More competitions!

What a lucky girl I am! I won Dinky Daisy's Competition! It's quite apt that I've been getting my hands on a bit of Crochet of late as all my Prizes are Crochet items - Dinky's Speciality. Look at this lovely little stash -

There is a great tutorial on Dinky Daisy's Blog teaching you how to make a Crochet flower. I can't wait to have a go - having accomplished Circles with my wire Crochet I now need to have a go at 'shape'.

Thank you for my lovely prizes - I love them!

As if that wasn't enough I've also won a pair of earrings from Blue Box Studio! Sue from Blue Box Studio was the winner of my last giveaway - I promise this isn't a fix - I think she used the high-tech Random generator thingy! I'll write more about my prize when I receive it! Thanks Sue!

If you fancy winning something then hop across to The Crystal Lady where you have three chances to win! She is giving away three lovely gemstone rings.

The boys enjoyed the last of the 'heatwave' yesterday playing in the garden. Forget about high tech toys - they had loads of fun with a playful Butterfly who kept landing on them!

It looks like we're back to the normal dreary British weather - it's raining again! It is good for the garden though!

Holiday and Surprises

I've been soaking up the sun in Corsica with Hubby and kids (as much as my fair skin will allow before burning!). It was a lovely week of pure relaxation in spite of the 12 hour delay to our flight!

What a lovely surprise - I received a One Lovely Blog Award from Michele of By Your Side. Thank you Michele and I promise to pass it on when I can get round to it!

I received some lovely Mother-of-Pearl buttons from Jewellery Designs by Laura. I was the lucky winner of her recent blog competition. Thank you Laura and hopefully I can create something special with them!

The Crystal Lady is having another giveaway so go and visit her for a chance to win this lovely bracelet.

I'm just about to make some children's bracelets for the shop I supply - apparently they've been a good seller! Here's to more sales!

I'm looking forward to a couple of courses this week - more of that in my next blog! Bye for now!

The Art of Glass

Thank you to all of you who entered my blog competition - I was very overwhelmed by the response and all of your lovely comments! Can't wait to do another!

The Crystal Lady is giving away two pairs of fabulous Earrings in her competition so pay her a visit if you get the chance!

I am always keen to learn new crafts and recently started a stained glass course for beginners. I bought a lovely selection of glass and can't wait to complete something. I'm still trying to get to grips with scoring and cutting - it's a lot harder than you think. It took me all evening just to cut four tiny squares of glass! I'm amazed at the things people are producing such as the most beautiful panels for their front doors!

Thank you to Lynn of Lewesiaglass for recommending a couple of useful books to me. Check out her shop on Misi - a lot of hard work and talent has gone into her creations. I really like this Mackintosh Suncatcher.

The Emerald Grove In Malvern has just started to stock my Jewellery. So if you're passing that way pop in and say Hi to them!

To finish look at this cute miniature puppy by Martha's Makes. It's adorable! There are lots more cute items designed and made by UK Artist Emily Harris at Martha's Makes shop .