to go shopping and was hooked, love it plus I don't have flat hair afterwards I can get away with it and it keeps my head warm . Plus if I am having a bad frizz day I know I can stick this on to go out. We went to the pics to see Sherlock Holmes & I had my first restaurant curry since last August , very nice if not rushed as we had a ferry to catch . The joys of Island living.

Although I did wake up with a banging headache this morning and was wondering because I have not had takeaways or restaurant foods for that long and have detoxed my body from that enjoyment weather it affected my body in that way. I hope not otherwise that will be another pleasure gone. Bloody Hell.

Ooopps I forgot !!!

I have just gone onto Beads & Beyond Mag website to subscribe , Not done that bit yet as my arse is stuck to the chair so cannot get details to pay for subscription but I will get round to it when my lardie arse moves. Anyway whilst i was having alook at the 30 pairs of earrings for Valentine. it hits me oh God its that time of year and I had forgotten all about it. Because we don't do that day I had forgotten that other people actually do. Here's me getting all excited about creating things for spring and summer that I forgot about Valley Day. So I have a pair of Bet Lynch pink earrings that I copied out of a Jewellery Book to see if I could make other peoples designs instead of making up pieces from the old noggin. Now before I here yuk !!!! They were out of a published Jewellery Book not my design. However although I would never wear them I do feel very protective over these earrings and I know they will end up in a loving and caring home. !!!!

So for all you romantics out there above is this heart piece I did about last October I think, The heart is by Josephine Wadman with Swarvoski and is on Stirling Silver Chain, this necklace has ben sold but it was and is a lovely feminine piece to wear.

However The Husband says my heart is like this below:

I made this for myself and wear it all the time so maybe it is true what he says. The heart is by Glittering Prize, Trudi oh Trudi again. I just love my black heart. So that's what I shall be wearing Valley Day in our household.

Summer Days Drifting Away oohhh awhhhh !!!

Summer Days Necklace :

Does the title sound familiar , for those who don't know ( Grease ) . Summer Loving and all that. God I loved that film , I was 3 when it came out and so my mother said all I did was sing those Grease songs. My voice still has not improved.

So I put this focal (Glittering Prize ) on ribbon . I am not to sure so I am gonna be the Ginny pig and try it out, so far for all the 5 Min's I was wearing it, it was very very comfy. I think it will be even more comfy on the neck in the summer with a nice vest top , bangles , wedges & yes you have guessed it the old jeans. what would we do without our jeans, our lifeline to comfort whilst classy.So whilst the weather is still poor & shitty. I got this focal and it has cheered me up so much if I enjoy wearing it I'm gonna keep it. It has made me smile .

Question to all of you who read my bloggy. :

When you make your designs do you have a person , an outfit an occasion in mind. Do you find by the end of making up your piece you tend to want to keep it for yourself ? Or are you one of those who can just put together a piece without even thinking about it . Viola !!!! Its done and looks perfect. Or spend hours thinking, choosing , trying different things then getting frustrated when a number of things work and then you cannot decide what to go with .

What type are you !!!!

Wind !!!!! Again !!!!!

Not me personally having wind . No the Wind outside. If I could take a picture of the wind I would, just so you could see the force. I expect like alot of many people up here they had a disturbed nights sleep depending on the position of your house. Our garage roof rattles , as the bedroom is next to the garage we can here that all night long, you know the south west & east wind by the rattle of the garage roof. You also know the direction of the wind by which part of the house is cold. Today its the office, WC ( OMG cold toilet seat ) bathroom , kitchen and sunroom. so its a south west / east wind . Lovely . Before I moved up here I never took notice of the direction of the wind. In Manchester it was a windy day and that was it, your house was either warm or not, your hair either got blown to bits or not. Living up here totally different, direction of the wind depends on whether the rain can get into your house, whether your house is warm or cold, whether your car door blows off or even house door hinges . Whether or not you can get off the island because of the ferry's and the wind direction and force. The list is endless. So I have thought of the poor people on this isle today in this driving rain and wind , out feeding there animals and I do not relish going out in this wind myself to pick up ( bratty ) The Son later. His social life schedule today is finish school 2.15 , Dodgeball 2.30 till 3.15 then today hair cut at 3.30 . 6.30 football til 8pm then onto youth group until 10pm. Parents schedule do tea, clean up then TV where is our social life ?? Non bloody exsistant thats where !!!!

Its a bit blowy out there !!

Weather Forcast : Bloody Windy & Ruddy Cold, enough wind to blow you over & they forcast stronger by the weekend.

So 2 of The Girls have been clipped, well I scalped them by getting rid of all their feathers and skirt bit underneath. They have had summer cut early. Yes they have doggie coats that I will put on them when we go out but it takes an age to dry and cleaning them everyday can take up to 2 hrs by the time we do shower and blow dry. Bella is last to do , my god she is the worst does not keep still so I will really have to be in the mood to fight and do her. Plus I am in the garage and its freezing in there !!!! Piss pot anny at the moment is running past The Girls trying to get Bella to chase her , fat chance Bella's in her toy basket head stuck in seeing what she can get out and leave for me to pick up later. I will be making some stuff up soon , I have lost some mojo what with all this bleak weather I have become stuck. Plus I want a workspace doing somewhere in this teeny tiny house where I can stop and leave it instead of having to pack it away all the time. Same with the beads I want to put them where I can get them. So gonna speak to the husband about a work space. Wish me luck !!!!

