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Links of London Sweetie Bracelets
I am getting a number of messages asking me whether I still repair Links of London Sweetie bracelets since they went into administration towards the end of 2019. The short answer is YES! I wrote a post about repairing elastic bracelets, specifically the sweetie bracelet about 5 years ago so it is about time that…
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Types of Pearls – Freshwater
Freshwater pearls are the most common non synthetic pearl that are available and are produced by mussels not oysters. They are cultured which means that the mussels are farmed and the pearls are encouraged to form in a controlled environment. This is done by a technician delicately grafting small piece of donor tissue into…
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I’m back!!! (With a new name, new ring and a new computer!)
Let me start by apologising! It has been a while I know! I have been so rubbish at posting and to be honest I had a few things (aside from a dead laptop) that just got in the way – mainly getting married!! My new husband Steve and I married in a lovely villa just…
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Fluff fluff, glorious fluff!
This is a word of warning. If you wear your bracelet with a fluffy jumper, it will catch! End of. This bracelet has come to me for repair only 8 months since it was repaired previously. Can you spot why it has broken? Yes, that is half of a jumper sleeve between each bead! …
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DISASTER!!
I have just spilt a WHOLE mug of green tea on my laptop!! Big fail! Who knew how much liquid there is in a small little mug! It went everywhere, all over my lap, a tidal wave over the whole laptop and all over the floor! My laptop just died instantly so I pulled the…
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My Latest Creation
I just made a bracelet. I was a bit bored and found some amazing goldstone beads that I had bought ages ago and forgotten all about. If you haven’t come across goldstone before it is such a beautiful bead. It is a deep rusty orange colour with the most amazing glittery sparkly fragments in. Despite…
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January Plans Update
OK, we are two weeks into January and I thought that it was time for an update on how my January resolutions are going… 1: blog! – this has taken over my life! I can totally understand how people do this as a full time job! Everything time I am in my craft room I…
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A New Clasp
You know that you are addicted to beads when the highlight of your day is seeing a new clasp! I have just come across a new style of clasp that I hadn’t come across before. EXCITING!! For most people this is pretty boring stuff but I hope that there is some clasp connoisseurs out there…
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My Jobs for Today
I have been so busy in the last few days that I have let my work build up a bit which isn’t usually how I like to work. Luckily I have a spare afternoon so I can grab a green tea, get some music on and get knotting for a few hours. (Today I am listening to…
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A Sort Out
I finally had a moment last night to have a better sort out of my clasps and finding now that I have my new storage boxes (which are awesome BTW!). I hadn’t been too clever about how I stored my clasps originally and they had got a bit mixed up. I ended up having to…
