Now I am back!

Well what can I say I have been having a little bit of family trouble over the last few month & everything has been getting on top off me so now that I have been away with the kids to the beautiful coast I am feeling a little bit better & have decided to get catch up with everything again, hopefully this time I will keep more up to date with my blog ;) The last time I was on blogger Aileen Clark (there is a post about Aileen's fabulous work further down my blog) awarded me with a blog trophy for one of the best blogs she has been reading as I have not been blogging for a while now I have decided to pick it up & pass it on at a later date as right now I definitely don't deserve it!

Even though I have not been updating my blog I have still been busy not as much as usual & I have been neglecting my jewellery, now my little shop on Etsy has only one page which is a bit surprising but hopefully in the next few days that will all change, I have just listed a new felt memory wire bracelet & a new Rose Quartz memory wire bracelet, My addiction for felt is still strong but my old gemstone addiction is heading back through in to my jewellery again so I am going to be listing a few more gemstone creations to Etsy soon! Other than making more jewellery I have been recycling my baby niece's baby food jars & making them in to little candle holders now I have a big collection of candle holders that I don't know what to do with, Any ideas will be appreciated!

When I was on holiday I decided that now was the time to get rid of one off my tattoo's so I have been working on designing a cover up for it. The one that I need covered was one of those one you get when you are in love & very very silly! I am totally stuck been to loads of tattoo sites but never see anything that I really like so by chance if anyone knows anything about foot tattoo's please leave me a comment as I want to get it covered up A.S.A.P!

I have done it!

What a busy week I have had but all my hard work & sore fingers has paid off, Trinket Tree Jewellery is now on sale in a beautiful little shop in Aberdour which is a busy little coastal village in fife. Boho is a unique shop specialising in an eclectic selection of Jewellery, Accessories, Clothes, Handbags, Children's Gifts, Crafts and Greetings Cards. Boho also sells some of Aileen Clarke's (fused fiber artist) beautiful artwork , Boho opened its doors in 2004 by a talented jewellery designer, Anne Buchanan designs & makes one off items off sterling silver jewellery, which is also for sale in her fantastic little shop. You will usually find Anne working away on a new design in the back surrounded by a lot of eye catching goodies! The only other thing I can say about Boho is make sure you have your purse on you as you will be hard pushed to leave empty handed.
This is a few of my pieces for sale in Boho
Visit Boho at 6 Shore Road Aberdour or click the link to visit online
http://www.shopboho.co.uk

I have not been very busy over the Spring school holiday as I thought since the kids are off I am going to have to try and keep them busy so we have been out for walks when it is not raining & painting when it is too wet to go out. I have been concentrating on some experiments, so far I have made this unusual bead,felt & wire necklace, this necklace is a idea helped along by Aileen Clarke (look at Fiber Artist in one of my older posts) I met up with Aileen for a coffee a couple of weeks ago in Glenrothes, we sat and had a blether for a while about of course our work & then Aileen brought out this fantastic book she got with her new felt gadget (I need to get one) The book had a load of great project ideas and a couple of them were jewellery so I adapted one of the projects to make this necklace, I think the next one will not have as much beads but I am happy with the outcome. I have also made a little felt purse which I will try too get some pic's of because I am impressed how well it turned out considering I have never attempted to felt on such a large scale plus my sewing looks good, which is a miracle as I have hardly picked a needle & thread up since high school let alone do fancy stitches! That is me getting chucked off the computer again so I will finish up here.

Stressed Out !!!!!!!!!!!

As you can see by my new photo I have been a little bit busy shopping for more bead caps & clasps, Other than shopping I have been doing nothing much just so feed up with this horrible weather, roll on Spring & Monday morning so the kids can go back to school ! I love them so much but sometimes 5 min peace & quiet would be great . Just need some time out to get on with my work or sit and watch telly or up date my blog & Etsy shop with out having to get of my backside every 2 minutes I am going to scream !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am going to have to try & up date this some other time as I now need to go and get my son down from the tree, Back later after I have my nervous break down ****************************** I am not normally this grumpy honest :)

Fused Fabric Artist

As I have mentioned before I am now a felt addict & use a lot of my felt beads in my jewellery creations but today I am wanting to tell you about a very talented friend I have met through Flickr who also uses felt & other fibers to make the most gorgeous pieces of art work , Aileen Clarke came across my page one day & left me a wee note , which I am very glad she did as her beautiful work inspires me to try new techniques out & try to incorporate them in to my jewellery. Aileen is a very busy work at home Mum of Two kids who has worked hard to build up a successful cottage industry over the last couple of years, I am going to have to meet up with her for a coffee one day to discuss business tactics as with my two kids I never seem to have any time to myself to build up any sort of business at all, so Aileen if you are reading this do you have any tips for me ? :) The photo above is one of Aileen's creations called Aziba as you can see it is a beautiful mix of different colors & textures , this is just one of the many pieces she has created, Aileen also makes gorgeous cards with fused fiber motifs on them & Beautiful sea scape's which I must admit are my favorite as every time I see one it reminds me of my holidays by the sea when I was a child. If you go & have a look in Aileen's Etsy shop you will see she has a little soft spot for hearts, one of her best sellers is a gorgeous fused fiber heart decoration which looks amazing, At the moment in Aileen's Etsy shop she is also selling a beautiful fused fabric bird which has lots of beautiful detail on it . What else can I say about her work ? You are just going to have to go & visit her to see what you think for yourself , I am sure you will see something you like. http://www.aileenclarkecrafts.etsy.com/

I have been neglecting my blog lately due to felt over load & very sore fingers , I have been making lots of new felt beads & bracelets thanks to a fellow Etsy seller who has the most beautiful color combinations of Merino wool roving, plus she is a UK seller so I didn't start having withdrawal symptoms by the time my order arrived, ti came very quick & they were all gorgeous bundles. I will definitely be back visiting her again soon ! This is her shop http://www.fibrespace.etsy.com/ other than wool roving she also sells gorgeous felt bags, felt greeting cards & jewellery, so if you are a felt addict like me please pop in to her shop and have a look . The pic is of one of my new felt bracelets that I was struggling to name but thanks to all the response I had when I asked for help on my Flikr page My Blue Universe is now listed in my Etsy shop. I think my head is too filled with felt ideas I am a bit stuck for doing anything. I am going to go and get my needles out & start felting again so I might have something new by the next time I blog !

My new felt addiction has taken a turn away from my usual jewelery side of things not a far of the road turn just a little swerve to the supplies side of things!. I have been thinking about starting to sell some of my felt beads & leaves that I have been making a lot of recently, the only problem is I don't know where to start, how much to charge, to sell them in groups or sell them on their own etc, so if any one who reads this please leave me a comment as I am a little bit stuck!.

The last few weeks have not been to great we have all been ill with a bug , this year so far has just been one sickness after the other , I am blaming the weather it changes so much you never know what you are going to be waking up to!. Between crappy bugs (literally) and my washing machine & tumble dryer bursting on me so far this year has been terrible, plus I have only had one sale on Etsy so far this year so if you are popping by Etsy please pop in & tell me where I am going wrong there, prices, pics etc. http://trinkettree.etsy.com/