I've been tagged

I was tagged today by the lovely Kara who has the most gorgeous baby boy you have ever seen!


Right, here we go, be prepared to learn a bit more about yours truly....


8 Things I am looking Forward too.....

1. Going to Mexico in November...as long as the swing flu has cleared up, fingers crossed!
2. Talking my hubby to Dublin for his birthday and showing him where I used to spend most of my summers.
3. Being debt free...I've been in dept since I was 18 and I have finally got to grips with it!!
4. Going to my silversmith class, have been going for 3 weeks and am loving it!
5. Going on a picnic with my hubby on Sunday...we have never done it before!
6. One day being a size 10/12...I have loads and loads to go but that is what I want to be!
7. The last Harry Potter film
8. A cuddle on the sofa with my hubby while we watch a film tonight!

8 Things I Did Yesterday...

1. Went to work.
2. Sold some fimo stuff I never used
3. Saw one of my sisters
4. Picked up hubby's shirts from the dry cleaners ans dropped some off...I hate ironing!
5. Ate too much bread (bagel for breakie, baguette for lunch and toast for dinner)...I try not to normally eat any bread!!
6. Updated my website.
7. Tidied up...just a little bit!
8. Watched 2 episodes of Bones.

8 Things I Wish I Could Do....

1. Buy a lovely big house with a big garden.
2. Travel more.
3. Real magic...like in Harry Potter!!
4. Fly (I don't mean in an aeroplane!)
5. Fit in to a pair of size 10 or 12 jeans!
6. Loose Weight
7. Win the lottery
8. Neat piecing with a saw!

8 Shows I Watch....

1. Fringe
2. Bones
3. Heroes
4. Shameless
5. The In Betweeners
6. Dirty Sexy Money
7. Desperate Housewives
8. Gossip Girl

Those are my 8's. My turn to tag....YOU! Come on, you know you want to! Here's the rules, just in case you want to follow them:
1) Mention the name of the person who tagged you.
2) Do the lists of 8.
3) Tag 8 bloggers of your choice.
4) Let them know that they have been tagged!

So who do I tag ...

1. Heather - Bumpy Beads
2. Caroline - Crafted Gems
3. Sabine - Little Castle Designs
4. Lesley - Coburg Crafts
5. Nicky - Sparkly Treasures
6. Amanda - Hungry Designs
7. Sam - Aurora Beadz
8. Janine - Cherished Trinkets

Where does the time go?

Love Is In The Air Necklace
Sterling Silver & Murano Glass Heart

Wow, it has been almost 3 months since I last blogged. I can't believe how quickly this year is going! Last time I blogged there was still some snow on the ground and now the weather is beautiful (mainly!) and I can't remember the last time I wore a coat!!!

Love Struck
Simple Sterling Silver & Karen Hill Tribe Silver earrings

In the last couple of months, I have had a birthday, booked 2 holidays (Mexico and Ireland towards the end of the year) and started a new silversmith class which I am loving. I did one a few years ago which I stopped half way through as I was sick of spending the whole lesson waiting for the teacher to be free for advice and guidance!! With my new one, the teacher gives us very simple wire work projects that we can do if we are waiting for her which are great and the class is much smaller. When I have finished some pieces, I will post a picture!

Mooreland Necklace - SOLD
Karen Hill Tribe Silver, Sterling Silver & Lampwork by UK Artisan, Becky Fairclough

The above and below necklaces were a birthday present for one of my sister's. They are both on long Sterling Silver ball chains. I saw her today and she was wearing the Mooreland necklace and it looked great on. I love seeing people wearing my creations, it gives me a real buzz!

Candy Corn Necklace - SOLD
Sterling silver & boro lampwork from the US

I am such a Twit!!!!!

