New Designs

I have new jewellery pieces on the verge of being finished!!! I love making up my own patterns, if only I could read them so that I could record them properly. I created a leaf shape that has been selling rather well at Hares and Hedgerows but alot of people think that they are hearts. I suppose that;s OK, in response I'm working on an ivy leaf shape so that it cannot be mistaken for anything else. When it gets to the colder months I look forward to doing oak and holly leaves along with a bit of mistletoe.... I'm really excited!!!

Patination

I came back from an extra long weekend in York to find that my little ammonia experiment worked!! I opened up the little takeaway tub that had been wrapped up in cling film and my nose nearly dissolved with the stink it created, but it was worth this pretty shade of blue! Next step is combining and layering enamel, hopefully they will be as successful as this batch of samples. 

I made tiny keepsake necklaces!!! Now what do I do with them??

I Made Books!!!!

Blimey I hadn't realised how long it has been since I posted anything on this blog, I feel a bit like I have betrayed it slightly since setting up a Facebook page. Thank goodness I don't have Twitter......I lie....I do have Twitter but luckily there is a way I can post things on Facebook at the same time so I don't actually have to go on twitter..

Anyway, I have enamelled some book covers. My first-year-self is high-fiving me for soldering a hinge that doesn't fall apart. There is a lot of room for improvement but I have made a good start.

New Items on Etsy

Got some new items listed on Etsy. My favourite things to do is arrange then rearrange my listings to see what sort of colour-columns I can make. It's a bit sad, but that doesn't stop me from looking at my Telly Tubby-esque row of hand warmers at the top and feeling warm and fuzzy inside.

Click on the link and you might get it. More likely you'll think I'm in need of a new hobby

https://www.etsy.com/shop/SteffiGlaves?ref=si_shop

Giveaway is up and running!!!

You have no idea how long it took for me to work out how to do this without breaking some sort of Facebook law... but here it is!!! I feel like a technological genius!!!! I can do anything now -  I might live life on the edge and get my head round twitter next...

Ok so if this link works, it will direct you to my Facebook give-away page, all you have to do is like it to enter, no pesky contact details to give or anything like that....I think.....and then you have a chance to win a snuggley pair of hand warmers!!!! DO IT!

https://www.facebook.com/steffiglaves/app_228910107186452 

Give away soon.....

So basically, since leaving uni I have been spiralling downwards into the bleak ibis that is my own crochet habit. It's getting to the point where it is overtaking any other procrastination form and I have more hand warmers than I have siblings to give them too. So I'm giving a pair away. I don't know when, or how, or what you have to do to enter, but it will be on Facebook and this is the prize so far. Hopefully I will get my head round what to do in the next couple of days.

Thinking of new ways to package my handwarmers....

Gallery Order and Facebook Page

So over the past month or so I have made a bazillion pairs of handwarmers, brooches, earrings and the odd owl or few... these are a few of my favourite pairs

I also have a facebook page!!! I have been putting it off for so long.  I also have a twitter account that I set up on a whim and never use.... 

Feel free to like and share and comment and things, it will destract me fro the fact that I am still unemployed and no longer have a gallery to supply, better look for ones up north! 

https://www.facebook.com/steffiglaves

In the mean time I am crocheting over some ear defenders. I have no idea how it is going to turn out. more on that next post

New Earrings

Coming soon to Etsy and CDS Gallery and Silversmithing Studio, Leicestershire.