Almost another week gone

I’ve had such a busy week – can’t believe it’s Friday already!  It’s bang on midnight, so it’s “officially” Friday (and I should be in bed…).  

Sunday my sister and my neice and nephews visited for the better part of the afternoon, so that was lots of fun.  Always minor chaos when my 2 kids and her 3 kids get together!  I can’t believe how much they’ve all grown…the eldest is 10 and the youngest will be 3 this year, and they all get on so well.  Lovely to see

Monday I had a showing for some private clients in my studio.  They managed to find the sought-after gift for a special birthday of a friend of theirs without too much bother…and “Contessa” (bracelet that I adored) is off to a new home in Canada.  How cool!

Tuesday night I had a display/demo for the lovely ladies of the Inner Wheel, who were having a meeting, at which I was the “entertainment”.  Abit nerve-wracking to sit in front of almost 30 women and show them how I do my wire-working   Luckily they were all well-fed and quite relaxed by the time I got there, and were quite happy to sit and watch me whip something up and ramble on about crafting in general and jewellery-making in particular   And as an added bonus, “Fiordland Queen” (my gorgeous paua bracelet) and “Pixie” (a lovely wire-worked cuff) went off to new homes also. Quite a few of the ladies mentioned to me afterwards that they would never look at jewellery the same way again, that the evening had given them an appreciation of what goes into the construction of an item of jewellery.  A few also said “I thought you were just going to be putting beads onto thread for us!”.  Hehehe!  So, a couple of orders later, a wee bit of supper, and we were all saying goodbye and heading off into the warm night.  Such a lovely evening

Wednesday came and it was my turn to take my daughter and her 2 little friends along to tap dancing class and then back to our place for a wee play.  That was fun too.  I had to laugh when I heard them giggling in her room and listening to them playing made-up games with the dollies and teddies – just the cutest!  In the evening I made up a pair of earrings and pretty angel bag clip for Sue, repaired another bag clip (which an errant bead had come off of) and wrapped up Em’s new handbag - yes, “Jackson” is off to a new home in Auckland.  Happy birthday Em

Today was Thursday and it was another busy day.   Jill picked up her repaired watch (complete with new battery and a polish!), and we had one of my daughter’s friends stay for another wee play after school again, which is always fine by me, as they play together so well.  I managed to cut out another gorgeous felt piece for another handbag (watch this space!) and frustratingly discovered that I have run out of iron-on interfacing for my bags….again.  I need to get more.

I’ve also been on a tie-collecting mission of late, having been given more stock from friends with elderly male friends/relations.  Some are real doozies!  I just love the 60’s and 70’s ties particularly – the colours…mind-altering!!!!  So I hope to get another one or two of the “Bohemian” styled bag onto the site within the next few weeks, time permitting.

So, it being well after midnight now (the earliest I’ve managed to get to bed this entire week!), I’m heading off to hit the hay.  I’ll leave you with a pic of the “Mediterraneo” bracelet, which was the one I created on Tuesday night at the Inner Wheel meeting.  Despite the pressure I felt to perform in front of an audience (not my first, I must also say – I’ve done quite a few of these now, and always in front of quite a crowd), I’m really happy with the bracelet  – what do you think?

 Amanda