Stepping Stones Bracelet

Silver Leaf Jasper, Sterling Silver & Karen Hill Tribe Silver

A few weeks ago I signed up to Twitter however I didn't have a clue how it worked and it was very difficult to read so I gave up before I even started!! After listening to the radio (Chris Moyles on Radio 1...yes, I know, he is a bit like Marmite, love him or hate him but I love him, his show has me laughing all the way to work!!) where they were going on about Twitter, I thought I would give it another try. That was Friday evening and by the time I went to bed on Friday night, I was addicted!!! Yet more of my life going to waste on the internet!!!!!!!!! My name on Twitter is KEBOjewellery.

Bubble Earrings
Freshwater Pearls and Sterling Silver

We still have snow on the ground here in Surrey/London but it is slowly melting away. Unfortunately I never got to make the snowman I wanted to make :o(

I haven't been up to much in the last week, mainly working at my full time job where I am a HR Business Partner for a global FMCG (Fast Moving Consumer Goods) company. I have had plenty of opportunity this weekend to make some lovelies however my mojo seems to have taken a very long holiday. I realised that I have not made anything new since December!!! I have lots of ideas in my scrap book but not the energy or the inclination to actually go and do it! I have cut down on my magazine spend but thought I would go and purchase a copy of Bead mag in the hope that it would spur me on, but no!! It was a good read though as there are many people in there I 'virtually' know!! There is a 3 page article on my good friend Becky Fairclough which is a great read!

Kaleidoscope Necklace

Lampwork Bead By UK Artist Becky Fairclough, Sterling Silver & Karen Hill Tribe Silver

Speaking of Marmite (I was, promise, look a few paragraphs up!!!) I have discovered that Marmite means pot in French...God, I am full of useless informaton (if you ever want to know what the PG in PG Tips stands for, let me know!!!)!!! I would not say I am in love with Marmite but I really like the taste, the brand, the marketing etc (and not just because I work for the Company that makes it) and I have found a fab Marmite canvas that I am thinking if getting for my kitchen, what do you think?

In this post are some items I made in the last quarter of 2008, I hope you like them. I am going to make a real effort this week to do 2 things...make at least one piece of jewellery and do exercise at least once a day (I have 2 classes on Wednesday)!!

I love the snow!!

Out the back!

Woo, who else had mega amounts of snow??? We live in Surrey, just on the border of London and when we have snow, it is normally pitiful and has disappeared within an hour. Today was very very different!! As I went to bed last night, there was a good few inches on the ground and I was all excited but when I went out of the house at 6 this morning (I was meant to be going to the gym before work!!), there was a foot of snow!!! Because we were up and out so early, no one had stepped on the fresh snow and it looked like something out of Narnia! It was so pretty, I didn't want anyone to step on it!!! That didn't last long!!

Our road

Hubby tried first to get his car out and it was not looking good, there was way too much snow on the ground and the cars were going no where. He is never someone who takes a day off work willy nilly and it was killing him not being able to to work. The trains and buses were also not running!! I was very lucky that I worked from home on Friday so it meant I had my work laptop with me and could work from home today...looking out the window at people playing in the snow was killing me but I had loads to do!!

Out the front

There was an ambulance in trouble so hubby and I decided to go and help push. Isn't it amazing how the community really comes together on days like today. In London, no one looks at each other let alone talks to each other and today was just so different. We were all rallying around trying to get the ambulance out and then later when I tried to move my car and it got completely stuck in snow, strangers put their shopping down to help! At lunch time I decided to walk in to town and pop to the bank (which was closed!!) and everyone was walking in the middle of the road, in the tire tracks and people were smiling, laughing and playing...it was a lovely sight!

Me after pretending to hubby that I was going to do a

snow angel and instead, he pushed me in a mount of snow!!

Hubby kept saying that it was crazy that the world stops when we have a bit of snow and as much as I agree, it is also because we very rarely have this much snow (last time was at least 13 years ago apparently but I would have said much more in London!!) and so the contingencies are not really there!! We are not as equipped as Scotland for example where they have snow a lot in the winter months!