Space " The Final Frontier "

We started watching the new Star Trek , The Son and I yesterday but The Son got a phone call to go play footy for an hour so I got to be Taxi. Good job we stopped watching I was crying within the first 10 minutes . Don't ask I am pathetic I know it wasn't even that sad. So we continued today after his squash ( busy little bee isn't he ). In the what is called the sunroom because that's where all the sun does go in this house and the part of the house that The Husband fixed from all the leaks . So watching this film with 3 Cocker spaniels and piss pot anny on me . I am only one person yet they certainly made themselves comfy, sod the human , as long as the were comfy eh. Did I enjoy the movie oh yes worth watching again especially if you remember watching Star Trek as a kid and then the spin offs. We are off this Sunday with the other Silly Moo and her husband to watch Sherlock Holmes, better be bloody good to get me off the island if the winds are up ( ferry journey & sickie icky bag please ! )

Also Trudi from Glittering Prize told me about tights with NO FEET today , so I am gonna have a look later not because I am tall but because although thermals are great I need bottoms that cover my belly and arse to keep me warm. I wonder if I can get some bright colour pairs like emerald green or fuchsia pink or some with spots to brighten up this bleak winter. So I have ordered 2 pairs , pink & black stripes and bright blue yes I have give you the right info and no it will not be a classic look. I will look like the dead wicked witch that Dorothy lands her house on in The Wizard of Oz. Ohhh Ohhhh Ohhhh I have the red shoes , when the footless tights come I will take a pic with the red shoes for you all to have a good laugh. Will get The Husband to take the photo or beg him too more like. I will look sassy not stupid , I am convinced of it. If not just look at the red shoes.

To Book or not to Book

The book has arrived in today's post, shed loads of mail as the postman told me today no post on Saturday as no Ferry's to our island were running, that means no milk and very little bread was in the shops on Saturday. So Saturday gone we were an island, Fucked basically if you were going somewhere on the mainland or if there was an emergency you would not have got off. The thing is though even as an outsider you knew by the strength of the wind Friday afternoon that all plans you had made if you were either going out Friday or Saturday needed changing there and then. It was either go a day early or not go at all. Battern down the hatches as they say and more weather like that is coming our way again later in the week , JOY oh JOY.

Anyway back to the book , its called for all you know it alls out there. " Making Glass Beads " by Cindy Jenkins. I am on page 20 already and yes I am confused but as a would be learner I am expecting it was like that for all you learners to be confused , daunted and excited all at the same time. I want the torch , I want those safety goggles I want to be that woman from flash dance. UMMM well no not really but somewhere near that.

Winner !!!!

So on New Years day I opened my email and in the spam folder there was an email saying competition winner, well I hope fellow mailers you are like me and anything in the spam folder you trash it and do not open it. So that's what I did. Until this evening I go on Halo beads and see the name Caron Fountain and think that name looks familiar, it looks like the spam email. So I go on her competition page for December and there's my name . Yeah !!!! So a big Thank You to Caron Fountain.

Winter Blows

To the right is a massive lentil by Josephine Wadman :

After having seen this lentil I am reluctant for it to be sold, but it must, it must. Again on chain as I am finding myself whilst having made a few necklaces like this for myself that during the Winter and you have on your knitted jumpers on how easy it is just to pop the necklace over your head and instantly a piece of jewellery has changed your outfit. No messing with lobster clasps or extention chain.

This could be worn with a lovely cosy jumper , jeans or trousers with warm comfy , sexy boots ( Kinky Boots ???) bag of course to match lentil .

Weather update for this bonny island, Bloody Cold & VERY I mean VERY windy, they are expecting gales force winds again tonight, I am even leaving the hens in today's otherwise they might blow off its that bad today.

This is the other ( back ) side of the lentil. It has texture and a nice substantial weight to it.

Winner !!!!

Look what came today , yippee the Focal Bead I won in December from Annelyse Taylor. Do you like ? I do very much and cannot wait to have a go making my own.

Also below I did remember to do myself a glass of wine and lemonade last night instead of hot chocy. Did I enjoy it , No. So back to the hot chocy tonight !!!!! So The Son will be pleased.

Coastal Retreat

I decided I did not like the other Coast Bracelet , Too much detail. So to show the beads as I wanted as the main feature I decided to put these beads on 2 light weight chains. Nice and simple and I think shows off the beads alot better than before, not so busy .

However I do not like the fact that all I seem to have in the back of my mind is " I need to make something " and " Beads beads beads bloody beads " Addictive is causing my brain to hurt as all my ideas are merging , I then forget what I want to do , its ridiculous it really is.

But I am far happier thinking about beads rather than how homesick I feel at the moment. I had a good day on Saturday I thought its nice I can live here. Then Sunday morning and I wake up to this dread I have in the bottom of my stomach and its like " what am I doing here " " I want to go home " So since Christmas Eve I have had one good day and about 3 sodding weeks of this feeling in the pit of my stomach. I am hoping that as the mornings start getting lighter and the days last longer I can overcome this feeling , I really do because not feeling settled is not much fun, not when other members of your family are doing better than you as it gives a even more pressure that you should fit in and that your just being silly. So tonight I am having a small amount of wine with lemonade as I am a serious lightweight concerning drink instead of the hot chocy tonight. Much to the disgust of The Son as I will not be in routine of hot water bottle then hot chocy duty. Thats of course if I remember to have the wine in the first place.

Kaleidoscope & Coast Away

Kaleidoscope Necklace :

Focal bead by Cheeky Cherub. This is a very funky set of beads that bring colour to these winter months and a very different to your normal bumpy focal bead. I have added swarvoski crystals to this design to add some sparkle when the sun shines.

I just love these beads and will do more of these as they are so versatile to wear with either day 0r evening wear.