Starburst necklace

Lampwork by Becky Fairclough, freshwater pearls and Sterling Silver

I think the funniest thing of the day was a phone call from my mum early this morning. She called to talk about the snow (as everyone has been today!!) and she said that she was awake at 3 a.m. this morning and she looked out the window and there was some teenagers making a giant mans bit (you know what I am talking about!!). She said when she saw it finished today it was about 7 feet tall and everyone was stopping and laughing when they saw it. I have never ever heard my mum say the P word and it was very amusing!! I then had update reports on people taking photos of it and then people knocking it down!!!!

Wild @ Heart
Lampwork by Becky Fairclough and Sterling Silver

Right, back to the jewellery, only 2 items to show you today and these were items I made at the end of last year but never put on my website!!! I am already falling very behind on my New Years Resolutions of making more and posting more!!!

Happy New Year everyone!!

Well, it is nearly the end of 2008. It hasn't been a bad year for me, in fact, I would go as far as saying it has been a very good year!!! I am back working for a company that I love, jewellery sales haven't been too bad, I have managed for the first time in 15 years to have a savings account with money in it and I had a wonderful holiday to Jamaica.

I have added to my New Year's resolutions:-

• Make more jewellery
• Be a tidy jewellery maker!
• Post more pictures of my work on my website and on here!
• Actually do some silver smithing (I did a course but never continued it after!!)
• Go to the gym at work every morning that I am in the office.
• Eat healthily (even bought an electric steamer in the sales!!)
• Learn some patience!!!!

Just a couple of resolutions then!!!! I know people say you shouldn't make resolutions as you are more likely to break them but I say poppycock to that, I am going to try really hard...well, until the 2nd week of January anyway!!!!!!!!!!!!

I hope you have all had a good 2008 and are looking forward to 2009. Happy New Year's one and all!!!

Signing off for my last post of 2008!!!

Kelly x

Merry Christmas one and all!!

I wanted to wish you all a magical Christmas and I hope you have a lovely day, however you plan on spending it. Eat lots, drink even more and be patient with each other because we all know that when families get together, it can get quite fraught...or is that just my family!!! I must remember to practice what I preach!!!

I will be back in 2009 to update my blog properly and my New Year's resolution is to update my blog, my flickr and my website a lot more often...oh, and to make more lovelies!!!

Merry Christmas everyone.

Kelly
x

Rainy days and Mondays!!!

Negril Necklace

Lampwork by Sam Halliwell, Fresh Water Pearls and Sterling Silver

I feel like I am always taking about the weather, more to the point, I am always moaning about the weather...I think I need to change my blog from talking about jewellery to the weather report!!! Actually, I love wet and windy...just so long as I am wrapped up warm in doors with a good book or a chick flick!!! The days that I don't like wet and windy are days like Saturday just gone when I met a lovely friend for lunch and a natter and then did some Christmas shopping in Kingston-Upon-Thames. By the time I got from the car park to the Slug and Lettuce, I was drenched!! Most people would probably go home after that but not me, as most of my weekends in the run up to Christmas are going to be taken up with fairs, I have to get all my shopping done now. So imagine it, me trying to keep my bag on my shoulder, the umbrella above my head and carrying loads of bags...which were very heavy and awkwardly shaped!! The worst part was having 2 bags made of paper and we all know that paper + rain = you have got to be joking if you think they are going to survive...which of course they didn't LOL!!!! I think the icing on the cake was my umbrella refusing to fold down whilst I was in the shops...much to the delight of everyone I hit with it hee hee hee!!!!

Negril Bracelet
Lampwork by Sam Halliwell, Karen Hill Tribe Silver and Sterling Silver

The weekend before (which was also wet and windy LOL) I met Becky Fairclough of Chameleon Designs for a spot of bead shopping at The Big Bead Show, Sandown Park. A great day was had and I bought some lovely beads and other goodies!! It was a great day, I met Julie from Lush Lampwork, had quick chat with Jean Power of Bead Mag (among many other things) and said hi to a couple of other people.

Negril Earrings
Lampwork by Sam Halliwell and Sterling Silver

Back to the jewellery...Here are 3 pieces that I made with some beads I got from the fair. I love these as they remind me of the sand and sea from the 7 mile beach in Negril where I was lucky enough to holiday this year. The earrings are made on longer earring wires.